Join a wellness event celebrated in 147 countries on September 15-17, 2023. In 2015, the UNITED NATIONS adopted the 2030 Agenda with 17 Sustainable Development Goals and a blueprint for peace and prosperity. In 2017, World Wellness Weekend (WWW) was launched as a pro-bono event on the third weekend of September (just before the Equinox) to promote “Good Health and Wellbeing for All” (SDG 3). Professionals in Fitness, Hospitality,…
Authored by Renee Moorefield, member of the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) Advisory Board and CEO of Wisdom Works Group WHAT DOES “REFLECT” MEAN TO YOU? That was my first question to Victor Koo during our recent dialogue about The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease. And who better to ask than a dynamic wellness leader? Victor has dedicated his life and career to advancing…
Honoring Black Wellness History: The Plants of Black Freedom with Leah Penniman In the GWS 2021 Wellness Trends Report’s “Adding Color to Wellness,” Global Wellness Institute Research Fellow Tonia Callender stated, “The wellness industry does not value Black wellness. Mainstream wellness companies ignore Black wellness consumers and rarely market to them.” These can be hard words to hear, but far too often in the wellness…
How Millennials Became the World’s Most Powerful Consumers—Financial Times, June 6, 2018 This Financial Times’ “big read” explains in vivid terms how the biggest global generation (2 billion millennials are coming of age) will upend business from the US to China. Their choices differ markedly from those of their predecessors (the baby boomers). In a nutshell, the millennials don’t want bland, mass-market products shipped from…
