The Global Wellness Institute launched WellnessEvidence.com last week, and it’s the first website that gives the world direct access to the medical evidence for the most common wellness approaches, from acupuncture and massage to meditation and music therapy. It’s designed for consumers and doctors—and for wellness businesses, so they can put the “hard science” for what they do right in front of their potential customers. It’s the most powerful marketing message possible.
Harvard and Stanford Business School on Stress
This eye-opening article makes the point that U.S. workers are both overworked and overwhelmed. According to a recent paper from Harvard and Stanford Business Schools , health problems directly a result of job-related anxiety (like hypertension, cardiovascular disease and decreased mental health) now account for more deaths each year than Alzheimer’s or diabetes. Read more about how – and why – workplace stress is killing about 120,000 Americans every year…
Susie Ellis What’s on my mind? Spa Versus Wellness
Thought Starter: “Spa” vs. “Wellness”
I’ve got a megaphone firmly in my grasp and this is what I feel like shouting from the rooftops—or at least from this Brief.
Grass roots report on Canada and wellness
Canada is embracing workplace wellness (97 percent of companies agree that employee health is directly related to corporate success). The government has already measured the success of its own wellness programs, reporting they returned $1.95-$3.75 in value per employee per dollar spent.
UK-based BMJ Open study on sleep & electronics
A big, new study found that teenagers who use electronic devices within an hour before bedtime (are they ever not using them?) tend to get two hours less sleep than kids who don’t use such devices. Read this new study about the cost of kids not unplugging before putting out the lights…
Susie Ellis What’s on my mind? World Economic Forum
Davos and mindfulness. It is fantastic news for our industry that for the first time on the World Economic Forum’s agenda, there were mindfulness sessions daily – led by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Apparently the topic infiltrated many other conversations. In addition, Dr. Dean Ornish was interviewed about the results of his research on reversing heart disease. While neither of these topics are new to those of us in the industry (both entered our zeitgeist about 20 years ago) the fact is that what’s on the agenda in Davos is what’s trending and that means these are now entering the mainstream. We should pause and let that sink in. It’s really important.
