Get Well

In this episode, we dive deep into the critical topic of mental health in the workplace, with a special focus on high-stress professions like law enforcement and emergency dispatch. We explore how stress shows up on the job, what healthy boundaries actually look like, and practical tools for managing pressure without burning out. Whether you're in a demanding frontline role or navigating the everyday grind of a busy workplace, this conversation offers insight, empathy, and strategies to help you stay grounded and resilient.

Guests:

YPD Detective Sergeant  Raul Fiveash, Officer Cassandra Reed,& 911 Emergency Dispatch Supervisor: Gabrielle Trevino. 

Is work/life balance real—or just a buzzword we throw around when we’re overwhelmed? In this episode, we’re digging into what balance actually means in 2025, how to set boundaries that stick, and why the old rules of productivity just don’t cut it anymore. Whether you’re juggling deadlines and diapers or dreaming of a slower pace, this conversation is your permission slip to redefine what “balanced” really looks like for you.

Join us for today's discussion with Health Coach Adrienne Noriega and HR team members Rob Duffy, Hope Chun and Edna Cordova for a conversation on all things nutrition basics. Learn what calories, macronutrients, and micronutrients are; how to grocery shop and meal plan; and how to portion control. If you found this episode useful, reach out to Coach Adrienne about one-on-one coaching to work on your personal nutrition, exercise, stress management, self care or disease management goals.

Join us today as we meet the new Health Coach, Adrienne Noriega and discuss topics related to Work-Life Balance with Laura Zavala, Trae Chavez, Stephanie O'Connor, and your Host Robert Duffy. This episode includes some great ideas and resources to work on creating a better harmony while also allowing that balance for what you cannot change.

Take some time to enjoy, and reach out to your Health Coach or your Wellness Ambassador team if you would like more information.

Welcome to GetWell! Today Wellness Ambassador Robert Duffy and Health Coach Stephanie had the opportunity to sit down with three of our Human Resource Specialists for a topic that creates quite a buzz - how to put your best foot forward in the workplace! Everything from job applications to communication styles in the workplace are part of this amazing conversation, and the reminder to reach out for best practices is around every turn.

Take some time to listen to this group that is at the forefront of entrance into the City of Yuma, and learn what it takes to be top of the pile in all of your endeavors!

Enjoy!

Many of your City of Yuma Wellness Ambassadors along with Crane Cares Wellness, Arizona Western College Wellness@Work Committee, and Yuma County Employees focused a portion of their Tuesday to help create and guide a better onsite wellness program through the Healthy Arizona Worksites Program 101 Training provided by Trainer Dianna Scaccia.

Afterwards we took the time to review some Program Best Practices as well as what we are looking forward to implementing in the upcoming year in a round table discussion to support YOU!

The Healthy Arizona Worksites Program (HAWP) is a statewide public  health initiative developed through a partnership between the Arizona  Department of Health Services and the Maricopa County Department of  Public Health.

Take some time to learn more about HAWP HERE: https://healthyazworksites.org/ or email for more info HERE: [email protected] if you would like to help your worksite build a program that can help enhance the lives or your employee group both at and away from work.

ENJOY!

Join members of the County Diabetes and Chronic Disease Program from Yuma County Public Health Services District and your very own GetWell Podcast Members (including a guest host from our very own Parks and Rec office) as we discuss an amazing program here in Yuma that can help guide not only our employees but our families as well in a year long lifestyle change program to deter the every rising chances of Diabetes.

PreDiabetes Risk Test:

https://coyintranet.ci.yuma.az.us/sites/hr/Wellness%20Activities%20%20Promotions/PreventT2_Program/Prediabetes-Risk-Test-Eng.pdf

We look forward to continuing to provide wellness topics that create access for all, so please reach out to [email protected] if there is a topic you think would help promote wellness for your fellow coworkers here at the City of Yuma.

Join your GetWell Podcast team as we speak with Dale Ponder (Chief of Finance and Operations at Crane Schools), Doug Allen (Director of Finance at the City of Yuma), Leticia Little (Human Resources Analyst) and Brissa Cazares (Administrative Assistant, HR) as we take a look into how to best impact your financial wellness, and some great tips and tricks to get started.

We also ask the Guests where they really started when it came to planning their own finances, and had some great insight throughout this conversation that may put you on the right path to better financial health in the future.

Enjoy!

Today we are going to talk about what vices and triggers are and where do we have them in our everyday life as well as some useful methods to manage and overcome those that cause you harm!  We also have our guest host, Cara Smothers, who brings us our Ask the Health Coach Question that many of us can relate to.

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Join Rob Duffy, Coach Stephanie, and our guests Mayor Nicholls and Arlyn Galaviz as we talk about:

1. A bit about how you became Mayor and the Life Changes that have accompanied that decision.

2. How community can enhance wellness: Mayors’ International bike Ride (Sixth Annual OCT 22, 2022)

3. How planning and proper nutrition can enhance any event that you sign up for, creating memories that can last a lifetime!

Take the time send in a picture of your participation in this years Mayors' International Bike Ride to [email protected] and you will be entered into the raffle drawing for $50 to either Mr. B's Bicycles or Sonoran Cycle as both are helping to make this ride a success both before and during the event.  To find out more visit our Wellness Website or https://www.yumaaz.gov/government/mayor-and-council/international-bike-ride .

Enjoy!