A first-ever study (just published in JAMA Psychiatry) compared medication to meditation for generalized anxiety disorder, finding the two methods work equally well at reducing symptoms. Half of the study participants were given an antidepressant commonly prescribed for anxiety (Lexapro), while the other half participated in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program. Both groups reported a 20% reduction in symptoms. Side effects were far more common…
The Complex Relationship between Money & Happiness: How Much Is Too Little, Too Much? By Thierry Malleret, economist MONEY, FINANCIAL WELLNESS AND HAPPINESS: An obvious link exists between money and subjective wellbeing (happiness), but only up to a certain threshold which economists and psychologists have a hard time precisely identifying. Anyone without money will corroborate that financial wellness is the conduit to other forms of…
GWI’s New Research: The First to Make the Case for Why We Desperately Need Wellness Policy GWI recently released its new report “Defining Wellness Policy,” the first research to make a compelling, evidence-backed argument as to why wellness policy is so direly needed now. It explains how a new focus on wellness policy could complement–but also fill the glaring gaps left by–both current public…
Inspirational & Innovative Wellness Real Estate Project Profiles The Wellness Communities & Real Estate Initiative’s goals are to guide, communicate and inspire wellness in the built environment—in new developments, in re-thinking existing developments, and by assisting smaller global wellness innovators—to create wellness real estate that is transformative. In our Inspirational & Innovative Wellness Real Estate Project Profiles, we want to share, illustrate, and give a shoutout…
The Global Wellness Institute The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease The Wellness Moonshot Calendar’s monthly theme for November 2022 is REVIEW. Authored by Renee Moorefield, CEO of Wisdom Works Group, and member of the GWI Advisory Board CAN TECH SCALE WELLNESS FOR ALL? That’s the question I was most intrigued to ask Nichol Bradford as part of The Wellness Moonshot initiative’s audacious mission…
Defining Wellness Policy – FREE Report Graphics Now Available This is the first-ever study to define wellness policy and argue why it is needed. Using GWI’s wellness economy data, the report provides, for the first time, a quantitative analysis showing the positive relationship between wellness spending, happiness, and health outcomes across countries. It makes a compelling case for why wellness policy is essential not only…
