In response to the continuing rise in our generally chronic state of un-well-ness, we now have a global wellness industry worth a staggering $3.7 trillion. So worldwide, that’s $3,700, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 we are spending in our attempts to remedy how chronically un-well we are feeling!
So is our approach to wellness working, or does the fact these figures are so monumental, in combination with the apparent unceasing rise in discontent and dis-ease, suggest that we have quite decidedly missed the mark?
Being truly vital today has become something of an enigma, thoroughly trampled amidst the new norm of exhaustion, anxiety, stress and the strain of keeping up with life as we currently know it.
Is it any surprise then that in 2014-15 more than 11 million Australians (50%) reported having at least 1 of 8 chronic diseases. (2)
So is our approach to wellness working, or does the fact these figures are so monumental, in combination with the apparent unceasing rise in discontent and dis-ease, suggest that we have quite decidedly missed the mark?
Being truly vital today has become something of an enigma, thoroughly trampled amidst the new norm of exhaustion, anxiety, stress and the strain of keeping up with life as we currently know it.
Is it any surprise then that in 2014-15 more than 11 million Australians (50%) reported having at least 1 of 8 chronic diseases. (2)
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