A registered dietitian and certified health education specialist, Vasu Thorpe founded Cultivate Wellness LLC in 2018 to help corporate clients of all sizes create a culture of wellness at the workplace.
Q: What services do you offer?
A: One-on-one nutrition counseling, lunch-and-learns, retreats, seminars, fitness assessments and coordination of wellness programming.
Q: What problems do you help solve?
A: A lack of energy in the workplace and increased healthcare costs related to disease that’s preventable through lifestyle change. Our goal is to simplify wellness by making it approachable and realistic.
Q: How do you define wellness?
A: Resting well, eating well, moving well and living well.
Q: Why do so many corporate clients use your services?
A: Companies often want a wellness presence at the workplace but don’t know where to start. We can be a resource to help create something that works for their specific employee culture.
Q: How can a wellness program help?
A: It can lower health care costs, increase employee retention, decrease turnover and create a workforce of high-performing individuals. And most Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama health plans cover our nutrition counseling services so there is no cost to the employer or employee.
Q: What’s your benchmark for success?
A: Behavior change that’s sustainable and sets a client up for long-term success.
Q: What do you want potential clients to know about Cultivate Wellness?
A: We teach people to eat in a way that helps them feel their best while still enjoying foods they love. We help them understand which foods stabilize their blood sugar and give them consistent energy throughout the day.
Ultimately, we want our clients to be high performing individuals at work but still have the energy to serve their family and communities once home.
