Beverly's January Wellness Calendar Favourites
Book Beverly
Mental Health, Stress, and Resilience Expert
Use the January Wellness Calendar listed below for programming ideas at your workplace. Build them into events such as workshops, displays and health fairs or gather articles and tips for your company newsletter, blog, or eposts.
Click on the article links below or check out the Stress and Wellness Blog for strategies related to many of these Wellness celebrations.
Months
Awareness Months
- Alzheimer’s Awareness Month – (CND)
- Autism Month
- Bath Safety Month
- Birth Defects Month
- Blended Family Month
- Carnival Season
- Celebrate The Past Month
- Celebration of Life Month
- Cervical Cancer Screening Month – (US)
- Children Impacted By Parent’s Cancer Month
- Clap 4 Health Month
- Crime Stoppers Month
- Everything’s Possible Month
- Family Fit Lifestyle Month
- Fat Free Living Month
- Financial Wellness Month
- Fireside Warmth Month
- Get A Balanced Life Month
- Get Organized Month
- Home Fire Safety Month
- Human Resource Month
- International Brain Teaser Month
- International Creativity Month – (US)
- International Crime Stoppers Month
- International Get Over It Month
- International Life Balance Month
- International New Years Resolutions Month for Businesses
- International Quality of Life Month
- It’s OK To Be Different Month
- Jump Out Of Bed Month
- Love Yourself Month
- National Be On Purpose Month
- National Birth Defects Prevention Month – (US)
- National Candy Month
- National Clean Up Your Computer Month
- National Credit Awareness Month
- National Eye Health Month
- National Get Organized Month
- National Glaucoma Awareness Month – (US)
- National Hobby Month
- National Hot Tea Month
- National Lose Weight – Feel Great Month
- National Mentoring Month – (US)
- National Personal Self-Defense Month – (US)
- National Personal Trainer Awareness Month
- National Radon Action Month – (US)
- National Save Your Money Month
- National Skating Month
- National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
- National Soup Month
- National Stalking Awareness Month
- National Thank You Month
- National Transform Your Thinking Month
- National Volunteer Blood Donor Month – (US)
- Reaching Your Potential Month
- Self-Help Group Awareness Month
- Self-Love Month
- Teen Driving Awareness Month
- Thyroid Awareness Month – (US)
- Train Your Dog Month
- Walk Your Pet Month
- World Introvert Month
- Yours, Mine, and Ours Month
Weeks
Awareness Weeks
- Jan 1-7 – Diet Resolution Week
- Jan 1-7 – New Year’s Resolutions Week (US) + Article
- Jan 1-7 – Celebration of Life Week
- Jan 2-8 – Someday We Will Laugh About This Week
- Jan 4-10 – National Thank You To Your Customer Week (first full week) (US)
- Jan 4-10 – National Lose Weight – Feel Great Week (first full week)
- Jan 4-10 – Dating & Life Coaches Recognition Week
- Jan 10-18 – International Snowmobile Safety And Awareness Week (starts third Saturday)
- Jan 12-18 – National Pizza Week (first full week)
- Jan 12-18 – Home/Office Safety and Security Week (second full week)
- Jan 18-24 – Healthy Weight Week (third full week) (US)
- Jan 18-24 – Hunt For Happiness Week (third full week)
- Jan 18-24 – National Non-Smoking Week (third full week) (CND)
- Jan 18-24 – Sugar Awareness Week (third work week)
- Jan 19-23 – No Name Calling Week
- Jan 19-25 – National Fresh Squeeze Juice Week (starts the third Sunday)
- Jan 25-30 – National Clean Out Your Inbox Week (fourth week)
- Jan 25-31 – Meat Week (starting the last Sunday)
- Jan 25-31 – National Take Back Your Time Week (starting the last Sunday)
- Jan 26-30 – National Activity Professionals Week
Days
Awareness Days
- Jan 1 – Global Family Day
- Jan 1 – New Year’s Resolutions Day
- Jan 1 – Commitment Day
- Jan 1 – World Day of Peace
- Jan 2 – National Motivation and Inspiration Day
- Jan 2 – Positive Postcard Day
- Jan 2 – National Personal Trainer Awareness Day
- Jan 2 – National Buffet Day
- Jan 2 – Pet Travel and Safety Day
- Jan 2 – National Science Fiction Day
- Jan 2 – Stop Spam Day
- Jan 2 – World Introvert Day
- Jan 3 – Memento Mori “Remember You Die” Day
- Jan 3 – Humiliation Day
- Jan 3 – National Festival Of Sleep
- Jan 3 – National Play Outside Day (first Saturday)
- Jan 4 – World Braille Day
- Jan 4 – Trivia Day
- Jan 4 – World Hypnotism Day
- Jan 5 – National Keto Day
- Jan 6 – Cuddle Up Day
- Jan 6 – I Am A Mentor Day
- Jan 6 – National Technology Day
- Jan 5 – Thank God It Is Monday Day – (first Monday)
- Jan 7 – I’m Not Going To Take It Anymore Day
- Jan 7 – Invisible Pain Day
- Jan 8 – Bubble Bath Day
- Jan 8 – Show and Tell Day at Work
- Jan 8 – War On Poverty Day
- Jan 8 – National Career Coach Day
- Jan 9 – Thyroid Awareness Day
- Jan 9 – National Static Electricity Day
- Jan 9 – Play God Day (Do something nice for someone)
- Jan 10 – National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
- Jan 10 – Houseplant Appreciation Day
- Jan 10 – National Sunday Supper Day (second Saturday)
- Jan 11 – Milk Day
- Jan 11 – International Thank You Day
- Jan 11 – Cigarettes Are Hazardous to Your Health Day
- Jan 11 – National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
- Jan 10 – National Vision Board Day (second Saturday)
- Jan 12 – National Pharmacists Day
- Jan 12 – National Hot Tea Day
- Jan 12 – National Clean Off Your Desk Day (second Monday)
- Jan 12 – Organize Your Home Day (second Monday) (US)
- Jan 13 – Make Your Dreams Come True Day
- Jan 13 – Rubber Duckie Day
- Jan 13 – National Sticker Day
- Jan 13 – Rubber Ducky Day
- Jan 14 – Dress Up Your Pet Day
- Jan 14 – Organize Your Home Day
- Jan 14 – World Logic Day
- Jan 15 – National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day
- Jan 15 – National Hat Day
- Jan 15 – Get to Know Your Customers Day (third Thursday of each quarter)
- Jan 15 – Women’s Healthy Weight Day (third Thursday)
- Jan 16 – National Nothing Day
- Jan 16 – Religious Freedom Day
- Jan 17 – National Rye Whiskey Day
- Jan 17 – Popeye Day
- Jan 18 – Maintenance Day
- Jan 18 – Winnie-The-Pooh Day
- Jan 18 – Thesaurus Day
- Jan 18 – World Religion Day (third Sunday)
- Jan 18 – World Snow Day (third Sunday)
- Jan 19 – Good Memory Day
- Jan 19 – Popcorn Day
- Jan 19 – World Day of Migrants and Refugees
- Jan 19 – National Day of Service (third Monday)
- Jan 19 – Elementary School Teachers Day (third Monday)
- Jan 19 – Blue Monday (third Monday)
- Jan 20 – National Cheese Lovers Day
- Jan 20 – International Day of Acceptances (accepting of people with disabilities)
- Jan 20 – Take A Walk Outdoors Day
- Jan 20 – Humanitarian Day (third Monday)
- Jan 20 – Rid World of Fad Diets, Gimmicks Day (third Tuesday) (US)
- Jan 21 – National Hugging Day
- Jan 21 – National Hug Your Puppy Day
- Jan 21 – International Sweatpants Day
- Jan 21 – Weedless Wednesday (third Wednesday) (CND)
- Jan 22 – Sanctity of Human Life Day
- Jan 23 – National Handwriting Day
- Jan 23 – National Pie Day
- Jan 23 – Maternal Health Awareness Day
- Jan 24 – Celebration of Life Day
- Jan 24 – National Seed Swap Day (last Saturday)
- Jan 24 – Belly Laugh Day
- Jan 24 – International Day of Education
- Jan 24 – National Peanut Butter Day
- Jan 25 – Robert Burns Day
- Jan 25 – Opposite Day
- Jan 26 – Spouses Day (US)
- Jan 26 – National Green Juice Day
- Jan 26 – Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day (last Monday)
- Jan 27 – Thomas Crapper Day
- Jan 27 – National Family Literacy Day (CND)
- Jan 27 – National Plan For Vacation Day (last Tuesday)
- Jan 28 – National Kazoo Day
- Jan 28 – Compliment Day (fourth Wednesday)(US)
- Jan 29 – Free Thinkers Day
- Jan 29 – Curmudgeons Day
- Jan 29 – Puzzle Day
- Jan 29 – Seeing Eye Dog Day
- Jan 30 – Yodel For Your Neighbours Day
- Jan 30 – Fun At Work Day (last Friday)
- Jan 31 – National Backwards Day
We hope that you find this Wellness Calendar useful in supporting your team.