ANNOUNCING2024 NYC PRESS EVENT SPECIAL GUEST Frank Lipman, MD We are pleased to announce that the esteemed integrative and functional medicine expert Frank Lipman, MD, will join other special guests, international press and VIP attendees on January 30 at the 2024 annual Global Wellness Summit (GWS) / Global Wellness Institute (GWI) press event for a fireside chat. Normally an event limited to top-tier media, this year we have…
Dear Friends, It is my hope that you have enjoyed a special time during the holidays and are making plans for a healthy, happy and productive start to the new year. This time of year is filled with many traditions, and one of mine is writing this annual email, Memory Lane and Crystal Ball, and sharing it with all of you. It is something I look…
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS GWI research fellows Ophelia Yeung and Tonia Callender share highlights from the new 2023 Global Wellness Economy Monitor in this short video. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT
The End of Retirement–The Walrus, December 2023 The article focuses on Canada, but is equally valid across the developed world, and soon much of the developing world. People reaching their sixties are now in a dramatically different situation than that of their parents: they can’t assume that work has come to an end. Stagnating revenues (or pensions), higher life expectancy, and rising healthcare costs are…
Sleep science has long focused on the number of hours, and how that impacts health and lifespan. But a 2023 study from Harvard and Monash University researchers found that going to bed and waking up at consistent times with few mid-slumber interruptions matters even more than how long you sleep. Sleeping six hours every night on a consistent schedule was associated with a lower risk of…
