Dr. Jo Lichten

People think it’s normal to struggle to get out of bed, experience mid-afternoon brain fog, or feel totally worn out upon returning home. It may be common, but it’s not normal. Fatigue not only doesn’t feel good, it costs companies in terms of missed work, diminished performance, and increased medical costs, accidents and errors.

Dr. Jo®, consultant with Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute and author of REBOOT, offers practical and proven recommendations for the way we eat, think, move, and sleep to boost productivity at work and happiness at home. She will share:

• Discuss how our thoughts can trigger a physiologically-draining stress response – and how thought-shifting can boost energy
• Identify the stages of the sleep cycle and offer strategies on how to experience better sleep without spending more time in bed
• Describe how food fuels the body and the best pattern to eat for optimal energy
• Discuss how movement impacts energy and describe how often strategic movement is needed to sustain energy

Are you feeling crushed under the pressure of too much to do and not enough time? Join Dr. Jo® as we discover, develop, and practice strategies for managing your stress and feeling more balanced. We’ll focus on:

• Identifying the true stressors in your life – trust me, it’s rarely what you think
• Evaluating your own personal priorities using a self-engaging question
• A plan to help you stay focused at work and forget it when you’re home
• Practicing strategies designed to help you manage your stress better – so you can find something that works for you!

Feeling frazzled and fatigued? It’s no wonder! The average American woman is working full time both at work and at home. If you’re looking for more energy and enthusiasm, Dr. Jo® can help. This fun, funny, and motivational program will make you feel more relaxed, more in control, and ready to make some simple “no big deal” changes that will make a big difference in your life. Find out how to:

• Get back to a healthy weight without having to succumb to another “diet” or join a gym
• Cope with those aggravating “little things” that cause so much of our mental and physical distress
• Find needed time for yourself
• Feel more energized throughout the day with just a few simple changes

Whether it’s business or pleasure that takes you on the road, travel can zap your energy. Dr. Jo®, author of How to Stay Healthy & Fit on the Road, shares quick and easy tips for alleviating weight gain and the worn out feeling of travel. In this fast-paced program, Dr. Jo® will cover how to:

• Eat healthy in any restaurant…even fast food!
• Get a good night’s sleep anywhere
• Minimize jet lag
• Creatively fit in fitness – even without a gym
• Manage the stress that exhausts us

In the face of budget and staff cuts, many of us are forced to work harder, faster, and longer than ever before. While advanced technology and time-management techniques can help, these excessive workloads ultimately result in fatigue, which leads to more illness, errors, and accidents, higher healthcare costs, and decreased productivity. In total, the global cost of fatigue has exceeded $500 billion. When employers play an active role in keeping their employees healthy, productive, and engaged, the company is more successful.

The good news is there are ways for both employers and employees to cope with fatigue in the workplace. In addition to strategies that you can take home for yourself, she’ll share policies, guidelines, and offerings that companies have instituted to reduce the risk of fatigue in the area of sleep, nutrition, and movement.

Objectives:

• Describe the costs of fatigue in terms of accidents, errors, absenteeism, and loss of productivity
• Details three strategies you can initiate to counter fatigue during the workday
• Specify at least five regulations, strategies, or benefits that companies have successfully used to reduce fatigue in the workplace

Overweight and obesity are typically thought of an imbalance between what you eat versus calories burned through movement. It’s only been recently that research studies have linked inadequate sleep to weight gain (as well as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and increased errors & accidents). Often left out of health recommendations, sleep was not included among the first two sets of national health objectives guiding public policy (1990, 2000). It was not until Healthy People 2010 that objectives related to sleep were included.

In this program, Dr. Jo® (PhD nutritionist, registered dietitian, and author of REBOOT – how to power up your energy, focus, and productivity) goes beyond the well-known recommendation of simply getting more sleep and into an in-depth discussion of how the quality of our sleep might have more profound effects on our health, weight, and energy levels. We’ll dive into a fascinating discussion about the recent scientific research regarding our sleep cycle, circadian rhythms, and seasonality disorders – and simple diet and lifestyle changes to recommend.

Objectives:

1. Identify the new 2007 AASM stages of sleep and the role of each stage
2. Describe how sleep quality affects health and energy levels – and recommend five simple strategies to improve sleep quality
3. Consider several ways to regulate circadian rhythm for shift workers and business travelers – as well as those who identify themselves as night owls and morning larks
4. Explain how the caffeine (in terms of the total amount and its half-life) can influence focus and attention, as well as sleep