Are you looking for a simple and effective way to enhance your workday and enjoy the numerous benefits of walking? In this podcast we'll explore the incredible advantages of incorporating a 10,000-step daily routine into your work life.

In episode 17 of the Walking for Health and Fitness Podcast, I discuss Walking and Working: How to Add More Steps to Your Workday with Urmi Hossain.

My guest, Urmi Hossain, is a busy career woman in the financial sector.

Urmi is a speaker, Advocate for Woman's Empowerment, YouTuber, Blogger, and Fitness Enthusiast who uses walking to keep physically and emotionally fit.

Her book, Discovering Your Identity: A Rebirth from Interracial Struggle, tells the story of a brown girl who grew up in Italy with Bengali parents who wanted her to be the perfect and obedient Bengali girl.

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Through reflections and confessions, she shares her experiences growing up as a third-culture kid and the struggles many South Asian girls face. She also shares her experience as coming from a Bengali family, as she was born and raised in Italy, and how her childhood shaped her life experiences.

Listen to how Urmi breaks up her workday with walking segments to take 10 thousand daily steps.

As a mentor, Urmi also has two great pieces of advice for all young women to follow. Take notes and share these two nuggets of information with the young women in your life.

Then, continue listening after the interview as I go over:

• 8 Benefits of incorporating walking into your workday to increase your enjoyment of work.

• 12 Practical tips to increase your daily step count.

• The walking insight of the week is about the benefits of Interval training.

Urmi divides her 10,000 steps into three parts:

• Before work: Gets off the train two stations early to get in 15 minutes of walking

• Lunch time: 40 minutes of walking

• After work: Gets off the train two stations two stations before home to walk another 15 minutes.

Mindset when walking: Urmin feels refreshed and energized doing her morning walks. Listening to a podcast helps her focus on self-development and learning.

Urmi’s day:

• Works full time, 9-5

• After work 4x per week to work out.

• Continuing education, writing, volunteer work (woman empowerment)

• Women in Leadership – Social Media lead.

"Fitness is important for my mental health." Urmi Hossain

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Urmi's advice for young women:

Education: Find and work with a mentor or role model.
Fitness: Enroll in Self-defense classes to build resilience and enhance your mental well-being

Urmi talks about the term "Friend-tor," a combination of friend and mentor.