December | Preserve

December | Preserve  Major Snow arrives and the end of this year is coming Major Snow means the arrival of the last season of the whole year. Everything begins to rest and nourish. Autumn has gone and we will enjoy the clear winter, bathing in the warm and comfortable sunshine. It is quite enjoyable to spend the winter nights with friends or family chatting, eating…

The Big Picture: Huge Growth Ahead

The Big Picture: Huge Growth Ahead With the pandemic ushering in a major consumer “values reset”–where prevention and wellness take on far greater importance–the GWI predicts that the wellness economy will grow an impressive 10% annually through 2025, when the market will hit $7 trillion. This graph charting growth through 2025 says it all…  Now let’s look at how each market fared during the pandemic–and its future outlook…    MARKET SNAPHOTS:   Wellness Tourism (pandemic loser, future winner): Grew…

December 2021 | Honor

Curated by Renee Moorefield, CEO of Wisdom Works Group and member of the Advisory Board for the Global Wellness Institute “I honor health as the first Muse. ” —Ralph Waldo Emerson The Wellness MoonshotTM: A World Free of Preventable Disease has experienced amazing growth!  What began in our imaginations only a few years ago now touches the lives of over 154 million and 4,400 organizations worldwide. According to…

MUST-READS FROM THE WELLNESS WORLD (Week of November 17, 2021)

Energy, and How to Get It–The New Yorker, November 8, 2021 Some people possess seemingly boundless reserves of mental and physical fuel, giving the impression that energy, more than talent or luck, results in extraordinary outcomes. Why do some have it and others not? And what can we do to get more? Energy is both biochemical and psychophysical, and as elusive as grace. You know it when…

The Future of Workplace Wellness: Less ‘Wellness Perks’–More Meaningful Employer Policies Tackling Always-On Work

  By Thierry Malleret, economist  Experts now predict that in wealthier nations, the future is at least partial working from home. “Remote-first” is fast gaining the upper hand because a) workers want it (people reject the wellbeing toll of commuting and want more agency over their work)–and b) research shows that it boosts productivity. But the work-from-home shift brings a new threat: always-on work and a further erosion of any line between “life” and work.    A new study from the World Health Organization shows that among the 2 million people that die from work-related causes a year, the…

November | Appreciate

November | Appreciate     The beginning of winter means the arrival of the last season of the year. Autumn is over and we will enjoy the clear winter, bathing in the warm and comfortable sunshine. According to Chinese traditional medicine, if you don’t nourish yourself in winter, you will be sick in spring. The cold weather of winter tends to make you prone to…