We are excited to introduce our new blog, The WellPost!  This blog will be updated regularly by our team of contributors, and will be a blend of original articles as well as ones we found online that we wanted to share with you.  We will focus on providing you with information to help you and your loved ones live a happier and healthier life.

We hope you are as excited as we are about this new service offering!  Please feel free to send us any comments or feedback.  Enjoy!

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Caring for an Aging Adult: September 16, 2014

This webinar will be delivered twice; once at noon and again at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Duration: 60 minutes)

The EAP’s September webinar is titled “Caring for an Aging Adult” and will focus on the challenges and concerns regarding the health and safety of an older relative.  In this 60-minute webinar attendess will learn the type of care an older loved one might need, options typically avaliable and where to turn for help.

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Myth:  Only people who are crazy go see therapists.

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“...all the most acute, most powerful, and most deadly diseases, and those which are the most difficult to be understood, fall upon the brain.”  Hippocrates (c. 400 BC)

Before electronic medical records, the severity of a patient’s illness could often be gauged by the thickness of his chart. Even though “John” was only in his mid-twenties, and his chart had been thinned many times, I had to strain to lift it. When...

"When avoiding failure becomes your motivator, you are traveling down the path of inactivity.  You can stumble only when you are moving." - Roberto Goizueta

I found that quote taped to my bathroom mirror one Friday night when I was a senior in high school.  Earlier in the evening I had experienced one of the worst moments of my young life.  I grew up in Texas where high school football is king.  It’s not quite as dramatic as they make it out to be in the movies, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t still passionate about it.  Entire communities come out to support their team.  At least it felt that way with our...

How good are you at choosing the healthy salad over the slice of pizza? Or waiting until a sale before buying that new flat screen tv? The ability to delay gratification has more implications than you might think.  

A study performed by Stanford University professor Walter Mischel showed a distinct difference later in life for children who tested high in the ability to delay gratification.  In the 1960’s, Dr. Mischel and his team gave 600 four year-olds a marshmallow and told them to wait 15 minutes for the experimenter to return before eating it and they would receive a second one.  Roughly two-thirds of them couldn't...

Mark DeFee, LPC

Mark earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Texas Tech University and a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver.  Mark is Licensed as a Professional Counselor and has been in the EAP field since 2004.  In this time, he has provided telephonic crisis counseling, management consultations, trainings on various work-life topics, and account management services.  Mark has also worked with victims, and perpetrators, of domestic abuse and sexual assault.  Mark is a runner and cyclist as well as an avid sports fan.  He grew up in Dallas, TX but now calls Denver, CO his home.