We live in a world with soaring rates of employee burnout, increasing obesity levels in both adults and children and mental health issues such as anxiety and depression on the rise. Although I am not saying tech is completely to blame, these problems are certainly multifaceted in nature. But we do find ourselves ‘always on’, moving less and easily distracted by the buckets of information and stimuli at our fingertips. Just as the causation of these problems are multifaceted, so are the solutions.

Wellness is a word that at times is not fully understood and rightly so with us now being bombarded daily with the latest tips, some enhancing but some harmful. My aim here is to contribute to the former.

Wellness is the state of being in good health, especially as an actively pursued goal. It is more proclivity toward helpful actions than desired end state. It is a ritual, a way of living and being; where it gets blurred like many other things, is in the detail.

We treat perfectionism as a virtue and nowhere is this more prevalent than in the workplace. Research however shows that this self-imposed pressure can ultimately lead to burnout. It is a personality trait encompassed by excessively high personal standards and harsh self-criticism. It is a common trait which can affect many of us. But is perfection how we should measure success? What do you think?

Self care is a vital process yet so many of us put our own at the bottom of the priority list, the consequences can be eventual burnout. We want you to help make self care a daily ritual and focus on the areas that matter most to you.

Myth: Selfcare is selfish

Martin Seligman, the founder of positive psychology, states in his theory of wellbeing there are 5 building blocks that enable us to flourish- positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishment.

June 29th 2007. Believe it or not, this was the date the iphone was born and our mobiles no longer just served the function of calling, texting or sharing the latest ringtone. Our mobile device was transformed to a one stop shop to stay connected, whether in a professional or social context. There are now 3.5 billion smartphone users in the world. Did you also know that on average we will check our work emails every six minutes during the day and pick up our phones over 80 times in the course of that day. 23 minutes and 15 seconds is the time it takes to return to a task once distracted and between 17-32% report to their doctors globally suffering with burnout.

Over the past few months we have all been mentally tested, physically strained and emotionally stretched, this has left our spirits perforated and our purpose floundering.

However, for many of us in Business the train is still on the tracks and moving at speed. When we face times of adversity, we know managing our wellness effectively is crucial yet it can often fall to last position on our “To Do List”