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“Wellness Warrior is proud to partner with the Global Wellness Institute. We believe that everyone has a right to health, and that government and private enterprise are still turning a blind eye to the many grave concerns today. We provide information on health issues, petitions and advocacy. As a long-time wellness warrior myself, I have seen the power of a unified voice, raised in the name of prevention. I look forward to collaborating with the GWI to spread our message to a global audience.”  — Deborah Szekely, Founder, Wellness Warrior 

The coauthor of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 & and president at TalentSmart explains how the most successful people manage to stay calm under pressure – an essential trait for leaders as stress decreases cognitive performance. Read on for a handful of practical recommendations, among them: (1) Breathe; (2) Disconnect; (3) Stay positive; (4) Avoid asking “what if”; (5) Appreciate what you have… and more. And each strategy is backed by recent medical research (with links). 

Since the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) started analyzing the global wellness tourism market in 2013, the U.S. and Germany have ranked #1 and #2. But what countries are growing trips the fastest lately? The answer takes us from West to East…where some nations are seeing 300%+ growth a year!

Malleret looks into his highly informed crystal ball and sees both nice and nasty surprises ahead in 2015: from the U.S. economy continuing to improve, to China’s decelerating much too fast – to potential, devastating cyber-attacks, epidemics and climate disasters. And he “connects the dots” for the wellness industry with a big picture look at the most powerful wellness trends poised to unfold in the year ahead.

Markus Brunnermeier and Harold James, Making Sense of the Swiss Shock, Project Syndicate, 17 January 2015 explain in a simple manner the implications of this week’s decision by the Swiss National Bank to abandon its peg to the €. It is “intensely” relevant to the wellness industry…