We’re here again, the enticing promise of a new year. A clean slate. As we dust off the trainers and push the Baileys to the back of the cupboard again, our mind is often on the positive changes we’ll make to our health. But what about our career? Are you looking forward to January at work? Are you feeling fulfilled and successful? Does work make you smile or cringe? Let’s wrestle back the power and make it work for us. Let’s step into a H.E.A.L.T.H.Y. career^TM for 2022.

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This isn’t about turning your passion into your job, that’s a huge ask. A healthy career is like basic strength training: it prepares your body and mind, teaches you good techniques and sets you up to push through to the next level. 

It sounds deep and a lot, but pause for a second and think about how big a role your job plays in your day to day life.  We all know that the line between work and home life is so blurred now that it barely exists, so instead of letting it control us, let’s wrestle back the power and make it work for us. Let’s step into a H.E.A.L.T.H.Y. career^TM for 2022.

The great news is that you don’t need a clear idea of your ‘dream job’ to do this, you don’t even need to leave your job for something else. This isn’t about turning your passion into your job, that’s a huge ask. A healthy career is like basic strength training: it prepares your body and mind, teaches you good techniques and sets you up to push through to the next level. 

H.E.A.L.T.H.Y foundations

Everyone knows that minimal foundations are a recipe for disaster in any scenario, from building a house to applying your make-up. It’s worth taking the time and effort to do it properly and you’ll get a lasting result you can be proud of; skimp on it and your new, longed-for blusher will be gone within the hour! What a waste! 

The symptoms that we’re talking about are feeling exhausted, negative, cynical and less able to do your job alongside insomnia, sadness or anger and a tendency to go too far with either drugs and/or alcohol.

It’s true that we all have bad days but when these feelings and behaviours are with you more often than not, then it impacts your whole life.

In a nutshell, bad work-choices can make us ill.  If you feel that work-related stress is starting to haunt you then the good news is that by doing a H.E.A.L.T.H.Y. check, you could re-set and re-start on those foundations. None of us wants to become a statistic! 

The main message underneath all of this is: If we can get to know ourselves well enough to take responsibility for our own career and be wise enough to see the importance of others then we’ll have a pretty good foundation for a H.E.A.L.T.H.Y career^TM.  May it be a long and fulfilling one.

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