Think Magenta: A Day to Celebrate Wellness and Choose Joy with Belgin Aksoy How does one woman surviving an illness result in an annual event celebrated across over seven thousand locations in more than 150 countries on five continents? It starts with dreaming big—but that’s only the beginning. Belgin Aksoy is a dreamer. She’s the founder of Global Wellness Day, which was unveiled in 2014…
Trend: Move-to-Earn Apps and Gaming Platforms–That Reward People for Hitting Exercise and Wellness Goals–Are on Fire In just the last few months, there has been an explosion of gaming companies rewarding people with cryptocurrency just for moving around–as well as new apps and credit cards that pay you (whether in cash or with discounts off wellness brands) for exercising and other healthy behaviors …
You, Younger: Making 90 the New 40 with Dr. Michael Roizen Dr. Michael Roizen is the Cleveland Clinic’s first Chief Wellness Officer, and the author of four New York Times best-sellers. He’s won several awards in the medical community, given over 1200 lectures, and made appearances on Oprah, The Today Show, CNN, CBS, Good Morning America, and more, he writes a daily newspaper column and…
Trend: Innovative Tech Is Closing the Gender Gap in Medical Research May 24, 2022 Artificial Intelligence (AI), apps, and wearables (even smart bras and pads) are increasingly collecting data for a wide range of women’s health conditions—whether vaginal health, fertility, endometriosis or menopause. The data is then powering more personalized interventions for women and this will impact not only healthcare but wellness . …
Trend: A More Intellectual Wellness Travel May 10, 2022 Travelers now seek purpose, personal growth and new skill sets, so programming is moving beyond mindfulness to actually feed their thinking minds—from more citizen science programs to immersing people in the creative arts Our 2022 trend, “Wellness Travel, Seekers Welcome”, argues that with social forces such as the “great resignation,” record retirements and global nomadism,…
Trend: Age-Segregated “Senior Living” Will Increasingly Be Retired in Favor of New Intergenerational Models Baby Boomers and Gen X refuse to be defined by age and socially segregated by it–so a wave of communities that intentionally mix up age groups are rising globally–whether new co-housing, university-based, “pocket neighborhood,” or urban wellness models For years, it’s been said that 60 was the new 40.…
Trend: Farm Livin’ Several of our 2022 wellness trends explore how big farms and farm-focused experiences are becoming much more central in wellness real estate and at wellness resorts—and how the home gardening and foraging trends just continue to bloom and evolve Next Friday, April 22, is Earth Day—so we thought we’d spotlight how the getting-people-back–to-the-earth trends of farming and gardening are a…
It’s Time to Travel Again and Gather Together Join Us in Tel Aviv As Nancy Davis and I prepare for our site-visit to Tel Aviv, Israel, I couldn’t help but think about so many of you who have been with us at one of our past 15 Summits. I hope you think about those times as well. If you’ve been, you already know that we select iconic…
Trend: The Certified Health & Wellness Coach Is Rising…FINALLY Coaches trained in the art and science of motivating healthy changes have been the missing link in both healthcare and wellness. The Future? They’ll work with more doctors, insurers, employers, physical therapists, fitness trainers, wellness resorts and people independently The world spends $8.3 trillion a year on healthcare, and $4.4 trillion on wellness, and…
