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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...

Bernie O’Reilly Hook had four children under the age of six when she went off to university. Friends and family questioned her sanity. But she was 31 and had dreamed of becoming a pharmacist since she was a teenager. “Everybody said it was physically...

Shawnie Payne tells people she’s about to turn 40 next month and no one believes her. That’s because she’s managed to keep herself looking young through exercise, a nutrient-rich diet and a zest for life. The mother-of-two recently put herself in d...

If you knew Monica Teixeira in high school, you might be surprised to hear she’s a fitness champion. As the 23-year-old tells it, she was a “little chubster” back then. That all changed when she went to university, where a group of friends hooked h...