For years, Joyce Smith was terrified of speaking to anyone who wasn’t a family member or close friend.
She didn’t want them to hear her stammer.
“In school the children would laugh at me,” said the 73...
Whether at a party or the grocery store, people have no hesitation in sharing their most intimate problems with Charles Dyer.
Urinary tract infections, incontinence, prostate trouble — the questions a...
Jean Amédé Caze thought learning the trumpet would be easy. Once he got it home, he realised his mistake. “It took me three days of trying just to make sound come out of the instrument,” the 35-year-...
Mariah Cordeiro vividly remembers the first time she was sexually harassed.
She was 13, playing mini-golf with her family, when a man asked her to squat.
After repeated requests, she gave in because s...
Nancy Missett was more than a little sceptical when her daughter suggested she enter a triathlon. After all, she was about to turn 75.
“I said, ‘At my age?’,” laughed the retired teacher. “My daughter...
Eugene “Buck” Woods knows a good thing when he sees it.
He spotted Jewell Raynor on the street in 1957 and knew instantly that she’d make an excellent wife.
“She was a very attractive young lady,” th...
Kerry Magro is an author, movie consultant and motivational speaker, and has spoken in 100 different locations in the last year.
When he was a child, his parents never imagined such a life for him as ...
Imagine seeing life through a greasy camera lens — colours are dimmer; contrasts less easy to discern.
Everything becomes harder: crossing the road safely, reading, recognising the faces of loved one...
Can women have it all?
Crystal Clay, an entrepreneur and mother-of-two, says yes.
Fifteen years ago, she wasn’t so sure.
“Sometimes I didn’t sleep for 48 hours,” said Dr Clay, recalling how she balan...
Lucille Spencer fits a bit of exercise into every morning. She touches her toes and stretches; if there is music on, she will dance.
The 95-year-old thinks her efforts are one of the reasons she has a...