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Worksite Wellness That Includes Everybody |
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Donald B. Ardell wrote High Level Wellness: An Alternative to Doctors, Drugs and Disease in 1976 and a dozen books since. He is also the most traveled speaker, having appeared at worksites, conferences and other venues (e.g., elegant sea cruises) for three decades all over North America, Europe and Asia.
Since 1984, Don has produced nearly 500 editions of his weekly Wellness Report and an essay every other day on REAL wellness themes related to reason, exuberance, and liberty. Don also directs the Wellness Center at Seek Wellness. His ideas on quality of life address adding meaning and purpose, applied ethics, environmental sensitivity, critical thinking, humor and play and, of course, exceptional fitness and support for excellence and joy. As a speaker, Don is entertaining, groundbreaking, outrageous and delightful. His lectures inform, motivate, entertain and change lifestyles! His varied “opening act” costumes range from an anatomically correct bodysuit to a “professor wellness” outfit to a burka! Really. The latter comes off after Don reaches the podium, whereupon he urges everyone to “cast off burkas—or anything else that might be inhibiting you from evolving into the “wellest, most effective and fulfilled person you can become.” It’s a great show – and no one knows more about the wellness concept. Don recently ran for mayor of Tampa as "the oldest, fittest, fastest and prettiest of all the candidates" promising to promote "a well city" “fit, functional, free and fun.” (He won in every respect save getting the most votes.) In 2004, he did win something else--his age group in both the duathlon national championship (8/8, Alphraetta, GA) and the national triathlon championship (9/18, Shreveport, LA). Don demonstrates that normalcy and moderation are health risks—and offers specific, positive, life-enhancing alternatives to muddling through life. The implications of an aging workforce - and how to position yourself to age without getting old prematurely! (Aging is unavoidable; getting old prematurely is a choice.) • Why you should never retire— the payoffs of eccentricity, self-employment and lifestyle artistry. (No One Lives Forever But It's Worth A Try!) • Self-Management Skills for Success in Business • The Role of Humor and Play in A Wonderful Life • 14 Steps to Wellness • How to Design Low Stress/High Energy Schools and Communities |
EDUCATION
B.A., Sociology, The George Washington University, D.C. 1963. Master of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1965. Stanford Executive Program Graduate, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA 1973. Ph.D., Health and Public Policy, The Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH 1977. AUTHOR - Aging Beyond Belief: 69 Tips for REAL Wellness - High Level Wellness: An Alternative to Doctors, Drugs, and Disease - An Author's Guide to Journals in the Health Field - Planning for Wellness: A Guidebook - The History and Future of Wellness - 14 Days to a Wellness Lifestyle - The Body, Mind and Spirit - Die Healthy: Sixteen Steps to Wellness - Live More of Your Life the Wellness Way PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Director of the Wellness Institute and Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. Publisher, THE ARDELL WELLNESS REPORT (Approx. 500 editions published since December 1984). HONORS AND AWARDS - Healthy America Fitness Leaders Award - Wrote/Narrated video “Life In The Stress Lane,” voted best educational video by the National Association of TV Program Executives - Named to All-American Triathlon Team annually from 1993 to 2006 by the USAT (world champion in 1994 and 1999) |
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