GWI Launches “Beyond GDP, World Happiness & Wellbeing” Initiative

The GWI just launched a new initiative that will focus on new metrics and ideas that go beyond GDP, to help businesses and governments shift toward a regenerative economy, an investment in planetary health, and to embrace the new science behind achieving world happiness, wellbeing and sustainable development. The chair is Davide Bollati, founder and chairman, Davines (Italy), and the vice chair is Alla Sokolova,…

Emerge As a Wellness Leader

Take the “Are You a Wellness Leader?” Quiz! “January’s theme is “emerge,” a verb that means both birth and creation. Emerging can also be non-physical, as our thoughts and ideas emerge in our minds, and feelings emerge in our hearts.”—Jessica Jesse, CEO & Creative Director, BuDhaGirl LLC The beginning of every year reminds us to pause and re-center our lives around what matters to us…

Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of November 19, 2019)

Self-Partnered: The Sudden, Surprising Rise of the Single Positivity Movement – The Guardian, November 6, 2019 This is a new trend largely led by women: More and more people are throwing off outdated stigmas and embracing a happy life on their own, calling it “self-partnered.” An increasing number of “single-positive” people are rejecting the notion that true love is the only path to happiness and…

GWI Announces Partnership with Prevention Magazine on The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease

Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 Global Wellness Institute Announces Partnership with Prevention Magazine on The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease 2020 collaboration with Prevention means the GWI’s The Wellness Moonshot Calendar: A Year of Inspiration will reach over 13 million people monthly Miami, FL – October 2, 2019 – The Global Wellness Institute™ (GWI), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission…

October’s Wellness Moonshot: How to Experience—and Spread—More Joy

We can be overjoyed or joyless. We can bring joy into our relationships or be a killjoy. But what does joy have to do with wellness? Everything. Moments of daily joy help us reduce stress and bounce back from adversities. Joy is linked to the wellness of our immune system, circulatory system and lifestyle overall, as well as our longevity. So, for October, the GWI’s…

Gallup Launches New Online Resource, the Global Happiness Center

As Brexit in the UK and the Arab Uprisings in Egypt have shown, rising GDP doesn’t do a very good job at predicting unrest because money doesn’t equal social wellbeing. That’s why research organization Gallup has been measuring people’s perception of their own wellness/happiness in 140 countries for 13 years—polling them on things such as their stress levels and whether they feel treated with respect.…