Your heart: It’s the engine that helps your body function and allows you to enjoy all life has to offer — from favorite activities to relationships with friends and family members. This February, celebrate this amazing organ during National Heart Month. Heart disease affects approximately 84 million Americans and is the number one cause of…
In the dark early morning, Ed Taylor, Floyd Mishoe and Julio Fernandez sit at the gray rectangular tables outside of Nourish Coffee Bar + Kitchen and patiently wait for the doors to open at the Center for Health & Wellbeing. It’s 3:30 a.m. The men bring their water and hot tea to stay hydrated and…
It’s difficult when memory loss causes changes in a person you know and love and watching a loved one struggle with Alzheimer’s disease can be upsetting. Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are progressive forms of memory loss and cognitive impairment that have no cure. However, you can support your loved one and help improve their quality…
It may seem like an impossible juggling act to take care of yourself and your loved one during the holidays. Self-care and prioritization is the most difficult aspect of caregiving during the holidays, with approaches often varying between caregiver to caregiver or even completely ignored while attempting to finish up the never-ending to-do list. To…
When Tootsie Yarborough learned she had stage 4 breast cancer—one of the rarest cancers to survive, with a 22 percent survival rate—she knew she would fight for herself. “With stage 4, you make some radical lifestyle changes, if you’re going to survive,” she says. “You clean up your act. You clean up your diet. You…
So you’ve made an appointment to see your doctor. Maybe it’s for a specific health concern, or maybe it’s a routine checkup to maintain your wellness. You’re off to a great start — your doctor is like a quarterback for your health. While an urgent care or emergency room can take care of today’s problems,…
Health is the new wealth, so why are most people not investing in their vitality like they would for their financial future? That is the question Kay Van Norman, host of the October 10 CHWB program ‘Growing Bolder Presents: Creating a Personal Vitality Portfolio,’ asked herself before creating the Vitality Portfolio®, a plan that outlines…
Marvelene Kooistra is like all of us. She forces herself out of bed every morning and tries to get in her exercise. Except, she’s 97 years old. Kooistra, 97, spends every day working out and learning at the Center for Health & Wellbeing. “I like everything here, but I think probably the activities in the…
Don’t let a lower-body injury set you back! These four seated exercises will burn calories, strengthen muscles and increase endurance. The greatest misconception about low-impact exercises is that they don’t challenge your body. This is not the case when performed with proper form, targeted breath-work and activation as well as high intensity. Chair Running Targets: abs,…
As you age, your joints become stiff and less flexible. You may be feeling the everyday effects — perhaps when you get out of bed in the morning, sit for a while, bend over to load the dishwasher or stand on your feet folding laundry. There’s science behind that pain: The fluid in your joints…
Good health is hard to come by and if you’re feeling stressed, it can be even more difficult to restore it. Today, we tend to experience several stresses: chronic illness, financial obligations, politics, even staying connected with our loved ones, like our children or grandchildren. Combating stress is no picnic in the park. It can…
August is Brain Health Month at the Center for Health & Wellbeing. To celebrate, we sat down with Beverly Engel, head of the Winter Park Health Foundation’s BrainUp program, to uncover some surprising secrets about our most important organ, bust some commonly-believed myths and dive into the latest technologies that could help you maintain your high-functioning…
