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Before Santa Claus headed north for the winter, he invited Growing Bolder into his summer house in Florida to show us how Christmas is a year-round job for him.

Peggy Smith is strong, sensitive and a survivor. You'd have to be all three, when you are on the job 24 hours a day and when the job is also home.

Noted psychiatrist and author Sharon Romm, M.D., says mid- to late-life daters should approach dating the same way they would tackle a job search.

A divorce left Patti Schmidt a single mom who needed a job. She wanted to cook, but the only opening she found was for a dessert chef -- her biggest weakness. She worked like a mad scientist until she baked a reputation as the Dessert Lady.

What if you could keep your day job while fulfilling your fantasies? Wisconsin professor Elaine Beaubien is doing exactly that.

These days you can't just pick up and leave a job if you don't like it. Renowned mental health counselor has tips to help you survive and thrive in toxic workplaces.

She had a successful career and could have sat back and let life pass her by. But Donna Moore had a dream and risked it all to follow through -- quitting her job and starting a new company that's really gone to the dogs.

After losing his career, his wife and his health, he thought his life was over. That all changed when he walked into a Starbucks.

Labor Day is observed on the first Monday of September and dates back to 1882. The Central Labor Union came up with the ideas as a way to give the "working man" a day off. It worked out so well that Congress made it official 12 years later.