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I founded Aware Health to empower employers to help their workforce and their families live resilient, pain-free lives while significantly cutting down healthcare claim costs.
On this Thanksgiving, I wanted to share a story of transformation. As part of Aware Health’s offering, we try to get Human Resource (HR leaders) to first trial the platform. It is a way of asking for help but also motivating HR to pause, take a moment to put their oxygen mask on and set aside time for theirselves. I wanted to share the story about a special HR lead, Janice Johnson (permission received)! She came to us initiallly saying she wasn’t a “runner.” She tried to start running prior and got knee pain which prevented her from progressing so then slipped back into less exercise. So that’s when she signed her group on with Aware Health and put herself as priority. She co-created a “walk-run” to “run” program and just sent me this pic having completed her 5k. She texted me this morning, “Thanks to you and Aware Health—-my 1st 5k completed!” And she lost 10 pounds too…not through medication but through lifestyle change. By getting to root causes. It is so hard for me to take care of my body with the demands of a growing startup but I do it since how can I ask others to take care of themselves if I don’t as a leader, and if we don’t as a team?! And hopefully this intention of us putting ourselves first will transfer to HR departments and then their member base. So on this Thanksgiving, I’m celebrating Janice, who took that step to become a “fit runner”!!! Members meeting their goals are way more meaningful than any revenue, and her win tbh makes me a bit emotional.