Discovering the power of play How the power of play is helping children worldwide overcome adversity Play is a powerful tool with which to teach children How can under-pressure parents provide a creative, supporting and playful home? In Mabona, a small village in Isingiro district in western Uganda, 6-year-old Jerome dashes out of his home holding a ball fashioned from dry banana fibres. He builds…
A resort shaped by a landscape
A resort shaped by a landscape Presented by Global Wellness Institute. Flourishing among the foliage on the southern coast of Thailand’s Koh Samui island, is a wellness sanctuary unlike any other in its vision and design. Kamalaya, a tranquil retreat where visitors can recharge and reconnect with nature, is surrounded by cascading streams, white sand beaches and idyllic lagoons. The lush surroundings symbolise the love and…

Wellbeing Checkin Survey Results
Wellbeing Check-in Survey Results Check out the Wellness Tourism Initiative’s latest survey summary of global consumers. Find out their wellbeing travel priorities and intentions and current views on their own wellbeing state of play. View or download here

2024 NYC Press Event Special Guest Dr. Frank Lipman
ANNOUNCING2024 NYC PRESS EVENT SPECIAL GUEST Frank Lipman, MD We are pleased to announce that the esteemed integrative and functional medicine expert Frank Lipman, MD, will join other special guests, international press and VIP attendees on January 30 at the 2024 annual Global Wellness Summit (GWS) / Global Wellness Institute (GWI) press event for a fireside chat. Normally an event limited to top-tier media, this year we have…

Healthy Snacking
The snacking industry is a multi-billion-dollar industry and continues to grow, but is snacking really good for health? We’ve all been there. You know … the moment you’re in a slump or tired or bored or exhausted from your child not napping or simply surfing social media for much longer than you anticipated … it’s at these times we are so elusive to our self-care…

Susie’s Memory Lane & Crystal Ball 2024
Dear Friends, It is my hope that you have enjoyed a special time during the holidays and are making plans for a healthy, happy and productive start to the new year. This time of year is filled with many traditions, and one of mine is writing this annual email, Memory Lane and Crystal Ball, and sharing it with all of you. It is something I look…