Ever seen a tightrope walker? Often, they are perched high above the ground, balancing one foot in front of the other as they carefully move forward. They shift their weight with each subtle movement they make. Their body instinctively counteracting every sway of the rope. Now take a moment to compare […]

    You might not have noticed the shift yet, but it’s already happening all around you. It is actually a  revolution about how the world is looking at aging. Previously, the focus has been on resistance. Anti-aging was on everyone’s lips as we were sold potions, creams, and supplements to fight the […]

    by Daniele Nannetti, Owner/Manager/Steward, Villa Petriolo Health Spa Villa Petriolo is where a Tuscan legacy of sustainability and health meets luxury. Following a recent speaking tour in Italy, my wife, colleagues, fellow speakers, and I wanted to spend a few extra days in Tuscany. We searched the […]

      “You can change without healing, but you can’t heal without changing.” Katherine Schafler, Psychotherapist   Some people mistakenly think that change and healing are interchangeable. However, the truth is that real healing is about more than just external shifts. True healing is about […]

    If any medical professional tells you that you have a health challenge that can’t be healed, or even survived, tell them about Lindsey Freeman. Her healing story perfectly epitomizes the healthcare systems inability to “predict” healing. Diagnosed with a rare, incurable condition, she was told […]

    Question: What do a ballerina, an 8-month-old baby, and a yoga or tai chi practitioner have in common? (Sounds like the beginning of a silly joke.)  Answer: They all have an intrinsic awareness of what it feels like for their body to be properly upright, and they naturally seek to maintain that […]

    At 91 years old, Sally-Jane Heit has distilled a lifetime of ambition, reinvention, and resilience into her own personal  philosophy that would, no doubt, benefit us all. A writer and performer, her reflections and musings offer profound wisdom on the art of living fully—on embracing the unknown, […]

    You may have seen Dr. Goobie’s amazing video. Almost 16 million people have watched it so far, and it’s been talked about by a variety of sources online for a lot of different reasons. His story affects us all, in more ways than you might think. It’s important that we all hear, at The post What […]

    It was in 1473, at the age of 18, that Michelangelo began to perform dissections of the human body. From a very young age he believed that human beings were God’s most perfect creation. As such, for artists to capture or imitate the human body was art’s highest goal and the closest mortal The post […]

    Whenever anyone, anywhere interviews or even just speaks with someone in their 90s, age 100, or beyond who is living a healthy, happy life, the question of secrets inevitably comes up. As in, what’s your secret? How did you get to live so well for so long? In almost every article I’ve read, The […]