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Leaders | A Celebration |A Coming Soon Announcement

This fall has me all up in my feels! It marks one year full-time in my business, four years sober, six years of motherhood, and another trip around the sun. I can't think of a better way of celebrating than marking my busiest month yet, and spending this month with my Sober October group, taki...

by Naomi DuCharme — Oct 06, 2026

Sober October | Culture & Leadership

Fall is here in Southcentral, Alaska. The leaves are dropping, my garden is dwindling, the moose are sneaking every calorie they can get out of my snap peas and beet tops (stinkers), and there's a nice little sprinkling of termination dust in the Eagle River Valley. This time of year has alway...

by Naomi DuCharme — Sep 22, 2026

Tomorrow at 8am! Can you join?

Alaska BEC Meeting: Retention Strategy Hiding in Plain SightTomorrow | 8:00–9:30 am | Zoom Alaska's workforce challenges won't be solved by recruitment alone. We also need training environments and workplaces where people want to stay, grow, contribute, and do their best work. I'll be joini...

Sep 08, 2026

Free Trainings & Resources!

September Is Recovery Month and Suicide Prevention Month Yes, this is another ribbon-clad awareness month, but it's a brilliant reason to actually talk about two topics we have a hard time speaking openly about: suicide and substance use. I'm from Alaska, and we carry some of the highest suici...

by Naomi DuCharme — Sep 03, 2026

Why is it so hard to ask for help?

If you're new here, I'm Naomi, a workplace safety, health & wellbeing strategist, a recovery & leadership coach, a mom, a nature lover, and a badass sober gal from Alaska. This newsletter is a place for me to share information and connect with you, inspire some new ways of thinking, and encourage...

by Naomi DuCharme — Aug 20, 2026

Admit It: We Aren't Great at Measuring Performance!

Naomi DuCharme, CHST, CPC, CPRC Integrating Wellness Solutions Founder, Consultant & Coach [email protected] We are pretty bad at measuring performance and outcomes, both at work and in our lives. When we haven’t clearly defined what success actually looks like, we tend to measure what...

Jul 30, 2026

Managing Your Energy Capacity

Reverse Engineering Your Schedule It was early in my Outdoor Leadership education that one of my instructors said something along the lines of, "You've got to pace expeditions so you always have something left in the tank in case shit hits the fan." He went on to say that a summit means nothing ...

by Naomi DuCharme — Jun 30, 2026

Let's Talk Sleep & Upcoming Events

I’m Naomi, founder of Integrating Wellness Solutions out in Eagle River, Alaska. I’m a workplace wellbeing consultant, facilitator, speaker, and coach helping leaders, teams, and individuals create lives and workplaces where people can thrive. My work blends organizational strategy with a focus ...

by Naomi DuCharme — Jun 11, 2026

Making May Count

From Deadhorse to a whirlwind of Construction Safety Week to another Total Worker Health Cohort at University of Washington, to a Women's Sobriety Group, to the edge of my comfort zone filming a news piece with the Alaska Sleep Clinic on the connection between Sleep, Mental Health, and what the ...

by Naomi DuCharme — May 12, 2026

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

This is a long one. I recommend you read all the way through, then go back and click through the links! There's a person with a drinking problem that has progressively gotten worse over the past two years. That person can't wait for their first drink of the day, even though they are filled with...

by Naomi DuCharme — Apr 06, 2026

Sunk Cost Fallacy | Spring Habit Reset

Sunk Cost Fallacy I booked a Himalayan Trek in Nepal months ago. I have been training my body and mind, shucking and jiving to make sure I can be completely out for 3 weeks from parenting and my business. About a week and a half before my scheduled departure, we bombed Iran. I was scheduled to ...

by Naomi DuCharme — Mar 17, 2026

Completing the Stress Cycle

Stress Isn’t Just in Your Head; It Lives in Your Body A client in a high-stress industry that just decided to pause the after-work drinking ritual asked: “What do I actually do with all the stress? It doesn't just disappear when I walk out the door.” That question is relevant to so many of us, es...

Feb 03, 2026

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