The case for inviting everyone to everything In a time when loneliness is more pervasive than ever, why not extend an invitation? Read More Must-reads from the Wellness World
WHO makes loneliness a global health priority with new Committee on Social Connection
WHO makes loneliness a global health priority with new Committee on Social Connection | CNN The World Health Organization is making loneliness a global health priority, it said Wednesday, launching a new Commission on Social Connection. Read More Must-reads from the Wellness World
The End of Retirement
The End of Retirement | The Walrus Want to keep your house? Support your kids? Stay alive? Never stop working Read More Must-reads from the Wellness World
Must-Reads from the Wellness World (02.28.24)
Why Don’t We Hang Out Anymore? (Adults need to relax and do nothing together, just like kids do) –The New York Times For kids, hanging out with friends feels natural. But adults are used to doing scheduled activities with one another—and often, we don’t think something is beneficial unless it’s productive. We don’t realize that sitting around and resting with someone is still a productive…
Wellness Economy Research Webinar Series
GWI Research Webinar Series with GWI Research Fellows Katherine Johnston, Ophelia Yeung and Tonia Callender GWI’s researchers are the pioneers and powerhouse team that have defined and measured the global wellness economy and its 11 sectors for the last 15 years. How do they do this work? What are their current and evolving thoughts on the wellness economy? In this quarterly webinar series, GWI Research…
Must-Reads from the Wellness World
The End of Retirement–The Walrus, December 2023 The article focuses on Canada, but is equally valid across the developed world, and soon much of the developing world. People reaching their sixties are now in a dramatically different situation than that of their parents: they can’t assume that work has come to an end. Stagnating revenues (or pensions), higher life expectancy, and rising healthcare costs are…
