Beth McGroarty, VP, Research & Forecasting, Global Wellness Institute asks: What is the state and role of faith in the Coronavirus crisis? How might concepts of faith and spirituality evolve in the future? What’s wrong with the current “science” versus “religion” war? Q&A with Martin Palmer, president of FaithInvest, an organization that helps the world’s religions move their investments into sustainable development. Martin Palmer is…
Leading in this unprecedented moment: 8 wellbeing leadership strategies for responding to COVID-19 By Renee Moorefield, CEO, Wisdom Works Group & Chair, Wellness at Work Initiative, Global Wellness Institute (GWI) “This is an unprecedented moment. It’s important that we approach it with a sense of calm and responsibility—because we have many people counting on us.” —Google CEO Sundar Pichai Like Google’s CEO, you likely realize…
In the News Read recent news reports about how optimism and a focus on health and wellness impact your wellbeing in a good way—and why being positive can lead to better health outcomes.
Optimism: The Cambridge English Dictionary defines optimism as “the tendency to be hopeful and to emphasize the good part in a situation rather than the bad, or the feeling that in the future good things are more likely to happen than bad things.” In numerous medical studies, an optimistic outlook is strongly associated with better health outcomes: from helping people recover from illness/surgery, to boosting the…
Definition of Optimism Research Spotlight The databases often return hundreds of medical studies for a single wellness approach. This section summarizes a sampling of five studies – providing just a taste of the available research. Optimists Have Much Lower Risk of Disease and Mortality RatesA major 2019 analysis of 15 studies (229,391 participants) found that people ranking high in optimism were much less likely to…
When people promote time in nature as the key to wellbeing, they usually focus on green spaces. But a new article in the Guardian explains why and how “blue space” (the ocean, rivers, lakes, canals, waterfalls, even urban fountains) positively impacts our mind and body—from boosting Vitamin D to having a stronger psychologically restorative effect than other natural environments. Support for the idea of “blue”…
