This page describes all courses offered in the Engagement Rx system.  

All behavioral change courses* guide members through a process that gradually retrains the brain and permanently eliminates the emotional and psychological compulsion to continue the targeted unhealthy behavior.

All full-length courses include video sessions led by one or more experts, quizzes to review and reinforce video topics, reading materials that summarize session concepts, and assignments that bring the training into the participant's everyday life. Courses are set to individual pacing; depending on the content in a session and the estimated time to complete assignments and absorb concepts, there is a one- to three-day wait period before the member can begin the next session. Automatic messaging alerts members when their next session is ready. If a member waits two weeks or more without accessing a previously started course, they will receive a prompt on their course homepage suggesting they restart the course; members will have the option to restart or continue where they left off.

There are also microlearning courses, which are shorter than full-length courses and are made up of small modules that can be completed within 5-7 minutes. There is no wait period between sessions (referred to as "lessons" in microlearning courses).

*All courses are considered behavioral change courses except for the Nutrition Microlearning course, which is an educational course on nutrition. While users are encouraged to develop healthy eating habits, the course's main focus is on what to eat to maintain a healthy diet and tips to do so on a regular basis. 

Full-Length Courses

Food (LivingLean)

14 sessions (Intro, Orientation, sessions 1-12)—Can be completed in 4 weeks; typically takes a member between 4 and 7 weeks to complete and requires about 3-4 hours commitment, per week. 

LivingLean is led by Lou Ryan, behavioral change expert and health coach. The course focuses on the emotional and psychological elements in the addictions to unhealthy eating habits and patterns.

LivingLean contains the following:

• Personalized coaching feedback based on short surveys starting at session 4.


• Key to success cards to introduce and reinforce a renewed ability to choose how and what to eat in favor of living a healthy, lean lifestyle. 


• Support audios that emphasize specific concepts and use visualization techniques that help to retrain the brain and bring about a lean way of thinking.


• Reading materials that summarize the most important lessons in the course.


• Assignments that integrate the lean lifestyle into the participant's life.

Tobacco (LivingFree) 

12 sessions (Intro, Orientation, sessions 1-10)—Can be completed in 3 weeks; typically takes a member between 3 and 5 weeks to complete. Requires 3-4 hours for first week and 2-3 hours thereafter. 

LivingFree is led by Lou Ryan, behavioral change expert and health coach. The course focuses on the emotional and psychological elements in the addiction to tobacco.

LivingFree contains the following:

• Personalized coaching feedback based on short surveys starting at session 4.


• Key to success cards to introduce and reinforce a renewed ability to choose a smoke-free lifestyle and all the benefits that go with it. 


• Support audios that emphasize specific concepts and use visualization techniques that help to retrain the brain and break free from the smoker's addictive mindset.


• Reading materials that summarize the most important lessons in the course.


• Assignments that integrate the tobacco-free lifestyle into the participant's life.

Alcohol (LivingSmart) 

12 sessions (Intro, Orientation, sessions 1-10)—Can be completed in 3 weeks; typically takes a member between 3 and 5 weeks to complete. Requires 3-4 hours for first week and 1.5-3 hours thereafter. 

LivingSmart is led by Lou Ryan, behavioral change expert and health coach. The course focuses on the emotional and psychological elements in the addictions to unhealthy alcohol consumption patterns.

There are different types of problematic drinking (for example, regular overuse and occasional binge drinking), but they can all be destructive and dangerous, and they are all driven primarily by emotional and psychological factors.

LivingSmart contains the following:

• Personalized coaching feedback based on short surveys starting at session 4.


• Key to success cards to introduce and reinforce a renewed ability to choose an ex-drinker's lifestyle and all the benefits that go with it. 


• Support audios that emphasize specific concepts and use visualization techniques that help to retrain the brain and break free from the drinker's addictive mindset.


• Reading materials that summarize the most important lessons in the course.


• Assignments that integrate the ex-drinker lifestyle into the participant's life.

Stress (LivingEasy)

8 sessions—Can be completed in 3 weeks; typically takes a member 3 to 4 weeks to complete; requires about 2-3 hours per week. 

LivingEasy is led by Diane Hambrick, MEd, RD and behavioral change expert, Lou Ryan. The course focuses on establishing and reinforcing a base of resilience in the participant by changing the way they respond to the most disruptive and persistent stressors in life. 

LivingEasy contains the following:

• Key to success cards that enable the participant to choose a new response to old stressors; this brings a sense of empowerment and fosters deep resiliency. 


• Reading materials that summarize the most important lessons in the course.


• Assignments that create an unshakable resiliency in the participant.

Diabetes (LivingWell)

9 sessions—Can be completed in 3 weeks; typically takes a member  3-4 weeks to complete; requires about 1-2 hours per week.

LivingWell is led by Janice Baker, BSc, MBA, RD and behavioral change expert, Lou Ryan. The course focuses on improving diabetes management by reframing the way the participant "sees" the disease and the most stressful aspects of management.

LivingWell contains the following:

• Key to success cards to introduce and reinforce a renewed ability to choose an empowered and optimistic response to diabetes management.


• Reading materials that summarize the most important lessons in the course.


• Assignments that create a new mindset in regards to diabetes management.

Sleep (LivingWellRested) 

8 sessions (the final session is very short)—Can be completed in 4 weeks; typically takes a member 4-5 weeks to complete; requires between 1-2 hours per week.

LivingWellRested is primarily taught by Dr. Michael Grandner, leading sleep expert in the US. Behavioral change expert Lou Ryan provides instruction involving the behavioral elements of the course.

The course takes physical and psychological components of insomnia into account, utilizes tenets of traditional cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, and gives the user all they will need to develop the tools and strategies to become a sound sleeper.

LivingWellRested contains the following:

• Key to success cards that help the participant change the most sleep-disruptive behaviors and thoughts that have fueled their insomnia.


• Reading materials that summarize the most important lessons in the course.


• Assignments that allow the participant to retrain the aspects of the brain and body that have contributed to their insomnia.


• Daily support audios (the Daily Zs) that cover specific topics related to sleep.

Fitness (LivingFit) 

12 weekly sessions and activity logging, mandatory personal journal tool—members must complete 9 of 12 weekly sessions to complete course. Sessions take about an hour per week, although walking time is up to the member. Any member who misses 21 consecutive days of the course (meaning they have not logged in to the course or recorded walking minutes) must restart the course from the beginning.

The LivingFit course contains one short video per weekly session, each of which focuses on the experience of learning to love to exercise safely. There are simple but critical assignments for each session and an activity log in which users will track their walking minutes.

Users in this course can expect to improve their level of activity no matter the level from which they are starting. The course involves logging daily walking (or exercise) minutes, putting entries into the personal journal, and tracking completion of daily and weekly goals.

LivingFit contains the following:

• Key to success cards to introduce and reinforce a renewed ability to choose to exercise.


• Reading materials that summarize the most important lessons in the course.


• Assignments that create a new mindset in regards to exercise.

Substance Use (LivingClear)

9 sessions—Can be completed in 2 weeks; typically takes a member 2-4 weeks to complete; requires between 1-4 hours per week depending on the member's pace. 

The LivingClear course is taught by Lindsay De Stefano (CHES, MHA) and Rage Richardson (certified in mindfulness and pranic healing and in long-term substance-use recovery). The course utilizes the traditional CBT elements as part of the brain retraining process.

LivingClear contains the following:

• Key to success cards to introduce and reinforce a renewed ability to live substance-free.


• Audios for meditation, relaxation, and emphasis on specific course concepts.


• Assignments that help to bring the concepts of the course into practical, daily life.


• Reading materials that summarize the most important lessons in the course.

Microlearning Courses

Healthy Weight (Cognitive Training)

6 lessons—Can be completed in approximately 120 minutes.

The Healthy Weight microlearning course is made up of 24 short modules. These modules build upon one another in the course structure. The course focuses on the roles of healthy eating and exercise in weight management and utilizes some of the traditional CBT elements as part of a brain retraining process.

Nutrition (Education)

4 lessons—Can be completed in approximately 85 minutes.

The Nutrition microlearning course is made up of 18 short modules. This course is a simple nutrition course that outlines the basics of healthy eating and gives strategies on shopping for health, preparing foods for the week, and making healthy decisions when dining out. Users of this course can expect to gain basic knowledge about nutrition and simple strategies to eat healthy on a regular basis while avoiding common pitfalls like dining out. 

Stress 101 (Education)

4 lessons—Can be completed in approximately 80 minutes.

The Stress 101 microlearning course is made up of 17 short modules. The course is primarily educational and informational, although there are a few behavioral change concepts introduced that users can employ to manage stress levels. This course explains what stress is and why stress management is important; the course defines the different types of stress and identifies common sources of stress; the course delivers various methods of practical stress management that can be utilized by almost anyone. Users of this course can expect to better understand why it's important to manage stress and how to manage it using practical tools and methods.

Advanced Stress Management (Cognitive Training)

5 lessons—Can be completed in approximately 80 minutes.

The Advanced Stress Management course is made up of 18 short modules. This course is best suited as a follow-up to the Stress 101 course, but any user who already has an basic understanding of stress can benefit from taking the Advanced Stress course. In this course, users will identify their own personal stressful situations and be guided through a process that enables them to deal with old stressors in new, more empowered and more effective ways. The course uses the elements and tenets of cognitive behavioral training that are present in all of our CBT courses.

Hydration (Education)

3 Lessons—Can be completed in approximately 50 minutes.

The Hydration course is made up of 11 short modules. This course covers all the basics of hydration, including why it's important for mental and physical health and how dehydration can be harmful. The course also provides suggestions and to-do's to help with the creation of health hydration habits.

Financial Wellness 101: Mindful Spending, Budgeting, & Credit (Education with some CBT)

3 Lessons—Can be completed in approximately 52 minutes.

The Financial course is made up of 10 modules. The goal of the course is to provide users with a basic understanding of finances, including how debt and credit work, and to help them identify habits in their spending that are having a negative impact on their financial wellness. Users will improve their financial wellness by gaining the skills, knowledge, and confidence to make sound financial decisions, develop sound spending habits, and reduce finance-related stress.

Cognitive Behavior Training for Habit Management (General CBT Courses)

All of the following courses are short, and can be applied to changing any unwanted habit. Each course focuses on one elemental aspect of cognitive behavioral training.

Habit Creation and the Brain

3 lessons—Can be completed in approximately 13 minutes.

This course explains the way that habits are made, the role of both the conscious and subconscious brain, and the difference between "practical" and "emotional" habits.

Self-Talk, Conscious Choice, and Mindfulness

6 lessons—Can be completed in approximately 30 minutes.

This course highlights the typical thought patterns that reinforce unwanted habitual behaviors and provides instruction on how to change self-talk, enhance mindfulness, and create the opportunity to consciously make new choices in old situations.

Building Confidence, Commitment, and Motivation

4 lessons—Can be completed in approximately 22 minutes.

This course defines habit-related cognitive dissonance and how it can inhibit the ability to successfully change an unwanted habit. Users will learn how to unravel cognitive dissonance so they have a clear, singular mindset that supports healthy lifestyle change.

Retraining the Brain and Taking Control

3 lessons—Can be completed in approximately 17 minutes.

This course redefines "discomfort," particularly the discomfort that is typically experienced when someone is trying to change an unwanted, emotionally based habit. Users can expect to have a greater sense of empowerment related to their behavior after completing this course.

The Realities of Choice

3 lessons—Can be completed in approximately 15 minutes.

This course covers the frequently overlooked rules inherent in making a choice, allowing users to focus beyond the surface and look towards the results (consequences or benefits) of a choice.

Carrying New Healthier Lifestyle into the Future

2 lessons—Can be completed in approximately 10 minutes.

This course gives users the tools to maintain healthy lifestyle habits permanently.