Health & Wellness

Maintaining positive health is key to enjoying every moment of your 100-year life.

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Relationships

What Is the Secret to Happiness?

Many people assume happiness comes from achievement. More money. A better job. Recognition. Success. Yet research continues to poi…

Aug 3, 2026

Purpose

What Do Aging Experts Learn?

For decades, geriatricians, psychologists, and social workers have studied what helps people age well. Their advice has often cent…

Jul 31, 2026

Health

What Death Can Teach Us About Living Well

A group of women in their 80s recently gathered for wine and conversation in Washington, Virginia. The discussion took an unexpect…

Jul 29, 2026

Purpose

What Can a 101 Year Old Teach Us About Longevity?

When someone reaches 101 years old, people naturally want to know the secret. Was it diet? Exercise? Genetics? Pure luck? Many peo…

Jul 25, 2026

Health

Should You Get a Colonoscopy Earlier

For decades, most people assumed colon cancer screening was something to think about later in life. Doctors traditionally recommen…

Jul 3, 2026

Purpose

Live With Your Future Self in Mind

Many people make decisions based on what feels urgent right now. Pay the bills. Solve the problem in front of you. Respond to what…

Jun 9, 2026

Health

Is There Hope for Preventing Dementia?

Many people quietly worry about dementia as they get older. The fear is understandable. Memory loss can feel like the loss of inde…

May 28, 2026

Health

Is Social Media Slowly Rotting Our Brains?

Spend a few minutes on social media and you may hear the phrase “brain rot.” It usually describes the feeling that comes after scr…

May 26, 2026

Health

How Can You Protect Your Brain From Dementia!

Many people quietly worry about dementia as they get older. The fear is understandable. Losing memory can feel like losing indepen…

May 18, 2026

Health

Dancing Can Reduce Dementia Risk

What if protecting your brain did not require complicated routines, expensive treatments, or strict regimens? What if one of the m…

Apr 24, 2026

Health

At 82, As Fit As a 20 Year Old

What does healthy aging actually look like? For some people it means slowing down. For others, it means discovering entirely new l…

Apr 10, 2026

Health

Your Community Shapes You

Most people think longevity comes from what you eat, how much you exercise and whether you choose the right supplements. Those thi…

Apr 2, 2026

Health

Support the System That Supports You

A long life is rich with purpose, connection, joy, and contribution. But none of it is possible without a body strong enough to su…

Mar 21, 2026

Health

Live Longer and Better

Longevity is not luck. It is a practice. A mindset. A commitment to caring for your whole self across decades. Each week new resea…

Mar 17, 2026

Health

How Stress Hurts Health & Longevity

Stress is not just a feeling. It is a biological force that shapes your health, your longevity, and the quality of the years you g…

Mar 11, 2026

Health

Being Careful vs Being Wise

Many people think living longer means living carefully. Move less. Risk less. Want less. Over time, caution becomes the strategy. …

Mar 1, 2026

Relationships

Why Our Brains Need Connection

Every now and then, a conversation reveals something you already felt instinctively but hadn’t yet put into words. That’s what hap…

Jan 19, 2026

Health

When Does Your Body Really Begin to Age Faster?

Most of us picture aging as something that happens gradually, with wrinkles or gray hair appearing in our 50s or 60s. But new rese…

Jan 17, 2026

Health

Protect Brain Health Now

Dementia is one of the most feared conditions associated with aging, yet the conversation around it is beginning to change. A new …

Jan 9, 2026

Health

Older Adults Don’t “Feel Their Age”

Think back to the images you formed as a child of what “old age” looked like. Many of us grew up believing that people in their 60…

Jan 7, 2026

Health

Living Well at 101

At 101 years old, Dr. John Scharffenberg still drives, teaches, and inspires. As a longtime nutrition professor, he’s proof that l…

Jan 1, 2026

Learning

Lessons from a Century of Research on Living Well

For decades, scientists have tried to understand what truly makes life meaningful. Nearly a century of happiness research, from th…

Dec 31, 2025

Health

It’s Possible to Slow Down Aging

You may have heard that brain aging is inevitable. That memories fade, focus weakens, and as we get older, our best days are behin…

Dec 29, 2025

Health

A 100-Year-Old’s Blueprint for a Long, Happy Life

When Ralph Young celebrated his 100th birthday, he didn’t just mark another year — he shared a philosophy that can guide us all. F…

Dec 9, 2025