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A couple hit hard by cancer are giving back to the community that helped them through their illnesses. Jenna Martin, 41, spent eight months battling ovarian cancer. Her 36-year-old husband John was diagnosed with a brain tumour only two days after...

Tali Gabai-Maiato will never forget the day her life changed forever. It was December 28, 2013 when she got the call her younger sister Kaelenne had committed suicide. She was completely shocked. “Kaelenne was amazing, funny, outgoing and outspoke...

If there is one thing Fajr Bashir knows, it’s how to get people moving. The 29-year-old is a fitness instructor and an aspiring singer. “With fitness training you have to know how to motivate people to feel enthusiastic and keep moving,” she said. “...

Alexis Bean reached a crossroads somewhere near the end of her university years. She’d excelled in track and field but decided to turn in her sneakers to focus on a career in the corporate world. “I was sitting in my university counsellor’s offic...

Lorrie Peniston has a master’s degree in happiness. It’s not something she pulled out of thin air — she earned it from the University of Pennsylvania. Technically, it’s a master’s of applied positive psychology; the scientific study of the strengths ...

What woman wouldn’t want to drop three dress sizes in a flash? Tannel Lambe knows the secret. It’s not a diet, but a garment called the Ardyss Body Magic Shaper. It’s an all-over body sleeve that helps to tuck in the stomach, pull up the bum and st...

Jeff Metcalf was the type of guy who never missed an annual physical. But then all of a sudden life got busy. He and his wife Alana bought a house in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah and began remodelling it into their dream home. “I postponed my an...

Karen Dyer was a little bit reluctant when PALS asked her to come on board as executive director. She’d just started a doctoral degree, which she hoped would support the work she was doing as a nurse, bereavement counsellor and art therapist. Then sh...

Elinor Lucas doesn’t have time to watch TV, she’s too busy helping people get fit. The 44-year-old was always interested in sports and eight years ago decided to put that passion to work. She got certified as a personal trainer and started her own co...

Judy Smith-Lee has had a lot to complain about in the past three years. She’s had two bouts of breast cancer, and lost her 35-year-old daughter, Jurina Smith, in a car accident. Rather than turning inward, the senior citizen found peace by maintainin...