Pay what you can at the spa
Could asking customers to pay only what they can afford at spa retreats open up the industry to widen audience? Pay what you can and pay it forward are already established models in other sectors and spas are starting to take note.
The Dreaming, a Welsh retreat opened by celebrity singer Charlotte Church, is offering one place on each package on a pay-what-you-can basis to make treatments more inclusive.
Source: Spa Business
Women’s Health Gap
In 2020, 1% of healthcare and research innovation was invested in female specific conditions beyond oncology. Furthermore, a 2019 study found that women were diagnosed with hundreds of health conditions when, on average, they were four years older than men. Here are just 5 of the conditions that are currently underdiagnosed.
1. Heart Attack
2. Autism
3. Endometriosis
4. ADHD
5. Autoimmune conditions.
Source: World Economic Forum
To have kids or not
In Motherhood – Is It For Me? therapist Ann Davidman, chips away the discomfort and surrounding parenthood choices with a framework for decision-making 1. Accept that it’s okay to not know. 2. There’s no right and wrong choice 3. Become ambivalent on purpose 4. Don’t draw conclusions from being around children 5. Your fears are irrelevant. 6. This is individual 7. Don’t mix up desire and decision. Well worth a read when weighing the pros and cons!
Source: Elle
