A new study (of 2,000 adults) found that just one night of fewer than six hours of sleep significantly hurts mental and physical wellbeing, and as the number of consecutive days of sleep loss increased, the severity of negative emotions and physical issues (body aches, gastrointestinal issues and respiratory problems) became severe. Problems spiked on day three and plateaued until day six when mental and…
The GWI supports 30+ Wellness Industry Initiatives, which are global taskforces on dozens of different wellness sectors and issues. Today, the GWI released thirty brief and wide-ranging trends reports from these Initiatives–an expert view of what’s unfolding now in everything from wellness tourism to mental wellness to nutrition to sleep to wellness architecture and design to workplace wellness and digital wellness (and many more!). Access…
“Aging Well” Is a Pipedream without a Focus on Loneliness and Financial Wellness By Thierry Malleret, economist A new report (“Long and happy lives – The future of wellbeing in an ageing society”) published by the Danish Happiness Research Institute sheds some interesting light on the way in which wellbeing in later life is being threatened by increasing rates of loneliness and mental health problems.…
Is Mental Wellness an Individual or Collective Responsibility? By Katherine Johnston and Ophelia Yeung, GWI senior research fellows The notion that mental wellness is about self-care and personal agency does not imply that it is solely an individual pursuit or that it is fully within our own locus of control. Many of the pathways for mental wellness may sound like simple healthy lifestyle habits (e.g.,…
Travelers Checking in at Fitness Resorts to Drop Pandemic Pounds–CNN, August 2, 2021 After a year-plus of stress, boredom and depression (and too much self-comforting with food and takeout), studies show people have put on the pounds. So, from the UK to the US, more people are turning to wellness, fitness and weight-loss resorts—with many reporting that they’re now sold out. Americans Are Willing to…
Curated by the Global Wellness Institute and Renee Moorefield, member of the GWI Advisory Boardand CEO of Wisdom Works Group. “Dig the well before you’re thirsty.”––Chinese proverb As an integral part of The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease Initiative, you are an ambassador who helps people prepare to make wellness central to their lives, communities and workplaces. Your leadership means intentionally promoting…
