Tips to Stay Healthy Even When Your Workstyle is Sedentary 

For decades health professionals have been warning that increased mortality is associated with sedentary lifestyles. According to Healthy People 2020, 36% of adults did not pursue any physical activity during leisure time. A study discussed in a recent Harvard Heart Letter revealed that the average participant’s day consisted of 7.7 hours sleep and 10.4 hours sitting— presumably much of that at work.  

Wisdom’s Guide to Wellness: Exploring the Seven Pillars for Life 

Are you wellness-wise? Healthy living encompasses making wise choices that promote our overall wellness, including physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Sadly, many individuals disregard their overall health by indulging in unhealthy food, living a sedentary life, neglecting their mental well-being, and giving little importance to soul care. We desire complete wellness while neglecting the disciplines to achieve it. 

Spiritual Health and Fitness

We give a lot of attention to physical health with constant headlines scaring us about cancer-causing agents and obesity among other ills. The “U.S. healthcare industry is massive” with
spending over $4 trillion in 2021 (that’s over 19 percent of all the goods and services produced in
the U.S.) and forecast to be over $6 trillion by 2028. 1 Emotional health is also on a lot minds due
to the alarming jump in irrational, violent, and criminal behavior since the Covid-19 pandemic
with over 90 percent of Americans say we were in a “mental health crisis”. 2 Yet, how many
people do you hear expressing concern over spiritual health?