Topics of interest about lifestyle
Besides being an accomplished artist, Sylvia Megerdichian, who runs the Art Box studio, is a businesswoman and teacher. She teaches from the heart. Because artistic expression has no age limit many of her students’ are seniors—each with a different reason for their art. In this video Sylvia shares the influence of her friend and fellow … Read more
Aging can be fun if you follow Bill Jordan, the creator and chief philosopher behind EMBRACE THE BOOM. Celebrating Act 2.com’s Art & John talk to Bill for the first time and discover a new guru for Baby Boomers (and anyone else over 50!) Bill Jordan is positive, entertaining and upbeat but his message is … Read more
Over 50 and starting a business? While new business entrepreneurs over 50 have some unique advantages they also have some unique challenges. Who better to give advice than business and tax expert, CPA Bret McMillan! On behalf of Celebrating Act 2, Bret offers valuable advice for anyone over 50 who is thinking of opening a … Read more
Milford Zornes’ first 22 years of life is about a kid who really had no direction.He had learned to draw because his mother said ‘here, take this pencil and go draw a picture’ because he’s on the farm with his sister and he has nothing to do. It keeps him busy. He gets pretty good … Read more
Licensed Therapist Lesa Vander Bie took up painting to deal with grief and discovered a part of herself she didn’t know existed! Now both as a successful emerging artist and a successful professional therapist, Lesa shared her joyous story with Celebrating Act 2™ as a lesson for everyone over 50 who may want to make … Read more
Take it from a guy who’s been there — Brian Page has had many successful careers until all of a sudden they weren’t! It happens to very many people especially as you get older. And it’s often harder to reinvent yourself when you’re 50 or over… But Brian offers good advice and perspective for landing … Read more
Gaelyn (daughter) and Gail (mother) compare notes on what they have learned about themselves and life from the process of bodybuilding and weight training. The discipline you use in training can be applied to anything in your life.
Mother -Daughter bodybuilders, Gail and Gaelyn, talk about how they prepare for competition. They discuss their training plan and exercising their various muscle groups. while they also talk about nutrition and diet as well as superficial items like the right bikini and tanning, what’s most important is your mental strength and muscle development.
Gaelyn, while only recently taking up bodybuilding (compared to her mother who has been doing it for over 30 years) tells her personal story of how bodybuilding helped her recover from a bad spinal accident—a story not unlike her mothers! She became inspired to actually compete and talked he mother into becoming her training partner.
An amazing and heartwarming story: Gail Bell, now 58 years old, started bodybuilding around age 18 after a back injury. Working with weight training, she fixed her back and continued on. Many years later her daughter Gaelyn joined her after similar circumstances. Both women appreciate the camaraderie of training together and the unique bond it … Read more