Having a reason to get up in the morning can make life more meaningful, enjoyable — and even add years to that life. It’s one of the secrets for positive aging. There’s even research to prove it. Maybe your reason to bounce out of bed is an energizing hobby. Or the soul enrichment found in volunteering to help others. Or it could be the satisfaction of fulfilling work — like Dan the blacksmith, the seemingly ageless artisan in our latest episode.

In the early 70s, busloads of flower children trekked cross- country from Haight-Ashbury to the sticks. With no agricultural experience, they brought nothing but grit and determination to make a go of farming. And the goal of building a utopian refuge of peace and love.

Kindness: a soothing agent to fight fear and frustration during the virus crisis. For inspiration, click on the Unleashing Kindness Facebook group. Launched long before the virus hit by two retirees, it's a resource and reminder that treating each other with compassion and respect is not only a good habit, it’s free.

A daughter digs into the past to learn about the Mother she barely knew. Though from a wealthy family, Didi rejected an upscale lifestyle to became a hippie during Woodstock, then lived a gypsy existence on her terms. As they would say in the 60s, relationships were not her bag.

Dr. Louise Aronson's positive but forceful message about disrupting stereotypes and demanding fairness from a healthcare system geared to coddle youngsters and ease adults through middle age.

One dictionary defines a gym rat as “someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa.” The last guy you’d expect to fit that is a 97-year old Holocaust survivor named Ben Heller. But six days a week you’ll find Ben on the treadmill or cranking one of the weight machines at an Atlanta fitness club. Ben has won the respect of millennial club members amazed by his Just-Do-It determination. Especially when they learn his backstory of survival during three grim years in a WWII Nazi death camp. Ben told us about his remarkable life, right after—what else?—a long workout at the gym.

"I'm living on borrowed time." A GI relives how he and a buddy survive the pivotal battle of the Vietnam War. Under enemy fire, they escape in opposite directions—split-second decisions that result in very different twists of fate.

In the 60s, lots of guys 18-to-26 took a trip to avoid the Vietnam War. And we don't just mean on a bus to Canada.

A story of lost and found love, and two people who just couldn't forget each other. Make that three people.

How are high-mileage Americans outliving the undertaker?