CB Insights, a major tech industry analyst, recently released a report on global wellness investment trends for the first half of 2020. It paints a picture of which tech-enabled wellness solutions are rising fastest in the wake of coronavirus, including business models focused on mental health/wellness, fitness, women’s health, sleep, beauty and personal care, and new wellness platforms for parents and kids. A few key…
Culture—a defining element for containing the pandemic—explains why East Asian nations (where community acts as a collective agent for the common good) have done much better than individualistic countries characterized by a “to each his/her own” mentality. The reason is the following: the lower the level of social cohesion (or the higher the level of social inequality), the stronger the incentive for individuals to compete…
The Global Wellness Institute just released reports on the physical activity and fitness economies for six world regions: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America-Caribbean, Middle East-North Africa, North America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Each report is packed with data on consumer participation rates and market sizes for all six industry segments: 1) sports and active recreation; 2) fitness and gyms; 3) mindful movement; 4) equipment and supplies; 5)…
A new randomized clinical trial from Harvard Medical School and Boston University (published in JAMA Psychiatry) compared a 12-week program of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Kundalini yoga (which involves traditional yoga components, breathwork and meditation) against a stress education control group, for people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). They found that CBT was still the best first-line treatment, but that the yoga regime also…
A majority of scientists and pundits now predict that COVID-19 will be with us well into 2021. Its enduring presence is psychologically taxing, and anxiety is an ever more permanent feature of our lives. It creates stress, which in turn constrains our ability to make the right decisions. It also narrows the range of options we are capable of considering when making a decision. In…
Welltodo Global, an organization that helps people build businesses and careers in the wellness industry, recently released an important 60-page report: the 2020 Wellness Innovation Blueprint. This is the first research to map the fast growing, many-sector wellness industry ecosystem and bring to life the vast number of brands that are defining a new era of “everything wellness” for the modern consumer. It spotlights 25+ industry…
