Mindful Breath is a free, always-accessible mindfulness practice—and the science backs it up. As Cortland Dahl, Ph.D., explains in Psychology Today (The Art of Doing Less, Feb. 27, 2025): “Distraction has reached epidemic levels, impacting our well-being. Learning to shift from ‘doing’ to ‘being’ is a critical skill in this age of distraction. Mindfulness connects us to inner calm and effortless presence.” Do you have…
BREATHING AND RESPIRATION; A Behavioral Perspective
I’m pleased to share this book chapter from our GWI Breathe Initiative Vice Chair, Peter M. Litchfield, Ph.D. Titled BREATHING AND RESPIRATION; A Behavioral Perspective; Peter M. Litchfield, Ph.D. and Sandra Reamer, M.S., M.F.A. Peter says, “This book chapter presents a new paradigm of thinking about breathing: breathing is behavior. This simple conceptual reframing makes the vast literature of behavioral science immediately relevant to understanding the…
Analog Wellness
Analog Wellness is Trend #1 inside the Global Wellness Summit’s The Future of Wellness: 2025 Trends report. Beth McGroarty details how the Analog Wellness trend will shake up tech, wellness, travel, government policy, even home design. “The online world’s relentless manipulations, marketing, disinformation and division campaigns, causing general brain and culture rotting, have gone too far… 2025 will be the year more people get aggressive about logging off,…
AI: Friend or Foe? GWI Consulting Initiative Webinar Recording
AI: Friend or Foe? GWI Consulting Initiative Webinar Recording It’s difficult to go one hour without hearing about Artificial Intelligence and its potential impact on ourselves, our work, the world! Those of us that work in the high-touch spa and wellness world may feel concerned about how our industry will be affected in the future. Like everything, there are pros and cons to AI and…
Gut Health Optimal Health
Trust Your Gut: From Digestive Distress to Optimal Health “Trust your gut.” In the past, this colloquial phrase has commonly hinted at the little voice within our souls that guides us to the right decision. However, in the last decade, “trust your gut” has transitioned to literally describe one of the most powerful indicators of optimal health and wellbeing. ‘Gut health’ is not only a…
Processed vs. Whole Foods: The Science of Nutrition
The GWI Nutrition for Healthspan Initiative is introducing a series of blogs providing simple guidelines for changing food habits for vibrant health and wellbeing. For more content, we invite you to read the chapters of the book that the Initiative has just published. Processed vs. Whole Foods: The Science of Nutrition Processed and whole foods represent two distinct categories in our diets, with important positive or…
