Global Wellness Conversations

The #1 trend from the Global Wellness Summit 2020 Trends Report was a shift in focus from sleep to true circadian health — a trend that’s driving the $432B sleep market.Smart watches, Oura Rings, sleep tonics, CBD, sleep ice cream, nap pods, herbal supplements, subscription plans, blue-blocking glasses, red light bulbs, cuddle robots, jet lag apps, sleep divorces: the ways people are trying to optimize their circadian health these days just keeps expanding. So, this episode really runs the gamut. The first part of our episode is an interview with Dr. Rebecca Robbins, an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School, an associate scientist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and an author.In the second part of our episode, we speak with Francisco Levine and Allison Howard about what we’re sleeping on. Francisco is part of the team at Bryte Labs creating a new kind of high-tech bed and Allison is the creator of Nollapelli sheets, a new wellness linen company with innovative products that promote healthier sleep, skin, and hair.Resources:GWS Trend Report: “Focus Shifts from Sleep to True Circadian Health”rebecca-robbins.comnollapelli.comBryte.com"Why We Sleep" by Matthew WalkerGlobal Wellness Summit On DemandGWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Our guest today is Zev Suissa, the Chief Innovation Officer of eMindful, which is like a fitness app but for mental athletes… and those who want to be. Imagine having a digital menu in your pocket to call up both virtual and live mindful practices when you need them — kind of like Peloton for the mind.But, unlike apps like Headspace or Calm, eMindful is not strictly B2C. In addition to offering programs for individuals, the app is designed as a way for major corporations to arm their employees — sometimes 50,000 at a time — with workplace wellness tools and tools for creating intentional change.But first, the onus was on eMindful to prove to corporations how a mindfulness practice could actually affect a company’s bottom line. So over the past 12 years, eMindful has worked with universities like Vanderbilt and Duke to do peer-reviewed studies, which have shown that practicing mindfulness can help with things like: weight loss, diabetes, chronic pain, addictive behaviors, cancer recovery, and smoking cessation. And study after study shows that mindfulness both reduces stress in employees and increases productivity – ultimately saving companies an average of $700 per year per employee in healthcare costs!And the Global Wellness Summit’s most recent mental wellness economy research shows that this is very on-trend for 2021: the pandemic has caused a mental health tsunami, and as a result, meditation & mindfulness are emerging as one of four sectors in the new mental wellness economy. This is reflective of Trend #5 from the annual Global Wellness Trends Report: the renaissance of self care. eMindful is also offering GWS listeners a special discount, which will give you access to up to 5,000 classes and hundreds of hours of on-demand content! Use the code gwspodcast2021 to receive 30% off an upgrade to your eMindful subscription at emindful.com or look for eM Life in the app store.To learn more, visit emindful.comResources:Use the code “gwspodcast2021” to receive 30% off an upgrade to your eMindful subscription at emindful.comGlobal Wellness Summit On DemandGWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

The Breakers is a 125-year young oceanfront resort in Palm Beach, and over a century later, it’s still in the hands of its original owners. The secret? Paul Leone, CEO of The Breakers, says it’s because they treat their employees like family — an investment that has paid off in a big way.Today, we talk to Paul about this time-tested workforce wellness philosophy, how it’s paying off in a big way during the COVID-19 crisis, and how you can make love part of your mission statement.To learn more, visit The Breakers at thebreakers.comResources:thebreakers.comGlobal Wellness Summit On DemandGWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

This week we have a panel of women from different generations — a millennial, a gen Y, and a baby boomer — all comparing notes about women's health. To the guys out there: listen good. We promise you'll learn something valuable about the women in your life.Our guests are Dr. Nicola Finley, a board-certified internal medicine doctor who works at Canyon Ranch, and Nina Boyce, a certified hormone and fertility coach and the host of Healing Hormones. We explore everything from health disparities among disadvantaged populations to fertility to menopause, and even the joy of dance. We hope you'll be inspired to find your posse; your own community of trusted friends to confide in, to be real with, and to learn from when it comes to the normal phases of life we all go through. You’ll also learn some tips on how to have a healthy pregnancy, why lifestyle choices matter so much to your own longevity, and why caring, extended families — and even prayer — help ensure better health outcomes.You can visit www.canyonranch.com to learn more about Dr. Nicola Finley’s practice and visit www.nourishedwithnina.com to learn more about Nina’s hormone and fertility work.Resources:www.canyonranch.comInstagram: @nicolafinleymdwww.nourishedwithnina.comNina on Instagram: @nourishedwithninaGlobal Wellness Summit On DemandGWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

What do a garage, “The Hunt for Red October,” the seven pillars of wellness, and the hero's journey all have in common? You'll find out in this episode with Rick Stollmeyer, founder and Executive Chairman of Mindbody.Back in 2001, Rick bootstrapped the launch of Mindbody. 14 years later, he took the company public, raising $100M for an IPO. Then, in June 2020, the business was acquired for $1.9B. It’s an incredible entrepreneurial success story, and the Mindbody platform has had a huge impact on the industry over the last two decades.If you’re not familiar, Mindbody is both a cloud platform and an app. The cloud enables entrepreneurs all over the world in the fitness, wellness, and beauty space — businesses like ClassPass, Bikram Yoga, and the New York Health & Racquet Club — to run, market, and grow their businesses, and the app helps consumers easily find and engage with wellness businesses in their local communities or wherever they travel. Their cloud-based business management software powers over 60,000 fitness, spa, salon and wellness businesses in over 140 countries and their web and mobile booking tools help those businesses engage with more than 50 million people.In his new role as Executive Chairman of Mindbody, Rick says he is doubling down on giving back to the industry by coaching other entrepreneurs and getting more involved in thought leadership for the industry. In fact, Rick just published a book called "Building a Wellness Business That Lasts: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love." In this interview, you'll hear why he wants readers to learn from both the right and wrong decisions he's made over the years and why he's so positive about new business opportunities in the wellness space, even during the era of COVID-19. You'll also hear three crucial marketing steps that you need for success, whether you’re bootstrapping a new launch or preparing for a big IPO.To learn more, visit Mindbody at mindbodyonline.com.Resources:mindbodyonline.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rickstollmeyerGlobal Wellness Summit On DemandGWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Today we want to share a love story about two college sweethearts: she was a dancer with buns of steel who became a shock trauma nurse, he was an energetic guy with a master's in exercise physiology who worked as a PE instructor. And now, after 42 years of combining love and business, Victor and Lynn Brick are two of the most successful people in the fitness industry.You'll hear why the democratization of wellness and judgment-free fitness for people of all abilities — including disabilities — is so important to them, how that brought them to Planet Fitness, and why they define themselves as being in the business of changing people's lives.We also talk about the importance of mental health, the huge impact that 2020 has had on people’s mental health, and how they’re trying to change the way people think of mental health. You can support their efforts by donating to John W Brick Foundation.This is an honest discussion about real lives and real people, and it’s something that a lot of people in the business of wellness really need to hear.Resources:John W Brick FoundationPlanet FitnessGlobal Wellness Summit On DemandGWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

December 2020 marks the ninth month of a full-on global pandemic, but today's episode is about light at the end of the tunnel — and we mean that very literally! In fact, we mean precisely 222 nanometers of Far-UVC Light. This isn't the scary UVC light that used to be found in tanning beds; these are shorter light waves that don't have the energy to penetrate the surface of human skin or the outermost layer of our eyes, but that still effectively neutralize pathogens in the air and on surfaces. To learn more about how we can use Far-UVC Light to make our environments safer and ourselves healthier, we sat down with Fred Maxik, Chief Scientific Officer of Healthē Inc, which is a global leader in developing high-tech lighting solutions that protect people in indoor spaces.Fred will explain a layered approach to protection that can apply beyond a vaccine and onto combating the next possible pandemic. It's a heady episode. You'll hear terms like ganglion cells, non mutagenic, spot phenomenology, and even diurnal animals. But you'll also hear the story of a young boy who was fascinated by holding a flashlight up to his hand — a little boy who grew up to be a biophysicist who spent 15 years working as a NASA scientist.To learn more, visit Healthē at healtheinc.comResources:healtheinc.comWatch Fred’s Wellness Master Class: “The Power of Light: Fighting COVID-19 and Future Pandemics with Far UV”Global Wellness Summit On DemandGWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

What do you get when you mix emerging technology and timeless beauty? You get Vera Iconica Architecture and Veronica Schreibeis Smith.When you visit the website, you can see countless examples of Vera Icconica’s gorgeous aesthetic, their science and technology, and their leadership in both the architecture and health and wellness industries — but what you can’t see is the woman who powers it all.Veronica Schreibeis Smith has truly taken the architecture and wellness worlds by storm, adhering to standards and practices that others only aspire to; her designs are in harmony with nature and with the people who live, work, and visit her creations. She calls this “life regenerated through design.”And it is due to all of these incredible accomplishments that Veronica was presented with the Leading Women in Wellness Award at Global Wellness Summit 2020, a hybrid “Safe Summit” event that was held in November 2020.We sat down with Veronica during GWS 2020 to discuss receiving the award, the good vibrations that surround us, and how we can take control of our indoor environments.To learn more, visit Vera Iconica Architecture at veraiconica.com.Resources:GWI's Wellness Architecture InitiativeVeraiconica.comGlobal Wellness Summit On DemandGWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

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 Zoom call, most knowing that the hashtag #WellnessSoWhite was trending for a reason: people of color are not well represented in the wellness world. On the call, Susie Ellis, co-founder of GWS, said, “We have a lot to learn and lot to do. The Summit and the Institute should use their leadership position and the power of our collective voices on this global platform to help.”It’s been 4 months. So, what do we do now?The change we need didn’t happen overnight, and we have to keep talking about and working to improve these issues. This episode is part of the Global Wellness Summit’s commitment to continuing the conversation and expanding on it with honesty, humility, and heart. Our guests are Randi-Mae Stanford-Leibold and Dr. Kevin Chapman, two Black leaders in the wellness community who have fantastic insight on how we can do better — both in regards to our health and the equity of our society. Randi-Mae is an author, mindfulness facilitator, and the founder of Mindful Living Barbados, an annual wellness event that invites people to meditate, learn, grow and align as they nurture their mind, body, and soul. She is also a co-founder of the Black Therapist Collective, and she donated her services to clients of color for the entire month of June to help them deal with collective grief and indirect trauma. Talk about leading by example.Dr. Kevin Chapman is a Black therapist, and as he shares in this interview, he is well aware of how rare that is — only 4% of professional therapists are Black, and even fewer are Black men. Dr. Chapman specializes in helping kids and adults overcome anxiety and related disorders, and he shares insights on emotional wellness and regulating your thoughts that everyone needs to hear, especially in 2020.These interviews go a bit beyond our typical conversations, but that’s necessary. Randi-Mae and Dr. Chapman offer suggestions, solutions, and tools to help us all do better, and being open to their message and listening is the first step to doing so.Resources:Randimae.comdrkevinchapman.comRandi-Mae on IG: @randimae1Dr. Chapman on Twitter: @drkchap"White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo"Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem" by Bell Hooks"How Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains: Sara Lazar at TEDxCambridge 2011"Black Girl in OmGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

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 help people adjust to their “new normal.”One of the GWS initiatives was the #FiveInTen Leader Livecasts, hosted by Kim Marshall. We’ve been talking to wellness leaders from the worlds of fitness, beauty, the arts, technology — you name it — but there’s one thing that every guest has had in common: they’re inspiring examples of innovation and positivity during this time. Today, we want to share two of the conversations featured on livecasts.First is Jim Chenevey, CEO of Earthlite, a company dedicated to healing humanity through touch, and Living Earth Crafts, and spa equipment manufacturer. We’ll hear how they quickly shifted their manufacturing to meet the shifting demands of both medical providers, including how a doctor’s request helped them adapt a pregnancy pillow for massage tables into a life-saving tool for COVID-19 patients.For the second half of this episode, we’ll hear a conversation with Rick Stollmeyer, Co-Founder of Mindbody, a tech platform and app that enables wellness entrepreneurs worldwide to use the software to run, market, and grow their businesses. Then the rest of us can use the app to quickly find fitness, wellness, and beauty businesses in their communities or wherever they’re traveling. They led the way in helping the $100B fitness industry go virtual practically overnight, and it’s amazing to hear how they pulled it off.Resources:Earthlite: earthlite.comLiving Earth Crafts: livingearthcrafts.comMindbody: mindbodyonline.comGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

This episode is a feast for your ears — a living, breathing example of two of the Global Wellness 2020 Trends: Wellness Music and Energy Healing.We’re speaking to Canadian-born, Hong Kong-based Gong Master Martha Collard. We’ll hear why this left-brained, A-type personality left a 25 year consulting career — where she helped  multinational corporations bring out the best out in employees — to become a Gong Master who typically performs and teaches in southeast Asia, where she owns the Red Door Studio.Say it out loud: GONG SOUND BATH. The words alone are enough to ease you into relaxation. Who doesn’t love a nice warm bath? Now imagine being bathed in vibrations that help your brain slip into a meditative theta state. It’s exquisite.Today Martha will talk about what goes into a gong sound bath, why people let go and just FALL into a deep state of relaxation during the experience, and what her prize gongs are made of. You’ll even hear excerpts from a special performance she did for us in New York City on a gorgeous, rainbow hued platinum gong — she calls it the Age of Aquarius — that was handmade for her by a Silversmith in Germany.Then we’ll catch up with Martha in her yoga sound studio in Hong Kong post-COVID, where she tells us about pushing forward with her passion in a city that has already been shut down and reopened three different times during the pandemic. She also shares simple things each of us can do at home to relax and be renewed by the power of sound, and these little tricks are as simple as playing that magical instrument that mostly every one of us possess — our VOICE.Get ready for a podcast like no other we’ve done — and a true auditory experience.To learn more, visit Red Door Studio’s site at www.red-doors.com.Resources:www.red-doors.comInstagram: @reddoorsstudioFacebook: facebook.com/reddoorsstudiohkRead Martha’s profile in Ageist MagazineGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Here at the Global Wellness Summit, wellness is our middle name — and we’re committed to bringing you the big picture and real story behind this $4.5 trillion economy.There are so many podcasts about health, fitness & nutrition that you can choose from, but one of our true points of difference is the historical perspective we bring to the conversation about this “wellness boom” that COVID just may help turn into a Wellness Revolution! And today’s guest plays an important role in the history of wellness. Roberto Arjona has been the GM of the very first destination spa in North America, Rancho La Puerta, which is actually celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. In the first half of this episode, Roberto shares the history of “The Ranch” and offers a glimpse into the lives of the legendary “First Family of Wellness” – The Szkekelys  – and how they continue to set the standard for future generations, continually bringing people to practice of joyful longevity. You’ll also hear about Kim’s experience at The Ranch (and the night she snuck away for a couple margaritas). Plus, a very young special guest makes an appearance to talk about some of The Ranch’s family offerings.In the latter half of the episode, you’ll hear how Rancho La Puerta is responding to the global pandemic, including their plans for residences at Rancho La Puerta, and how they’re remaining vibrant even while they’re close.Join us as we walk down memory lane — and into the future of wellness as a lifestyle.To learn more, visit Rancho La Puerta’s site at rancholapuerta.comResources:rancholapuerta.comLearn more about the Residences at Rancho La PuertaGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

If you walk into the office of Dr. Robert Zarr, there’s a good chance of walking out with a prescription for a walk — a prescription for nature. He will pull out a prescription pad and scrawl specific instructions for his patient’s walk, just like he would when prescribing a medication. Dr. Zarr is just one of over 150 other doctors who have embraced “Ecotherapy” as a much-needed solution to many of the problems caused by urbanization and our hectic, busy lives.When you add in a global pandemic that’s forcing even more of us to stay inside for much longer hours, our collective need for a nice walk in nature has never been higher, else we might suffer from “Nature Deficit Disorder.”It’s not necessarily as simple as just going outside, though, as our guest Jennifer Walsh will teach us in this episode. If you live in an urban environment and nature isn’t literally right outside of your door, you might have to get intentional and make a plan — and you absolutely should!Jennifer really leaned into this idea in 2019, when she created Walk With Walsh. After decades of pioneering in the wellness industry and as an on-air beauty expert, Jennifer decided to share stories in a new (and more mobile) way, highlighting what makes the difference for healthy leaders in the process.And after the COVID-19 pandemic, Jennifer’s movement became more important than ever. She became the eyes and ears of a shutdown New York City, and through it all — the ambulances, the pots clanging for healthcare workers every evening, the temporary hospital tents put up in her beloved Central Park — she just kept walking. As her followers were enamored with the melancholia of an empty NYC on display on her timeline, she also sprinkled in some facts about nature’s immunity-boosting abilities and historical data about patients who had outdoor treatment rooms during the 1918 Spanish Flu.In this episode, Jennifer expands on the universal benefits of both walking with nature and integrating nature into your indoor spaces — plus why it’s safer to take a few regular socially distanced walks during this pandemic than bunker up inside for the duration.Get ready to lace up your walking shoes!To learn more, visit Walk with Walsh at www.walkwithwalsh.comResources: www.walkwithwalsh.comInstagram: @thejenniferwalshYouTube: Walk With WalshGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Today we’re very happy to share a two-part interview with former Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona – pre- and post-pandemic.Dr. Carmona is an American physician, nurse, police officer, and a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. He was also a medic in Vietnam, a deputy sheriff, a SWAT team member, a trauma surgeon, and public health administrator — who also happened to serve as the seventeenth Surgeon General of the United States. Today, he is the Chief Of Health Innovation at Canyon Ranch Spa in Arizona, a Board Member of the Global Wellness Institute, and a Medical Advisor to the 2020 Global Wellness Summit in Palm Beach Florida in November.  Believe it or not, Dr Carmona was a high school dropout — but he defied the odds to become the top doc in the land and accrue that impressively diverse resume. You’ll hear his unbelievable story of growing up as a “poor Hispanic kid” in New York City's Spanish Harlem, The Heights that Lin Manuel Miranda made famous, and how he found himself becoming the top doc in the land.Dr. Carmona also shares a lot of practical advice and interesting ideas to mull over: 3 tips to keep preventable disease out of your life, what happens when individual rights and societal rights clash, and the distance between wellness, joy, and hope. And that’s all before the COVID-19 shutdown! The episode ends with an excerpt from  a master class that Dr. Carmoa conducted a few weeks ago for the Global Wellness community. People from 68 countries tuned in as he was interviewed by Global Wellness Founder Susie Ellis and GWS Executive Director Nancy Davis.You might notice that his message pre and post COVID-19 are pretty much the same — it turns out common sense and non-partisan, science-based decision making are always in style.To learn more, visit Canyon Ranch Spa's site at www.canyonranch.com/tucsonResources:Canyon Ranch SpaGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

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 started sharing those conversations in March 2020.Then the state of the world changed, so we pivoted: the Global Wellness Summit started focusing on helping the wellness industry get through the health crisis and, with help from our host Kim Marshall, supporting our community’s needs in the moment through Instagram live streams.But we still had seven conversations with some of the top thought leaders in the wellness space, and we really wanted to share their insight with the world. So we called them up to learn what’s changed in a post-COVID world, allowing us to share twice as much wellness wisdom in each episode.We’re starting with Sarah Smith, Content Director for Prevention, a magazine that’s celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2020 and is more relevant now than ever. In a world in the throes of a global health crisis and where the words “fake news” are floated around a bit too much, Prevention works hard to be a source for trustworthy health info. They’ve been doing incredible work covering COVID-19 over the last few months, with quality and reliability at the forefront.Prevention was also the first organization to partner with the Global Wellness Institute on the Wellness Moonshot: a world free of preventable disease. This goal is also more relevant now than ever, and we really appreciate everything Prevention does to support GWI and further this goal. If you want to join Kim and Sarah in being part of the Wellness Moonshot, learn about how you can get involved here.To learn more, read Prevention at Prevention.comResources:Prevention.comRead: “What Will Happen When There’s a COVID-19 Vaccine?”Instagram: @preventionmagFacebook: facebook.com/preventionmagazineGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

It’s official — wellness isn’t a fad anymore!Consumers today are looking for a holistic approach to wellness that also considers their emotional well-being, the role of technology in their lives, how they travel, and everything in between.But the explosive growth of today’s wellness industry has also resulted in extra scrutiny for pseudoscientific claims, often with a tongue-in-cheek reference to the medicine shows peddling miracle elixirs in the 19th century, and media watch dogs have begun keeping a keen eye out for wellness charletons. Like any truth, though, real wellness can stand up to the scrutiny. But let’s face it — the first layer of spreading a product’s message is typically through PR and communications experts. So, in this episode, we talk to Tom Jones, a senior partner of health and wellness at Finn Partners, a globally integrated marketing agency with 18 offices around the world. Finn is also the sponsor of the Global Wellness Summit’s “The Future of Wellness 2020” trends report that we talked about in episode 23 — and that we’re going to talk more about today!The trend that really stands out to Tom is mental wellness and technology, and our honest discussion about mental health is especially prescient during the worldwide COVID-19 shutdown. Never has it been more clear that mental health is just as important as physical health, and never have mindfulness apps and online talk therapy been more crucial.With brands thinking today about surviving the new normal and with wellness becoming even more precious, join us as we discuss how to find the soul behind your brand and what an intergenerational approach to wellness might look like going forward.To learn more, visit Finn Partners at www.finnpartners.comResources:www.finnpartners.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/calvinprGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Amir Alroy is a wellness expert who leverages years of business and technology experience to invest in and accelerate wellness start-ups in Israel through Welltech1, as well as the founder and CEO of Cloud 9 Wellness Clubs, exclusive professional personal training clubs in Israel. Not only that, the Global Wellness Summit recently announced that Amir will be one of the co-chairs for its 14th-annual conference being held in Tel Aviv, Israel. He will be instrumental in creating the agenda for the annual conference, a conference that he says will focus even more on wellness innovation across all industry sectors than any previous conference. In this episode, Amir shares why Israel became such a hot bed for innovation and what wellness innovations we can expect from Israel in the near future.To learn more, visit Welltech1's site at www.welltech1.com.Resources:Welltech1MakeSense Digital HealthGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Bhupendra Kumar Modi — AKA Dr. M — is a global thought leader, a social entrepreneur, and the key architect of the Smart Group, a diversified business conglomerate trying to improve the worlds of mobility, finance, healthcare, entertainment, energy, and technology.Dr. M is a true global citizen with an eye towards the future, emblematic of the ways conscious capitalism can improve not only individual lives but the world as a whole. And Dr. M has big plans for not just his future but your future and your children’s future and your children’s children’s future, too: creating a world where everyone can live a happy and healthy life beyond 100 years old.In this conversation, Dr. Modi shares more about how he started his journey as a social entrepreneur, what life Beyond 100 might look like, and how his work relates to GWS's ten wellness trends for 2020.To learn more, visit Smart Group's site at smartgroup.comResources:smartgroup.com2020 Global Wellness TrendsWatch: “Buddha”Global Citizen Forum: www.globalcitizenforum.orgGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWS's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Today’s guest is the Global Wellness Institute's resident research wonk, Beth McGroarty, who has led strategic communications and media relations for the GWS or the last five years.Beth spearheads a number of Summit research projects -- including WellnessEvidence.com -- and she’s instrumental in creating GWS's annual Global Wellness Trends report. Listen to see how prescient some of the Trends sound for 2020 – trends like Wellness Sabbatical; the Fertility Boom, Circadian Health … Wellness Music -- which are based on findings and feedback from economists, academics, futurists & business leaders. Let's also think about how these trends may inform a world who is learning each day how precious our collective wellness really is.To learn more about 2020’s Global Wellness Trends, visit www.globalwellnesssummit.com/2020-global-wellness-trends.Resources:WellnessEvidence.comRead: “Focus Shifts from Sleep to True Circadian Health”Read: “J-Wellness”Timeshifter appGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWS's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Victor Koo is the co-founder of Tianren Culture, a next-generation social platform that focuses on supporting social enterprises, impact investing, and giving with the mission to foster positive global values.One of Tianren Culture’s core values is “One Health, One Wellness,” and this is a message that really hits home in the current global climate, as people all around the world are forced to reckon with the intimate interconnection of our globalized world and, at the same time, learn how to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic.What do our lifestyles have to do with Corvid-19, outside of basic hygiene? One Health, One Wellness is a call for global unity, a call for cultivating healthy and sustainable lifestyles that improve not only the physical and mental health of human beings but also the health of the global environment and ecosystem — and environmentally sustainable lifestyles will be critical in preventing or minimizing the spread of diseases in the future.Resources:PostivelyWell: It’s time to focus on health and wellnessGlobal Wellness Summit 2020GWI's 2020 Research In ProgressHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Some have called the 21st century “The Asian Century” — but why?Yoriko Soma, a Japanese spa consultant, and Cathy Chon, an American expat marketing expert who’s spent the last 20 years in Hong Kong, help us answer that question in today’s episode. And along the way, we’ll find out how and why they put together such an eclectic and powerful range of speakers for this year’s Summit.They’ll even share tips for affordable and fabulous hot spring spas in Japan and amazing street food in Singapore!You can register for Global Wellness Summit 2020 today at www.globalwellnesssummit.com.Resources:Global Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

What role does beauty play in your sense of emotional well-being? How can the wellness industry help more people, inside and out, by nurturing inclusion? And what initiatives are being spearheaded by the Global Wellness Institute?To learn the answers to these questions, we sit down with Michael Bruggeman, a wellness industry expert who acts as CEO for Organic Male OM4 and CEO & Chief Formulation Officer for haia (HAPPY AS I AM). On top of all that, Michael supports the Global Wellness Institute by operating as Chair of the Global Wellness Institute’s Beauty Meets Wellness Initiative.To learn more about the Global Wellness Institute’s ongoing initiatives, visit the GWI site at globalwellnessinstitute.org/initiatives.Resources:OM 4 Men: om4men.comhaia wellness: haiawellness.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michael-bruggeman-1a643120/Global Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

How can Romance of the Three Kingdoms influence leadership? What is like working with the Royal Family? We’ll answer these and more with professor Martin Palmer, who literally brought the audience to tears during his keynote at the Summit.Martin is Secretary-General of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), a secular non-governmental organization he founded with His Royal Highness Prince Philip in 1995 to help faiths to develop environmental and conservation projects based on their own beliefs and practices.It’s an incredible organization solving a global problem with unique solutions, and we’re so happy to be able to share this conversation with all of you.To learn more, visit ARC’s site at www.arcworld.orgResources:www.arcworld.orgRead Martin’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Martin-Palmer/e/B000APPG72%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

What were spas getting right 20 to 30 years ago that data is only validating now? How do you get the head of a publicly-traded company to listen to you when you’re brand new in your role? How does the art of the PIVOT help in a time of natural disasters and political upheaval? How do you ensure that a brand can actually live up to their wellness hype?Learn all that and more when we talk to Mia Kyricos, Global Head of Wellbeing at Hyatt Hotels and winner of the GWS 2019 Woman in Wellness award.To learn more about wellbeing at Hyatt Hotels, visit about.hyatt.com/en/wellbeing.htmlResources:Learn more about Wellbeing at Hyatt HotelsTwitter: twitter.com/mkyricosLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kyricosGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Research is a cornerstone of the Summit. The trends that are spotted each year go on to be major trends in the wellness industry worldwide, and the research done each year by the Global Wellness Institute is vital to our entire industry. So we were lucky to sit down with Ophelia Yeung and Katherine Johnston, two of the amazing women behind this powerful research and senior research fellows with the Global Wellness Institute Ophelia.To learn more, visit GWI at globalwellnessinstitute.orgResources:globalwellnessinstitute.orgGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Some people choose to view technology with a negative connotation, but for futurist and martial arts aficionado Liza Lichtinger, technology is a powerful aid that can help us live better lives with better purpose and with wellness at the center. Today, she’s going to share her take on our new hybrid human reality — how technology has redesigned you, and why that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It may sound a little sci-fi, but the future is closer than you might think.Liza Lichtinger is CEO at Future Design Station, a human-machine interaction company, and founder of MindfulExistenC, a psychology development organization. At AI Foundation, Liza leads as director of research.To learn more, visit Future Design Station at futuredesignstation.lifeResources:Futuredesignstation.lifeConnect with Liza: Twitter | LinkedInGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Technogym is the world’s largest fitness equipment company, and this is an organization that takes wellness seriously. So seriously, in fact, that their headquarters in Cesena, Italy, is an entire wellness village. Technogym’s founder Nerio Alessandri is also credited with first using the term “wellness” — so, thanks for that, too!And when Nerio and his daughter, Erica Alessandri, took the stage at last year’s Global Wellness Summit, they stole the audience’s hearts. We were lucky enough to sit down with Erica for the show this year, who has some great stories about how her father’s passion for the wellness biz sometimes created hilarious Hollywood-worthy results.Erica offers an interesting perspective on both the past, present, and future of this iconic brand, and it’s safe to say that the company is in good hands.To learn more, visit Technogym at www.technogym.comResources:www.technogym.comWatch: “GWS 2018: Generational Collaboration: Successfully Mixing Business and Family | Alessandri Family”Global Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Rupert Schmid and Pierre-Louis Delapalme are the two co-chairman of Biologique Recherche, an alluring cosmetic brand with an exclusive spot in many high-end spas — but what is the magic that makes their products so in demand?It’s a combination of personalization and clinical knowledge, understanding that not only is each person unique but their skin needs will change and evolve over time.Founded over 40 years ago, Biologique Recherche was truly a pioneer in the health and wellness space, choosing to focus on the individual years before it was in vogue. And now that the rest of the health and wellness industry is catching up, their clinical approach to beauty care is still second to none.To learn more, visit Biologique Recherche at www.biologique-recherche.comResources:www.biologique-recherche.comGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

“Healer heal thyself” is a common trope in the healthcare industry. But what if today’s leaders had a way to tune up their bodies and minds in a life-changing location and reboot for the year ahead? Listen as OXFORD grads and former VC pros — John Stanton and Robin Connelley — share why they created Chōsen, bespoke retreats and experiences to help people challenge themselves, embrace growth, and optimize their lives.To learn more about Chōsen, visit Chōsen’s site at www.chosenexperiences.comResources:Learn more at www.chosenexperiences.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/chosenexperiencesFacebook: www.facebook.com/ChosenExperiencesLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ch%C5%8Dsen-experiencesGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Jessica Jesse, Founder/CEO and Creative Director of BuDhaGirl, is a model of what we’re trying to nurture here at the Global Wellness Summit — industry thought leaders and company founders truly committed to holistic wellness, inside and out.Because Jessica and BuDhaGirl are redefining the path to wellbeing by combining contemplative practice, science, and fashion. It’s a unique combination, for now at least, but Jessica believes that fashion is a powerful driver of behavior and she wants to teach others about the importance of internal motivation using fashion as a conduit.And it makes a lot of sense! We should be including fashion in conversations about health and wellness because pretty much every corner of this industry is trying to help people change their habits and behaviors.To learn more, visit BuDhaGirl at budhagirl.comResources:Budhagirl.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/budhagirlFacebook: www.facebook.com/BuDhaGirlGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Irene Forte is the wellness director for Rocco Forte Hotels, creator of the Irene Forte Skincare, and a total rockstar. Irene took the stage at Global Wellness Summit 2016 and she made it very clear that those who did not pay attention to the millennial market in the travel and hospitality industry were doing so at their peril.So we sat up and paid attention, and we realized that we needed that kind of voice on the Global Wellness Summit’s advisory board. She has been a wonderful addition to the board and her perspective has been invaluable.In this episode, Irene shares her thoughts on the power of the millennial market, what millennials are looking for from a company or brand, and how Irene is incorporating wellness in both Rocco Forte hotels and her skincare line.To learn more, visit Rocco Forte Hotels’ site at www.roccofortehotels.com and Irene Forte Skincare’s site at www.ireneforteskincare.com.Resources:roccofortehotels.comIreneforteskincare.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/ireneforteGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Inspired by passion and created with insightful vision, the Kamalaya Koh Samui Wellness Sanctuary and Holistic Spa & Health Resort is an expression of two people’s life experiences and their desire to serve and inspire others. The story of Kamalaya began in 1982, in the far jungles of the Himalayas, when Kamalaya founders John and Karina Stewart first met.And as you’ll hear in this episode, over 30 years later, John is just as devoted to a life of service and sharing the diverse Eastern healing and spiritual traditions that the rest of the world could benefit so much from understanding.To learn more, visit Kamalaya Koh Samui’s site at www.kamalaya.comResources:Learn more at kamalaya.comGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

What does it mean to put purpose at the heart of business? It’s a core topic of this year’s Summit, and none of our guests embody this spirit more than the irresistible Patricia Dwyer, Founder and Director of The Purpose Business. It turns out, purpose tends to be good for the bottom line. After listening to this episode, we dare you not to think beyond your company’s Mission and Vision statements find your WHY!To learn more, visit The Purpose Business at thepurposebusiness.comResources:Learn more at thepurposebusiness.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/TPurposeBTwitter: twitter.com/TPurposeBLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/the-purpose-businessGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

AGEIST is a digital magazine brand that is redefining what it means to be over 50. Join us as award-winning photographer and Ageist founder David Harry Stewart shares stories that prove that the days of typical AARP messaging are behind us.Today, 50 is the starting line to Life 2.0. And get ready for other surprises — like the fact that 50% of AGEIST’s readers are under 50. Who knew?To learn more, read AGEIST at www.weareageist.comResources:www.weareageist.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/weareageistGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Stephen Letourneau is Head of Ideation at Cannuka, a pioneering CBD beauty and skincare brand out of Ohio that’s pushing to grow the Cannabis category in the Luxury Wellness Space.Cannuka is the unique combination of cannabis + Manuka honey. It is a natural skincare solution, first and foremost, designed to calm, moisturize, and nourish. But it goes well beyond this, also giving your skin a glowing, rejuvenated, and hydrated appearance. You don’t eat it and you don’t get high — it’s just a new, natural alternative for your skin.To learn more, visit Cannuka at cannuka.com.Resources:Cannuka.comGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Sammy Gharieni is a Global Wellness Summit veteran with 10 years of conferences under his belt. If you’re in the wellness industry, there’s a good chance you recognize his last name — because Gharieni Group is the Rolls Royce of spa equipment.While all of the equipment they make strives to offer guests an exceptional wellness experience, which is always our goal in the wellness and spa industry, Gharieni Group also works to provide therapists with ergonomic and comfortable designs to minimize discomfort. It’s that extra mile and attention to detail that makes all the difference. Sammy is passionate about working in this industry because he understands that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure — but there’s no reason that prevention can’t be luxurious at the same time!To learn more, visit Gharieni Group’s at www.gharieni.comResources:Learn more at www.gharieni.comTwitter: twitter.com/sammygharieniGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Neil Jacobs is the CEO of Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, who are constantly re-setting the benchmark of quality in the hospitality industry. Their spaces merge the two platforms of wellness and sustainability to promote personal health and the health of our planet, proving that travel can be more than just fun — it can also serve a purpose.Of course, when you’re having a Six Senses experience, it’s a whole lot of fun too!Neil shares what he learned from a career in hospitality and how he has applied those lessons to make the experience at Six Senses locations truly unique, offering a sneak peek into how the experts craft those travel experiences that really blow you away.To learn more, visit the Six Senses site at www.sixsenses.comResources:www.sixsenses.comGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Frederick Chavalit Tsao is the founder of the OCTAVE Institute, a curated well-being platform that fuses Eastern wisdom with Western science to support your journey to self clarity and well-being, as well as a co-author of Quantum Leadership: New Consciousness in Business.And, today, Frederick shares why raising our consciousness isn’t just good for our general wellness or spiritual practices — it can directly impact the bottom line of your business, too.It’s a fascinating perspective on a topic that’s really gaining steam in the health and wellness industry — a $4.2 trillion industry with room to grow, by the way — so let’s hop right in.To learn more, visit OCTAVE Institute’s site at octaveinstitute.comResources:octaveinstitute.comRead: Quantum Leadership: New Consciousness in BusinessGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

There are 40 trillion microbes in your gut (that’s more than all of the humans on 5,000 earths, combined). They live inside our gut and they produce millions of genes — and, somehow, we’ve been not just ignoring them but waging a war against them for decades!That’s why Naveen Jain founded Viome, the only company in the world that can tell you what those microbes in your gut are producing, what foods are good for you, and why. This is a product of Naveen’s obsession with creating a world where sickness is a choice — and after hearing him talk about his vision of the future, we think you’ll start to see that this future isn’t so far away.To learn more, visit Viome at Viome.comResources:www.naveenjain.comViome.comConnect with Naveen: Facebook | Twitter | YouTubeGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Mickey Beyer-Clausen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Timeshifter, a new jet lag app that’s getting a lot of buzz.If you’ve ever travelled internationally, or even just across a few timezones, you’ve probably experienced jet lag... and you’ve probably been given advice for how to avoid it. But chances are, you’re being sold a false bill of goods.Because, like diets, there is no one-size-fits-all jet lag solution. Each person and trip is different, which is why Timeshifter takes your sleep pattern, chronotype, itinerary, and a range of personal preferences into account. A lot of those attending the Global Wellness Summit were using it and it really makes a huge difference — and it’s fun!So, in this episode, Mickey busts some of the common jet lag myths and explains some of the neuroscience behind the app, plus a hot tip on how you can go out and party on Friday night without screwing over your whole sleep schedule.To learn more, visit Timeshifter’s site at www.timeshifter.comResources:Get the app at www.timeshifter.comLearn more about Mickey at www.mickey.dkGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & TrendsHosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

There’s really only one person we could talk to for the first episode of this show: Susie Ellis, Chairman/CEO of the Global Wellness Summit and the Global Wellness Institute. She was instrumental in creating the Global Wellness Summit, and her passion for this industry has been inspiring everyone who has worked on or attended the summit over the past 13 years.Susie shares the origin story of both the Global Wellness Summit and the Global Wellness Institute — and how the entire health and wellness industry has transformed before our eyes over the past decade.Meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Seeing marginalized medical practitioners cry with joy after the healing modalities they practice were scientifically validated. When our community started to harness the power of the $4.2 TRILLION wellness economy: it’s all in there, plus so much more.To learn more, visit globalwellnessinstitute.org and globalwellnesssummit.com.Resources:Connect with Susie: Twitter | LinkedInWellnessEvidence.comGlobal Wellness SummitGWI's 2019 Research & Trends Hosted by Kim MarshallProduced by Crate Media

Dive into the heart of the Global Wellness Conversations podcast with Nancy Davis, the Chief Creative Officer and Executive Director of the Global Wellness Summit and Global Wellness Institute. Perfect for both first-time listeners and regulars, this episode takes you behind the scenes, shedding light on the podcast’s origins, its distinctive approach, and the passion-driven stories from the wellness industry that make it a must-listen.To learn more, visit Global Wellness Summit’s site at GlobalWellnessSummit.com.Resources:Connect with Nancy Davis on LinkedInHosted by Kim Marshall