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The Hospital of the Future is more like a Hotel

By Jeremy McCarthy on August 10, 2010 in Mind-Body, Psychology of Spas and Wellbeing

Susie Ellis from Spafinder and Susie’s Spa Blog recently wrote about her visit to tour the brand new Methodist Stone Oak Hospital that had opened in San Antonio, Texas in Spring of 2009. The hospital has apparently declared itself the “hospital of the future” featuring state of the art design and architecture, accompanied by a […]

Pampering at the Spa (Image_5629 by digital-eye)

In Defense of Pampering

By Jeremy McCarthy on June 1, 2010 in Mind-Body, Positive Psychology, Psychology of Spas and Wellbeing

I recently spoke at the New York Spa Alliance (NYSPA) annual symposium (see the SpaTrade blog here, and my blog on another session from the conference here). The theme of the symposium was “Pampering versus Wellness,” a debate which has been raging in the spa industry for the past few years. Actually, it hasn’t been […]