Global Wellness Institute

The Global Wellness Institute's (GWI’s) research team just released another groundbreaking report: the Mental Wellness Policy Toolkit. Download your free copy today, and please share this important resource! https://hubs.li/Q02DrFLw0 Globally, rising rates of depression, anxiety, and loneliness are threatening our individual and societal wellbeing. Mental wellness represents a critical, but often overlooked resource to improve our collective resilience. The Mental Wellness Policy Toolkit shows communities, businesses and public policy makers why, and how, they should use targeted policies to promote mental wellness. Whether you want to focus on advocacy, awareness, specific programs, services, products, or research, this toolkit will help you to identify concrete actions to equitably address the most pressing challenges to people’s mental wellbeing. #MentalWellness #WellnessPolicy #GWI #MentalHealth #GlobalWellness #MentalHealthAwareness #DownloadNow #Wellness

Get ready for a game-changing reveal at the Global Wellness Summit in Scotland! Next month, Senior Research Fellows Katherine Johnston & Ophelia Yeung will share groundbreaking insights from the 2024 Global Wellness Economy Monitor.

GWI's Director of Development Kristiana Tarnuzzer is representing the Global Wellness Institute at the 1st UN Tourism Africa & Americas Summit hosted at the Paradisus Palma Real Golf & Spa Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, this week. Africa and the Americas are regions endowed with immense cultural richness, and the Summit is aimed at leveraging these attributes through enhanced tourism cooperation across both continents.?At the opening cocktail reception, Kristiana met with Andre M. , Director of EHL Advisory Services; Peter Janech, Coordinator of Innovation, Education and Investments for UN Tourism;?International delegates?from the Brazilian Tourist Board and delegates from Ethiopia, Zambia and Namibia.

Aligned with the global movement for equality and inclusion, the third year of the Global Wellness Institute’s (GWI) Susie Ellis Scholarship for Equity in Wellness saw over 300 applications from 60+ countries, according to the fund’s creator, Executive Director and Chief Creative Officer NANCY DAVIS. The Global Wellness Summit Advisory Board awarded the 2024 Scholarship to: Cida Ghosn, a Brazilian-Lebanese architect specializing in affordable housing and sustainable design; Linda Kirk, founder of the UK’s Just for Women Centre, supporting mental health for trauma-affected women and girls; and Anna Petrova, a pioneering Ukrainian entrepreneur. Last year’s selectee, Michelle Saudan, founder of Amanzi Wellbeing, will also attend. Join us in celebrating these exceptional professionals who will attend the Global Wellness Summit (GWS) in St Andrews, Scotland, November 4-7, 2024, with all expenses covered by our generous donors.

Join us for the GWI Consulting Initiative Webinar: AI: Friend or Foe? Demystifying AI in the Spa & Wellness Workplace ??? Date: October 10 ?? Time: 1-2pm ET On this webinar, a panel of experts will share how they are successfully working with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fields of fitness, design, architecture, and hospitality operations. Join us to hear the plain truth on what’s working and what’s not, and how to leverage this new wave of technology. Moderated by GWI?Consulting Best Practices Initiative?Chair?Lisa Starr, principal of Wynne Business Consulting & Education, the panelists include?Enrico Manaresi, Global Head of Communication, Technogym;?Vishal Patel, MD, PhD, President & Chief Medical Officer, Sensei; and?Toby Ward, Design Manager, Design for Leisure. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eN3BXQ-b #Webinar #AI #SpaWellness #TechInWellness #GWI #Fitness #Design #Hospitality

In 2022, $51 billion was spent globally on workplace wellness programs. Companies are focusing on perks while neglecting the basics like fair pay and livable hours. It's time to prioritize what truly matters for employee well-being. Read more from Thierry Malleret here: https://hubs.li/Q02Rm9Hf0 #WorkplaceWellness #FairPay #LivableHours #EmployeeWellbeing

At a press conference in London on Tuesday, GWI released new data on the United Kingdom’s $224 billion wellness economy by sector. The report is packed with data: from how the UK ranks #1 globally for growth in its wellness market since the pandemic, to how its consumers are spending 31% more on wellness ($3,342/year) compared with 2019, to how the wellness economy represents a growing and unusually large percentage of the total UK economy/GDP, at 7.3%. This report is created in partnership with Kohler Co., the global leader in the design, innovation and manufacture of kitchen and bath products for 150 years. https://hubs.li/Q02PTDRH0 #wellness #wellnesseconomy #kohler #UK

A recent study in the JAHA — Journal of the American Heart Association reveals alarming statistics for white-collar workers! Those facing high job strain and low rewards (like inadequate pay or recognition) have up to a 97% increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AFib), a condition that can lead to serious heart issues like stroke and heart failure. It's time to prioritize mental health and workplace well-being! Access the Study: https://hubs.li/Q02PH94s0 #HeartHealth #AFibAwareness #WorkplaceWellness #MentalHealthMatters #JobStress #HealthyWorkplace

According to research from GWI, wellness real estate is the fastest-growing sector in the global wellness economy. In this webinar, GWI researchers will take you through the latest data and developments in the global wellness real estate industry, as more developers seek to integrate wellness into the built environment to address multiple dimensions of our health and wellness. GWI researchers will discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead in this important sector, and share findings from their recent field visits of innovative properties. All registrants will receive a recording to watch anytime. Register today: https://hubs.li/Q02Pz1P90 #GWI #event #webinar #wellnessrealestate #research

At the end of July, global temperatures reached their highest level ever in recorded history. Coming years look to be even hotter. Climate risk being the “mother” of all risks, every single corner of the wellness industry will be affected by it. One new dimension that scientists are just starting to grasp is the impact of extreme heat on our mental health. Reducing the risk that global warming poses to our mental wellbeing requires huge structural fixes but also new measures that can help us better adapt when temperatures soar. The wellness industry has an important role to play with the latter. Read more: https://hubs.li/Q02NRTLZ0 #ExtremeHeat #MentalHealth #ClimateChange #GlobalWellness #MentalWellness #WellnessMatters