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STRESS THE NEW

OBESITY

JAN BRUCE CEO, meQuilibrium 617-916-1262

2013 Healthy North Dakota Worksite Wellness Summit

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DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO IS

STRESSED?

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Meet Hypothetical Helen

• Working mom • Husband • 2 kids • Mortgage • Good job

On the surface, Helen seems calm and collected.

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The Many Faces of Helen

But, below the surface, Helen experiences many different emotions.

Happy Worried

Exhausted HAIR ON FIRE!

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Stress & Health

• Headaches, backaches • Insomnia • Overeating • Anger, frustration, anxiety • Difficulty communicating • Problem solving • Apathy

Stress can have profound negative effects on our health.

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• Some stress is good – Too little and

we’re bored • But too much

stress or chronic stress overload, anxiety, disorganization, burnout

Too Much of a Good Thing?

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Chronic Stress Wears Us Down

“Experiencing elevated stress levels on a chronic basis wears down our body and our brain. It’s much like flooring the gas pedal with your car in park. Sooner or later your engine will break.”

Adam Perlman, MD Duke University, meQuilibrium.com

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Stress & Health

SYMPTOMS CHRONIC DISEASES HOW WE FEEL

Excessive Fatigue High Blood Pressure ‘Drop in Libido Insomnia Chronic Headaches Mood Swings Neck and Back Pain Weight Gain Anxiety and Depression Digestive Distress Chest Pain

Cardio Vascular Disease Hypertension Depression Autoimmune disease Immune Deficiencies Asthma Chronic Fatigue Fibromyalgia Cancer Obesity

Aggression Want to Cry Depressed Anxiety Apathy Fatigue Headache Muscle Tension Teeth Grinding Faint Indigestion

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50% of workers rank stress as a top reason they would leave their company

“The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ research findings warn business that increasing job stress is responsible for an estimated annual

cost of $10,000 per worker, $300 billion for the US economy”

80% of US Adults are Aware that Stress can Make them Sick “Workplace Stress Causes 1 Million Americans To Skip Work Every Day”

In today’s business environment STRESS is the greatest impediment to Resilience, Productivity and Employee Retention—The New Holy Trinity in Thriving Corporate Culture

Stress is the New FAT

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Stress is an $800 Billion Problem*

• 80% say it is making them sick

• 25% of Adults cite high or severe Stress

• 50% of Caregivers (68M Adults) cite high Stress

• 72 Million Working Women

• 40 Million Adults Take Anxiety Drugs

*CDC, 2012

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Stress is a Big Problem

Health care expenditures are nearly 50% greater for workers who report higher level of stress.

Stress is a ‘Top 8’ Risk Factor

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1. Top 5 inhibitor of sustainable engagement and productivity

2. 1 Million Absences each day due to stress

3. $300 billion: annual corporate spend on stress

4. Health care expenditures are nearly 50% greater for

workers who report higher level of stress

5. And one more………

Costs of Stress: 5 Things Employers Must Know

Sources: Towers Watson, NIH, NIOSH

#1 Deterrent to Successful Behavior Change, Healthy Lifestyle - Wasted Dollars? Highly stressed people are:

2009 APA Study on Stress in America

30% less likely to eat healthily

200% more likely to fail at weight loss programs

25% less likely to exercise

Get half as much sleep as people with low stress

Top Sources of Stress:

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Popular Solutions

Too temporal Not personalized Not scalable Not measurable

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1. M ost focus primarily on fitness, weight

management and smoking cessation, essentially ignoring the most powerful behavior health challenges.

2. Incentives may get employees aware and engaged at the outset but hard to sustain if there are underlying behavioral issues.

Key Challenges with Wellness programs

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Do They Address the Barriers?

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STRESS MAKES THIS A COMPOUND PROBLEM Source: Wellness In The Workplace: An OptumHealth Research Study

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Trending Online

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Technology has Changed How Live Health is the Next Frontier

• Healthcare is the Real Fiscal Cliff

• Preventable I llnesses Account for 60% of Cost

Banking Travel Education

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Effective Solutions for Workplace Stress

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The Latest Science Points to a Powerful Fix: Our Thinking Styles

• Habits in how we think – Ourselves, our world, our future – Why things happen – What we should be and do

• Emerge around age 8-10 – Concrete by around 18-20 – Lean on them under stress – Often very inaccurate, increase our stress

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meQuilibrium is a digital coaching platform to manage stress, develop resilience, improve productivity and reduce costs.

Targets stress, the # 1 employee issue + Addresses Key Industry Pain Points: • Participation • Scalability • Relevant to Employee’s Situation • Efficacy • Return on Investment

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Lifestyle Scale for Leaders and Populations

Premature Sickness, Disability

Chronic Symptoms, Chronic Absenteeism

Feeling Ok

High Level Wellness, Energy, Vitality

Thriving, Sustainable Health and Productivity

Edington 1983, Modified 2008, Modified 2012

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meQ Proactive Mental

Wellbeing

Lifestyle

Clutter

Money

Caregiving

Health

Diet

Fitness

Sleep

Social

Relationships

Community

Work Family

Work

Productivity

Empowerment

Customer Satisfaction

Foundation for Engagement in Wellbeing

Convention: Make it go away

Disruption: Healthy behavior is a lifestyle; requires on-going attention, practice and refresher

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Driving Engagement: Personalized, Motivating, Rewarding

GAMIFICATION & RECOGNITION Master skills, earn badges/points

meQ SCORE, Profile Quantified self, my balance quotient

QUARTERLY GOAL SETTING Goals work. Create. Prioritize. Achieve.

150 meQ ACTIVITIES Discover. Share. Track.

RECOMMENDED SKILLS FOR YOU Most relevant 1st, Interactive/video


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Proactive M ental Wellness creates engagement in behavior change —and in the workplace

Emotion Control Causal Analysis Impulse Control Empathy Self-Efficacy Reaching Out Optimism

meQ Resilience Traits

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Stress Comes from What we Care About

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How It Works

PROPRIETARY DIAGNOSTIC

meQ SCORE: YOUR BALANCE IQ

THERAPEUTIC APPROACH RETRAINS THINKING

CLOSED LOOP SOLUTION OBJECTIVE M EASUREM ENT

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Quantifiable Solution that Drives Results

82% 21% 27% 18% 3-5x Complete

assessment

30%+ Voluntary

enrollment

Positive impact on feelings of motivation,

anxiety, burnout,

overall life balance

Improvement in

productivity

Improvement in

stress scores

ROI based on 30%

participation rate


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• Impact all Domains of the Person’s Life • Promote Positivity • Boost Resilience

1. Fun & Engaging 2. Modular, Quick, & Easy to do 3. Available to the User 24/7 4. Encourage Consistency 5. Measurable to the Employee AND

Employer

Guidelines for Success

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Personalized High Engagement


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Created by Experts: 75 Years of Experience Consumer Wellness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Integrative Medicine

Jan Bruce, Founder and CEO

Serial entrepreneur, consumer

health & wellness

Created and sold “body + soul whole living” to Martha Stewart

Andrew Shatté, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer

University of Arizona

Brookings Institute Fellow

Author: The Resilience Factor

Adam Perlman, M.D. Chief Medical Officer

Assistant Vice President,

Health & Wellness

Duke University Integrative Medicine


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Science Based on Validated IP

- Resilience Factor Inventory

- Mind/Body Connection

MEQ PROPRIETARY ASSESSMENT AND IP

7 Key Resilience Traits

• Emotion Regulation (ER) • Impulse Control (IC) • Self-Efficacy (SE) • Reaching Out (RO) • Empathy (E) • Optimism (O) • Causal Analysis (CA)

15+ Years Deployed Globally

meQ core IP deployed offline


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Multi-Year Program


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Multi-Year Program


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meQuilibrium Skills

Your Big Bad Emotion Your Relationship And Mind Reading Resolving Your Inner Conflicts Maintaining Focus Under Pressure The Love Game The Respect Game The Contentment Game The Pride Game The Happiness Game The Engagement Game The Chain Reaction Of Pessimism Making Change A Habit

Eating Mindfully Diet, Nutrition And Stress Sleep Smart Pain Management Find Your Fitness Triggers Instant Relaxation

Me, Not Me Clear Your Clutter Stress And Thinking Traps Work-life Balance Managing Stressful Events Take Back Your Time

Boost Your Self Esteem Calm Your Anger Positive Diary Calm Your Sadness Calm Your Anxiety Calm Your Embarrassment Calm Your Guilt Calm Your Frustration Calm Your Shame

Mind

Surroundings Connections

Body


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Quantifiable / Verifiable


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• Current meQ data suggests a 31% savings in absenteeism, which correlates to an average savings of $543 per year per participating employee

• 3-5X ROI with 30% participation rate

• We guarantee our results


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meQuilibrium Saves Money for Organizations

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Our Results are Sustained Over Time

0% 2% 4% 6% 8%

10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20%

60 Days 9 Months

Overrall Productivity Overwhelm Time Management


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Quantifiable/Verifiable: Quarterly Reporting for Leadership


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How Would Your Company Rank?

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Norm

• Population has a meQ score of 64.4 which is below the meQ norm of 69.4 – Therefore, they are more impacted by stress than the norm population.

Connection: The relationship with the world around you and the things that matter the most to you. Surroundings: How a person interacts with the world around them. Body: The complex, two-way relationship between physical well-being and stress. Mind: Thinking styles and problem solving abilities.

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• Population has a high predominance of optimists – This may reveal itself through a persistent workforce. – Team members may underplay real risks. This vulnerability is addressed by

meQ’s resilience development modules.

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0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

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Regulator: Cool under pressure but may seem unfeeling & unspontaneous. Problem Solver: Gets to the root cause of a problem but may come across to others as too mechanical. Optimist: Persistent when it comes to reaching a goal but may underplay real risks. Caregiver: Excellent collaborator but may tend to ruminate, rather than act. Adventure: Strong leadership qualities but may take uncalculated risks.

What Personality Types Drive Your Employees? Pe

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All six vulnerabilities are at least 16% below Norm

Discover Population Vulnerabilities

Norm Vulnerabilities Goal is to be higher

than Norm Vulnerability Score

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-21.9%

-21.7%

-19.1%

-18.6%

-16.8% Time Management Exercise Connection to Work Burnout Life Balance Nutrition


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Accelerator That Integrates Quickly


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Modalities

Web

Phone

Tablet Live

Webinar

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Train EAP/Care Advocates

meQ Offers a Comprehensive Solution

Support Telephonic

PLATFORM INTEGRATION Incentives/Glo

bal/SSO


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meQuilibrium Is A Digital Coaching Platform To Manage Stress, Develop Resilience, Improve Productivity And Reduce Costs.

Targets stress, the # 1 employee issue + Addresses Key Industry Pain Points • Participation • Scalability • Relevant to Employee’s Situation • Efficacy • Return on Investment

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Want to learn more? We’d love to talk with you. Jan Bruce [email protected] 617-916-1262 ext. 105 Linda Natansohn [email protected] 617-916-1262 ext. 105

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