Early Findings: Bathhouse and Thermal Wellness Sector Eyes Multi-Site Expansion New benchmarking research from the GWI Hydrothermal and Consulting Initiatives reveals significant investment, strong reported revenues and ambitious expansion plans across a rapidly evolving sector. The bathhouse and thermal wellness sector appears to be entering a significant new phase of development. Nearly two-thirds of participants in an ongoing global benchmarking survey expect to operate multiple…
Mindset as an Active Ingredient for Physical Health & Joy
Two people go to the gym. It’s the same routine: the same 45 minutes, the usual 15 reps of everything. One grits her teeth through it, watches the clock, and treats the hour like the longest part of her day, but tells herself, “you have to do what you have to do.” The other is really enjoying herself. You might catch her smiling between reps.…
Connecting Wellness and Wellbeing Frameworks to Help People Thrive
Connecting Wellness and Wellbeing Frameworks to Help People Thrive Author: Reena U. Sheth, MBA The workplace is one of the places where personal wellness is either supported or constrained every single day. That is the premise connecting two frameworks now shaping the wellness conversation: World Wellness Weekend’s Five Pillars of Wellness, and the Global Wellness Institute Workplace Wellbeing Initiative’s (WWI) newly released Workplace Wellbeing Strategic…
Inclusive Wellness Glossary
What is Inclusive Wellness? The Global Wellness Institute defines wellness as the active pursuit of activities, choices, and lifestyles that lead to a state of holistic health. Inclusive wellness asks a further question: active for whom, and defined by whose experience? Inclusive wellness means wellness guidelines, definitions, resources, and businesses are built with the input and ownership of the populations they serve, rather than built around one group’s assumptions…
Japan’s Lonely Death Crisis and The Men Left Alone
And William (Bill) Hall, President, Ipsos Healthcare Japan Japan has a word for it: kodokushi. Literally translated as “lonely death”. It describes a person dying alone at home and remaining undiscovered for days, weeks, or in some cases years. This is not a new phenomenon. The term entered public consciousness in the 1980s. In 2025, the first wave of surviving postwar baby boomers (1947 -1949)…
Japan’s Lonely Death Crisis and The Men Left Alone
Dave McCaughan, Storyteller @ BIBLIOSEXUAL, Vice-Chair Global Wellness Institute Ageing Well Initiative William (Bill) Hall, President, Ipsos Healthcare Japan Japan has a word for it:Â kodokushi. Literally translated as “lonely death”. It describes a person dying alone at home and remaining undiscovered for days, weeks, or in some cases years. This is not a new phenomenon. The term entered public consciousness in the 1980s. In 2025,…
