Growing Bolder Community

Are you ready to lead a weight—loss event in your community? Watch this video to learn how to create a fabulous program that will change and improve the lives of friends and neighbors. Community Meltdown Manual Watch this video to see how one person’s decision to get fit morphed into a community event that changed hundreds of lives. Nevada County Community Meltdown

People with extensive networks of good friends outlive those without them by 22% That's a big number. Other studies indicate that friends can improve our survival rate from sickness by as much as 50%. A lack of friends in our senior years saps the life out of anyone. And old friends inevitably dwindle in number. Some find themselves housebound due to illness. Some get divorced....

People with extensive networks of good friends outlive those without them by 22% That's a big number. Other studies indicate that friends can improve our survival rate from sickness by as much as 50%. A lack of friends in our senior years saps the life out of anyone. And old friends inevitably dwindle in number. Some find themselves housebound due to illness. Some get divorced....

People with extensive networks of good friends outlive those without them by 22% That's a big number. Other studies indicate that friends can improve our survival rate from sickness by as much as 50%. A lack of friends in our senior years saps the life out of anyone. And old friends inevitably dwindle in number. Some find themselves housebound due to illness. Some get divorced....

People with extensive networks of good friends outlive those without them by 22% That's a big number. Other studies indicate that friends can improve our survival rate from sickness by as much as 50%. A lack of friends in our senior years saps the life out of anyone. And old friends inevitably dwindle in number. Some find themselves housebound due to illness. Some get divorced....

People with extensive networks of good friends outlive those without them by 22% That's a big number. Other studies indicate that friends can improve our survival rate from sickness by as much as 50%. A lack of friends in our senior years saps the life out of anyone. And old friends inevitably dwindle in number. Some find themselves housebound due to illness. Some get divorced....

Below is a press release in which AARP announces 3rd annual Summer Weight-Loss Challenge. Program is free, open to all. I’ll serve as coach. Register:www.aarp.org/fat2fit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 16, 2011Contact: Michelle Alvarez202-434-2560malvarez@aarp.orgAARP LAUNCHES THIRD ANNUAL “FAT-TO-FIT” WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE Contest will Help People Track Weight Loss and Guide their Lifestyle...

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. ~David H. CominsWhat Is Your Dangerous Idea?What do you believe but cannot prove? What is your dangerous idea? What are you optimistic about?These intriguing questions are the subjects of books whose author, John Brockman, challenges our thinking about almost everything. His books are...

You know, I’ve never been one of those people who reacted very much to safety tips. I realize that is not a flattering realization about me but it’s been pretty constant throughout my life. It could be a backlash from the fact that my mother was constantly reading and would often warn me about the potential dangers of so many common things. Seriously, my mom often sounded like the...