Today is the first Circadian Awareness Day! 24 July, 24/7 So, we have a very special Q&A with world-renowned circadian science expert Dr. Steven Lockley of Harvard Medical School and CircadianTech pioneer, Timeshifter’s Co-Founder and CEO Mickey Beyer-Clausen on how… Connecting artificial clock time with our natural “circadian time” will become the foundation of health and wellness. In this fascinating interview, they discuss: How sleep…
GWI to Hold First Symposium on Wellness Real Estate & Communities
Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 Global Wellness Institute to Hold First Symposium on Wellness Real Estate & Communities All-day event on Tuesday, September 28, in NYC will gather the top business leaders in this sector to explore the new momentum, trends and research for “building well”—the next frontier in real estate Miami, FL – July 21, 2021 – The nonprofit Global Wellness Institute (GWI),…
Q&A with Spa Industry Icon Sue Harmsworth: Why “Wellness” Needs New Definitions
Sue Harmsworth, spa industry visionary Sue Harmsworth needs little introduction: She has spent five decades shaping the global spa, global wellness and beauty industries (responsible for designing 500+ spas in 65 countries), and her services were honored by Queen Elizabeth the Second. She founded the global brand ESPA in 1993, which she sold in 2017; is founder of Sue Harmsworth Ltd, which advises owners and…
Wellness Evidence Study: Regular Exercise Protects Against COVID Hospitalization and Death
A new study from Kaiser Permanente Southern California of 50,000 people who developed COVID had some striking findings: People who exercised for 10 minutes or less each week ended up hospitalized because of COVID at twice the rate of people who exercised 150 minutes a week—and were 2.5 times more likely to die. The researchers noted that being sedentary (something you can do something about)…
Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of April 21, 2021)
Making wellbeing a policy priority: lessons from the 2021 World Happiness Report–The Brookings Institution, April 6, 2021 Every year, the World Happiness Report tracks individual life satisfaction and the emotional “temperature” of societies around the world. In the new report, three lessons stand out for improving societal wellbeing and sustainable economies (the two go hand-in-hand): (1) Mental health has declined—especially among the most vulnerable; (2)…
Q&A with Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider: What Has the Pandemic Taught Us About Wellness, Death and Dying
Shoshana Ungerleider, MD, founder of the End Well project Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider is an award-winning physician, writer and producer—and founder of End Well, a series of events and a media platform focused on transforming the end of life into a human-centered experience. She is a leading voice in healthcare who regularly appears on CNN, MSNBC and CBS News and is the executive producer of…