Dr John Gaal

Welcome to Week 2 of 2026! This edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at yet another suicide death in the US construction industry—to a variety of tips on improving your health and reducing dementia risks—to the rising need for people who want to ‘work with their hands’. This week I would like to focus on what the STL Building Trades Wellness Coalition is planning for 2026. As many of you may know, this effort began in Q3-2025. Wherein, we held 3 collaborative meetings. Interest grew from...

As we begin the new year, this edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks into forming and sustaining new habits from a different approach to mindfulness meditation—to eating healthy—to exercising. This week I would like to encourage those of you wishing to expand your knowledge about workplace Mental Health issues to review the array of upcoming webinars in the last section below. To be sure, I have participated in a number of Mindspring’s (Mental Health Alliance) webinars in the past and...