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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...

If you’re a wine lover you probably know about some of its many selling points. It’s claimed that red wine especially, can protect against certain cancers, improve mental health and provide benefits to the heart as well — all when consumed in modera...

Fatty foods and alcohol were a way of life for restaurateur Rick Olson. On any given Friday you could find him propped up at a bar, drinking for hours. On Saturday mornings he’d ease his hangover with a cheeseburger or some other greasy treat. No mor...

Sometimes when you’re going through an emotional crisis, you need to retreat. That’s what Ruth-Anne Outerbridge found when her youngest son went off to boarding school. She was 44, and suddenly her house was empty of children. “All of a sudden I was...