Doctors in Scotland Can Now Prescribe Nature – World Economic Forum, October 15, 2018 Since early October, doctors in Shetland, Scotland, have been authorized to prescribe nature to their patients. It’s thought to be the first program of its kind in the UK and seeks to reduce blood pressure and anxiety and increase happiness for those with diabetes, mental illness, stress, heart disease and more.…
Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 Wellness Now a $4.2 Trillion Global Industry – with 12.8% Growth from 2015-2017 New Global Wellness Institute research reveals wellness market is growing at historic rate: nearly twice as fast as global economy; Report packed with regional and national data Download High Resolution Image Cesena, Italy – October 6, 2018 – The global wellness industry grew 12.8% in the last…
How tourists are destroying the places they love – Der Spiegel, August 21, 2018 Over the past weeks, we’ve read dozens of articles on the rising backlash against tourism. This one is a bit long but particularly well researched. Mass tourism has created over-tourism, and, in many beautiful spots, the infrastructure and the local population are buckling under the pressure and the predatory nature of…
Why Prosperity Has Increased but Happiness Has Not – The New York Times, August 21, 2018 Observing that the impressive postwar rise in material wellbeing in the US has had zero effect on personal wellbeing, the author of The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50 elaborates on two key findings: (1) All happiness is local: people’s wellbeing depends mainly on their immediate…
Read This Story and Get Happier (What you learn in Yale’s popular course on happiness) – The Cut, May 28, 2018 In the face of an epidemic of unhappiness, Professor Santos decided to design a course in “positive psychology” that has become the most popular course at Yale. Some interesting insights: Many of our priorities around happiness are completely erroneous; our minds are very good…
Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 Global Wellness Institute Announces access+INSIGHTS, a Monthly Think Tank on Topics Impacting the $3.7 Trillion Wellness Economy New series provides an exclusive audience with wellness experts, thought leaders and researchers on a wide array of topics; next access+INSIGHTS to explore how wellness is fueling a powerful, high-premium real estate market. Miami, FL – May 23, 2018 – The Global…
