A Worldwide Perspective on the Role of End-of-Life Doulas The Dying Well Initiative, a part of the Global Wellness Institute, is pleased to present this FREE webinar on October 22. The online event features End of Life Doulas from Ukraine, Mexico, and the U.S. Join us for a powerful conversation to discover how these doulas are addressing critical shortages in care and working in areas…
Susie Ellis Scholarship 2024 Recipients
Congratulations to Our 2024 Scholarship  Recipients Resonating with the global movement for equality and inclusion, the third year of the Global Wellness Institute’s (GWI’s) Susie Ellis Scholarship for Equity in Wellness welcomed an astounding 300+ applications from over 60 countries according to the fund’s creator, Executive Director and Chief Creative Officer Nancy Davis. After careful consideration, the Global Wellness Summit (GWS) Advisory Board awarded the 2024 Scholarship to Cida…
Workplace Wellness Is Unwell—Companies Must Refocus on Fair Pay and Livable Hours
Workplace Wellness Is Unwell—Companies Must Refocus on Fair Pay and Livable Hours By Thierry Malleret, economist In 2022, $51 billion was spent globally on workplace wellness programs (according to the GWI, in measures ranging from apps to counseling). Yet, the global workforce seems never to have been so unhappy, unhealthy, and unwell. According to a recent Gallup report, employees’ stress has reached unprecedented levels, with…
Research Dive: Per Capita Spending on Wellness Around the World
Research Dive: Per Capita Spending on Wellness Around the World GWI’s 2024 report, The Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings (2019-2022), provides two different sets of country rankings. When we look at overall wellness economy size, the countries that come out on top tend to be countries with very large overall economies and populations: the United States, China, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. However, when we…
The UKIHCA Professional Standards for Education and Training in Whole-Health & Wellbeing Coaching 2024
The UKIHCA Professional Standards for Education and Training in Whole-Health & Wellbeing Coaching 2024 Health Coaching: A Whole-Health Approach UKIHCA and its members are committed to playing a leading role in the movement for whole-health creation – a movement which considers the impact of the unique bio-psycho-emotional-social-spiritual-environmental factors on individual health, reaching out across borders to influence the development of international professional standards and the…
Supporting UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) Initiative Trends for 2024
SUPPORTING UN 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG’S) INITIATIVE 2024 Trends The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are showing a strong movement towards integrating sustainability into core business strategies and operations. The most popular UN SDG trends for 2024 indicate that businesses globally are not only recognising the importance of the SDGs but are also actively incorporating them into their strategic frameworks to drive long-term…
