Category: Lifestyle

Granting Wishes Regardless of Vaccination Status

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesMake-A-Wish’s recent decision regarding how to begin to lift some restrictions for wishes involving air travel and large gatherings was made to protect the health of children with critical illnesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision has generated misinformation and falsehoods on social media and in some media outlets. Here are the facts: Make-A-Wish has not, does not, and will not deny wishes to children who are not vaccinated. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Make-A-Wish has safely granted over 6,500 wishes to children and families – regardless…

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93% of US Adults Set Health Goals

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesMedifast, the global company behind one the fastest-growing health and wellness communities, OPTAVIA, today released findings from a nationally representative study on consumer health priorities and motivators. In a survey from December 2020, the company found 63% of Americans had adopted new, positive health routines amid the pandemic, 96% of whom planned to continue embracing healthy habits in the new year. This new study, which surveyed 1,230 U.S. adults, found that almost all U.S. adults (93%) have health and wellness goals and 84% are actively working toward achieving them. Health Goals: Many of…

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Teaching All Students Code

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesGetting educators bought into the importance of future-ready skills for their students is a no-brainer. They already know it’s important to make sure their students are equipped with STEM skills that benefit them now and in the future, but making the jump to how to do so in their classrooms with the resources they have on hand is much easier said than done. The Youth Coding League set out to bulldoze those obstacles to make coding skills for middle and junior high students attainable for teachers and schools. This extracurricular program empowers…

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How to Scale Your Business and Eliminate the Overwhelm

DMUSA

Reading Time: < 1 minuteINTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE.   Recently Maryssa Gordon, Senior Editor of the Price of Business Digital Network and host of segments on the Price of Business show had the following interview.   Recently Gordon visited with Tyler Martin. Tyler Martin, a Certified Business Coach & Consultant, discusses how business owners often get overwhelmed and stuck when running their business. The common signs are long work hours and a poor bottom line. In this quick brief, Tyler shares his thoughts on overcoming these challenges…

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Wearing a Mask Still Matters

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesPandemic Action Network, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the African Union, 3M, and over 50 global, regional, and local partner organizations announced the launch of World Mask Week 2021 (July 12-18) — a global campaign underlining a universal truth: masking in public, in combination with handwashing and physical distancing, is still one of the best ways we can protect ourselves and others against COVID-19, especially our most vulnerable community members as countries race to vaccinate their populations. According to WHO, 2021 is already a deadlier year in…

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How the Pandemic has Affected Life

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesMore than half (55%) of Americans have packed on some pandemic pounds according to a healthinsurance.com national survey. Pandemic life left many stressed, drinking more alcohol, gaining weight, and in need of a break. The one thing nearly a majority can agree on – they are ready for summer vacay. 45% say they are for sure taking a summer vacation, while an additional 20% want to, but haven’t booked it yet. Pandemic Life Everyone has dealt with pandemic life in their own way, and it hasn’t all been health-related. 55% report gaining weight over the last…

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Protecting Women while they Travel

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUrSafe will provide its personal safety app to Solo Female Travelers’ nearly 90,000 members around the world in a deal announced today by UrSafe CEO Anthony Oyogoa, M.D and Solo Female Travelers co-founders Meg Jerrard and Mar Pages. Interest in solo female travel is rising, and search volumes for the term grew six-fold in the four years before the start of the pandemic, but despite the growing trend, women still face many challenges and stereotypes when planning to travel on their own. Female-identifying individuals encounter additional challenges. “Our survey revealed that safety is the…

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Saving Money with HVAC Maintenance

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesPetri Plumbing & Heating, Inc., a family-owned home service company serving Brooklyn and Manhattan for more than 100 years, urges homeowners to service their HVAC system in anticipation of summer weather. After months of sitting idle, HVAC systems can strain to keep up with higher temperatures as summer arrives. Some proactive maintenance can go a long way toward keeping them running efficiently. “Nobody wants to pay sky-high cooling bills,” said Michael Petri, owner of Petri Plumbing & Heating. “Keeping your AC running at top efficiency is easy with a little annual…

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Why It Is Critical to Follow-Through On Your DEI Pledges and How to Do It Effectively and With Integrity

DMUSA

Reading Time: 2 minutesINTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE.   Recently Maryssa Gordon, Senior Editor of the Price of Business Digital Network and host of segments on the Price of Business show had the following recent interview. Recently Gordon visited with AmyJo Mattheis. On today’s show, they discussed why it is critical to follow through on your DEI pledges and how to do it effectively and with integrity. As we are near the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd and the protests that erupted across the…

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COVID has Changed the Way We Mourn

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a result of the global pandemic, consumers have experienced new ways of mourning the loss of their friends and family, and that has permanently changed the way they mourn, according to The Foresight Companies 2021 Funeral and Cemetery Consumer Behavior Study. Nearly 1/3 (32%) of survey respondents say their attitudes have changed as a result of new experiences, including using new technologies and adopting non-traditional approaches to celebrating. The global pandemic has necessitated the adoption of new technologies and behaviors to the highly traditional funeral and cemetery business, and the…

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