Blog post contributed by Jessica Perlove, LITS Wellness Committee member and Privileges and Accounts Specialist for the Woodruff Library.
Come join the LITS Wellness Committee and Health Emory on Monday, December 17th, from 2:30-4:00 PM to hear more about and get instruction on using our Virgin Pulse app, Healthy Emory Connect!
This app will sync with devices that you use to track your physical activity. You can gain points by doing things like completing Healthy Habits challenges, tracking your steps and sleep, and participating in various workouts offered through programs like Fitbit Coach. There is a nutrition app that connects with HEC that offers healthy recipes. You earn points for browsing and “favoriting” the recipes. There is also the Whil app, which offers brief audio sessions on meditation, mindfulness, and being a better leader. Whil includes a yoga section. You can earn points for completing one session per day, as well as points for completing each program.
Accumulating points leads to set milestones in the Healthy Emory Connect Virgin Pulse app, and Emory gives financial rewards for those milestones! Benefits depend on whether you have an HSA account or an FSA account.
I will be starting Walking Groups again soon for the LITS Wellness Committee, and I’m hoping this will present a fun opportunity to accumulate points on the app together!
The Healthy Emory Connect app can seem confusing and daunting, but it is a lot of fun once you start seeing your points add up! So try it out and join us for this session to get set up and ask questions that pop up for you.