World awakens to spa holidays for mind, body and soul
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Suzanne Duckett Forget spa trips where you revert to the same old ways just days after returning. Transformational trips that trigger more permanent change are moving higher up the bucket list and were, even before coronavirus struck (the UK s Mental Health Foundation estimates that one in six people worldwide that s more than a billion were suffering from mental health challenges before the pandemic).
Most people need to travel far in order to journey within, searching for that combination of a change of scene and hand-holding by some remarkable humans who have made healing and transformation their life s work.
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Telehealth has been around for years but never really took off - until the Covid-19 pandemic. As US health centres had to close their doors, seeing a doctor online became a real alternative to the in-person visits of old.
As the country still grapples with the pandemic, millions of Americans have been meeting doctors from all specialties - from urgent care to neurology - from the comfort of their homes.
And many happily so. Patients are as likely - or even a bit more likely - to highly rate their care providers following telephone or virtual doctor visits compared with in-person care, suggests a national Press Ganey survey released last month.
It has been said again and again that the 2020-2021 academic year has been an “unprecedented” one for children, an adjective that for teachers, parents and children who have struggled through the past year feels . insufficient. Millions of American kids have not stepped foot in a classroom since last March. Others have adapted to hybrid schedules, plastic partitions and regular reminders to keep six feet away from their friends. Kindergartners.
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Many children will no doubt have questions about last week s violent storming of the U.S. Capitol. They may find the news coverage upsetting, triggering, or confusing, but caregivers can help kids process and learn from this difficult moment in American history. Start by asking age-appropriate questions to get a sense of what they know about the event. Some examples recommended by Diane Jones Lowrey at
Common Sense Media include: What did you watch or hear about what happened? How do you feel about it? And for slightly older kids, How do you think your friends and other people in your family feel, including people from different backgrounds and races? To help hone their media literacy skills, ask teenagers to reflect on the words journalists are using to describe the events would the language be different had most of the rioters not been white? Since most teens get their news from s
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