Aging Heroes

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Podcast Hosts of The Latitude Adjustment. Our Award-Winning Book: “A Guide for Aging Heroes” is available now. Aging heroes have the mettle to rail against the confines of conventional attitudes. We embrace opportunities to create meaning in our lives and to improve the lives of others. Prisoners to the social constructs of modern culture are completely unaware that the key to freedom is always within reach. That key is the nerve to step out of assigned roles and live authentically. In a world so often governed by fear and negativity, aging heroes gaze on the future with confidence, enthusiasm, and wonder.

11/26/2025

Here’s the truth nobody puts on a souvenir magnet:

The older you get, the more travel stops being about “getting away” and starts being about becoming more yourself.

This chapter isn’t fueled by bucket lists and bragging rights. It’s guided by intention, presence, and a deep hunger for meaning.

We travel now through a holistic lens.

🌿 Not just to see places, but to feel them.
🌿 To notice what stirs in the body.
🌿 To listen for what wakes up the spirit.
🌿 To let the mind stretch instead of calcify.

In the second half of life, experience outranks stuff. Every time. No throw pillow has ever changed anyone’s soul trajectory.

🌿 Travel teaches us to live on purpose.
🌿 To savor conversations with strangers.
🌿 To build community in unfamiliar places.
🌿 To remember we are still curious, still growing, still wildly alive.

And maybe most importantly, it reminds us we are not done evolving. Not even close.

So go. Wander. Get a little lost. Laugh too loudly. Collect experiences.

If this resonates with you, drop a ❤️ in the comments below.

11/21/2025

Age 51.
Stroke recovery.
Lab work morning.
Two needle attempts before breakfast.
We call that a warm-up.

Here’s the truth: When you’ve stared down a stroke and still decided to show up for your own healing, a couple of extra jabs don’t get the trophy. They get a shrug.

So yeah, they missed once. Then twice.
I took a breath, cracked a dry one-liner for the phlebotomist, and rolled forward. Because that’s what Aging Heroes do. We don’t spiral. We recalibrate.

Recovery isn’t cinematic. There’s no inspirational soundtrack. It’s early mornings, imperfect veins, stubborn bodies, and a whole lot of patience disguised as grit. Some days you glide. Some days you wobble. Today? I adjusted my latitude and kept it moving.

This isn’t about bravery. It’s about resilience with a sense of humor and a refusal to let one bad morning narrate the whole damn story.

Progress is happening. Even when it stings.
Especially when it stings.

And if you needed the reminder: Rolling with it is still moving forward.

Now excuse me while I ice my arm and claim emotional victory.

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About Us:

Rusty Harrison is an award-winning college psychology instructor, board member for several organizations, and former counseling therapist. Fascinated by health psychology, he has spent years researching every aspect of physical, cognitive, and emotional fitness. Rusty has written countless articles and given numerous talks on psychology and education. Through his community work, he has helped organize a wide range of social and educational events. Rusty is an avid outdoor adventurer, he loves hiking, kayaking, and backpacking.

Erica Schwarting is a business owner, former model, marathon runner, employee in the medical field, humanist, daughter, wife and mom. She began running as a personal hobby and means of rehabilitating a foot injury. Over the years, the hobby became a passion and has taken her to innumerable race events (half & full marathons, trail races, Ragnar relays) to include the Mt. Kilimanjaro Marathon. Erica now enjoys sharing her fervor for the sport by working with others to achieve their running goals and helping to make their race dreams become a reality.

Rusty and Erica live in the beautiful foothills of North Carolina where they reside with their children Lainey, Harry, and Tallas.