If you are like most people, making a New Year’s resolution is met with hesitation and anxiety as most resolutions vow to lose weight, stick to a workout plan, quit smoking, or some other activity that feels like an uphill struggle. That is exactly why most of us have abandoned our resolutions by mid-February and we are feeling discouraged and defeated by setting a [...]
When is the last time you looked yourself in the eye and said, “I love you”? The most important relationship you have is with yourself, yet a lot of people struggle with maintaining a loving relationship with themselves. Our minds are filled with a running commentary, most of which is filled with negative thoughts about our bodies, our actions or reactions, our choices and [...]
With the world leaning towards alternative and complementary medicine, and growing tired of the ongoing prescription of drugs with more and more side effects, it's critical that we look at alternative ways of staying healthy. There is absolutely a place for traditional medicine - this is not my argument. I believe medicine saves lives every day with doctors and surgeons laboring hard at ensuring [...]
We can all feel a little directionless from time to time, whether it be in our relationships, our career, or financially. We have been taught to set goals since grade school and to write down our goals and an action plan on a piece of paper. Where do those goals end up? If you are like me, they usually end up in a notebook [...]
I thought long and hard about writing a blog this year about Remembrance Day, worried about the repercussions from acknowledging that my son is a soldier in our Canadian Forces. To be perfectly honest and selfish, I want him to remain safe without adding more attention to his career but that is just naive to think that he could always remain safe with such [...]
With almost 30 years in claims/case management, I have managed thousands of claims and not one has been identical to the other. They have similarities but that’s it. When you are dealing with claims, there are individuals that makes each case unique – the employee, the doctor, rehabilitation professionals, and of course either WSIB or an insurance carrier and each one of their adjudicators, [...]
Do China and India hold the secret to a workplace full of happy, energetic and productive workers?
For most of us, Remembrance Day is remembered quietly for a few minutes on November 11. Some of us take the time to pay our respects, and for others, it's just another day. For me, I've always been particularly proud to be a Canadian at this time of the year. I'm grateful for my country and all of its bountiful pleasures and joys. This [...]
It is somewhat ironic after 15 years, that dHMS is finally getting to the Health Management piece of business. With emphasis in the last 15 years on managing disability claims for employers, dHMS is moving to also help employers in managing their employees’ health. While we continue to believe that it is vitally important for an organization to initiate cost containment when it comes [...]
