Keeping Kids Safe in the Sun
Most sun damage happens when we are children. As you enjoy summertime family fun, here are seven tips to keep your children and grandchildren safe in the sun.
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There’s no shortcut to health and wellbeing and there never will be. Healthcare must be viewed as an individual act, not as a service received.
5 Tips to Improve Brain Health
Curious how you can improve your brain health as you age? We’ve outlined common habits you should avoid and some simple things you can start doing now to improve your brain health.
Self-Care as We Re-Engage
Growing Bolder’s Bill Shafer and Dr. Nick Dewan, vice president of Behavioral Health at Florida Blue Medicare, talk about the challenges people face in making the transition from living with the “deadly threat” of the pandemic to adapting to the world today.
What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shot
A third COVID-19 vaccine dose is available now to 3% of the U.S. population. But soon, a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot will be available to everyone. Here’s what you need to know.
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How Pets Benefit Our Health
Nearly half of the people in the world own pets. Discover how these special relationships have become increasingly important during the pandemic.
How Much Coffee is Too Much Coffee?
You have a good caffeine buzz going. It’s the sweet spot. But when is taking another sip too much for your body to process?
Stressed Out? Go Green!
Gardening is good for the soul. A new study shows a correlation between gardening and improvements in well-being, perceived stress and physical activity.
Senior Resource Alliance presents Growing Bolder Day
Growing Bolder Day is a free, intergenerational celebration of aging to promote the importance of an active, engaged lifestyle.
Live Long and Prosper | Dr. Vonda Wright’s Keys to Active Longevity
Dr. Vonda Wright shared her keys to live longer, healthier lives with simple lifestyle modification at “Launchpad to What’s Next Live!”
On Being a Grandparent
How is grandparenting different in 2023? We asked a small group of the Growing Bolder tribe, to find out.
Moving Leads To Extra Healthy and Happy Years
The lifestyle choices we make have a direct impact on our happiness and health. By moving our bodies and moving addresses we can seize the opportunity of aging.
Five Revelations From The New Age of Aging
The New Age of Aging, a landmark study conducted by Age Wave reveals “the beginning of a complete paradigm shift as today’s modern elders dismantle the long-held cultural beliefs and social norms about how older women and men should think, feel, and act.”
Handing Down Medals and Memories
Meet a 91-year-old decorated athlete of the National Senior Games, and find out why he gives his medals away instead of keeping them.
Growing Bolder’s Ordinary People Living Extraordinary Lives Special
In this edition of Growing Bolder’s Ordinary People Living Extraordinary Lives, we highlight the lives of men and women in Central Florida. We share their stories because the passion, purpose and significance they find in their daily lives is attainable for all of us. We just have to believe that more is possible.
Even Through Cancer, The Sun Still Rises
While acting as caretaker for his dying wife, Mark Potter found connection through sharing daily photos of the sunrise.
Father & Son Duo Taking Alzheimer’s One Mile at a Time
Travis and Mark Macy are a father and son who spent a lifetime together pushing their physical limits by participating…
Optimal Health. Peak Performance. Precision Longevity.
Dr. Vonda Wright shares how, using the tools of mobility and the new science of aging, we can be healthy, vital, active and joyful long into the foreseeable future.
Geezer Jocks, I Need Your Courage. Please.
Sports writer Ray Glier is determined to believe in the biology of hope.
The Quest for Active Longevity
Science might be the key to increasing our lifespan, but positive lifestyle modification is the key to increasing our healthspan. Positive lifestyle modification is the key to reducing our reliance on the U.S. “sickcare system.”