Congratulations to Our 2024 Scholarship Recipients Resonating with the global movement for equality and inclusion, the third year of the Global Wellness Institute’s (GWI’s) Susie Ellis Scholarship for Equity in Wellness welcomed an astounding 300+ applications from over 60 countries according to the fund’s creator, Executive Director and Chief Creative Officer Nancy Davis. After careful consideration, the Global Wellness Summit (GWS) Advisory Board awarded the 2024 Scholarship to Cida…
Catching Up on Sleep on Weekends Associated With 20% Lower Risk of Heart Disease A study presented at the 2024 European Society of Cardiology meeting examined data from 90,903 adults in the UK Biobank project, a database holding medical and lifestyle records of 500,000 people in the UK. Of these, 19,816 met the criteria for being sleep deprived. Over a follow-up period of 14 years, the…
From Surviving to Thriving: 3 Essential Questions to Ask About Your Personal Brand Author: Ellen Kocher Every health coach reaches a point where they ask themselves, “Am I thriving or merely surviving?” A robust personal brand can make all the difference. Here are three critical questions to guide you in evaluating and refining your brand: What Makes You Unique? Reflect on what differentiates you…
Cultural shift: Lululemon’s Global Wellness Report finds widespread “wellbeing burnout”–SGB Media Lululemon’s new, annual Global Wellbeing Report (surveying 16,000 adults in 15 different countries) found a “counterproductive cycle where the relentless pursuit of wellbeing is making us less well.” While 89% of consumers have found more ways to improve overall health and wellness, so has the pressure to maintain the momentum. Nearly two-thirds surveyed struggle…
Workplace Wellness Is Unwell—Companies Must Refocus on Fair Pay and Livable Hours By Thierry Malleret, economist In 2022, $51 billion was spent globally on workplace wellness programs (according to the GWI, in measures ranging from apps to counseling). Yet, the global workforce seems never to have been so unhappy, unhealthy, and unwell. According to a recent Gallup report, employees’ stress has reached unprecedented levels, with…
Research Dive: Per Capita Spending on Wellness Around the World GWI’s 2024 report, The Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings (2019-2022), provides two different sets of country rankings. When we look at overall wellness economy size, the countries that come out on top tend to be countries with very large overall economies and populations: the United States, China, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. However, when we…
