{"id":2148,"date":"2024-01-08T09:55:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T09:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:10:06","slug":"direct-access-to-discuss-mental-wellbeing-and-biophilic-design-at-the-kuwait-diversity-and-inclusion-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/news\/direct-access-to-discuss-mental-wellbeing-and-biophilic-design-at-the-kuwait-diversity-and-inclusion-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Dering to discuss mental wellbeing and biophilic design at the Kuwait Diversity and Inclusion Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2148\" class=\"elementor elementor-2148\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fd27e8 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