The Fresh Start Project.
Helping employees move in ways that support both physical and mental well-being.
Led by wellness professionals. Easy to launch.
Sign up your team today.
When employees feel overwhelmed or stuck, they don’t need more pressure or another challenge.
The Fresh Start Project is a flexible, three-month employee well-being program that helps teams move more, reduce stress, and boost mood through sustainable movement habits that fit into real workdays and busy lives.
Program options.
Choose the programming that best supports your organization’s culture of movement and mental well-being.
The Strideful app
3 months of Strideful, the walking and running app for mental wellness
Special program price: $20 per participating employee
(valued at $34.99 for a 3-month subscription in the App Store)
What's included
- Personalized walking, running, and walk/run plans for all abilities and schedules
- Daily coaching tips based on psychology and behavior change
- Mood tracking to help employees recognize how movement supports emotional well-being
- Weekly Q&A emails to help overcome common barriers
- The Movement Break Toolkit with micro-movement ideas and plug-and-play HR resources
Wellness Seminar
Presented by Jared Byer, HFC – Health Educator at Made 2 Move Fitness
Format: 30 or 60 minutes | Virtual or on-site options
What's included
Choose from three evidence-based seminars designed for workplace well-being:
- “Managing Stress Through Motion”: How daily movement activates your body’s built-in stress management system.
- “Movement Medicine”: Helpful strategies to integrate activity into busy schedules and support pain reduction, boost energy, and overall health.
- “Foundations of Fitness”: Cut through misinformation and learn what type, intensity, and frequency of movement best supports long-term well-being.
Walk & Talk Coaching Sessions
With Meichle Latham, Wellness Strategist
30 min. | Individual or Small Group Coaching
Cost: $150/hour (package discounts available)
What's included
- Fostering individual, organizational, and community wellness through Coaching, Counseling, and Consulting
- Enhance workplace well-being, presenteeism, engagement, and performance with on-site, movement-based coaching sessions.
- Meichle’s signature Pedi-Purpose (coaching while walking) sessions blend movement, nature/outdoors, and guided connection to strategically support stress recovery, strengthen emotional and mental resilience, and mitigate burnout.
Why start now?
Encourages sustainable habits instead of short-term challenges
Supports a reset anytime your team needs renewed energy or focus
Builds a culture of movement that supports mental and physical health
Turnkey program led by a Buffalo-based wellness startup and local professionals
Easy to launch as part of an ongoing well-being strategy
Sign up your team.
Learn how to bring The Fresh Start Project to your team in January 2026.
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