In the course of a day spent talking about the importance of purpose, social connection, supplements and more, Mia Sundstrom, CEO of the National Institute for Play, asked everyone to stand up and dance. The in-person audience of 220 people at the Healthy Aging 2026 conference at Stanford University did just that.

In the course of a day spent talking about the importance of purpose, social connection, supplements and more, Mia Sundstrom, CEO of the National Institute for Play, asked everyone to stand up and dance. The in-person audience of 220 people at the Healthy Aging 2026 conference at Stanford University did just that.

An artist sights and paints the Mendocino Headlands during the Mendocino Open Paint Out (MOPO) in Mendocino, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.

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