“Surviving & Thriving” is produced by Bolder Broadcasting, the team behind the nationally syndicated “Growing Bolder,” and presented by Florida Hospital, with support from WKMG Local 6.

This episode originally aired on December 19, 2014 and is presented here with limited commercial interruption. In this episode, you’ll meet: Cheryl Faulk, who lost more than 300 pounds without surgery and describes the emotional and physical journey she’s taken to make herself healthy, happy and fit at 60; Crystal Osha, who was days from death when a stranger stepped in to give her the gift of life; and Jeff Farrell, the fastest swimmer over the age of 75 ever and the man behind one of the most inspiring Olympic stories in history.