"Our residents compare Lake Ashton to a cruise ship on land!" says Tricia Adams, director of activities and community relations at Lake Ashton, one of CRF Communities’ luxury retirement communities . Lake Ashton residents can cultivate...

For my entire life, sports and exercise have been a mainstay of my existence. At fifty-nine years...

POLK SENIOR GAMES REGISTRATION Registration will begin January 4 for the 18th Annual Polk Senior Games scheduled for February 27 – March 14, 2010. Men and women, 50 and over as of December 31, 2010, are invited to participate in fun and friendly...

I like to think that you can find a lot of happiness in small things, and I just bought a big...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation...

Bandit's been making new friends lately, under the worst of circumstances. But you couldn't find...

There are so many races going on every minute of every day. Sal and I race to the liquor cabinet to see who can grab the vodka bottle for our martini first. She usually wins because she likes alcohol more than I do. But, there are bigger races...

Maybe it’s easy for athletes, but for most of us, being fit is an ongoing battle. With aging,...

This weekend, some of the best athletes in the world will be duking it out in Florida -- as part of the Florida Senior Games State Championships. It's going to be an incredible 9 days of competition, in events like basketball, cycling, swimming, tennis,...

How many times do you have the opportunity to talk to someone who is 102 years old? I had that pleasure when I called to check in on John Donnelly, my favorite over-100 years old athlete. His first comment to me was if we had created a 100-105 year...

You’ve finally decided to make the move! Your kids are established and on their own, you’re ready to retire and embark on a new phase of your life. What an adventure is waiting to unfold! There are numerous helpful books, websites and magazines...

Levels in Sports I have always been intrigued by the phenomenon of levels in sports. My mission is not to write about the obvious levels in sports such as those demonstrated by the likes of Lance Armstrong and Michael Phelps, but to expound on...

Tendinitis is a very common condition that is caused by inflammation of tendons which are flexible bands of tissue that connect bones and muscles. Tendinitis is usually brought on by repetitive injury of one area. This happens more often with age since...

Walking into the living room, I caught a few brief few minutes of Dr. Wayne W. Dyer on the public television channel. He was lecturing from his book, Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life, in which he expounds the views of Lao-tzu expressed in the...

Lacking the motivation to exercise? Need to make your routine new and exciting? Try these tips…I recommend (and use) them all the time to keep my perspective fresh. Change It Up - Just yesterday I got an email from a friend who used a very popular...

It happens almost every day. I get home from work, kick off my shoes, plop down in front of the television and I hear that unmistakable voice. He wants me to go swimming. My 13-year old son has waited all day for his dad to join him in the pool. I...

This is a couple of months old but the Florida Senior Athlete contingent that traveled to the San...

Failure to Finish 4 key factors to guide unmotivated students toward academic success By C. Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life Coach Have you ever wondered why so many students get close to the ‘finish...

Warning Signs of Cheating Partners These are the most common signs of a partner who has detached from you because they are attached to someone else. Check off any of these traits you have seen in your relationship over the last 6 – 12 months. Be...