One facet of the CREDO Conference that is reinforced time and again is the interwoven nature of the different components of health and wellness and how they affect one another throughout our life. It is hard to maintain good physical health if one's emotional health languishes. Financial health is inextricably connected to vocational wellness. And all of health and wellness is wrapped around spiritual well-being. 

So when CREDO decided to launch an autumn Walk and Be Well program (see below), we anticipated the series would reflect the breadth of wellness -- including good preparation and implementation of physical care, and also paying attention to one's spiritual well-being, addressing financial fitness, and nurturing vocational verve.  

No matter the area of wellness topmost in your mind, CREDO's walking program is right in step. Whether you intend to use this series to re-energize your CREDO Plan, as a motivation to walk in your neighborhood, or as a meditation to start your morning around the house or office--we know you will find some significant pearls of wisdom here.  

Beginning in just four weeks, CREDO is taking big strides with its wellness resources. September 30 marks the introductory day of CREDO's Walk and Be Well fall program--a series of text and audio reflections that promises to be a moving experience.   

Consistent with CREDO's long-standing commitment to approach health from a holistic view of wellness, this fall's walking program is more than an exercise regimen.

Using CREDO's Walk and Be Well reflections, you can walk each day with one of three CREDO faculty members as your virtual companion: CREDO health blogger and faculty member, the Rev. Dr. Jackie Cameron; health faculty member, physician, and All Shall Be Well contributing writer (see "Wellness Begins with a Walk") the Rev. Dr. Bill Watson; or CREDO Conference Administrator and Certified Personal and Professional Coach Elizabeth McKay Moosbrugger. 

Walk and Be Well's four-week individual or group walking program will be part-instructional, part-motivational, part-educational, and all reflective on the values of living healthy lives. Resources are available in advance to help CREDO participants form walking groups in your church or office. The walking series begins on September 30 and continues through October 29.       

Walkers can listen to the reflections each day either before they embark or as they walk. The short reflections read by the authors are available directly from a daily email or from the CREDO website. The audio versions also will be available as a podcast series through iTunes.  

You have plenty of time to prepare. The Walk and Be Well resources page is available NOW. Check the recommendations for buying proper walking shoes, starting a walking group or assessing your current fitness level from the Mayo EmbodyHealth website, among other sources.

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