Episode #133. A Healthy You with Joshua DeTillio

Our guest this week on A Voice and Beyond is Joshua DeTillio who is the chief administrative officer at Gulf Coast Medical Centre, as well as, an adjunct professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. Based on his sixteen years of experience in healthcare and hospital administration, Joshua was inspired to design an essential how-to guide on building and maintaining your own wellness plan. <br/><br/>In this episode, Joshua speaks about the many reasons why he created his popular hospital-wide wellness program called Healthy You, Healthy Team, Healthy Company. He explains that nothing is more important to a company than its employees, and nothing is more important to the employees than their health. Joshua believes that a wellness plan can keep a work team happy, fit, and motivated while lowering business costs and increasing efficiency and all you need is a roadmap to success. Joshua firmly believes that business leaders must become role models for their employees and he offers employers a roadmap presented in eight stages, ranging from learning how to be an inspiration to incentivizing participation, and from using data to refining practices.<br/><br/>Joshua also discusses the current situation regarding increasing health costs and he tells us that it is 5% of the population who contribute to 90% of those rising costs. Joshua states that it is his mission to decrease health costs by improving the health of others.<br/><br/>This interview is full of wonderful advice, whether you wish to embark on your healthcare journey or want to improve on it, Joshua DeTillio gives us some simple, no-fuss steps to follow throughout our conversation in this show. <br/><br/><br/>In this Episode<br/>1:15- Introduction<br/>8:42- What defines good health for Joshua<br/>9:45- Why does most people fail when it comes to health and longevity<br/>15:40- What happens when people started eating healthier<br/>17:14- Food is addictive too!<br/>21:29- The Program: Healthy You, Healthy Team, Healthy Company<br/>28:24- Dairy, the most challenging food<br/>33:45- The benefit companies get from the program.<br/>Find Joshua Online<br/><br/>LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joshua-detillio-376b1684   Book: https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-You-Team-Company-Organization/dp/1544510837<br/><br/>For more, go to https://drmarisaleenaismith.com/133.<br/><br/>Like this episode? Please leave a review here - even one sentence helps!<br/><br/>Follow me on Instagram.