Whole-Person Wellness
Holistic Approach to Employee Wellness
The Wright Centers for Community Health, Patient & Community Engagement, and Graduate Medical Education deliver our mission to improve the health and welfare of our communities through responsive health services and the sustainable renewal of an inspired, competent workforce that is privileged to serve.
We are deeply committed to generating and supporting continuous internal organizational and external community progress in these humanistic realms to positively impact our care delivery and educational systems, and external environments.
Striving to empower individuals, families, and communities to own and optimize their health, we continue to focus on expanding access to affordable, high-quality, whole-person primary health services and health care careers.
We deeply value and commit to energizing a therapeutic atmosphere that creates a sense of belonging, allowing and empowering individuals to reach their fullest potential and nurture their authentic selves, while honoring their life journeys and stories, and celebrating their unique and meaningful contributions.
April 2025
We all can help improve access to health care
Access to health care services is an important component of overall health and well-being. It impacts our quality of life and can enable us to live healthier lives.
February 2025
Awareness months in February brings opportunities to learn
Heart disease, impacting nearly half of American adults, remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Meanwhile, eating disorders contribute to approximately 10,200 deaths per year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
January 2025
What word will you embrace in the new year?
Why not celebrate who you are today? Think of how far you have come in your journey.
November 2024
What you need to know about nonviolent communication
Nonviolent communication is honestly expressing ourselves to others and empathetically hearing others.
October 2024
Exploring the link between art and health for National Arts and Humanities Month
You are an artist. Yes, you!
September 2024
Finding resources as we observe Recovery Awareness and Suicide Prevention Month
September is both Recovery Awareness and Suicide Prevention Month. Just about everyone has been impacted by one or both of these topics.
August 2024
The movement-wellness connection
“Movement” is an all-encompassing term that includes both fitness and general physical activity we participate in every day.
May 2024
Shining a light on mental health in May
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. But what is mental health really?
February 2024
Learning about Employee Assistance Programs
Employee assistance programs improve wellness in and outside work.
January 2024
Reflecting on New Year’s resolutions past, present, and future
What comes to mind when you think of self-care? Spa days? While that can certainly be self-care, there is a common misconception about self-care.
October 2023
Finding the ability in disability
As health care professionals, regardless of whether we’re focusing on medical or social needs, we must shift our thinking about how to be effective disability advocates.
September 2023
Suicide prevention
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, so why aren’t we discussing it more? Stigma can have a dramatic impact on starting the conversation.
May 2023
Let’s End the Stigma
According to National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 U.S. adults will experience mental illness at some point in their life. Even if you do not fall into this statistic, each and everyone of us will experience challenges that impact our mental health.
March 16, 2023
Our Sanctuary journey is underway
Where we’ve been and where we’re going. At this moment, almost 90 people have been deeply immersed in Sanctuary training.
March 9, 2023
The Seven Commitments: Growth and Change
Have you ever asked yourself what is an organization like The Wright Center? Yes, we care for patients and teach residents, while delivering upon our mission and vision.
March 2, 2023
The Seven Commitments: Social Learning
Learning can be scary. Seriously. In order to learn, we have to admit we do not yet know. As professionals, it is difficult to admit we don’t know something – particularly those in clinical and/or leadership roles.
February 15, 2023
The Seven Commitments: Social Responsibility
At the root, to be socially responsible is to care for others. This is easy when the other person is someone we like. The trick is that this applies even to others we may not like.
February 15, 2023
The Seven Commitments: Open Communication
Open communication seems great and sort of a no-brainer, but it may be a surprisingly challenging Sanctuary commitment.
February 5, 2023
The Seven Commitments: Democracy and the Power of Agency
Nothing about you without you and you may get your say but not your way. This might be the briefest way to describe the Sanctuary commitment of Democracy.
February 1, 2023
Let’s talk about emotional intelligence – one of the Seven Commitments of Sanctuary
The Seven Commitments of Sanctuary are interconnected with the entire model.
January 26, 2023
The Seven Commitments
The Seven Commitments of Sanctuary are interconnected with the entire model. Safety in sanctuary refers to not only physical safety but also moral, psychological, and social safety.
January 18, 2023
Sanctuary Starts with Us
The rubber is meeting the road in The Wright Center’s commitment to the Sanctuary Model as the first of two five-day training sessions has been completed.
January 4, 2023
Future Focus: Intentions, Goals, and Change
Here is to 2023 filled with whatever we need to know we’re cared for and supported.
December 20, 2022
Loss and the Power of Community
As I write this, it is -4° Fahrenheit. That’s pretty cold, but the baseline of the universe is even colder: -455° Fahrenheit!
December 13, 2022
Emotion Management with Self and Other
December in the northern hemisphere comes with cold temperatures, hot drinks, dark afternoons, sparkling lights, and as much potential for joy as for hardship.
December 6, 2022
Safety as a ‘primary value’
New week, new challenges, and new opportunities. That last one can be easy to lose sight of if we are feeling tired, frustrated, in a rut, and so on.
