GLOBAL WELLNESS INSTITUTE | Sport & Hospitality Initiative Initiative Blog | June 2026 Let There Be Light: How Red Light Therapy Is Transforming Athletic Recovery — and What It Means for Hospitality & Wellness By Cheryl M. Hardy | Global Wellness Institute, Sport & Hospitality Initiative Task Force When golfer Justin Thomas isn’t competing on the PGA Tour — and he’s been on a recovery…
Aging Well Is a Global Design Challenge
Around the world, populations are aging faster than many of our systems were designed to support. Longer lives are one of humanity’s greatest achievements, yet they also ask a profound question: What kind of world are we building for a longer human life? For decades, aging has often been discussed through the lenses of health care, retirement, dependency, or decline. But aging well is not…
Must Reads from the Wellness World (April 2026)
There’s a Good Reason You Can’t Concentrate–The New York Times Ten years ago, the book Deep Work by Cal Newport, a professor of computer science, posited that individuals or organizations that decided to prioritize concentration as a prime skill would reap a disproportionate reward in a world of hyperactive communication and constant business, with a decisive impact on the bottom line. Today, Newport examines how the argument has held up. In a nutshell: the relentless onslaught of the digital…
Social Prescribing Rises Globally—From Art Classes to Walking ClubsÂ
Social Prescribing Rises Globally—From Art Classes to Walking Clubs By Thierry Malleret, economist Social prescribing is a much broader and inclusive form of wellness. The more digital- and AI-driven the world becomes, the greater our need for in-person interactions. Increasingly, doctors are prescribing social activities as different as art studios, choirs or walking clubs to their patients to improve their mental and physical health.  The UK, with its National Academy for Social Prescribing, is ahead of the…
Wellness Real Estate Case Study: The Spine, Liverpool, UK
Wellness Real Estate Case Study: The Spine, Liverpool, United Kingdom The Spine is a 14-story, state-of-the-art, healthy and sustainable office building, specially designed to serve as the new northern headquarters for the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). Located near Liverpool’s city center, the building is a flagship project within the first phase of the Liverpool Knowledge Quarter’s Paddington Village development—a $1.26 billion (£1b) initiative to create a 30-acre urban village and…
A New Season of In Pursuit of Wellness Is in Development
A New Season of In Pursuit of Wellness Is in Development The next chapter of global wellness storytelling is coming. At the Global Wellness Summit’s Wellness Real Estate & Communities Symposium on May 12, Gemma Jennings, Global Vice President of Programme Partnerships at BBC Studios, will take the stage to discuss how storytelling plays a role in real estate and what is in development for…
