Tag: health

New Ways to Unlocking Your Greatness

Wendy Bjork

Reading Time: 3 minutes The recent 3-Day Summit sponsored by HeartsofWellness.com: Feeling Great Inside + Looking Great Outside just wrapped up in a very successful way! It was a wrap in the final weeks of Women’s history month as well. Wendy Bjork of Hearts of Welllness.com, Dane Boyle, of DaneBoyle.com Life Strategist and Michelle Lewis, of ColorCured.com, color psychology expert and author of “Color Secrets,” were the three well known speakers from the world of wellness coaching. Attendees received many new strategies to optimize their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing in completely new ways.…

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How COVID Has Waged a War on Body and Mind

DMUSA News

Reading Time: 2 minutes INTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Wendy Bjork. The Wendy Bjork Commentaries In our short slice of history, COVID – 19  has changed a lot of things on all different levels for us. From the beginning, people took sides around protocols and criticized each other.   People were shamed for testing positive and being sick.      This pandemic has caused unbelievable amounts of harm to relationships, including friendships ending, marriages ending, partners splitting up…

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Recovery From PTSD and Years of Disordered Eating Through Hypnosis

DMUSA News

Reading Time: < 1 minute Commentary ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently, Denise Billen-Mejia spoke on the Price of Business. The Denise Billen-Mejia Commentaries In this episode  ” H2 with Denise Billen-Mejia, Health and Hypnosis”  Denise chats with a fellow hypnotherapist about his own experiences with hypnosis which then led him to change his career. Denise Billen-Mejia MD, Consulting Hypnotist and Coach worked for two decades as a clinician in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine and now, retired from medicine, she actively seeks opportunities to educate physicians and the public…

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93% of US Adults Set Health Goals

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutes Medifast, 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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Wearing a Mask Still Matters

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutes Pandemic 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 minutes More 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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Adults are Ignoring Hearing Loss

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 3 minutes With hearing loss ranking as one of the most common chronic health conditions that U.S. adults experience, affecting an estimated 48 million people nationwide, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) have released new polling results that reveal an overwhelming disconnect between the high value that Americans say they place on their hearing and their low willingness to be treated for any hearing loss. The findings are being made public in tandem with the launch of a new public service announcement (PSA) campaign—Act Now on Hearing—as the nation recognizes Better Hearing & Speech Month this May.…

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Workers Want a Hybrid Workplace After COVID-19

DMUSA

Reading Time: 2 minutes Most workers believe the COVID-19 crisis marks the end of full-time work in the office and are looking for a hybrid model that blends work and home finds new research from ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN).  After health concerns for themselves and their family, workers are most worried about returning to an old way of working and losing the flexibility they have gained. The Future for Workers, By Workers is the second in ManpowerGroup’s What Workers Want series.  The research points to employers needing to adopt a People First approach and to reimagine a future of work that works for…

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