A Healthier You With Virgin Pulse

Embrace a healthier you in 2024 with Virgin Pulse!

Chances are you’ve resolved to focus on your health for 2024—it is the most popular New Year’s resolution, after all.

As part of your Carilion Wellness benefits, Virgin Pulse helps you reach your goals with customized information and ideas just for you!

Measuring and tracking progress is key to building habits. Use Virgin Pulse to:

• Monitor daily activities like exercise, sleep and mood
• Connect with co-workers through challenges and shoutouts
• Earn and redeem up to $200 per year

That's right! Though good health is the best reward, participating in Virgin Pulse pays you back with up to $200 per year that can be redeemed for:

• Items in the Virgin Pulse online store
• Gift cards from select vendors
• A donation to the charity of your choice

Ready to get started? It’s easy.

Visit the Carilion Wellness hub for more information.

And if you need more inspiration, check out our Q&As below with employees who are already benefitting from the program!

Blake Carothers, Strategic Payment Relationships

What is your favorite feature of Virgin Pulse?

There are several features of Virgin Pulse that are favorites of mine, but if I have to choose one, it would be the Rewards Program. It’s my incentive to get motivated, which in return promotes self-wellness. I like that we can choose different options on how we want it redeemed.

How do you like to redeem your rewards?

I personally like the Amazon gift card option so I can buy things off my wish list. Right now I’m going for enough to buy a large cat tower!

Are there any other features you like to use?

I created a group for my department, and it’s used to create fun custom group challenges—like step challenges—where the winner takes the prize. It has motivated others to get more active as well.

Some even take part in activities that are announced in the community calendar because we now have access to all of the great tools in the portal.

Sue Self, CRMH Guest Services

What is your favorite part of Virgin Pulse?

Using Virgin Pulse really helped me learn how important sleep truly is and how much a lack of sleep impacts your body: stress, weight gain, sickness. Tracking my sleep each night has shown me how much (or little) I'm getting. It’s shown me how important it is to set boundaries for myself as far as sleep goes.

Are there any special features you enjoy?

I love how after you complete the sleep profile, Virgin Pulse gives you helpful tips like setting the tone for your room, putting your phone up and out of sight, making bedtime a priority, etc.

Jennifer Stewart, CGCH Radiology Services

How have you integrated Virgin Pulse with your current lifestyle?

I'm an avid hiker and I absolutely love being outdoors. I’ve enjoyed my visits to Sand Cave in Kentucky, Kanarra Falls in Utah and Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Virgin Pulse is great to stay motivated and it's fun to challenge friends and be competitive in getting in those steps! I also love the journeys, tips and advice it offers to lead a healthy lifestyle. For example, I'm a huge cook so I love the healthy recipe ideas.

Your Turn!

Do you use Virgin Pulse? Comment below and share your favorite features.