Global Wellness Institute

09/05/2025

Just 15 minutes of brisk walking a day can cut your risk of premature death by nearly 20%, according to a new Vanderbilt study. Quick steps = big gains for heart health & longevity. 🚶🏾‍♀️💪

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A 2025 study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (on 85,000 predominantly Black and low-income participants) found that just 15 minutes of brisk walking daily were linked with a nearly 20% reduction in mortality. The positive effects of walking have been endlessly documented, but this research...

09/03/2025

😴✨ Sleep is undergoing a major transformation—driven by science, technology, and shifting cultural norms.

I’m excited to share the 2025 Sleep Trends from the Global Wellness Institute’s Sleep Initiative, co-chaired by Allison Howard (Founder & CEO, Nollapelli) and JD Velilla (Founder, Designing Sleep).

From AI diagnostics to sleep tourism to the rise of the “sleep divorce,” these trends show how rest is being redefined for a new era.

Discover how these shifts will shape the way we sleep, recover, and recharge.

🔗 Read more: https://hubs.li/Q03GP6Vk0

09/03/2025

✨ What if skincare could do more than improve appearance—and actually slow aging at the cellular level?

In this episode of The Wellness Roundtable: Longevity, Alexia Brue talks with Carolina Oliveira, MD, co-founder & CEO of OneSkin, about how skin health is emerging as a key biomarker of longevity.

From the science behind OS-01, the first peptide shown to reduce senescent cells, to why your “skinspan” matters for your overall health, this isn’t your typical skincare conversation.

💡 Inside this episode:
• Why skin is a modifiable aging organ
• The role of senescent cells in inflammation
• How topical products connect to internal biomarkers
• Longevity insights from Beth McGroarty, VP of Research & Forecasting, GWI

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09/02/2025

🌬️ Breathe Better, Live Better 🌬️
Join us Sept. 4 for a free webinar: Optimal Breathing for Mental & Physical Wellbeing

Hosted by Sandy Abrams, Chair of GWI’s Breathe Initiative, with breath experts Peter Litchfield, Ph.D. & Patrick McKeown.

Learn how your breathing shapes mental & physical health—and get simple, science-backed tools you can use every day.

https://hubs.li/Q03GxYhN0

Optimal Breathing Webinar Please join us for our webinar: Optimal Breathing for Mental & Physical Wellbeing on Sept. 4, 2025 Hosted by: Sandy Abrams, Chair of the Global Wellness Institute Breathe Initiative We’re excited to share this dynamic conversation between two global leaders in Breath educ...

08/27/2025

🌍✨ How Wellness Policies Can Promote Responsible Tourism

Tourism isn’t just about hotels, spas, or attractions—it’s about protecting the wellbeing of local people and places.

As travel rebounds, many destinations are struggling with overtourism—from protests in Mexico, Spain, Germany, and Italy to Japan’s new national effort to safeguard residents and historic sites.

Wellness policies can help protect communities, preserve culture, and create a more sustainable tourism future.

👉 Discover how GWI researchers are rethinking tourism through a wellness lens: https://hubs.li/Q03FT7Lk0

How Wellness Policies Can Promote Responsible Tourism By Tonia Callender, GWI research fellow Wellness in tourism extends beyond a destination’s wellness businesses and services. It also involves protecting the wellbeing of the tourism workforce and the surrounding communities. As global tourism r...

08/22/2025

Wellness vs. Wellbeing 🌱✨
These terms—wellness, wellbeing, and happiness—often get lumped together. But while they overlap, each carries a unique meaning, usage, and cultural association.

This graphic breaks down what they share in common and where they differ—helping you understand how language shapes the way we think about health and happiness.

👉 Which word resonates most with you?

08/20/2025

Women may outlive men—but they spend more years in poor health.

In this powerful conversation, Dr. Piraye Beim, founder of Celmatix, reveals why ovarian aging is the hidden driver of female biological decline—and why extending ovarian healthspan could be a major breakthrough in longevity science.

From AMH biomarkers to therapeutic innovations, this episode shines a light on the most underfunded area of longevity research: women.

🎙️ Also featuring insights from Beth McGroarty, VP of Research at the Global Wellness Institute.

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08/15/2025

What makes you feel well?

From meditation to moving our bodies, wellness can be integrated into our lives in many different ways.

Discover wellness from around the world in the series—streaming now.

https://hubs.li/Q03D1Bj50

We’re proud to share our story in the series, presented by the Global Wellness Institute and produced for them by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions.

08/15/2025

🧬 What does true longevity care look like in action?

Last week on The Wellness Roundtable, Alexia Brue sits down with Robin Berzin, MD—founder & CEO of Parsley Health, the nation’s largest functional medicine and longevity clinic—for an eye-opening conversation on what radically proactive healthcare really means.

💡 In this episode, you’ll discover:
• The 6 biomarker domains that actually move the needle
• Which trendy biohacks Dr. Berzin skips entirely
• Why strength training, saunas & estrogen might be the ultimate “longevity drugs”
• The truth about peptides, GLP-1s, and rapamycin—what’s hype vs. what’s hope
• How Parsley is leveraging AI to scale truly personalized care

Whether you’re a clinician, wellness leader, or just longevity-curious, this discussion unpacks the future of healthcare—grounded in data, prevention, and personalization.

🎧 Tune in now:
Apple: https://hubs.li/Q03CWKQ50

Spotify: https://hubs.li/Q03CWZ1D0

IHeartRadio: https://hubs.li/Q03CWS6q0

YouTube: https://hubs.li/Q03CWRx60

08/14/2025

The Global Wellness Institute, in partnership with Anytime Fitness, has released its first-ever report on Australia’s wellness economy—and the results are big:

✨ Top 10 globally & #4 in Asia-Pacific
💰 Valued at US$126.7B in 2023 (+10.9% in just one year!)
📈 Climbing from #13 in 2019 to #10 in 2023

Growth is fueled by booming sectors like wellness tourism, thermal/mineral springs, real estate, mental wellness, and physical activity.

📖 Read the full report on the Geography of Wellness microsite: https://hubs.li/Q03CQnZt0

08/13/2025

A 2025 study from Imperial College London, analyzing 183,000 adults and 2,400 children, found that those who had bad dreams once a week or more had shorter telomeres, associated with faster cellular aging. They also found that those who experienced regular nightmares were three times more likely to die before the age of 70 compared with those who did not––concluding that nightmare frequency may be a stronger predictor of premature death than smoking, obesity, poor diet or lack of physical activity. The researchers note that the release of the stress hormone cortisol during bad dreams, and the disruption of restful sleep which upsets the body’s overnight cellular repair processes, could play roles in the accelerated biological aging. But the researchers note that future studies are needed to determine whether treating nightmares could actually slow biological aging and reduce mortality risk in the general population.

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Nightmares Linked to Rapid Biological Aging and Early Death A 2025 study from Imperial College London, analyzing 183,000 adults and 2,400 children, found that those who had bad dreams once a week or more had shorter telomeres, associated with faster cellular aging. They also found that those who exp...

08/08/2025