GWS Podcast Episode 33 #BlackLivesMatter, COVID-19, & Anxiety: A Guide to Doing Better – with Randi-Mae Stanford-Leibold & Dr. Kevin Chapman In June 2020, the world was ignited with uproar after witnessing a video of George Floyd being killed by a police officer. Tht same month, the Global Wellness Summit hosted the masterclass “An Open Conversation About Race and the Wellness Community.” Hundreds joined the…
GWS Podcast Episode 32 How Two Businesses Transformed to Help Medical Providers, COVID-19 Patients, & Wellness Entrepreneurs – with Jim Chenevey & Rick Stollmeyer When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, a lot of people looked to the Global Wellness Summit for hope and answers. So the GWS shifted their plans for this year, just like everyone else, and focused on providing information and advice to…
Wellness Master Class “The Power of Light: Fighting COVID-19 and Future Pandemics with Far UV” The science of human-safe UV technology has the potential to deactivate the COVID-19 virus (and other microbes) on clothes, skin and objects, allowing people to safely enter shared spaces such as spa, hotel, medical and retail environments. During this fascinating Wellness Master Class, Dr. David Brenner, director, Columbia University Center for…
GWS Podcast Episode 26 An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: COVID-19 & The Wellness Moonshot – with Sarah Smith from Prevention Back in January, some of the most forward-thinking minds in the wellness industry got together for the release of the Global Wellness Trends Report: The Future of Wellness 2020. We had the opportunity to record some incredible conversations, and we…
TREND: DYING WELL COVID-19 Will Accelerate the “Dying Well” Trend Forecasting the Future Members of the Global Wellness Institute’s Dying Well Initiative, Dr. Candi Cann, associate professor at Baylor University, and Liz Eddy, CEO of Lantern, recently weighed in on how the pandemic will change our culture around death. They discuss what most needs fixing and what’s ahead, from end-of-life planning moving beyond the will…
Summit Trend in the News: Focus Shifts from Sleep to True Circadian Health Circadian rhythms and immune function – Timeshifter This new report takes a deep dive into the recent medical studies showing that the human immune system is controlled by circadian rhythms. While scientists have long known that time of day impacts infection susceptibility, what was less known was whether this was a result…
TREND: J-WELLNESS Brilliantly marrying revered traditions with innovative technologies, Japan asserts a comprehensive culture of wellness—and encourages the world to follow suit. By Peter Eadon-Clarke As awareness of the 100-year Life Society spreads globally, it is natural to look to Japan. In 1965, Japan had 153 centenarians, and in 2017, there were 67,824, representing the largest per capita ratio of them in the world. Fifty percent of Japanese…
Summit Trend in the News: J-Wellness Has Japan dodged the COVID-19 bullet? – Channel News Asia Though there is no clear evidence for the low death rate in Japan, experts suggest it could be the Japanese culture that has helped: “Mask-wearing, removing shoes, bowing not shaking hands, low obesity levels, and even consuming certain foods have all been advanced as possible cultural reasons for the…
Summit Trend in the News: The Fertility Boom The Rise of Fertility Start-ups – New York Times The fertility tech market is expanding fast, and this looks at the landscape, from companies like Modern Fertility and EverlyWell, selling at-home fertility-testing kits for women; Dadi, providing sperm testing and freezing; or Kindbody, making the egg-freezing process transparent. While many of the technologies used aren’t especially new…
Summit Trend in the News— In Wellness We Trust: The Science Behind the Industry Integrative Considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Explore Given the high interest in integrative strategies to augment public health measures to prevent COVID-19 infection, a review of medical studies from the University of Arizona analyzes some science-backed wellness strategies to consider. The researchers state strongly up front that there are no…
