Loneliness is a national crisis. But there is a way to tackle it – Guardian, February 8, 2020 From pubs to factories, the spaces where Brits socially connect are in decline. Thankfully, there’s a group bringing local people together. Masks are wellness now – Slate, February 21, 2020 Protective facemasks are becoming the next major wellness trend—thanks to our increasingly apocalyptic world, filled with fires,…
From a wellness perspective, one of the “hot” issues that will make the headlines in 2020 is air pollution. The reason is simple: Climate change is making it far worse. The reasons are twofold: (1) When the air is dryer and hotter, it doesn’t wash pollution out of the atmosphere as quickly as it would otherwise; (2) global warming exacerbates air pollution by trapping tiny…
MONTHLY BAROMETER – WELLNESS EDITION Globally, wellbeing public policies are gathering momentum. This is not a fad: For more and more government policy-makers, the pursuit of wellbeing is just as important as economic growth. But why now? The climate emergency, widening geopolitical fault lines, social inequities and rising anger, tech, and anxiety about jobs: All these are forcing policy-makers to recognize and act on wellbeing…
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”—physicist Stephen Hawking Just when we may have felt on top things, the world changed and we all had to adjust to a new reality. In addition to the constantly changing landscape of the current pandemic, life can shift in ways we were not anticipating. Sometimes the vicissitudes you encounter personally and professionally call for minor self-adjustments; at other…
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” – Thich Nhat Hanh By now, you’ve likely made a commitment to be a wellness leader. And you may have set in motion a wellness moonshot for your personal life, your family and your team at work. We celebrate your dedication to health and wellbeing! You may have also discovered…
“We are all a work in progress. Our personal and collective wellbeing depends on our ability to grow.”—Desiree Watson, President, Wellness Interactive Branding, LLC Someone once said, “Nothing is constant except change.” All of us at the Global Wellness Institute wholeheartedly agree. And there is certainly a lot of change happening now around the world. Now, more than ever, our work to help people prioritize…
