What makes us happy?   How can we become happier?  And is happiness sustainable? 

Since we are in the business of making healthcare professionals happy, we’ve been circulating around the Aya Healthcare office a listing of  “evidence-based happiness-increasing strategies” as described in Sonja Lyubomirsky’s  The How of Happiness. By being happy, we have the potential to reach our goals, feel good, and empower and change many other lives just by being ourselves. 

I hope all of our Aya Healthcare travel nurses, therapists and community will enjoy.

Happiness Increasing Strategies:

1. Expressing Gratitude

2. Cultivating Optimism

3. Avoiding Overthinking and Social Comparison

4. Practicing Acts of Kindness

5. Nurturing Social Relationships

6. Developing Strategies for Coping

7. Learning to Forgive

8. Being Open to New Experiences

9. Savoring Life’s Joys

10. Committing to Your Goals

11. Practicing Spirituality

12. Taking Care of Your Body

Of course, its up to you as to which activities you want to put into practice. Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

As Aya Healthcare continues to grow, it has become more and more important for us to foster values of self improvement and empowerment with all of our internal staff.  As part of Aya Healthcare’s weekly internal newsletter, we circulate a number of  inspiring quotes and book excerpts.  This week we’d like to share some of the favorites that focused on the power of influence:

“You are in charge of your feelings, beliefs, and actions. And you teach others how to behave toward you. While you cannot change other people, you can influence them through your own behaviors and actions. By being a living role model of what you want to receive from others, you create more of what you want in your life.”

-Eric Allenbaugh

“Think of ways to be more proactive and address things you CAN do something about.  Your circle of influence will enlarge and your circle of concern shrinks.  Focusing on what you don’t like is disempowering.  Focusing on what you can do is proactive and empowering. “Be part of the solution, not part of the problem”.

–Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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Please join Aya Healthcare in the spirit of nurse appreciation week and thank the nurses who care for our communities! This year’s theme is “Caring Today for a Healthier Tomorrow”.

At Aya Healthcare humor is one of the important ways we create a happy work place.  Humor simply brings us joy in which we hope to share with all of our fellow healthcare professionals. Here is some humor our Aya Healthcare employees wanted to share with you today: (more…)

Today is Earth Day’s 40th birthday! And since Earth Day is designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for our environment, Aya Healthcare is taking on two simple initiatives to reduce our carbon footprint & encourage “green” practices for all our employees.

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On April 11th Aya Healthcare employees will be participating in the Carlsbad 5000, a 5k run that will benefit the NuVasive Cheetah Gives Back Foundation.  Aya Healthcare is happy to support this particular cause as it provides medical devices and surgical support to those in need of spinal surgery.  If any of our healthcare professionals are interested in running with our Aya Healthcare team, please contact Leilani Mucha at 866-687-7390.

Hello Everyone. Aya Healthcare is excited to share with you our Aya Healthcare blog. We look forward to using this space as a way to connect to our community and share insightful news, announcements, tips, and resources that we think you might enjoy.