What is Inclusive Wellness? The Global Wellness Institute defines wellness as the active pursuit of activities, choices, and lifestyles that lead to a state of holistic health. Inclusive wellness asks a further question: active for whom, and defined by whose experience? Inclusive wellness means wellness guidelines, definitions, resources, and businesses are built with the input and ownership of the populations they serve, rather than built around one group’s assumptions…
I believe that the essence of wellness is love. We are encouraged to take care of ourselves by letting ourselves be treated well; like we matter. But what about the people whose traditions and wisdom we excavate? And in some cases, appropriate? How does that love and mattering translate into the spaces we create, and for whom? I am watching intently as we are reconnecting…
What if the skin you’ve been trying to fix has been trying to take care of you all along? Conventional skincare asks you to conform to a narrow beauty “ideal” that glorifies unattainable, unsustainable, and superficial flawless, glowing skin. It does not recognize skin as a dynamic organ that’s essential to human health. Instead, skin is treated as a superficial, static, and passive surface which can…
2026 Inclusive Wellness Initiative Trends Initiative Chair: Jackie Roby, Executive Leadership Advisor, United States Initiative Vice-Chair: Cherrie Catresse, Wellness Practitioner with Catreese & Co Wellness The language and priorities surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion continue to evolve across the wellness industry. In many regions, shifting political climates and changing workplace dynamics are influencing how organizations approach inclusion, belonging and wellbeing. At the same time, new research…
In today’s fast-paced corporate environment, employee wellbeing is no longer nice-to-have — it’s a priority. Stress, burnout, and declining mental and physical health don’t just affect individuals; they directly influence productivity, engagement, creativity, and retention. One company that has embraced this forward-thinking approach is Vesta, an industrial real estate owner, developer, and asset manager of industrial buildings and distribution centers in Mexico, with approximately 100…
In its essence, wellness is about a need that underscores our common humanity – the need for rest, recharging and resetting. But in practice, in order to meet that need, it is in recognizing and honouring our differences that these are achieved for everyone. This is because what wellness looks like (the subtle and not-so-subtle nuances required) will depend on our identities, our experiences, and…
