- May
- 10
- 2018
Seven benefits of walking to Dublin
When you join a step challenge with your peers, there are many reasons you may opt-in. Here are 7 benefits of walking to Dublin — or walking anywhere — that make an impact on your health and well-being, based on participant feedback the past several weeks on the Northwell Life Facebook group.
1) FUN – Check out Team Dublin Down’s fancy Walk to Dublin button!!!, Theresa Briggs, Employee Health Services
2) POSITIVITY – Getting my 88 yr old father out for a walk up the block + my steps to Dublin + a walk for my dog. Triple benefit!!, Annette Marinaccio, Business Strategy
3) DRINK WATER – Anatomic Pathology Hot Steppers getting in gear for the Walk to Dublin. Have some infused water!, Marilyn Williams, Pathology-Anatomical, LIJ
4) FRIENDSHIP/TEAMWORK – 5 beautiful members of The Shillelaghs walking 4.4 miles at Long Beach on the way to Dublin GO TEAM!, Amy Logeman, Institute for Clinical Excellence and Quality
5) PRIDE – We are getting there Arrhythmias!! Tele is the place to be because we take care of your family!! 
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🍀🍀🍀#madeforthis #walktoDublin #Plainview, Gina M. Henig, Telemetry, Plainview Hospital
6) MOTIVATION – So much beauty out there during my Walk to Dublin! Everyone….get your steps in….it’s gorgeous outside!, Claudia Cassidy, Surgery Transplant
7) MOOD BOOSTER – …it’s amazing to see co-workers out and about getting their steps in for the Walk to Dublin. The good thing about this is everyone is always in a great mood. Jamie Johnston, Endocrinology
And wait, here is a bonus benefit! Walking is FREE! We encourage you to keep going even if you reach Dublin before the challenge ends on June 10, so you and your teammates continue to accrue your steps, earn myRecognition reward points, and see how many millions of steps you achieve, together.
myWellness/VirginPulse is a robust, no-cost employee well-being online platform and mobile app brought to you by Employee Wellness. Be sure to explore the PROGRAMS section to support you on your well-being journey, such as mindfulness training, weight management, smoking cessation, nutrition and sleep guides as well as online coaching modules on a range of topics. Northwell.edu/myWellness at your desktop, or the Virgin Pulse mobile app on your smart phone.
I love the phrase, “Walking is free.” When my daughter was a teenager, she said, “We should get a treadmill.” My response, “We have one. It’s outside. It’s called a sidewalk.” Teenager was not impressed. LOL But she is a healthy, active adult who helps her Mom stay motivated.
Great answer to your teenager, Anne Marie. So true, we forget that we don’t need fancy equipment to take care of ourselves. Keep on staying motivated, you’re doing amazing.
Dina
I love being on the “Lady Leprechauns” Team which is what wee have been cheering each other on. I had joined to help me with health issues and did not think I could do it, well with the team effort I am in the top 2 and totally suprised in myself. Our Captain Cathy believed in me more than I believed in my self. Thanks guys you are the best.
Hi Dorraine, it sounds like you have a great team of colleagues. So wonderful to hear that you’re doing well in the challenge and enjoying the camaraderie and support of your team.
Best,
Dina Morgan
I Love seeing everyone take on the stairs instead of the elevator!
Great to hear that, Andrea! Keep up the good work everyone!!
Because of this challenge I enjoying being active walking everyday I feel much better after all.. I love it! at work I been walking on the stairs up to 5ft floor not using the elevator anymore, at first its hard but I keep doing it all the time and now is nothing for me to go up and down on the stairs.
Hi Gina, congratulations!! This is great to hear. Isn’t it amazing how little changes in our daily habits can make such an impact on how we’re feeling? Keep up the excellent self-care. Good luck and keep on stepping to earn more myRecognition reward points. After Walk to Dublin is over, there are lots of CHALLENGES you can do with people who are actively using myWellness. When you click on CHALLENGES, click on CREATE A CHALLENGE to see the full listing of what’s available.
Be well,
Dina Morgan
I have concerns that Virgin Pulse now requires us to waive our rights to our privacy with the new consent that popped up yesterday. We cannot log our steps unless we waive this privacy. WHY???
Hello Mary, the new privacy consent does not require one to waive privacy in order to track steps. The request requires that you review the privacy protection and member agreement information, check off your consent to the terms, and then you are able to continue using the program. This step is so that our participants understand the terms of the program, and how any information that you are tracking in the desktop or mobile app, is used to customize your user experience on myWellness/Virgin Pulse. When we all joined the refreshed program, there was also a consent process at that… Read more »
2 weeks ago for no apparent reason I went to upload my steps. I was unable to because virgin pulse said I opted out of the walk which I didn’t. I had 380 thousand steps. I called virgin pulse they said I couldn’t be put back on team. Apparently after talking to human resources at Huntington Hospital it also happened to 15 other people there was a clitch in the system. This was very upsetting to me in times of modern technology they couldn’t find a way to put me back on the team. It was a very postitive thing… Read more »
Hi Lenora,
I’ve shared your information and the comment with our administrator of the Walk to Dublin on the Employee Wellness team. She will reach out to you to to discuss and make accommodation.
Thank you,
Dina Morgan
I walk at least six miles a day which I never used to do loving it I feel more healther thanks to walk to Dublin
Beverly, we love hearing that you’ve actually made such as tremendous transformation with your physical activity thanks to the Walk to Dublin. Employee Wellness and Northwell Health are committed to supporting every employee to make lasting change to their health and well-being, but it also takes desire. Congratulations and keep up the great work. Thousands of steps you take every day to support your personal health!!
-Dina