Dear HRart Worker, First off, are you wondering what Organizational Decline Theory is? If so, check out my last blog post, “The Basics of Organizational

Dear HRart Worker, We know the World Health Organization has officially started including burnout in its reports, and experts have been analyzing it from almost

Dear HRart Worker, 2023 is the year of work reform. If the pandemic has taught Americans anything, it’s that an efficient and effective work environment

Dear HRart Worker, Intentionality in leadership is when you can lead from a place of alignment with your personal beliefs and values. It is when

Dear HRart Worker, If you’ve been following my recent lessons all about what my Classical Oriental Medicine studies tell us about how we should approach

Dear HRart Worker, It appears that we aren’t quite finished with feeling the effects of a global pandemic on our organizational budgets. 2020 gave several

Dear HRart Worker, It’s Samm here and today I have the immense pleasure of introducing you to our new HR Healer Apprentice, Melissa Ural. You’ll

Dear HRart Worker, Today’s topic is a painful one… what do you do when you’re faced with an impending termination? There seems to be a

Dear HRart Worker, The Great Resignation has been a popular topic as employers scramble to figure out how to keep their workforces intact. However, today

Dear HRart Worker, What is Organizational Decline Theory? This theory describes a suspended period in which a company’s resources and performance decline. Organizational decline occurs

Dear HRart Worker, I write to you as I once again find myself struggling to find balance; my immune system is so easily compromised after

Dear HRart Worker,  For as long as I can remember friends have comforted me during difficult times with, “what doesn’t kill you will make you

Dear HRart Worker, Here at the HRart Center, we are in the process of evaluating our DEI incentives. While we have a strong stance on

Dear HRart Worker,    Consider this letter an entrepreneurial confession. Since starting my business in 2014, I’ve struggled to scroll through LinkedIn. For me, LinkedIn

Dear HRart Worker,  “The ADA defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one

Dear HRart Worker, When speaking on supporting one another emotionally within the workplace, the responsibility often falls on the managers. While having a manager looking

Dear HRart Worker, I’m wrapping up work on my newest book, Workplace Healers, and I can’t wait to share it with you. I’ve poured my

Dear HRart Worker,   During my Medical Qigong Training, I was exposed to this concept known as Heart Fire. Heart Fire, according to Classical Oriental

Dear HRart Worker,   This morning as I was doing my AM scroll on Instagram, I came upon a post shared by my friend and

Dear HRart Worker,   Job descriptions are one of the most powerful tools in the Human Resource (HR) department. Unfortunately, most HR departments use job

Dear HRart Worker,   For years now I have been working with one mantra in mind:   “Less is more”   This mantra has served

Dear HRart Worker,    Welcome to February, the month that I think we have all been engrained to associate with love.   I remember clearly

Dear HRart Worker,   Welcome to 2022, a new year filled with possibility – the possibility to pursue your dreams, a word that was always

Dear HRart Worker,   As we prepare to enter a new year, we are often enticed by the concept of a fresh start. Ready to

Dear HRart Worker,   This month I was able to getaway for a night to one of my happy places, Old Town Alexandria. As my

Dear HRart Worker, The concept of work life balance has come to the forefront during these times. After a forced quarantine that felt like a

Dear HRart Worker, Job hunting is mentally and physically exhausting.  In the beginning stages of job hunting, the goal for any candidate is to find

Dear HRart Worker,   This week is Halloween and for me this holiday over the last three years has transformed into an eloquent invitation into

Dear HRart Worker, This week I had a client come into the center for their monthly healing qigong therapy session, together we had been working

Dear HRart Worker, What fills my cup? What fills your cup? In this week’s revisited episode of The HRart Rise Morning Show (below), I share

Dear HRart Worker, One of my first HR jobs required me to file paperwork into personnel files, not an unusual task. The personnel files were

Dear HRart Worker,   Do you know I host a podcast? I hope you do. For nearly six years, I have podcasted wiith the first episodes

Dear HRart Worker,  What comes to mind when you see a flamingo? For some of you, you may think of me. The flamingo is one of

Dear HRart Worker,   Have you ever been able to physically wake yourself up from a nightmare before it happened? Like the scene was being set

Dear HRart Worker,  This week’s HRart Chat revisit captures something so magical. It was recorded the Wednesday before Medical Qigong came into my life. The

Dear HRart Worker,  I’m sure we have all heard the saying “less is more”. If you’re like me, you have accepted this saying in a tangible

As promised in the last 2021 Book Club podcast episode titled “Five-Element Energies Everywhere”, here is a list of Samm’s top 5 favorite fiction reads!

Dear HRart workers, Grace Carlsen is a former student of mine who is sharing her series of very potent essays with us, and today I’m sharing her final

Dear HRart Worker,   Have you ever been jealous? I have. I spent most of my youth living in jealousy. Being especially envious of one of

I can remember the first moment when I realized that I loved my work. I wasn’t in HR, I was only a 19-year old retail

This week on my Work+Love Livestream, I shared about an article I had read that inspired me to action. The article was by Dr. Taharee

The COVID-19 Quarantine created an incredible opportunity of pause for so many of us. Me, like many of you, were required to stay at home

Before I begin sharing my Yin Yoga prop collection, I want to take a minute to express my gratitude. When the stay at home mandate

Is it a coincidence that I am feeling the tug to work on the rewrite of this book during a global pandemic? I think not.

When the stay at home mandate was first put in place, I kind of went radio silent. Not gonna lie, the first 10 days I

May 4th is a pretty awesome day. Not only is it Star Wars day! But, it’s my birthday! So I couldn’t pass up this chance

I have spent many years taking my weekends for granted. As an introvert, I found that weekends were filled with social gatherings and outings with

The other day, I fell into the pit of distraction, otherwise known as Pinterest. My recommended Pinterest feed is very diverse, as it is a

Let’s be real. Times are a little scary. There is a lot of uncertainty. People are confused as messaging is getting distorted as we all

Here we are at the end of our little mini-blog series and I have to tell you that this week spending time with my family

The final member of the Smeltzer family is little Miss Zoey. She was thrilled to share a list of nine happy moments from 2019. Here

My husband, Josh, experienced his first Vision Fest last year. He created a board that he felt good about, he believed that his Connected Canvas

Last year my girls showed up at Vision Fest due to a lack of childcare. Josh really wanted to experience the event. He’s such a

This Friday is Vision Fest 2020. I always find the final countdown to the event, a time for a final reflection on the year before.

I am beyond honored to share the following guest blog post with all of you. Kimberly Preske has been a Vision Fest attendee since 2015.

In two weeks, I’ll be doing my first talk of 2020 on Medical Qigong. I love being able to share this incredible self healing practice.

Marie Forleo has been a member of my Mental Advisory Board since day one. Not sure what that is, no worries, that blog post is

This season can be confusing. It is a time that is said to be filled with cheer with promises of being surrounded by love, but

‘Tis the season, where your inbox is full of gift guides. And I’m not going to lie, I take a gander at each one as

Today while scrolling my LinkedIn feed, I saw a post shared by a fellow connection sharing four ways we can manage stress. The first point

This morning marked the official ending of yet another chapter in my life. This has been a current trend for me as I continue to

Qigong is described by the National Qigong Association as, “a mind-body-spirit practice that improves one’s mental and physical health by integrating posture, movement, breathing technique,

I thought this season would be the perfect time to reflect back on my time as an entrepreneur and share my top five entrepreneurial fears.

This October marks the five-year anniversary of the start of my entrepreneurial adventure. I could have never imagined the magnitude of this journey when it

Feelings in a Professional World When it comes to the world of business, logic is a must. We can’t make decisions strictly off of feelings,

Okay so the image and title of this post sounds horrid. I thought that too when this concept was introduced to me this past week

This past weekend was Vision Fest 2019. For four years now, we have been coming together to create Vision Boards with new found clarity about

2018 seemed to just wiz by. Before I knew it, it was over. Yesterday I partook in an annual ritual of reflection, to pay respect

Do you brood? Unfortunately, I believe this is a skill set that I have mastered over the course of my life. Being detailed-oriented is commonly

Last week I had the honor and privilege of speaking at my first national conference in Boston. It was an incredible milestone for me and

Are you a Charlie Pluth fan? I currently have his album, Voicenotes, in my car and it’s my go-to whenever I can’t find something to

Mindfulness is all the rage these days. It seems like everywhere we turn there’s something about mindfulness in the news, online, in stores, etc. But what does

 I kind of have an obsession with the dictionary as a resource especially when I am designing and developing new content. Here are my favorite

At home, above my desk hangs a sign that in bold letters displays “do what you (insert heart here).” For a long time, I found

Wednesday I got the “dreaded” phone call from my daughter’s daycare. Parents with children can probably relate, the call that informs you that your daughter