Have you taken a look at what you are doing for wellness for your overall well-being lately? It may be time to take stock of what wellness entails for better health, enhanced resilience, emotional stability and longevity. The basics are important, but there is much more. Of course, diabetes, blood pressure, obesity, and other heart issues are crucial. Please consider emotional and mental health. With stress factors including, sleep problems, bully bosses, financial problems, long commutes, marital discord, problems with children, aging parents, an array of emotional problems can create havoc in your life. Anxiety, depression, low libido, avoiding people, panic attacks are on the rise. The AIS or American Institue of Stress shows the main causes of stress in this pie chart. Workload is almost 50% of the total, however, add juggling work and personal, lack of job security sections and work related stress constitutes about a whopping 72% of the causes of stress. Take a moment to see what happens to performance on the graph. As the level of stress increases, over time, performance decreases.
Wellness means stress management. If you fit into any of these categories, help is available and works. Get into an exercise routine, see a nutritionist, start yoga, biking, get a hobby and get social. If you begin now, wellness can prevail.
