Stop Trying – Start Living” challenges us to kiss our life and to live as if we are always only HALFWAY through, rather than focusing on our age as the metric for what work means – and when joyful living begins. Jennifer Sproul (pronounced SPROW-EL) is a Baby Boomer who calls herself a Baby Bloomer. She is 69 years OLD (NOT 69 years YOUNG), a Realtor® with Washington Fine Properties who started her career in real estate at 50; she ran her first full marathon at 58 and at 67 she began writing and published her first chapter in an Amazon best seller, “The Ultimate Guide to Self Healing, Volume 5” by Laura Di Franco. Her second chapter in another Amazon best seller, “Mindset Mastery, Awareness, Meditation, Mindfulness and Manifestation for the Spiritual Warrior” also led by Laura Di Franco, was published in January 2023.

In July 2022 she launched her “platform” Graceing Agefully” from which she blogs monthly. The mission of Graceing Agefully™ is to “change the CULTURE of aging”. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx