Check Our Previous Webinar Recordings Below

How to Create Sustainable High-Performance Cultures – A Top-Down Approach for Success

Watch Firstbeat webinar recording and get practical advice on how to help organizations develop healthy high-performance cultures that benefit leaders and employees.

Most leaders and organizations are searching for the key to enabling top-level performance, attracting talent and retention, without forgetting about employee well-being. In this webinar hosted by Firstbeat’s Tiina Hoffman, our special guest and Firstbeat Life partner Satu Ahlman from Saga Performance joined us to discuss what it takes to establish a healthy and resilient high-performance culture within an organization, focusing on a top-down approach.

During the webinar, we explored the importance of self-leadership and developing a resilient baseline, what leaders in fast-paced companies and high-pressure environments may have as pitfalls, and how to avoid these risks.

We also examined a hands-on leadership model, and reveal how utilizing data and assessing our stress and recovery levels can help support leaders on their journey.

What’s in Your Resilience Backpack?Essential Tools for Coping with Life’s Challenges

Watch the webinar recording where Firstbeat’s Tiina Hoffman, our special guest and Firstbeat Life partner Kate Fismer joined us to discuss the art of assembling a ‘resilience backpack’ – a curated collection of techniques and resources designed equip yourself and your coaching clients with the tools and resources you need to become more resilient during difficult times.

Kate will dive into a range of topics such as harnessing your inner compass, which resources help combat exhaustion, what keeps you topped up, and what helps guide you when you’re feeling lost.

Kate will also utilize her expertise and research on sleep to talk about the pivotal role of sleep in resilience building, along with self-compassion, self-regulation, and nutrition.

Unlocking The Mind – How Data Can Be The Catalyst For Change

In this webinar hosted by Firstbeat’s Tiina Hoffman, our special guest and long-time partner Simon Shepard joined us in conversation to talk about his clients’ successes and revelations that have been uncovered by utilizing physiological data in his coaching work.

Using real-life examples, Tiina and Simon discussed interesting learnings and insights he has discovered over the last 15 years, what has worked with clients, and the value physiological data can bring to resilience building and emotional and mental well-being.

Simon has a wealth of experience working with organizations and corporate groups and will also share his thoughts on how to influence well-being, resilience, and performance.

Insights into HRV and Mental Health: Understanding Bio-Psycho-Social Vulnerability

According to the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a 25% increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide, and studies have shown that the current cost of living crisis has also contributed to heightened anxiety and stress.

In this webinar hosted by Firstbeat’s Tiina Hoffman, our special guest Florian Wolf we explored the relationship between mental health and vulnerability from a bio-psycho-social perspective and shared Florian Wolf team’s findings on how HRV data can predict changes in mental health and early signs of vulnerability.

The webinar recording will cover topics including how to recognize early signs of vulnerability and build up resilience to better manage and cope with stress. Attendees will also learn about the differences between daytime stress versus night-time recovery and how these can impact overall mental health.

Watch the recording now to ensure you don’t miss out on learning about this important topic and the steps you can take to protect the mental well-being of your clients.

Building an Effective Coaching Program – Expert Tips and Q&A with Firstbeat

Whether you’re already a Firstbeat partner, new to the platform, or interested in joining, this webinar is an event not to be missed.

Join Firstbeat’s Tim Wright, Maria Perkola and Nigel Stockill for an informal live discussion where we’ll share expert tips and answer some of the most common questions and challenges our partners face when getting started with Firstbeat Life.

We’ll dive into topics such as what kind of physiological data has the most impact, the best types of services suited for Firstbeat Life, different business models for packaging and pricing, key USPs for promoting and selling, and how to engage and activate clients.

Watch the recording and don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to enhance your coaching services with Firstbeat’s expert guidance.

Helping Knowledge Workers Switch Off in an Always-On World - With Insights from HRV Data

When it comes to life’s challenges, there is a difference between being stressed and being stressed out. While some stress can be exciting and challenging, beyond a certain threshold, stress can lead to a deterioration in physiological and psychological systems and, subsequently, many of the health issues we see in modern life.   

Many people find that excessive stress manifests as a sense that they can’t switch off and that it is difficult to recover fully from day to day, whilst 70% of people say that they struggle to get a sense of mental distance from work.   

In this  Firstbeat webinar, our special guest James Hewitt will discussed how to help knowledge workers master the skill of being able to ‘switch off’ and how to transform challenge and uncertainty into an opportunity for growth using HRV measurements.  

Watch the recording and you will also learn:  

• How the principle that ‘we can’t overtrain, but we can under-recover’ applies to knowledge work 
• The associations between HRV and cognitive performance
• How to approach knowledge work as a cognitive endurance activity

Create Impactful Wellness Services with Physiological Data

Accurate physiological data allows you to understand your clients' wellness status and make better coaching decisions. It helps you to deepen and lengthen your client relationships.

During this webinar recording we will discuss practical examples of how to use Firstbeat Life in various types of health and wellness professions, working with individuals and groups. 

With accurate physiology-based data, you can get a better understanding and discover more insights about your clients' day-to-day lives, and provide more meaningful and valuable coaching services. The data also allows you to have more client touchpoints and a chance to follow up on their progress.

In addition to the depth of coaching, Firstbeat Life also helps scale your services and lengthen client relationships. According to our data, personal trainers who integrate Firstbeat Life into their business have been proven to increase customer retention by up to four times longer. During our webinar, we will explain how to do this.

Learn with Firstbeat´s Tiina Hoffman and Tim Wright:

• How wellness data can add value to your services
• How to utilize physiological data in different types of wellness services
• How to create scalable health and wellness coaching services

How Focusing on Recovery First Can Help Long COVID Patients to Regain Physical Fitness

Did you know that according to the World Health Organization, at least 17 million people in the European region have experienced long COVID, with common symptoms including fatigue, shortness of breath, and muscle ache?

The worst of the pandemic may be over, but long COVID continues to affect the health of millions of people all over the world. Dr. Kasper Janssen, a sports & exercise physician based in the Netherlands, has been working closely with long COVID patients and found that the usual treatments were not effective.

However, after his intervention study identified the key symptoms and developed a gradually progressing protocol, Dr. Janssen found that by focusing first on recovery, including taking breaks, developing healthy sleep, and good nutrition, patients could gradually return to exercising again and regain their physical fitness.

Listen the webinar recording where guest speaker Dr. Kasper Janssen will join Firstbeat Master Trainer Tiina Hoffman to discuss the importance of recovery when working with patients suffering from Long COVID, and the value that Firstbeat Life data can play in highlighting poor recovery and the steps needed to improve, with real-life examples from a patient case study.

Building Resilience as a Skill – Helping Companies and Employees to Overcome Stress and Disengagement

In this webinar, Awaris Founder Chris Tamdjidi provided unique insights into how wellness professionals can help companies and employees with resilience building skills - helping to overcome stress and disengagement.

In our post-COVID world, so many employees and companies are facing multiple challenges –disconnection, uncertainty, rising costs, lack of staff, and climate uncertainty.  Learning to become more resilient during challenging times can help us to better manage stress.

The webinar was hosted by Firstbeat Life’s Master Trainer Tiina Hoffman who also introduced Firstbeat Life as a useful tool to help with resilience building using HRV-based insights.

During the webinar you will learn:

• How to understand different resilience skills and profiles
• How to help employees strengthen their resilience skills

How using insights from HRV assessments can help build resilience skills

How to Use Wellness Data to Grow Your PT Business – Practical Insights with Luke Worthington

Making Sustainable Lifestyle Changes – Learn Practical Strategies for Long-term Success

We are quite literally immune to change. Yet living a healthy lifestyle invariably involves changing routines and habits.

In this webinar, Functional Wellness Specialist Erik van den Top provided an overview of the complex dynamics at play when making and sustaining lifestyle changes, and practical strategies and useful insights that will help set you up for long-term success.

The webinar was hosted by Firstbeat Life’s Master Trainer Tiina Hoffman who will also introduce Firstbeat Life as a useful tool to support behavioral change and share some interesting findings from the Firstbeat database.

During the webinar you will learn:

• Why willpower alone is not enough to make and sustain lifestyle changes
• Three practical strategies you can apply immediately to your daily life
• A useful tool for when you are feeling stuck

How to Improve Employee Well-Being in the Hybrid Working World

Hybrid working has changed the relationship we have with the workplace. But has it affected workplace well-being?

In this webinar, Head Coach Andrew Magill from Vitality, Head of Human Resources Steve Moore from Hymans Robertson and Firstbeat’s Tiina Hoffman and Tim Wright discussed just that and ways to improve your well-being strategy for the ‘new normal’.