Business of Wellness Headlines

Global Wellness News™ | Week of January 31, 2022

Inside the Growing Wellness Trend of Psilocybin Mushroom Microdosing

Over the past few years, the acceptance of microdosing psychedelic fungi as a medical treatment has grown slowly but steadily – in mainstream American media, in official laboratories, among some politicians and even in homes.

Climate Change Enters the Therapy Room

Ten years ago, psychologists proposed that a wide range of people would suffer anxiety and grief over climate. Skepticism about that idea is gone. Alina Black, a mother of two in Portland, Ore., sought a therapist who specialized in climate anxiety to address her mounting panics.

Department Stores Ride the Wellness Wave

Lubricants next to La Mer? Spin class with a side of YSL Beauté? As Sephora and Ulta Beauty duke it out for dominance in the specialty beauty retail channel, department stores are increasingly devoting more time, space and money to wellness in a bid to differentiate themselves and increase their relevance with much coveted younger shoppers.