June 2022

The Breakers, which employs 2,200 people, also has launched a wellness initiative tailored to “team members of color.” It’s all part of what Denise Bober, senior vice president of human resources, told the Daily News is “paramount” to the resort's success “fostering a culture focused on inclusivity, quality of life, and team-member fulfillment and well-being.” Employee-wellness programs around the country vary significantly and often include gratis meditation or yoga classes and in-depth health seminars…..

August 2020

If you want to tackle the profound racial disparities in health, you have to create better access to wellness and preventative medicine because Black and brown people—as COVID-19 is painfully laying bare—have much higher rates of chronic diseases (heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity and chronic kidney disease), and the wellness concept and industry could help prevent and manage those conditions.

The first thing we need to do is…

February 2017

Healthy habits are key when it comes to heart health, however, I wanted to go a little deeper so I reached out to Dr. Nicola Finley of the integrative wellness team at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, AZ.

And, since February is Heart Health Month, it’s a good time to think more about wellness as I know it’s been on my mind, too. Managing weight and stress are important, however, there’s more we can do to create a healthier lifestyle and we’ll explore that in this next installment of my wellness series with the experts at Canyon Ranch…

August 2014

THERE YOU are, with your butt finally planted on a sandy beach after months of feeling like you might explode if you don’t get away. You spot a smiling, sun-kissed man. Look, it’s your husband, standing in the frothy surf. He motions for you to join him, and your first thoughts are, Let me just check my work email; let me put a second coat of sunblock on the kids; let me finish this chapter of the book everyone in the world has read but me; let me… take a selfie. And then you wonder why you return from a trip needing a vacation. It’s time to take back your time o!