TREND: Dying Well Death Doulas—Delivering You a Better Death Death has become medicalized, hidden and lonely. We need more caregivers that give the dying their full attention and companionship and work to meet their unique physical, emotional and spiritual needs during their extraordinary last days or months. In essence, to deliver people a better death. It’s a painfully pressing cultural need, and to meet it,…
A conversation with Henry Fersko-Weiss, a pioneer of the death doula concept From what’s the most important thing death doulas provide to why you can’t have a good death if you haven’t lived a well life Henry Fersko-Weiss is president of the International End-of-Life Doula Association (INELDA). In 2003, he created the first End-of-Life Doula Program at a hospice in the US and has since…
Summit Trend in the News: Dying Well A conversation with Henry Fersko-Weiss, inventor of the death doula concept—Global Wellness Summit From what’s the most important thing death doulas provide to why you can’t have a good death if you haven’t lived a well life. Death Is Inevitable. His Job Is to Help You Go in Peace.—Esquire Hiring a death doula can make you feel kind…
TREND: Prescribing Nature The Nature Economy The nature economy is booming. Hotels and spas are taking advantage of their often intrinsically beautiful locations to offer more outdoor programming and marketing it to their guests more creatively. There is a real desire to connect guests to natural surroundings, and this presents an incredible opportunity for destinations around the world. The power of nature is not new…
Summit Trend in the News: Prescribing Nature 2019’s Biggest Wellness Trends Will Have a Lot to Do with Nature—Domino The outdoors is becoming an increasingly popular prescription for both physical and mental health. Global Wellness Report Cites Nature Prescriptions as 2019 Wellness Trend—Children Nature Network The provocative new directions in wellness for 2019 include prescriptions for nature. What is “Forest Bathing” —and Can it Make…
TREND: Meditation Goes Plural Impact and Clarity Take Precedence Just a few years ago, meditation was a fringe activity for insider wellness types, but it’s now clocking the meteoric growth yoga did 20 years ago. However, for something that delivers clarity, there is serious confusion around how the terms “meditation,” “mindfulness” and “mindful” are used, which infects many of the medical studies. Bob Roth, CEO…
Summit Trend in the News: Meditation Goes Plural The Power of TM: Strength in Stillness—Global Wellness Summit Bob Roth shares the power of Transcendental Meditation (TM) during the 2018 Global Wellness Summit and the results of bringing TM for free to over one million inner-city kids in 35 countries. Different meditation types train distinct parts of your brain—New Scientist Just like physical exercise, the kind…
TREND: Wellness Takes on Overtourism A Wellness Issue for the World Overtourism—when a crush of tourists overwhelms a destination—is the number one issue in the travel industry today, making headlines everywhere. With the growth in wealth worldwide, international travel is exploding, with annual trips skyrocketing from 500 million in 1995 to 1.3 billion today. The problem is that this tourism expansion is hyper-concentrated: Roughly half…
Summit Trend in the News: Wellness Takes on Overtourism Could Wellness Travel Be The Solution To Overtourism?—Compare Retreats Travelling around the globe is easier than it has ever been, but the impact is taking an ecological toll. It’s Official: Overtourism Is Now a Defining Issue of the Travel Industry—Global Wellness Institute How will this affect the wellness experience as a whole? Wellbeing and overcrowding are…
TREND: Well Fashion— Way Beyond Athleisure Sustainable and “Trashy” Clothing You might say that after years of talk, something real is happening: A mountain of surveys and stats confirm that the shift to sustainable, ethical fashion brands and a new interest in “well fashion” is underway. The clearest window into trends is social media, where billions of people post and search, and global fashion search…
