{"id":28386,"date":"2021-10-11T14:59:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T12:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/spring-into-wellness\/"},"modified":"2021-10-11T14:59:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T12:59:54","slug":"spring-into-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/spring-into-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring into Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28387\" src=\"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1755\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness-200x140.jpg 200w, https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness-400x280.jpg 400w, https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness-600x421.jpg 600w, https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness-800x561.jpg 800w, https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness-1200x841.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness-1536x1077.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/10\/CARD-Spring-into-Wellness.jpg 1755w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1755px) 100vw, 1755px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wellness. Magic moments. Transient opportunities. These are the core ideas here\u2026<\/p>\n<p>We all want to be well, or more well. Many of us truly NEED to be more well, even. But it\u2019s hard to make the lifestyle changes we know we want and or need to make. Isn\u2019t it? This is so often the \u201cwellness dilemma\u201d: we know what to do, we want to do it, but we just don\u2019t do it. Now, there is much to be said about this and indeed, the field of behavioural psychology looks at just this (and more). So we do recommend further reading around developing healthy habits, making positive behaviour change, etc. \u2013 wellness really IS a behavioural and psychological challenge much more than it is a question of the lack of actual know-how (knowledge and facts). But for now let us look at one \u201csimple\u201d approach that may be worth trying.<\/p>\n<p>Some moments are special. There is a certain energy to\u00a0 a Monday morning, a new month, a new year, a birthday or major anniversary. Spring has a certain \u201cstart anew\u201d energy to it does it not? It matters-not whether this is \u201creal\u201d or just a creation of our society because what counts is just that it feels different. We can use this energy to kick-start various plans for career change, learning, relationship building, etc. We can use this energy to get well, or more well. It may be a bit of a \u201ccheat\u201d and arguably the primary and internal and inherent motivations of health, wellbeing, health risk, energy, should be enough. But we live in the real world don\u2019t we, so any help is welcome!<\/p>\n<p>So you\u2019re looking to \u201cSpring\u201d into wellness this year? Great. We suggest you look at these areas first:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exercise and activity is key. For all dimensions of wellness (medical, physical, social, mental, productivity, emotional, spiritual). You want 150+ minutes of actual sweaty exercise each week. You want 30+ minutes of movement (not sweaty out of breath stuff, just moderate activity like walking) every day. Start slowly. Build gradually. But start.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eat right.<\/strong> You know what this means. You know your weaknesses. You want to eat better. You know that probably means less overall, more fresh foods, less \u201cjunk\u201d, less salt, less oil, etc. You have the know-how (or enough know-how at least). You can.<\/li>\n<li>We all need 7-8 hours a night. All of us. You included. Do not kid yourself here (too many still do lie to themselves on this one).<\/li>\n<li><strong>See your doctor.<\/strong> Not because you are sick. But for a check-up and overall wellness review. Perhaps a few blood tests or even x-rays (all this varies person to person but the key first step is almost always a chat and a general check-up).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Spring 2021 is a challenging time for us all. The planet is trying to come to terms with a \u201cliving with Covid\u201d reality. Much has changed. Much is changing. Much will change. What has not changed is the value of building and maintaining your wellbeing. Wellbeing = resilience = coping ability = thriving in difficult times. Only you can do it. This spring may be the time to recommit yourself, to yourself.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coping-with-life","category-feature-articles"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-31 19:20:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28388,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28386\/revisions\/28388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}