About

"A healthy, connected team is your competitive advantage."

- Lygeia Ricciardi

Small steps can lead to big results

Wellbeing is both physical and mental

Health is social

The AdaRose Story

The AdaRose story is rooted in our founder’s professional experience in digital health and her passion for empowering people and teams to thrive.

Empowering Patients through Technology

Before founding AdaRose, Lygeia Ricciardi spent 20 years redefining how patients manage their health by influencing the design of nationwide policies. These resources ranged from hospital patient portals to smartwatches that help patients access their medical records, connect with each other, and use data to improve their health.

Surviving a Broken Heart

AdaRose is named after Lygeia’s daughter Ada, and reflects her story of health ownership. When doctors told Lygeia that her newborn baby needed open-heart surgery to close a hole in her heart, Lygeia didn’t just sign up. As an experienced advocate for patients, and with intensive research and professional input, she and her husband chose to “watch and wait” instead of surgery–a decision their whole family is grateful for today. But the path wasn’t easy.

With the decision about her daughter’s heart and managing other subsequent family conditions including cancer and mental health, Lygeia is familiar with the stress of being a caregiver. It’s often hard to know what’s right for a loved one, and it’s painful and scary to see them suffer. That stress plus the day-to-day care of loved ones takes its toll.

Self Care in the Midst of the Pandemic Lockdown

Like many of us, Lygeia experienced acute stress in the midst of the pandemic lockdown. Her tween/teen daughters were isolated and experiencing anxiety, her remote employer downsized, and she was surrounded by political upheaval in the midst of Washington DC.

To keep showing up as the strongest, best version of herself, something in her life had to change.

A Healthier Way to Work and Live

Determined to manage her own stress and isolation, Lygeia began integrating small healthy habits into her life, and reconnecting with people remotely. After experiencing the benefits of focusing on self-care, she started investigating how to help others do the same with her knowledge of patient engagement and behavior science. Working from home, she experimented with workplace wellness habits and changes, such as connecting with others regularly, incorporating exercise into her work day, and implementing mindset habits. The results exceeded her expectations. Instead of just managing her own wellness by following a self-care regime, she found ways to grow and thrive.

Irresistible Workplace Wellness

Using what she had learned from her wellness journey and experience as a leader in digital health programs, Lygeia sought to empower other workers. What if wellness could be integrated into the way we work and live, and be so intriguing and fun that you *wanted* to do it? This vision was the catalyst for the creation of AdaRose. She began to draw on evidence-based research in behavior change to build unique wellness programs for remote and hybrid teams that engage employees both on and offline with wellness kits mailed to their homes.

Today, AdaRose is proud to move the needle in corporate wellness by helping employees thrive with programs integrating personalized micro-breaks, cutting-edge wellness techniques, kits by mail, and actionable analytics to help employers minimize employee stress, forge social connections among co-workers, and boost productivity.

Empower Your Employees to Feel and Perform their Best

We invite employers to reach out and discover how their teams can benefit from using AdaRose’s workplace wellness programs. Why not make a healthy, connected team your competitive advantage?

Gia Mariam Hasan. M.Sc.

Gia is a certified nutrition coach, integrative medicine coach, and mindfulness teacher dedicated to helping companies support employee well-being, resilience, and sustainable performance.

Helena Workneh, PT, DPT

Helena is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and licensed physical therapist and certified yoga instructor who helps companies boost employee well-being through movement, mindfulness, and self-care—reducing pain and enhancing performance.

Josh Funk DPT

Josh is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who helps employees move better, feel better, and perform better—for life. His focus is practical, lasting impact. His mantra: Be better than yesterday.

LaShone Wilson

LaShone is a certified health and wellness coach, reflexologist, and mindful living teacher who helps organizations reduce employee stress and enhance well-being through holistic practices and behavior change.

Nina Hersher

Nina Hersher is a globally recognized thought leader and highly sought-after speaker at the intersection of technology and wellness. She holds an MSW specializing in Digital Culture and Program Development and is the Founder of the Digital Resilience Lab, home of the Digital Resilience Certificate Program.

Israa Nasir, B. Sc, MA

Israa is a licensed therapist with a decade of experience in both clinical and digital health sectors. She specializes in integrating innovative technologies into mental health care, enabling organizations to enhance employee well-being, reduce stress, and increase productivity.

Toni LaHaye, BSc

Toni is a licensed esthetician with more than 15 years of experience collaborating with national skin care brands. She views skin care as self care, enhancing employee well-being through virtual spa sessions that reduce stress and enhance team bonding.