A lot of us white-collar workers are poor when it comes to managing our health. Due to the nature of our job, which is sitting 9 to 5 staring at a computer screen, it’s no wonder a lot of us gain pounds and increase the digits on our waistlines. 

And so not only are you stressed due to work, but you’re also overwhelmed by the fact that you’re gaining weight and becoming more unhealthy. How do we prioritize our mental and physical health so that we can grow and thrive more in our chosen career?

In this episode of the Transform Your Workplace podcast, we are joined by Mark Mohammadpour, an accredited Senior Communications Executive, Certified health coach, and personal trainer and the owner of Chasing the Sun. 

He will talk about how he transformed his life from being a busy, stressed PR person into someone who’s coaching and helping people incorporate fitness, health, and wellness into their lives so they can reduce their stress and thrive.

Get inspired and start taking action on how to be more fit, healthy, and mentally well as mark shares how he lost and kept off 100+ pounds over the ten years. He brings up how his perspective on his PR job changed when he started his fitness and health journey. We also talk about how you can own your calendar, develop healthy habits, and what role an employer plays in all of this.

In this episode, you will learn about:

• How Mark started his transformation to drop his weight and become healthy
• Why PR is viewed as an extremely stressful profession
• Mark’s approach to health and wellness
• Controlling our eating to develop healthy habits
• How the decision we make impacts us in the long run
• Checking your ego and seeing who you inspire
• What Mark did to make his health transformation a success
• Empowerment of people
• The role of the employer concerning the workplace’s mental and physical health, and work-life balance
• Owning your calendar and set up your boundaries

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You can read Mark’s full transformation story here!