Showing results for "lifes a" in Adulthood & Aging

There's no such thing as an inevitable midlife crisis, Barbara Bradley Hagerty writes in this provocative, hopeful book. It's a myth, an illusion. New scientific research explodes the fable that midlife is a time when things start to go downhill for everybody. In fact, midlife can be a great new adventure, when you can embrace fresh possibilities, purposes, and pleasures. In Life Reimagined, Hagerty explains that midlife is about renewal.

Breakthroughs in cutting-edge longevity, regenerative, and performance, science and technology are making it possible to experience vitality, resilience, and the joy of youthfulness for the duration of your lifetime. We have grown up in a culture that has normalized aging. For generations, we have dreaded and feared growing older and losing our abilities and independence but we saw no other option.

Harvard Medical School has followed 824 subjects - men and women, some rich, some poor - from their teens to old age. Harvard's George Vaillant now uses these studies - the most complete ever done anywhere in the world - and the subjects' individual histories to illustrate the factors involved in reaching a happy, healthy old age. He explains precisely why some people turn out to be more resilient than others, the complicated effects of marriage and divorce, negative personality changes, and how to live a more fulfilling, satisfying and rewarding life in the later years.

To really turn back the clock, you need to stimulate collagen production—an essential ingredient that helps your body prevent sagging, wrinkles, and loss of plumpness. And this audiobook is specifically written to help you stop aging in its tracks and make your body an efficient collagen-producing machine.

Smart new technologies. Longer, healthier lives. Human progress has risen to great heights, but at the same time it has prompted anxiety about where we’re heading. Are our jobs under threat? If we live to 100, will we ever really stop working? And how will this change the way we love, manage and learn from others? One thing is clear: advances in technology have not been matched by the necessary innovation to our social structures. In our era of unprecedented change, we haven’t yet discovered new ways of living.

On acclaimed writer Susan Gubar’s 70th birthday, she receives a beautiful ring from her husband. As she contemplates their sustaining relationship, she begins to consider how older lovers differ from their youthful counterparts - and from ageist stereotypes - and realizes that age cannot wither love. A memoir proving that the heart’s passions have no expiration date, Late-Life Love rejoices in second chances.

At the heart of this book lies a simple yet profound truth: the way we think, feel, and perceive the world around us can significantly influence our health outcomes and quality of life. You'll discover the science behind positivity, learn practical strategies for cultivating a positive mindset, and explore how these practices can lead to lasting changes in your health and happiness.

Some of the most profound growth of our lives can happen in the home stretch, the years after age 60 or so. It's a time when we can finally crystallize the meaning of what we've been and done so far and fully expand into the self we've always intended to be, guided by the voice of the soul. But, says psychologist Charles Garfield, that can only happen if we first loosen the grip of the life we've led so far, the one that's been focused outwardly - on activity, achievement, and the idea of success - and let our souls lead the way.

Erfahren Sie innovative Wege, die neu gewonnene Freiheit im Ruhestand sinnvoll zu nutzen In diesem Buch zeigt die Autorin Britta Zerdinger innovative Wege und Möglichkeiten, die neu gewonnene Freiheit im Ruhestand zu nutzen. In keinem anderen Lebensabschnitt verfügt man über so viel Freizeit, um sich selbst zu verwirklichen. Ob es um die Umsetzung von Reiseträumen geht oder um künstlerische Betätigung in allen Variationen - werden Sie zum Regisseur Ihres eigenen Ruhestand-Films, in welchem Sie auch gleichzeitig die Hauptrolle spielen.