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For 25 years, the Learning Institute for Elders (LIFE) has presented a weekly speaker series at the University of Central Florida. With every weekly presentation, LIFE dispels the stereotype of aging being a time of loss and loneliness. See how it’s changing lives.
Some people know exactly what career or passions they want to pursue for the rest of their lives from a young age. For most of us, it’s a process of trial and error. What happens when lightning strikes? Magic. Meet the Lightning Stalker, one of the world’s most respected photographers of lightning, and find out why your true passions are always worth fighting for.
Donna Dowless is an artist as well as Orlando’s Official Ambassador of Love, appointed to the position by Mayor Buddy Dyer in 2007. In the aftermath of Pulse nightclub tragedy, Donna’s love has never been more needed and more appreciated than it is now.
NFL great Reggie Williams built a career on overcoming long odds and his retirement from football has been one major health challenge after another. But he’s still here, still fighting and gathering the strength for what may be his biggest challenge yet.
Out of all types of cancer, childhood cancers account for less than 1 percent, but that still means every year, more than 10,000 children and their families will hear that frightening diagnosis. Each has quite a story to tell, and that’s especially true of a young man named Benji Watson.
Their on- and off-stage partnership made the song “Love Will Keep Us Together” a monster hit in the ’70s, but after 40 years, Toni Tennille is starting over. Find out why she says she had to start over at 75 to save herself.
NFL great Reggie Williams explains how a chance meeting with Muhammad Ali at an airport inspired Williams, then a young college player, to chase his dreams. Find out how that conversation not only led to a decades-long friendship, it changed the entire direction of Williams’ life.
Hunter Kemper, a four-time Olympian and one of the greatest triathletes in U.S. history, talks exclusively to Growing Bolder about his difficult decision to end his quest for his record-setting fifth Olympic games. Find out what’s next and how his family and his faith are keeping him positive about the future.
What makes people wake up before the sun to lace up their sneakers and hit the pavement? In a word: hope. See how people who meet at start lines all across the world have discovered a way to improve their bodies, minds and futures.
Bill White used to count down the years until retirement. Then, when he turned 58, he quit his job and hit the road on his bicycle.
Now in his mid-90s, world-renowned artist Harold Garde not only still paints daily in his home studio, he sees his work as the ultimate act of artistic rebellion. He explains to Growing Bolder why he refuses to paint for the galleries, collectors, shows or museums, but is instead focused on pleasing one person: himself. Listen to him speak passionately on the art of aging, society’s focus on legacies and the privilege he thinks every aging person deserves.
At the historic and legendary Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Florida, there was one rider all the attendees were lining up to meet — a 90-year-old petite woman from New Jersey! Gloria Struck is anything but a little old lady. Get to know this cross-country riding and woman rider advocate and you’ll be inspired to let your passions drive your life, too.