A new study from University College London compared stress levels and body weight (for over 2,500 men and women), and found that higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol were associated with significantly higher levels of obesity/being overweight. The study was notable for testing cortisol levels in the hair (not in the blood or saliva, which vary during times of day), so it better captured the impact of long-term stress levels on weight.
GWI’s Career Development Initiative Launches Online Mentorship Program
The wellness, spa and hospitality industry has a serious staffing crisis. So, since 2014, the GWI’s Career Development Initiative has run a Global Mentorship Program, which matches wellness executives with up-and-coming professionals to share expertise and needed skills. Now, they’ve launched a new online program that helps mentors and mentees connect within 10 minutes.
Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of March 15, 2017)
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.
Global Implosion in “Trust” Having Negative Impact on Personal Wellness
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.
Study: Reducing Depression & Anxiety Would Have Bigger Impact than Eliminating Poverty
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.
VIDEO: Dr. Gerry Bodeker on How the Wellness Industry Will Focus More on Mental Wellness
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.
