Celebrate Wellness Worldwide and Discover The Wellness Moonshot: China No one person or organization will create a world free of preventable disease alone. It will take all of us. As a wellness leader, please extend an invitation to your friends, family and colleagues to join you at the GWI’s next Full Moon Celebration on Wednesday, May 26, at 10 AM ET. Our special guest will be GWI…
The Wellness Moonshot: : A World Free of Preventable Disease extends to health professionals who guide patients to use wellness as part of healing illness and disease, corporate executives who integrate wellness at work to elevate the employee experience, parents and educators who teach children wellness as a foundation for learning, and the many others who bring wellness to their homes and communities. “Extend a…
In Move to be Well: The Global Economy of Physical Activity, GWI estimated that physical activity is an $828.2 billion market, one of the largest sectors within the $4.5 trillion wellness economy. Consumers spent $367.7 billion on participating in various types of recreational physical activities in 2018 ($109 billion on fitness, $230 billion on sports and active recreation, and $29 billion on mindful movement). In…
Our mental health crashed in 2020. Recovery could take years–CNET, May 2, 2021 COVID-19, lockdowns and financial pressures have inflicted emotional wounds around the world. In the US, anxiety and depression jumped 200% in 2020; in the UK, 31% of people reported depression severe enough to justify “high-intensity psychological support.” Harvard researchers argue that mental health issues rose in a third of the global population, noting:…
Never Alone Summit | Friday, May 21, 2021 Our friends at the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation and the Chopra Foundation are reuniting a global community to create the building blocks of a new mental health culture. Hear what’s new and cutting-edge in approaches to support mental health and well-being. It’s time to talk about mental health. While the pandemic has prompted the topic…
Chart Your Mental Wellness Pathways Mental Health Awareness month was introduced in 1949. Since then, organizations like the National Alliance on Mental Wellness and Mental Health America have joined the movement to raise awareness about mental health, fight stigma, and advocate for policies that support people with mental illness and their families. The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) strongly supports this vital awareness campaign. And a…
