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10 OVERCOMING OBSTACLES Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had tough times, but I still chased my dream.

By Tony Little

12 REINVENT YOURSELF

Valerie Ramsey keeps pouncing on new opportunities.

By Jackie Carlin

14 5 QUESTIONS

Former war correspondent says yoga saved his life.

By Jackie Carlin

16 STILL SOARING

At 72, the founder of The Byrds looks back at a 50-year career.

By Bill Shafer

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20 SURVIVING AND THRIVING

Larry Roofner rocks and rolls with the punches.

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22 BEHIND THE SCENES 24 MOVE FORWARD GIVE BACK The more she gives, the more she gets in return.

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26 BOLDER SPORTS

The most incredible Olympic comeback in history.

By Marc Middleton

28 BOLDER NUTRITION

Are your meals nourishing you or killing you?

By Mindy Kobrin

30 THE TAKEAWAY

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What Color is Your Hat?

From the Editor

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n the heyday of Hollywood and TV westerns, it was easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys. The good guys always wore white hats. The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and Tom Mix all wore white hats. The bad guys they thwarted wore black hats.

Unfortunately, it’s not so easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys in the real world. There are many individuals and businesses who are comfortable taking advantage of others whenever possible. They’re adept at operating on the edge of ethics and exploiting loopholes and gray areas to their own advantage.

I recently had a meeting with the president of a very large, very successful health-care foundation. We were discussing a project of mutual interest; one that we both believe has unlimited potential. As we brainstormed the best way to move forward, there was a moment where it became apparent that our interests were not fully aligned.

After a moment of silence, he said, “Let’s do what’s best for you. I’ve always believed that when you identify something that might cause a future issue for your partner, you resolve it immediately to the benefit of your partner, if possible. If this doesn’t work for you moving forward, the partnership is doomed before we even begin.”

This is a guy who wears the white hat every day — and he has the business success and personal relationships to prove it.

Of course, very little is truly black and white, and it’s the shades of gray that cause the problems. Many of those who push the boundaries of right and wrong believe it’s nothing more than an aggressive but sound business practice.

We’re not in that group at Growing Bolder. We strive to wear the white hat every day, all day long. We encourage you to do the same in your personal and professional life.

Be open, transparent and honest. Do all you can to help others succeed; put their interests above your own whenever possible and see what happens.

Wear the white hat.

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Editor-in-Chief Marc Middleton Managing Editor Bill Shafer Associate Editors Katy Widrick, Jackie Carlin Contributing Writers Wendy Chioji, Jill Middleton, Bess Auer, Tony Little, Mindy Kobrin, Karen Putz Digital Development and Production Jason Morrow, Pat Narciso, Josh Doolittle, Mike Nanus

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Growing Bolder With...

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Actress, Activist, Author Everywhere I go, I meet women who say to me, “It’s too late isn’t it?” And I say, “Of course it isn’t!” If you’re 50, you could have 40 years left. If you’re 60, you could have 30 years. That’s a lot of time to do a lot of things and make a lot of dreams come true. I want to encourage people that, yes, you can start over at any age. Dream big, but start small. Work small, one step at a time, and you’ll get there. I think a lot of people get daunted. They think, “How will I ever do it?” If you just do it, one thing every day, you will get there.

Marlo Thomas went from being an award-winning star of her own TV series, That Girl, to becoming one of the driving forces behind St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a charity earlier championed by her late father, comedian Danny Thomas. She’s just released her seventh book, It Ain’t Over ... Till It’s Over: Reinventing Your Life — and Realizing Your Dreams — Anytime, At Any Age. In it, she profiles 60 women who share their stories of starting over.

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World’s First Double-Amputee Ironman Twenty-two years ago, I was working as an electrician and got hit twice with 13,000 volts. I suffered second- and third-degree burns over 40 percent of my body. I lost all of one arm and part of the other. I went through all the “why me” questions and suffered from the pain, but it didn’t take long before I knew that I had to work hard to get my life back. I’ve just finished my 89th triathlon, and I keep adding to that number every other weekend. I want people to see me doing it and think, “Wow, there’s no reason why I can’t do this, too.” I love competing. Nothing brings me more joy than to pass someone on the bike, and they have to do a double-take because they can’t believe what they just saw. I thank God every day for having legs to be able to do what I do. I’m very grateful.

Among his 89 triathlons, Hector Picard has also completed four Ironman distance races (a 2.4-mile swim, a 112mile bike ride, a 26.2-mile run), making him the first double-amputee Ironman. A husband, father and grandfather, he’s also a nationally known motivational speaker and helps children with disabilities through his organization, Don’t Stop Living.

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Author It seems to me our culture sends all the wrong messages about aging. There’s this focus on youth and material things. That’s not where it is for having a good, productive life. Aging has enhanced my life rather than making it more limited. Age is not a disability. It’s an intense and varied experience, and it calls forth new ideas and strengths that weren’t available in our youth. There’s more freedom, more wisdom, more toughness and a moral nerve in being old. You’re also able to free yourself from the expectations of others, something I don’t think you can do when you’re young. You never hear about that. You just hear about how wonderful it is to be young, and I don’t think it’s so great to be young. Do you?

Babette Hughes is the daughter of a bootlegger who was murdered by mobsters during Prohibition. The 91year-old has written four books (and is working on her fifth) and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. She was named the 2012 Historical Author of the Year for her novel, The Hat.

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Overcoming Obstacles

‘You Can Do It’

I’ve Had Tough Times, But I Still Chased My Dream.

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hen Growing Bolder asked me to write an article, I thought the “Overcoming Obstacles” section would perfect because it’s the story of my life. You may know me for my infomercials, fitness products and catchphrases like, “You can do it!” What you might not know is what I went through to get here.

For a guy who’s had a great deal of good luck, I’ve also had a lot of bad luck. Here’s the short version: My father walked out on us, I got in trouble as a teen, I’ve been in four near-fatal car accidents, I’ve been addicted to painkillers, I was electrocuted twice, I nearly drowned twice and I was drugged and kidnapped.

I’ve spent more than two years of my life in the hospital and in rehab, where I gained more than 60 pounds — and that’s just for starters. I’ve faced a lot of adversity. And yes, I’ve said, “Why me?”

Here’s what I learned. You can’t change what happens to you. But you can change what you do about it. Only worry about what you can control. That starts with your attitude. A negative mental outlook can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

You’ve got to believe there’s always a way. That will focus you on figuring out how to move forward instead of dwelling on what’s happened in the past.

In my case, I had no money, no contacts and nobody to help me. All I had was a dream that if I could get on television, I could be a great motivator. I took a job cleaning gyms and found a way to make my own videos. I took one step at a time and my dream blew sky high! The best part is, I’ve helped change a lot of lives for the better.

I really believed I could do it, and I did.

That’s how I know you can do it, too! ■

'A negative mental outlook can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy. You’ve got to believe there’s always a way.'

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Reinvent Yourself

So,What’ s Next?

Valerie Ramsey Keeps Pouncing on New Opportunities.

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her sights on working at the Pebble Beach Resort because alerie Ramsey knows a thing or two about reinthe couple lived in nearby Monterey at the time. venting yourself. She spent 30 years as a stay-at“I started out by working in the pro shop with the colhome wife and mother, raising six children, before lege kids because I wasn’t qualified to do anything else,” beginning a 15-year career as public relations director for Valerie recalls. “However, I learned how to use a computer Pebble Beach Resorts at the age of 53. at the local community college, and I just kept on learning At 63, while she was managing a photo shoot at the as much about the hospitality business as I could.” resort’s golf course, Valerie was spotted by a Hollywood By “doing my homework” and not being reluctant to producer. That sparked a new career as a model. ask questions, she made her way Then, in her 70s, Valerie became into the resort’s marketing dea motivational speaker and an partment, eventually becoming author. Her first book was called public relations director. “When Gracefully: Looking and Being the person who held that posiYour Best at Any Age. Now, at 74, tion left, I pursued it,” she says. she’s written her second book, Just as her career was revving called Creating What’s Next: up, Valerie was hit with a triple Gracefully. whammy of health issues. She “There are so many opportubroke her foot and ankle during nities out there,” Valerie says. a photo shoot at the club. The “Even if you think you’re stuck following day, her doctor diagand nothing new is ever going to nosed her with uterine cancer. come along, if you keep your eyes Days later, she learned she had and ears open to possibilities, a serious heart illness. it’s amazing what’s out there. You Recalls Valerie: “I thought, ‘I’m just have to be ready to pounce down three-for-three. Am I going when something inspires and exto give up or am I going to live cites you.” my dream and create what’s next Valerie’s advice? Consider the for me?’” things you truly enjoy doing, inShe chose the latter. cluding hobbies, and look for op“Opportunities kept coming portunities to pursue them furAccording to Valerie, if you keep your eyes and ears along and I would just grab ther. You may have to learn new open, you’ll be amazed at the number of exciting them,” she says. “It’s something skills, she adds, such as becoming opportunities you’ll find. anyone can do. You must do more computer savvy. whatever feels right and excit“Taking that first step in the ing for you, and create your ‘what’s next.’” ■ direction you want to go is probably the hardest,” Valerie notes. “Once you’ve done that, though, you’re on your way, and you’ll start gaining self-confidence to go after the second and third steps.”

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rad Willis, aka Bhava Ram, is a former network-news war correspondent who won the prestigious duPont Award for his work inside Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation. His career abruptly ended after a broken back and failed surgery left him permanently disabled. He was later diagnosed with Stage IV throat cancer, and doctors told him he had little chance of survival. And then, he says, something remarkable happened. He got up and cured himself. He shares his remarkable story in his book, Warrior Pose: How Yoga (Literally) Saved My Life.

A Warrior Within

Former War Correspondent Says Yoga Saved His Life.

By Jackie Carlin You’ve overcome some seemingly insurmountable illnesses and injuries. Can you tell us what’s happened to your body?

In 1993, I was declared permanently disabled. I had broken my back lightly seven years earlier, but I kept working as a Type-A journalist throughout the Gulf War and in South America, Africa or wherever there were cataclysmic events.

Finally, that crack in my lowest vertebrae split wide open and cut into my spinal cord. I underwent major surgery and it failed. I was pickled on medications like Vicodin, Valium and Prozac. During that journey, I was diagnosed in 1998 with Stage IV cancer from exposure to depleted uranium during the Persian Gulf War years earlier. I was 14

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told I wouldn’t live past two more years.

■■■ So, what changed your outlook?

It was my young son. He was my only relationship. All these medications and alcohol make you dark, angry and filled with self-pity and fear. But I loved him so much. He was the only light in my life. I was on my deathbed, and at the age of 2, he finally got it that Daddy was not long for this world. And he said to me, “Get up, Daddy!” It hit me in a place that I didn’t know I had. I decided the only way I could answer that prayer, because I had a broken back and cancer, was to detox from all the medications that had so deranged my personality. Then, someday, someone would JULY/AUGUST 2014

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Yoga, according to Brad Willis, is “a complete science of how to be a human being.” In his book, Warrior Pose, he describes how yoga, diet and detox saved his life.

tell him at least I died with dignity. nnn You began meditating, fasting and practicing yoga. How long did it take before you knew something good was happening?

After I detoxed seven or eight nights cold turkey in the hospital — during which, I can tell you, all of the demons from Dante’s Inferno checked in with me! — I crawled out of there. I was then invited into an experimental pain-management program involving ancient Eastern and holistic Western applications. They hoped they could help me with the pain, but not with the cancer. It was like a lifeline for me. In the very beginning, I did biofeedback and listened to a 20-minute meditation. By the end of that 20 minutes, I felt a different inner taste, a different chemistry, in my body. All of my vital signs smoothed out. They had been impacted by stress and anxiety before, and now they were smooth and rhythmic. That’s when I realized that I couldn’t just let healthcare happen to me; I had to take charge of my life and, in my own way, maximize my healing potential.

And I no longer needed to do it for my individual self. I had to do it for that little boy. nnn What was it like when you first started yoga? Were you a complete beginner?

I was a crippled-up guy and 80 pounds overweight. But I soon learned when I started therapeutic yoga that there was much more to it. I learned it’s a complete science of how to be a human being. Yoga postures, which are primarily what we think of as yoga in the West, are just a very small part of this whole practice. It’s about aligning your mind, your body and your spirit together as one. I became vegan, calling it my organic chemotherapy. I fasted for long periods of time. I took 80 pounds off my body, which helped cure the cancer, and I took about 1,000 pounds of emotional darkness off my body as well. I started cultivating gratitude, forgiveness, compassion and acceptance instead of self-pity, fear, anger and blame. nnn You had to make changes to save your life. Can the rest of us make that change? What do you want people to know?

Suffering is always a catalyst for positive change. When things are going well, we all tend to get a little lazy. Anyone has this power. For anyone else facing tremendous

challenges, I want you to know: there is a way out. You do have an inner power. You do have self-discipline, even if you think you don’t. My advice is, don’t wait until it gets as bad as it got for me. I really got pounded down because I wasn’t listening to the messages that were being sent to me. If you take charge of your life now, take gentle and loving steps in a more positive direction and listen to your deeper inner voice, miracles will start to happen in your life. It feels so good after awhile that there’s just no turning back. n

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STILL SOA At 72, the Founder of The Byrds Looks Back at a 50-Year Career.

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here’s a photo that hangs on the wall at Roger McGuinn’s home in Orlando. It shows five hopeful young men, completely unaware that they’re about to become rock stars. On the back it reads: Dear Mom and Dad, This is the “Byrds.” Little Jimmy is the leader, plays lead guitar and does vocals, too. Our first record to be released in three weeks is called Tambourine Man. Please pray for its success because lots depends on it.

All my love, Jimmy. P.S. I got the $5. Thanks.

That letter was written 49 years ago. Mr. Tambourine Man, penned by Bob Dylan and recorded by McGuinn’s fledgling band in early 1965, became a worldwide hit. Little Jimmy changed his name to Roger, and began making music history.

The Byrds, who pioneered a fusion of folk and rock that would influence a generation of younger musicians, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. In 2004, the band was ranked No. 45 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

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OARING “Quite honestly, in my heart I feel 17 or 18, and I probably still behave that way a lot of the time.”

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for food money, of course. But the ascent of the Californiabased band had only just begun.

For a time in the mid-’60s, The Byrds rivaled the Beatles in popularity. Hits included Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season), I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better, Eight Miles High, Ballad of Easy Rider and Chestnut Mare.

Through it all, there were conquests and controversies, loves and losses, experiences both exhilarating and devastating. McGuinn and his bandmates, which at times included David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Clarence White and Gram Parsons, traveled the world and hung with the most famous pop culture figures of the era.

In his book Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Last Stand in ‘60s Hollywood, music historian Domenic Priore contends that The Byrds “had a much larger, more positive impact on the world at large than any Billboard chart position or album sales or concert attendance figure could possibly measure.”

That’s quite a legacy. Indeed, it would seem that life might not have much left to offer someone with McGuinn’s extraordinary resume. Yet, the legendary singer and guitarist, who turns 72 this summer, says he has more true happiness in his life now than ever before.

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irony, and continued. “I really think you have to live one day at a time. Each day is a gift from God. That’s why they call it the present. So I just live in the present.”

McGuinn has many things now that he didn’t have at the peak of his career; things that he believes are far more important than fame and fortune. Chief among them, he says, are faith and family. He and his wife, Camilla, have been married for 36 years.

Camilla, McGuinn adds, is his best friend and his constant companion as well as his manager. The two, who are virtually inseparable, read and discuss the Bible and classic literature and analyze national and world events on a daily basis.

“We’re together all the time,” McGuinn says. “For a lot of people that might not work. But for Camilla and me, we wouldn’t think of living any other way.”

McGuinn’s unmistakable voice has been unaffected by time, and his guitar playing is as clean and complex as ever.

Nothing about this ‘60s rock icon belies his chronological age. Perhaps, he speculates, that’s because age simply doesn’t enter his mind.

“It’s more a matter of attitude,” McGuinn notes. “Quite honestly, in my heart I feel 17 or 18, and I probably still behave that way a lot of the time.”

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“Each day is a gift from God. That’s why they call it the present.

So I just live in the present.”

McGuinn says his mother, Dorothy, was his greatest influence. She lived to be 102 years old, and was physically active and mentally sharp until the end. Her loss caused McGuinn to reflect on his own life story.

He’s often been asked to write an autobiography, but he had a better idea. Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the founding of The Byrds, he’s telling his fascinating story in a new CD/DVD combination called Stories, Songs and Friends.

The two CDs encompass a live 2012 concert during which McGuinn tells stories about the songs. And in the bonus DVD, old friends like Hillman, Tom Petty, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Bruce Springsteen and the late Pete Seeger (writer of Turn! Turn! Turn!) talk about McGuinn and The Byrds.

It’s a project that might never have come together if it wasn’t for McGuinn’s mother. “The reason we recorded it was so she could hear it,” he says. “She did get that chance just before she passed away, and she loved it.”

We think you will, too. Stories, Songs and Friends is available at mcguinn.com. ■

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Surviving and Thriving

Woodworking Wonder Larry Roofner Rocks and Rolls with the Punches.

By Marc Middleton

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he first time we met Larry Roofner, he was making doors. But not your standard-issue doors; these were exquisite, one-of-a-kind works of art. Larry had retired from his job as a healthcare executive to pursue his creative passion after suffering a heart attack.

“The heart attack was a wake-up call that I needed to do something that I love,” Larry says. “I’ve never looked back.

This is the best time of my life. It couldn’t be any better than it is right now.”

But he almost didn’t make it. Ten years after retiring, while riding his bike, he was broadsided by a car going 60 miles an hour. “My whole life changed in an instant,” he says. “It was early in the morning and I was crossing the street. I never even saw the car coming.”

Larry was airlifted to the hospital, where doctors said they didn’t know whether or not he’d survive. He had eight fractured vertebrae, spinal cord damage and traumatic brain injury. He was hospitalized for five months.

In the aftermath of the accident, he had to relearn how to walk, talk and even think. It helped that his wife, Marilyn, is a physical therapist. “It was horrible,” she recalls. “I escaped from the reality of the situation by slipping into my physical therapy mindset. I just started thinking about what needs to be done.”

When Larry was finally able to return home, he immediately got back into his workshop and began building a new future. “I could no longer build doors because they’re too big and heavy,” he says. “So I mastered something a little more manageable.”

He’s now making rocking chairs — functional works of fine art handcrafted from more than $1,200 worth of rare and exotic hardwoods. He sells the chairs, which take at least two months to complete, at prices ranging from $3,800 to more than $5,000, depending upon the wood.

“It’s therapy for me to get in my workshop and work with my hands,” Larry says. “To create something beautiful is a real joy.”

Larry recaptured his passion for life, but it hasn’t been easy for him or for Marilyn, who admits that his accident has tested their relationship.

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Bouncing back from a heart attack and traumatic physical injury following an accident, Larry now crafts beautiful rocking chairs from rare and exotic hardwoods. tough times,” Marilyn says. “Fortunately, we really love each other, which makes a huge difference.”

Larry Roofner has not only survived two serious health challenges, he’s thrived in the aftermath of each. Best of all, he no longer wonders or worries about what’s next.

He’s too interested in what’s now.

“I used to live in the future,” he says. “I’d always plan for the future. Now I’m living in the present — and enjoying life even more.” ■

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Behind the Scenes DOCUMENTARIES THAT CAN CHANGE LIVES Bolder Docs’ very first film, Conquering Kilimanjaro, is now being edited and should be ready to debut in late August or early September. EmmyAward winning producer/editor Mike Nanus is editing the inspirational documentary on Survivor Summit, during which a group of cancer survivors and advocates climbed the world’s highest freestanding mountain to celebrate the power of the human spirit. Stay updated on the project and check out pictures from the climb at ConqueringKilimanjaro.com.

WE BEAT THE BIG BOYS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Everyone talks about the importance of social media engagement, and Growing Bolder is leading the way on Facebook. GB’s page has grown from 10,000 to more than 115,000 “likes” in the past few months.

Our most impressive growth has been in user engagement. More than 2.8 million people interacted with our page during one recent week through comments, shares or likes. Our engagement numbers are higher than those of The Today Show, The New York Times, PBS, NPR, AARP, Entertainment Tonight and most major television networks! Clearly, our message of hope, inspiration and possibility is resonating coast-to-coast. We got a particularly big response when we asked our Facebook fans to tell us what has surprised them most about growing older. Here are some of the answers: “... that your fitness level can be much better than it was in your 20s or 30s. Who knew?” —Kim Lane, Orlando, Fla. “... it’s so empowering! Life just keeps getting better and better!” —Linda McCollum, Omaha, Neb. “... how fast life goes as we get older.” —Tom Horan, Asheville, N.C. “... I’m living for my own happiness. I love others, but now I put my own desires closer to the top of my ‘to do’ list (because nobody else is going to prioritize me!).” —Vicky VanPelt, Georgia “I’m sorry, I forgot the question.” —Nancy Short Logan, Glendale, Ore.

See Yourself Growing Bolder

Want to see yourself in Growing Bolder Magazine? Send us a photo of you doing your thing and a short description of how you’re Growing Bolder. Send it and your contact information to gbmagazine@boldermediagroup.com or send to Growing Bolder Magazine, One Purlieu Place, Suite 139, Winter Park, FL 32792. You can also post your photos and comments on our Facebook page: facebook.com/growingbolder.

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NATIONAL COMMERCIAL FEATURES ‘BABY-FEET BILL’ Growing Bolder’s Bill Shafer is a championship youth-hockey coach who spends so much time in skates that his heels started getting dry and cracked. That’s when he discovered Callex Foot Ointment, and began bragging around the office about his soft feet. When the story of “Baby-Feet Bill” got back to the folks who make Callex, Bill became the star of a national TV commercial in which he skates, coaches and does a little more bragging. Look for it on a TV screen near you.

It’s a great commercial and Bill does an amazing job.

THE PERFECT PITCH FOR A PRIME AUDIENCE

More and more advertisers are understanding and appreciating the value of the Growing Bolder audience. We’ve done recent on-air campaigns for Depend with athlete, author and TV host Mar Jennings, known as “America’s Top Lifestyle Expert,” and entrepreneur Carol Buck, CEO of Xenna Corporation, which develops and distributes innovative footcare products.

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REVOLUTIONIZING THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE We recently welcomed Page Heyward, the director of marketing for Jewett Orthopaedic Clinic, into the Growing Bolder studios to record a series of patient-education videos for our joint project, OrthoNet TV. Together, we’re revolutionizing the patient experience, starting in the waiting room. OrthoNet TV and SpineHealth TV at the Neurospine Institute feature physician video biographies, patient testimonials and stories from the Growing Bolder library that showcase active people overcoming obstacles and bouncing back from injuries and other serious medical conditions. We also produce Road to Recovery Minutes and Physical Therapy Minutes, both of which encourage patients to stick with the recovery programs prescribed by their physicians. We’re thrilled to help Jewett expand OrthoNet TV to all eight of its Central Florida locations over the next several months. Keep watching to see these videos featured on upcoming episodes of Growing Bolder. growingbolderMAGAZINE.com Growing BOlder 23

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Move Forward. Give Back.

This Retiree Nails It

The More She Gives, the More She Gets in Return.

By Jackie Carlin

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ou never know where inspiration is going to come from. For lifelong office worker Beryl Wiltshire, the inspiration came from a TV profile on former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

“She was banging nails and making all sorts of things,” Beryl says. “I could see that she could do it and enjoyed it. She inspired me to go and give Habitat for Humanity a try.”

So, at the age of 68, Beryl volunteered to help the organization, an international non-profit dedicated to building “simple, decent, and affordable” homes for deserving, lowincome families who are willing to provide sweat equity.

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After seeing former First Lady Rosalynn Carter interviewed on TV, Beryl Wiltshire was inspired to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. Now in her mid-70s, she’s leading crews of other volunteers. my age, I thought, ‘Will I be able to do this?’ I was a legal secretary for most of my life, and it turns out, all of those organizing skills I’d used came in quite handy.”

Before she knew it, one Saturday turned into nearly every Saturday. Soon it was Beryl leading the crews and helping to organize the volunteers. Now in her mid-70s, she finds herself growing stronger and braver than ever before.

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“I go up on roofs, I tear shingles off, I help put drywall up, I help put siding up,” she says. “They teach you everything gently, step by step. There’s always someone to ask if you have any sort of problem, which I constantly do.”

Beryl says she enjoys being on the rooftops of homes she helps to build. “It’s just empowering when you’re up there. You feel free.”

Like many volunteers, Beryl found the more time she gave, the more satisfaction she got back. She says the connections she’s made with other volunteers have reinvigorated her.

“It makes me feel that I’m part of life still,” she says. “You can get sort of sidetracked when you retire. I feel like I’m in there still. I feel like I’m helping people still. I drive home from the builds and I just feel really good about myself.”

And everyone she works with, Beryl adds, feels the same way.“We’re all there for the same reason — to make this house a home,” she notes. “It’s something incredibly worthwhile, and I would encourage everybody else to give it a try.”

All you have to do, she says, is take the first step.

“It just makes me happy to do it,” she adds. “Don’t think, ‘Oh I couldn’t do that.’ Because if I can do it, anyone can do it.” n

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The Carters work on homes in the U.S and in other countries, such as Haiti.

In 2011, Resident Officer in Charge of Construction, Cmdr. Jeanine Avant spent Veteran’s Day with other U.S. Embassy employees working a Habitat project alongside the former First Couple.

The volunteers worked on 150 homes in Leogane, Haiti, the epicenter of the January 2010 earthquake.

Rosalynn Carter’s work with the orgaization inspired Breyl Witshire — and undoubtedly countless others — to get involved in local Habitat chapters.

To find out how to get involved in your chapter visit habitat.org.local.

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One for the Ages

The Most Incredible Olympic Comeback in History.

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cately dove into the water. Once there, he began a game of he finals of the men’s 70-74-year-old 100-meter catch-up against the world’s best sprinters. freestyle are about to begin at the U.S. Masters I know all of this because I was there. I was a nineNational Swimming Championships. The fit-lookyear age-group swimmer and my parents had driven us ing man in the middle lane is Jeff Farrell, a world-record to Detroit for the Olympic Trials. I still have the program holder and the fastest over-70 sprinter in swimming his54 years later, with my father’s handwriting recording the tory. Only a few know his inspirational backstory. results of the 100-meter free. Farrell swam a courageous The year was 1960 and Farrell was the gold medal favorite race, finishing third and missing a spot on the Olympic for both the 100- and 200-meter freestyle in the Rome Olymteam by just one-tenth of a second. pics. Three days after setting new American records in both The following day, second-place finisher Bruce Hunter events, and just six days before the Olympic Trials, he was made an extraordinary offer. Recalls rushed to the hospital for an emergency Farrell: “He came up to me and said, ‘I’m appendectomy. not going; you’re going take my place on This was before minimally invasive the team because you’re a faster swimlaparoscopic surgery was an option. mer.’ I said absolutely not.”

“They cut me open,” Farrell recalls. “My Still, Farrell would have one more opappendix was inflamed and swollen so portunity. If he finished in the top six they made a very large incision.” in the 200, he could compete on a reFarrell’s Olympic dream was shatlay. He finished fourth and was off to tered when doctors said it would take Rome. There, just a few weeks later, he at least six weeks for him to return to anchored both the freestyle and medcompetition. However, the U.S. Olymley relays to gold medals and world repic Committee met quickly and offered cords. His splits would have won gold him an unprecedented opportunity. He in both the individual 100 and 200. could still make the team via a special If it sounds like it should be a book, it time trial to be held when he had sufwill be. Farrell is working on a memoir, My ficiently recovered.

Olympic Story: Rome, 1960. But his story He declined the offer: “I would have hardly ends in Rome. He quit swimming had to take somebody else off the team. for 20 years, but returned to competition That’s not right.” in the early 1980s and has, so far, broken Three days after the surgery, and just nearly 30 Masters World Records. three days before the trials, Farrell was In 1960, just before the Olympic Trials, Jeff Farrell underwent emergency “It feels good to be able to swim and lying in a hospital bed when his coach compete with these guys. It’s a lot of mentioned that there happened to be a surgery and appeared to have been knocked out of the competition. Nonefun and I know it’s good for me. I’ll keep pool in the basement. theless, he brought back gold medals swimming as long as I can.”

“I lowered myself into the pool and from Rome and continues to set records With that, Jeff Farrell steps on the dogpaddled in pain,” he says. “The next 50 years later. blocks and wins another national chamday I was able to take a few strokes, pionship. The fans in the stands know they’re watching a and the day after that I decided to swim in the Olympic great swimmer. Few realize they’re watching one of the Trials.” most inspirational Olympic athletes of all time. n Wrapped in yards of surgical bandages, in pain every time he breathed and unable to perform the standard racing dive or turn, Farrell made it into the 100-meter freestyle finals, needing to finish first or second to make the team. There was GB EXTRA Visit GrowingBolderMagazine.com to watch vida sellout crowd and the atmosphere was electric. A whistle eo of Jeff Farrell in action, both in 1960 and today. blew and silence fell over pool.

Plus, Marc Middleton will show you the program from that exciting 1960 meet.

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Bolder Nutrition

For the Love of Food Are Your Meals Nourishing You or Killing You?

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By Mindy Kobrin

ood is life. We crave it. We need it to survive. From the very first time our moms put a spoon to our lips, we’re encouraged not to be so picky. We eat to please. We finish our plates. We don’t want to waste.

Food is also health. Nothing, in fact, affects our health more than what we eat. But because of our reliance on processed foods, few of us have any idea what we’re really consuming.

We judge our food by one criteria — taste. It’s not until we’re adults and find our waistlines bulging and our cholesterol levels spiking that we realize there’s far more to food than just taste.

Somebody should have told us. Somebody should have been looking out for us. Because once we’re adults, it can be really hard to change. That’s why food is also my career. I’ve always been passionate about cooking, traveling and entertaining.

I’ve been hosting events since I was a kid. As an adult, my work with the Princess Grace Foundation honed my culinary skill set and refined my palate. I worked alongside the greatest chefs in the world. It inspired me to create Meals on Heels, a lifestyle and entertaining company.

Then, something completely unexpected happened. Food almost killed me. I had no idea what was wrong. Doctors were puzzled. Finally came the diagnosis: severe adult onset food allergy.

Are you kidding me? I was forced to look at food from a

completely different perspective. I was going to have to give up some of the foods I loved the best. It made me stop, made me think and made me change. It was my Growing Bolder moment.

Food shocked me. I took a step back and looked at the big health picture. Childhood obesity rates have tripled. Obesity related-health problems have skyrocketed. Because both parents work in so many households, the traditional home-cooked meal is vanishing. More families are turning to processed and refined foods to fill the void.

The value of fresh fruits and vegetables, the concept of proper proportions and the benefits of family time around the dinner table have given way to speed and convenience.

And there’s still more. Crop yields are down while transportation costs are up, combining to drive the price of fresh foods sky high.

Food is the Fountain of Youth. It’s the one thing we can control that has a profound impact on our vitality, ability and longevity. Once we educate ourseleves, we learn that it doesn’t take a lot of time or extra money to buy, prepare and consume healthier food.

I’ve started a program called “Don’t Worry, Eat Happy,” which is aimed at individuals and families as well as educational institutions, nonprofits, governmental organizations and businesses. Its mission: to inspire individuals of all ages to eat mindfully.

Together, we can educate, inspire and encourage each other to celebrate food, cook with joy and maximize our health. Because in the end — food is love. ■ Mindy Kobrin’s mission is twofold: To teach parents to feed their families with style, confidence and fun, and to spread the message of good nutrition for children to carry into adulthood and pass along to the next generation.

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The Takeaway

Back to Barefoot

An Abandoned Passion, an ‘Old’ Inspiration.

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By Karen Putz

udy “Old Lady”Myers came into my life in the fall of 2009 via a Today Show segment. My husband found the link online and sent it to me. And I watched it over and over, even though it wasn’t captioned.

You see, when I was a teenager, I loved to barefoot water ski. I spent summer days on Christie Lake in Michigan, barefooting with the guys. No other females on the lake seemed to be into the sport.

One day, I turned to cross the lake and took a hard fall.

In an instant, I went from hard of hearing to deaf.

I abandoned barefooting a few years later and met my husband-to-be, Joe, in college. After we married, one by one, three kids popped out and life settled into a routine.

By the time I was 44, I’d resigned myself to the idea that I’d never barefoot water ski again.

That is, until I saw Judy on the Today Show.

If a 66-year-old gal could barefoot water ski, then why not me? Judy took up the sport at the age of 53 and, heck, I was only 44! I had a big challenge, though. And when I say big, I mean big.

I was overweight, out of shape and the last time I had barefooted was more than 20 years before. But that old excitement overcame me. Every time I watched that video of Judy on the water, I could feel the passion coming back.

I got in touch with Judy through Facebook, and she invited me to the World Barefoot Center in Florida to learn how to barefoot again under the instruction of Keith St. Onge, the two-time World Barefoot Champion.

Both Judy and Keith welcomed me with open arms and smiles when I arrived. I was pretty darned nervous, very intimidated and a little scared (they have alligators in those lakes!) when we walked down to the dock. Just getting into the wetsuit was a workout.

But the moment I put my feet on the water and stood up, I felt like a teenager again. Two weeks later, I went back for another lesson. Within a few months, Keith had taught me to barefoot backwards on shoes, and then on my feet. Judy and I became great friends, and we ski together whenever we can.

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On my 44th birthday, all I could see ahead of me was the slow, steady creep of age and the eventual etching of wrinkles. Judy changed all of that for me — she showed me a blueprint for life that was entirely different from anything I could have dreamed up on my own.

She taught me that I didn’t have to fear the idea of growing older — especially when you can chose to grow bolder instead! ■

Karen Putz is a wife, mom, author, motivational speaker and certified passion coach. We’re also proud to have her on our Team GB Elite blogging team. Visit GrowingBolderMagazine.com to read Karen’s blog posts plus posts from the other Team GB Elite bloggers.

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“You can’t help but make new friends here!”

After an eclectic career that ran the gamut from agriculture to advertising to entertainment, Bob Pittman chose The Mayflower as his retirement destination.

“Life is simpler here,” he says. “I no longer have to worry about looking after a house, but I’m still surrounded by the possessions that are meaningful to me.

My apartment feels like ‘me’ … because it is!”

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A theater aficionado who traveled the world and hobnobbed with diplomats and celebrities, Bob has embraced all aspects of The Mayflower – including the community’s exclusive lifelong-learning partnership with Rollins College. “I love the exchange and conversations with students,” he says. “And I’ve also enjoyed getting to know the other residents. You can’t help but make new friends here!”

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