VILLAGES SIDEBAR

“In The Villages, you just meet your neighbors, then you start playing these sports and suddenly you have this tight little group that keeps expanding. They’re your best friends,” Marla Boyer, a 70-year-old volleyball player said. “My teammates are as close to me as my classmates that I grew up with. They’re family.”

“Swimming is a great sport, and you meet such great people in The Villages. We all cheer for each other because we’re all in the same boat, we just love what we’re doing,” Martin Schenk, an 81-year-old swimmer said. “We just keep working out and try to have a good attitude, which isn’t hard to do [when you live in The Villages.”]

You can watch all of these stories and more at GrowingBolder.com/NSGA

These athletes are just a sample of the thousands of like-minded adults who inspire us all to take control of our health and our lifestyle. It’s more than an event. It’s part of a movement. One that you can join in and change your life. The National Senior Games community will reconvene in 2025 in Des Moines, Iowa. Find out more at NSGA.com

Life Lessons from the Musical Icons of our Youth

As we age, the music we grew up with means more than ever. Some of our favorite bands may still be out there, others have long since faded away. What happened when the spotlight went out, and when the glitter and glamour disappeared? What did they go through? How did they find new meaning and purpose? They gave us insight when we were young, and they have just as much to offer us now.

Growing Bolder has interviewed countless legendary performers, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, band members, hit makers, songwriters, crew members and more. On Bolder Backstage we reconnect with these musical heroes of our youth for heartfelt conversations and talks that dig deep.

They have fascinating stories to tell — cautionary tales about experiencing the worst and best of life. They share invaluable lessons about vulnerability, rejection, success, failure, sacrifice, persistence, belief, ego, trust, betrayal, and reinvention.

The conversations offer a glimpse into what it takes to reach our dreams, the price paid for fame and fortune, and the blurred definitions of success and failure. Bolder Backstage gets to what’s important to us all, on topics that touch our lives.

Through Bolder Backstage they offer the wisdom and perspective that comes from experiencing the highest of highs and lowest of lows. From overcoming life’s toughest challenges, to appreciating age in a whole new way.

Bolder Backstage reveals the hearts and minds of those who helped create the sounds and songs that still fill our lives.