Suson Essentials

Self-insured employers are facing an uncomfortable reality:

📈 Healthcare costs continue to rise.
🥵 Burnout is increasing.
⬇️ Productivity is suffering.

What if prevention started with the brain? 🧠

I had the opportunity to join Dr. Patrick Porter on the Brain Fitness Podcast to discuss how neuroscience-backed workplace practices can support employee focus, resilience, and engagement.

𝗪𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁:

🧠 Brain breaks instead of caffeine dependence

🏢 Wellness rooms that provide intentional decompression

💨 How workplace environments influence how employees think and feel

📚 Education-first strategies that encourage healthier daily habits

The goal isn't to diagnose or treat disease.

The goal is to help employees function better today while giving self-insured organizations another lens through which to evaluate rising costs and workforce performance.

The future of workplace wellness may not be another app.

It may be creating spaces and experiences that help people regulate, reset, and return to work more focused than when they stepped away.

If you're responsible for benefits strategy, what innovative approaches are you exploring?

🎙️ 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: https://youtu.be/u7o6Mt0OyJo?si=0yaG0dfK-tPYdluk

Greatness in life and work does not begin with doing more.

It begins with 🧠💭thinking differently.

That is one of the key themes I explored in my interview with Dr. Rob Verkerk of the Alliance for Natural Health. We spoke about the role of thought,💭 awareness, and internal alignment 🧎♀️in creating a healthier, more meaningful life.

This is the foundation of Place of Peace — helping people return to themselves,😇🥰 reduce internal noise,🤯 and create the mental clarity needed to thrive.

In corporate wellness, I believe we need to go beyond stress management and talk more openly about:

🧠 mindset
😱 emotional regulation
🧐 self-awareness
and the connection between 💫 inner state and outer results
Because when people create peace within, they become far more effective in every area of life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-x2X6AI7cI

Speaking Naturally | An Interview with Rev. Jodi L. Suson - NLP Medical Intuitive Opening and Closing Music courtesy of Dave Balen and Jim McCartyht...

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴… 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 🧠 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀, 🛑 “𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣!” 😂

𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

𝗣𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲. ⏸️ 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲. 🫁 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 ☺️—𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁.🤮

#𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 #𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 #𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 #𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗝𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵—𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀? 🤢

I know this question personally.

After a 🧑🔧 workplace injury in 1997, I spent nearly 20 years trapped in a cycle of misdiagnosis and overmedication. At one point, I was prescribed 💊 50 medications 💊simultaneously in the name of 🧠 "Better Mental Health"

𝗕𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟯, 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗯𝗲𝗱.⚰️☠️

The system wasn't helping me get well. It was managing my illness.

Everything changed when I focused on three things:

✔ Real food 🍇 instead of processed food

✔ Healthy 🍃 environments that support performance

✔ Belief 📺 systems that can be changed

My unpopular opinion?

Most wellness programs are solving the wrong problem.

They're managing🤮 illness instead of building health🥗.

Need proof? Look at participation rates. Employees aren't opting out because they don't care. They're opting out because they're not getting results.

That's why I created two programs through Suson Essentials:

→ The Functional Food Program
https://susonessentials.com/functional-food-progam/

→ Place Of Peace
https://susonessentials.com/corporate-wellness-onsite/

Together, they help employees reduce stress, improve focus, build resilience, and reclaim ownership of their health.

When people stop operating in 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦, they think better, perform better, and feel better.

That's where the ROI lives.

Are your wellness benefits creating healthier employees—or simply managing symptoms?
Learn More from "Speaking Naturally | An Interview with Rev. Jodi L. Suson - NLP Medical Intuitive"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-x2X6AI7cI

Speaking Naturally | An Interview with Rev. Jodi L. Suson - NLP Medical Intuitive Opening and Closing Music courtesy of Dave Balen and Jim McCartyht...

Most organizations have break rooms.

What if they also had **𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 🧠 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀?**

I recently joined Dr. Patrick Porter on the Brain Fitness Podcast to discuss an idea that continues to gain momentum:

𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺.

𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼:

• Decompress after a difficult meeting,
• Use neuroscience-based tools that support relaxation and focus,
• Reset their nervous system,
• And return to work more present, engaged, and productive.

For self-insured employers, this conversation isn't simply about wellness perks.

It is reducing the spend on healthcare costs.

It's about supporting the humans behind the claims data.

Because when employees have practical tools to manage stress and build resilience, organizations have an opportunity to influence culture, engagement, and performance in meaningful ways.

𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘆?

I'd welcome the conversation.

🎥 W𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗿. 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
https://youtu.be/u7o6Mt0OyJo?si=0yaG0dfK-tPYdluk

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𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴… 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁? 😂

Difficult workplace relationships can test every ounce of our emotional intelligence.

The goal isn’t to suppress what you feel.
It’s learning how to respond without making things worse.

💡 Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is pause, regulate, and choose your response.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁?

What we feed the 🧠 mind matters
We often talk about nutrition in terms of 🥦 food.

But I believe we also need to talk about 🧠 mental nutrition.

In my recent interview with Dr. Rob Verkerk of the Alliance for Natural Health, we discussed the profound connection between 💭 thoughts, 😄 emotions, and our lived reality.

The truth is: what we feed our 🧠 mind matters.

Fear, comparison, self-doubt, and stress 😩 can shape how we feel, how we show up, and what we create. That’s why my work through The Functional Food Program is centered on helping people become more intentional about what they consume mentally and emotionally.

When people learn to shift their mindset,⛓️💥 they don’t just feel better — they perform better, 💪 lead better, and live 🧘🏽♀️ more fully.

https://youtu.be/a-x2X6AI7cI?si=IGBHWYJtxALsgRP5

Speaking Naturally | An Interview with Rev. Jodi L. Suson - NLP Medical Intuitive Opening and Closing Music courtesy of Dave Balen and Jim McCartyht...

"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗧𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲." - 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿

Many people in the mental health community are not testing their patients before they label them with a mental health issue. That of course happened to me in 1997 even after I asked for testing.

There are several things to test for before labeling someone with a mental health condition. like Bi-polar, ADD, Schizophrenia, Alzheimers.
𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀.
• P𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀
• V𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀
• H𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀
• F𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
• N𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀
• M𝗲𝘁𝗵𝘆𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀
• M𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗺𝘀
• M𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀
• T𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻

Do you know if you have any of these? Have you been tested?
The Vital Test covers 13,600 imbalances and identifies the emotions that are driving the physical concerns. Then the test output gives you a specific plan of action without drugs.

Evidence shows that many drugs cause early onset dementia leading to Alzheimers.

Reach out to schedule a discovery call if you think any of this applies to you, your family members, friends or patients.
(𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯, 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦!)
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲.

𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀: 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝘆 | 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀

I recently joined Dr. Patrick Porter on the Brain Fitness Podcast to discuss a question more self-insured employers should be asking:

What if the answer to burnout isn't another coffee break, but a brain break?

Today's workforce is overwhelmed, distracted, and exhausted. Yet many organizations continue reacting to rising healthcare costs rather than addressing the everyday factors that influence focus, resilience, and performance.

In our conversation, we explored practical, neuroscience-informed strategies that organizations can implement:

✓ 20-minute brain breaks that help employees reset and recharge

✓ Wellness rooms designed to support decompression and focus

✓ Environmental considerations such as air, water, and workplace stressors

✓ Educational approaches that empower employees to make healthier choices

This isn't about making medical promises.

It's about creating environments where employees can perform at their best while helping self-insured organizations rethink how they support workforce wellbeing.

If you're an HR leader, benefits executive, or self-insured employer, I'd love to hear your perspective:

If your organization had a dedicated wellness room for brain breaks and recovery, would you encourage your employees to use it?

🎧 Listen to the episode here: https://youtu.be/u7o6Mt0OyJo?si=0yaG0dfK-tPYdluk

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