I am a woman who works in an industry that hasn’t traditionally had a lot of women in it.
- That has changed over the last decade and I’m excited to start my career now that women before me have pioneered the way forward.
It’s even better that my regional boss is a woman. She took an interest in me and has sort of shepherded me initially. But recently, she asked me if I belonged to a gym. I didn’t and I wasn’t fond of exercise really which was pretty obvious as I’m not exactly the picture of wellness and fitness. The big boss challenged me to take advantage of the corporate wellness programs. She helped me understand that health and wellness balance is so important to be the best I could be. Since I’m very interested in being my best self and I trust this woman, I took her up on the challenge. I found a great health and fitness center for someone who knows exactly zero about health and wellness. When I signed up for the gym membership, I asked the certified fitness experts for big time help as I was starting from scratch. In a way, the fact that I had no preconceived health and wellness ideas, was a bit of a bonus. It’s now been just over six months since I joined the health and fitness center. And my big boss could not have been more on the money with her words of wisdom to me. I’m more fit, have more energy, eat better and bring it harder at work. The corporate wellness program challenge has been a total success thus far.