Respiratory Wellness Initiative 2022 Trends TREND 1: Respiratory Conditions on the Rise Major indicators predict a significant increase in respiratory conditions throughout the world due to new and evolving airborne pathogens along with the impact that climate change is having on the environment such as extended seasonal allergies, shifting conditions of wildfires, and black carbon and methane—which all affect the quality of the air we…
Psychedelics & Healing Initiative Trends for 2022
Psychedelics & Healing Initiative 2022 Trends TREND 1: Peaceful Psychedelic Civil Disobedience Psychedelic peaceful civil disobedience arrived in the Nation’s Capital when a sit-in was held May 9, 2022 at the doorstep of the Drug Enforcement Agency to protest the agency’s block of psilocybin (known in its fungal form as “magic mushrooms”) for the terminally ill, despite the federal “right to try” law passed with…
Nutrition for Healthspan Initiative Trends for 2021
Nutrition for Healthspan Initiative 2021 Trends TREND 1: Self-Care People will make conscious choices to direct their own self-care to support their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health, and there will be greater emphasis on natural solutions versus conventional medicine. Gut health, immunity and prevention will take a front-row seat. Self-care studies historically focused on those with an illness or chronic disease; we will start…
Nutrition for Healthspan Initiative Trends for 2022
Nutrition for Healthspan Initiative 2022 Trends TREND 1: Buzz-less Spirits for Mindful Drinking Imagine a new line-up of drinks that provide the taste and sophistication of cocktails without the hangover. Mocktails are one of the newest dialed-down spirits without the buzz. Drinkers are opting to cut down on the alcohol by volume (ABV) they consume by purchasing non-alcoholic or low-alcoholic drinks free of sugars, sweeteners, additives,…
Mental Wellness Initiative Trends for 2019
MENTAL WELLNESS INITIATIVE 2019 Trends TREND 1: Bringing mental wellness to the workplace Bringing mental wellness to the workplace: policies, purpose, pathways and profitability. This is where the world’s adult population spends most of its waking hours, and feedback on the GWI’s Mental Wellness White Paper indicates that the workplace is where mental wellness action is gaining early traction. TREND 2: Breakthroughs in the brain…
Mental Wellness Initiative Trends for 2021
MENTAL WELLNESS INITIATIVE 2021 Trends TREND 1: Self-care This has become legitimized during the time of the coronavirus and is now seen by policymakers, the media, and society as a top priority in mental wellness. We are responsible for our own mental wellbeing, and everyone should make this a front-burner priority. TREND 2: Connection with others From more family time to time reconnecting as well…
