Resetting the World with Wellness
“Since making its entry onto the world stage, COVID-19 has dramatically torn up the script of how to govern countries, live with others and take part in the global economy,” — COVID-19: The Great Reset
While there has been enormous devastation, disruption and suffering that the pandemic has created globally, the power of human beings lies in our foresight, ingenuity and ability to create changes for a more inclusive, resilient and sustainable world.
We as individuals, can—to a certain extent—take our destiny and our health into our own hands and plan for a better future. Wellness is the way forward.
Wellness Is More Than A Buzzword
Today, an internet search for the term “wellness” yields over 1.5 trillion hits. There’s wellness travel, wellness tech, wellness foods, wellness real estate, wellness workplaces and more. The sheer volume of the term’s usage begs the obvious: What does wellness really mean? While it came into use the mid-17th century to express the opposite of illness, in the mid-20th century—1946 to be exact—it got a far broader definition from the World Health Organization: “a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing—not merely the absence of disease.”
Wellness is a significant concept that offers us clear direction for how we should live today—holistically. Only then can we achieve physical, mental and social wellbeing.
Why Wellness?
It Applies to Everything We Do
The Global Wellness Institute attributes 90% of our health outcomes to our homes, communities, workplaces and surrounding environment. Wellness must become critical part of all aspects of our lives, including every organization’s agenda, especially since wellness is twofold for all organizations. Not only must we create workplaces that sustain and nurture our team members, we must offer products and services that support our customers and clients.
Who Should Invest in Wellness?
Given the rapidly growing trajectory and relevance wellness has to our collective wellbeing, purpose-driven wellness must be a priority in every project and for every leader:
- Companies and hospitality groups must integrate wellness internally for employees and team members—and externally for their customers, clients and guests.
- Developers must build communities and projects that enable wellness across the live-work-play environments they create.
- Philanthropic organizations must search for partners who can increase and foster wellness for the populations they serve.
How Bija Bennett Can Help
Wellness is a significant concept that offers us clear direction for how we should live today—holistically. Only then can we achieve physical, mental and social wellbeing.
With decades of global experience in the wellness world and roots in corporate America, Bija provides expert guidance for all things “well”. She supports businesses, organizations, real estate projects and communities with strategies to promote holistic lifestyles, work and play environments, internal and external wellness solutions, WELL Building protocols and customized programs that will improve productivity and profits.
Bija Identifies and Implements Wellness Strategies
A globally-recognized wellness pioneer, Bija has brought her unique, personable, and action-oriented approach to audiences and businesses around the globe. Whether it’s helping an organization find the right person or personally steering an initiative, Bija forges a path to success. As a strategic wellness consultant, she:
- Brings together cross-functional teams to create dynamic, diverse wellness initiatives
- Helps elevate evidence-based health and wellness standards across industries
- Connects research institutions from different fields to advance similar goals
- Works with developers to integrate wellness into the built environment and to protect the health of human beings
Through BijaB’s consulting initiatives, organizations can prepare for the future. “Together, we can make the world a better place. Let’s start that conversation.”
Read about wellness in the corporate environment in Bija’s e-Book: It Takes a Culture: Building a Wellness Strategy for the Modern, Distracted, Uber-Individualized Workforce.