Why We Can’t Look Away From Our Screens –The New York Times, March 6, 2017
In a new book, “Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked,” the social psychologist Adam Alter warns that many of us – youngsters, teenagers, adults – are addicted to modern digital products. Not figuratively, but literally addicted.
If the myriad of concerns raised at this year’s Davos were distilled into just one, it would be “distrust.” A survey published at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting concludes that we are witnessing a “global implosion” in people’s trust of almost all institutions.
Western societies focus primarily on economic factors to assess our general sense of wellbeing, but the impact of failed relationships and physical and mental illness is more significant.
Watch Gerry Bodeker, PhD’s GWS keynote on the mental wellness crisis and how the effectiveness of mental wellness approaches (like meditation and yoga) make a strong case for a mental wellness “pathway” that’s very distinct from what’s traditionally offered in the world of “mental health” – and how a focus on mental wellness will be one of the biggest future trends.
A just-released study from Australia’s RMIT University (surveying 4,000+ hot springs users) found that bathing in hot springs provided significant relief for severe back pain, arthritis, injury, chronic pain, depression, anxiety and insomnia.
The World Travel Market portfolio of events and the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) announced a new partnership where the GWI will organize the symposiums focused on wellness travel for both the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai (April 24-27) and the World Travel Market in London (November 6-8) – and on an ongoing basis. GWI research helped put wellness tourism on the map, and these events will bring together top experts to discuss the latest research and trends in the space.
