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Why People in “Blue Zones” Live Longer – Up to 100 – Than the Rest of the World

Internationally renowned author, researcher, and explorer Dan Buettner spent over a decade studying the areas in the world where people live…

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Better Society

Exercise is life: Joel’s exercises and games inspire older people to keep moving

Joël Kruisselbrink’s creativity in designing exercises and games inspires elderly people to keep moving and live life to the fullest. Nursing…

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Good Stuff

No one will be left untouched by the inspiring story of holocaust survivor Dr. Edith Eger

Dr Edith Eger shares her experience of the Holocaust. In her bestselling book, The Choice, she teaches us about love, hope…

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Better Society

The ‘healthiest place on earth’ reveals 7 secrets of how people live so long

Discover how hundreds of residents of Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture live to be over the age of 100.

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Inspiring People

World’s Oldest-Known Wild Bird Hatches Another Chick at 70

Thought to have flown around 2–3 million miles in her lifetime, the world’s oldest known wild bird—a Laysan albatross named “Wisdom”—has…

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Inspiring People

Heartwarming moment elderly couple are reunited after months apart

A couple have been reunited in a care home after medical treatment and the coronavirus pandemic meant they had to spend…

2 mins
132

Good Stuff

Rest in Peace Captain Sir Tom Moore 1920-2021

Second world war veteran who raised almost £39m for NHS charities during the first coronavirus lockdown has died aged 100 after…

2 mins
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Better Society

How the Montessori approach can tremendously improve the lives of people with dementia

BrightVibes spoke to a dementia nurse and leading figure in promoting the Montessori approach to care in her native Australia who…

5 mins
84

Good Stuff

It’s never too late to learn: 96-year-old Italian graduates college… and used a typewriter!

At 96, Giuseppe Paterno has faced many tests in life — childhood poverty, WWII and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic. Now…

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Best buddies given a 2% chance to live beyond childhood just graduated high school together

Two young men from Texas who weren't supposed to live past age seven have just graduated from high school, and their…

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Why People in “Blue Zones” Live Longer – Up to 100 – Than the Rest of the World

Exercise is life: Joel’s exercises and games inspire older people to keep moving

No one will be left untouched by the inspiring story of holocaust survivor Dr. Edith Eger

The ‘healthiest place on earth’ reveals 7 secrets of how people live so long

World’s Oldest-Known Wild Bird Hatches Another Chick at 70

Heartwarming moment elderly couple are reunited after months apart

Rest in Peace Captain Sir Tom Moore 1920-2021

How the Montessori approach can tremendously improve the lives of people with dementia

It’s never too late to learn: 96-year-old Italian graduates college… and used a typewriter!

Best buddies given a 2% chance to live beyond childhood just graduated high school together

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