Trouble with Decluttering? Being Dependent on Stuff is Part of Being Human, Stanford Scholar Says – Stanford News, February 5, 2019 At the heart of humanity’s history is a dependency on objects and things. Preparing for a Good End of Life – The Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2019 The best way to achieve a peaceful death is by planning ahead and enlisting the help…
The fourth annual “Shark Tank of Wellness” student competition opened on February 15, a call for university students across the world to submit their most creative wellness ideas. Three finalists will fly to the 2019 Global Wellness Summit in Hong Kong, where they will pitch their concepts to “Wellness Sharks” for a share of $10,000 in prize money. Spread the word to college students everywhere!…
Today’s major issues manifest that we live in a world of “ontological” uncertainty. Nobody can predict (let alone know!) how Brexit will unfold; whether the US-China trade war will escalate or not; if the Yellow Jackets movement will fade away; whether climate change will accelerate beyond our wildest fears… It is startling (but not infrequent) to hear decision makers and experts directly involved in such…
MONTHLY BAROMETER – WELLNESS EDITION In The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Shoshana Zuboff makes the case that customers are being reinvented as data sources. This produces anti-democratic asymmetries of knowledge that in turn transform our economies and societies. Her argument will gain traction in 2019, exacerbating the tech backlash and putting the issue of privacy firmly at the core of new laws, regulation and collective…
The GWI’s The Wellness MoonshotTM is a global initiative to eradicate the crisis of preventable, chronic diseases. And its next phase was just announced: “The Wellness MoonshotTM Calendar: A Year of Inspiration,” a call to action to create healthier cultures within workplaces everywhere. Participating leaders and companies will receive an inspiring 2019 calendar along with tangible monthly ideas and information to create healthier people and…
A new study from British researchers (on 6,616 children) found that using screens in the hour before bedtime hurts kids’ sleep and quality of life measures. Before-bed screen time was associated with a significantly worse ability to fall asleep as well as waking up too early (60 percent higher odds). And using screens in a dark room led to even worse sleep outcomes than using…
