Trend Exploration: A New Feminist Wellness Why healthy travelers are choosing fitness retreats over spa vacations—Well+Good In a survey of nearly 5,000 Well+Good readers, Well+Good found that 40 percent of respondents would rather go on a fitness retreat with a beloved instructor than head to a five-star resort. In an era of empowerment, more trips for women—New York Times As the #MeToo movement gains momentum,…
TREND: A New Feminist Wellness Wellness Travel Aimed at Empowering Women Most wellness travel is aimed at women, and there are a gazillion female-focused wellness retreats each year. In the past though, you could say that women’s wellness travel has been more about comfort than epic challenge—more pampering by the pool with your BFF—or where the psychology of empowerment offered up was rather “soft.” Now,…
Trend Exploration: A New Feminist Wellness Femtech Innovation —J Walter Thompson Intelligence J. Walter Thompson Intelligence explores the innovative women-led companies that are leading a revolution in the health tech industry, reporting that the Femtech industry could be worth $50 billion in the next seven years. Read More. How Technology is Revolutionizing Women’s Health —Vogue There has been a surge of digital offerings and apps…
TREND: A New Feminist Wellness The Femtech Revolution One of the most exciting recent wellness trends is women doctors, technologists, scientists, designers and entrepreneurs inventing a waterfall of smart, “I get it” products and tech solutions aimed at solving for women’s unique needs, bodies and sexuality. Even though we’ve had three waves of feminism, the fact is that women’s bodies and lives have remained woefully…
Trend Exploration: A New Feminst Wellness When It Comes to Economic Power, the Future Really Is Female From 2013–2023, the global income of women will explode from $13 trillion to $18 trillion and will control close to 75 percent of discretionary world spending. And as women’s career success and spending power skyrocket, their spending on designed-for-them wellness will also soar. Hear More. Wellness Has a Diversity…
TREND: A New Feminst Wellness Women of Color Remake Wellness The wellness industry has long—and extremely justifiably—been criticized for projecting a very narrow image: a tall, young, skinny, white woman. It’s maddening for women of color and just about most women. If #WellnessSoWhite has been a disturbing reality, we’re seeing entrepreneurial women of color jump in to solve for women of color, such as new…
