{"id":1104,"date":"2019-08-07T13:52:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2019-08-13T12:22:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:22:06","slug":"wanted-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/?p=1104","title":{"rendered":"WANTED:  Wellness!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:43% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/insights360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/aliciafriends_cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insights360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/aliciafriends_cr.jpg 352w, https:\/\/insights360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/aliciafriends_cr-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are living in a wellness culture. More than ever before, we are people focused on living a life that considers our health to be much more than the absence of illness \u2013 it\u2019s a holistic sum of our physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual health.&nbsp; According to the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/press-room\/press-releases\/wellness-now-a-4-2-trillion-global-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Wellness Institute<\/a>, the health and wellness industry has swelled to a staggering $4.2 trillion.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-luminous-vivid-orange-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TREND: Generation Z says\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got this!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wslstrategicretail.com\/article-detail\/gen-z-is-already-telling-you-how-they-are-changing-wellness-get-ahead\">How America Shops report<\/a>, WSL Marketing reveals that 80 percent of <strong>Gen Z<\/strong> (the oldest of which are 22 years old) feel they already know how to live a healthy life. 63 percent say looking better makes them feel healthier, and 50 percent of Gen Z women purchase products that make them \u201clook healthier.\u201d <em>(Note: Millennials lead in spending on wellness trends, but the confidence expressed by GenZ-ers stood out to me. It\u2019s like they\u2019ve got it all figured out!)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\nrecently spent some time in France with my nephew, <strong>Victor<\/strong>, and his friend,\n<strong>Hannah,<\/strong> two of my favorite Gen Z-ers. Ever the researcher, I asked them\nwhat wellness meant to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For <strong>Victor<\/strong>, wellness is <strong><em>\u201chaving the physical and mental freedom to enjoy life however you want to.&#8221;<\/em> <\/strong>They both go to the gym to support their wellness goals, and Victor says he focuses on staying hydrated and including necessary vitamins in his diet.<\/li><li><strong>Hannah<\/strong> says, <em>&#8220;I notice that I&#8217;m in better spirits after the gym and that it gives me an overall better mood. I will also spend money on myself doing my nails or a little retail therapy. If I feel out of sorts I&#8217;ll usually take time to myself to relax and get away from the world.&#8221;<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As a Gen X-er, I\u2019m right\nalongside these generations in their pursuit of wellness.<\/strong> Work and life have me fully\nchallenged and stretched. But all this \u2018stretching\u2019 gets exhausting, so, like\nmany of us, I aspire for balance. Yoga, kick-boxing, running and cycling are a\npart of my routine\u2026 always a challenge with a moderator\u2019s travel schedule! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-luminous-vivid-orange-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I realized recently that what I wanted was to find a benchmark of where I\u2019m at so I can challenge myself to achieve the next level &#8212; whatever that may be.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I\nembarked on a 10-day summer adventure where I cycled 50-70 km\/day through France\u2019s\nLoire Valley, hiked the rugged shore of Corsica and even tried my hand (and\nfeet) at a little rock-climbing. And you know what? <strong>I surprised myself!<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\nfelt whole, challenged mentally and physically, and I discovered I could\ncertainly up my game physically. And what else can I do? I\u2019m still figuring\nthat out, but the possibilities are endless! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>What have you wanted to just try out? Beyond work, how do you want to stretch yourself? I say JUMP . . . and you may surprise yourself, too. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/insights360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Alicias-Wellness-Adventure.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s a peek at my summer wellness adventure&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are living in a wellness culture. More than ever before, we are people focused on living a life that considers our health to be much more than the absence of illness \u2013 it\u2019s a holistic sum of our physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual health.&nbsp; According to the&nbsp;Global Wellness Institute, the health and wellness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[59,61,58,57,60,56],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alicias-notes","tag-fitness","tag-generations","tag-genx","tag-genz","tag-travel","tag-wellness","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1124,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions\/1124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}