Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative 2023 Trends Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is still critical to society. While many organizations have embraced DEI initiatives to deepen relationships and encourage connections, there is still work to be done. Recent judicial changes to Affirmative Action raise concerns of a broader impact to workplace diversity. The stress caused by discrimination and oppression can have serious effects on our…
From Disconnected to Connected: Bringing Spirit Back Into The Workplace
From Disconnected to Connected: Bringing Spirit Back Into The Workplace Written By: Jocelyn Pepe, Global Wellness Institute, Workplace Wellbeing Initiative Are you living a life that feels true to you? When you pause for a moment, what does it feel like? Organizations are facing multiple challenges today with high burnout rates, mental health struggles and declining employee retention, engagement, and satisfaction. Deepening our connections to…
GWI Real Talk on Spirit in Workplace
From Disconnected to Connected: Bringing Spirit into the Workplace Never have organizations been faced with the unprecedented challenges of burnout, employee disengagement with their work, and voluntary quit rates. Never have employees reported such low levels of happiness, dissatisfaction with their work, and feelings of loneliness and isolation. In this Real Talk, global wellbeing experts from the Workplace Wellbeing Initiative discuss how to enliven the spirit…
Health Coaching as a Promising Antidote for Burnout
Health Coaching as a Promising Antidote for Burnout By Maria Carolina B. Tuma Body and mind have never been apart. In the last 30 years, the biological interactions between them have been studied by psychoneuroimmunology, an area of research that investigates the multidirectional relationships between emotions or thoughts and physiological responses, integrated by mediators of the neurological, endocrine, and immune systems. Under this multidisciplinary approach –…
Collaborative Paper From GWI Digital Wellness & Breathe Initiative
Collaborative Paper From the Digital Wellness Initiative & the Breathe Initiative As the fields of technology and telehealth evolve, health practitioners and experts are finding more preventive and holistic options that could be made available to everyone; making conscious and healthy living a right, rather than a luxurious lifestyle. Our collaboration with the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) is driving this vision one step closer to…
New Stanford Study Released on How Brief Breath Practice Can Enhance Mood
How Brief Breath Practice Can Enhance Mood New Stanford Study Released On behalf of the GWI Breathe Initiative, we’re posting up-to-the-minute studies and articles to share the power of Breath for overall well-being at the moment as well as the long-term benefits of accessible practices like this. Here’s a just-released study from Stanford’s Dr. Andrew Huberman and Dr. David Spiegel on the power of a…