80. Ophelia Yeung and Katherine Johnston — Surprising New Numbers from the Global Wellness Economy How has the global wellness economy fared since the massive economic shocks of the pandemic? Today we will talk to Global Wellness Institute’s Senior Research Fellows, Ophelia Yeung and Katherine Johnston, to find out why they say the global wellness economy has made one powerful recovery! This podcast is about wellness,…
What is a Health Coach? Coaches are common in sports and for career executives, but the field of Health and Wellness Coaching has less clarity. The field of Health and Wellness Coaching (HWC) is rapidly growing and on the path to becoming an essential role in integrative healthcare, public health, and workplace wellness programs; so it’s important to understand the value HWCs can offer to…
Why are we so bad at getting better? We must re-embrace convalescence–The New Yorker, October 18, 2023 Convalescence used to be central to medicine. Now we don’t talk about it. After an infection, a surgery, or even a panic attack, people rush back to daily life at half strength, feeling they need “permission to recover,” and neglecting the sleep, rest and follow-up care that could…
Gallup Research Finds Strong Association between Religion/Spirituality and Wellbeing The global mental health crisis is relentless and yet the relationship between mental wellbeing and spirituality and religion has been largely underexplored. New Gallup research (based on poll data in 152 countries and interviews with 1.5 million people) sought to shine some new light. It revealed a strong association between the importance of religiosity/spirituality in people’s…
Unhappiness at Work Is Rising: An Employee Wellbeing Roadmap for Wellness Companies By Thierry Malleret, economist So many new surveys indicate that unhappiness at work has never been such a problem. Macro stressors—from the cost-of-living crisis (notably in Europe) to uncertainty about working from home—are taking a toll on employee wellbeing. Some industries have happier employees than others, like non-profits, perhaps thanks to the sense…
A Framework for Wellness in the Built Environment Chiharu Shiota, a Japanese performance, and installation artist educated in Japan, Australia, and Germany writes, “Our first skin is human skin. Clothes make up our second skin. Our third skin is made up of our living spaces – the walls, doors and windows that surround the human body.” This “third skin” – the residential, hospitality, retail, commercial,…
