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In this intimate and funny collection of essays on the sometimes confusing, sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious condition of being a woman over 60, Susan Moon keeps her sense of humor and she keeps her listener fully engaged. Among the pieces she has included here are an essay on the gratitude she feels for her weakening bones; observations on finding herself both an orphan and a matriarch following the death of her mother; musings on her tendency to regret the past.

As revelatory as Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson’s Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, 'old' has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we’ve made old age into a disease.

Even as life expectancy has increased over the centuries, the thought of aging continues to plague men and women around the world. In addition to worries about the physical aspects of aging, people also fear the prejudice that exists toward the elderly. But as President Jimmy Carter demonstrates, there are indeed virtues to aging, as he explores the spiritual and intellectual growth that often comes with old age. President Carter tackles such issues as planning for retirement, adopting new diet and exercise regimens, and coping with age prejudice.

This isn’t a motivation podcast. This is a human podcast. A late-night, can’t-sleep, “why does life still hurt like this?” It's the late-night room where silence finally speaks kind of podcast. Hosted by Sandy “Dilly” De Leon and her shadow-twin, Sable Ryn, this podcast holds the emotions people aging alone rarely admit out loud. Here, we talk about the things most people hide: the loneliness, the breakups, the betrayals we carried too young, the nights that feel too long, and the fear of growing older alone while pretending everything’s fine. There’s no “5-step plan.” No ...

In Sports and Aging a wide-ranging group of physically active people, including many scholar-athletes, fifty years and older, discuss sports in the context of aging and their own athletic experiences. This collection of personal accounts includes a spectrum of contributors across genders, social classes, and racial, ethnic, national, religious, and educational backgrounds to determine whether there are any common characteristics that can promote long, happy, healthy, and meaningful lifespans.

The Aging Revolution is the story of Butler and his disciples: women and men who saw older distressed adults in hospitals and homes, and worse: being ignored by most of the medical establishment. These revolutionaries could not ignore the suffering, and they set out—individually and collectively—to create entirely new ways of caring for aging adults to ease their suffering and improve their quality and length of life.

We’ve all seen the ads on TV and in magazines—“50 is the new 30!” or “60 is the new 40!” A nice sentiment to be sure, but CEO of AARP Jo Ann Jenkins disagrees. 50 is 50, and she, for one, likes the look of it. In Disrupt Aging, Jenkins focuses on three core areas—health, wealth...

From the revered author of the bestselling The Hidden Life of Dogs, a witty, engaging, life-affirming account of the joy, strength, and wisdom that comes with age. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing the natural world, chronicling the customs of pre-contact hunter-gatherers...

Follow along as Tereasa fumbles through life while trying to make her dreams a reality.

'Patterson is one of the great comic writers of the last quarter century' THE HERALD 'Unsparing but ultimately uplifting, every sentence cuts a caper' MOJO 'A thoroughly engaging, life-affirming book' MAIL ON SUNDAY How does the big stuff in life truly change us? In late 2019, Sylvia Patterson...

Aus der Mitte ihres Lebens heraus erzählt Ulrike Draesner ihr Körperempfinden und ihr Altern als Frau. Anhand prägender Erlebnisse von der Kindheit über Pubertät, Zyklus, Mutterschaft bis zu den Wechseljahren schildert sie, zugleich souverän und intim, Erfahrungen und Veränderungsprozesse des weiblichen Körpers. Dabei reflektiert sie, ausgehend von ihrer Familiengeschichte, gesellschaftliche Konventionen im Umgang mit Sexualität und alternden Menschen und entwirft ein Bild der Wechseljahre als Aufbruch in ein "blühendes Alter".

The sometimes-funny, sometimes-serious, but always-gay podcast of a thirty-something-year-old navigating his life. CATEGORY IS: AGING GAY MILLENNIAL

Aging with Purpose and Passion: The acclaimed weekly podcast for Women Over 50 seeking Reinvention, Clarity, and Empowerment in Midlife and beyond. Host Beverley Glazer, M.A., ICF Certified Empowerment Coach, and guests share authentic stories and practical tools to help you find your purpose and design a life that truly lights you up.AGING WITH PURPOSE AND PASSION offers expert insights and practical mindset tools to help you navigate midlife transformation with courage and clarity - one powerful story at a time.Each episode features real conversations with extraordinary women over 50 who...

The Villages of Imperial Pointe is a brand-new innovative independent living community located within the larger 75-acre mixed-use Imperial Pointe healthy living campus being developed in Lake Charles, Louisiana that is the vision of Dr. John Noble, Jr. Our Aging Reimagined at Imperial Pointe podcast will introduce you to our true resort living lifestyle, state-of-the-art, amenity-rich community featuring 129 independent living apartments in a variety of styles - from multiple one- and two-bedroom options ranging from 700 to 1,155 square feet. Healthy living is at the center of everything ...

Dog Walking Diaries A candid, funny, and deeply authentic look at aging, identity, and all the messy, beautiful middle chapters—shared one vulnerable dog walk at a time with my therapist (aka my dog, Kermit). From hot flashes to hard truths, nothing’s off-limits—just fur, feelings, and real talk. Ever wonder why midlife feels like puberty 2.0—with more wrinkles and way less control? I’m Maia Daly, a forty-something lifelong Midwesterner (O-H-I-O!) just trying to make sense of all the weird, wonderful curveballs aging throws our way. Welcome to Dog Walking Diaries, where we bravely (...

What is it about freezing cold water that draws people in? Throughout history, humans have gravitated to cold water swimming and celebrated its healing properties, calling it the secret to good health and serenity. Today, cold water swimmers gather in groups from Galway to Georgian Bay to jump into frigid waters for fun, competition, and even as a form of activism and protest.

Did you ever realize that the longer you live, the more life you have? Adventures In Aging is the podcast that makes that mindset a reality, bringing a lighthearted approach to something we all have in common - growing older. Pam (a Registered nurse, past senior healthcare company owner, and Alzheimer's expert) and Gary (a veteran healthcare industry consultant) join together to share their fascinating stories, life-changing experiences, tough decisions, career challenges, and unique insight from their more than fifty years of working in senior living. Make the most of growing older, and ...

The New York Times bestselling memoir from the creator of some of the most iconic television programs ever, including All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. “Charming, candid, and copious . . . There is still a lot of zest, passion, and whimsy in...

Ariston Letrero is a renaissance man: audio producer, insurance salesman, musician, composer, part-time fast food mascot, and a philanderer who quickly and quietly abandons his wife and son, Lucas, at the peak of his mottled career, for a new life in America with his lover Odette.Years and years...

In this “dazzling” (John Irving) memoir, acclaimed New Yorker staff writer Tad Friend reflects on the pressures of middle age, exploring his relationship with his dying father as he raises two children of his own. “How often does a memoir build to a stomach-churning, I-can’t-breathe...