Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs about Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live

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This book makes me want to be a crusader for anti-ageism in a way that sort of surprised me, seeing as I hadn't considered the issue all too deeply before. Now she shares the secrets to a healthy and vibrant long life in this powerful and authoritative book. To save this article to your Dropbox account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. Many life lessons are subtly infused along with the story that made it an absolute favourite read for me.

Positive, surprising and full of powerful, practical advice, As Old As You Think will dismantle commonly held assumptions about how we age and leave readers looking forward to - and no longer fearing - what the future holds. She demonstrates that many health problems formerly considered to be entirely due to the aging process, such as memory loss, hearing decline, and cardiovascular events, are instead influenced by the negative age beliefs that dominate in the US and other ageist countries. We saw that as we watched science play out in real time and headlines during the first year of COVID. She speaks extensively about her work around the world, including in the UK, Singapore, Korea, Germany, Switzerland and of course the US. Even people who are extraordinarily careful to avoid offending marginalized groups often routinely denigrate people based on age, and internalized ageism can have very unfortunate effects on social, psychological, and physical health.Death isn't pleasant to witness and prosperous westerners in the 21st century aren't used to seeing death or the lead-in to it. She gave a lot of specific examples as to what a person could do to change their own beliefs and also ideas on how to combat ageism in society. Important to again be reminded that the "images in our head" the "pictures in our mind" play such a vital role in our experiences.

More important than gender, income, social background, loneliness or functional health, was how people thought about and approach the idea of old age.Those over the age of 50 control 77% of the total net worth of US households and spend more on travel, recreation and personal care products than any other age group, even though they only make up 32% of the population. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. Ageism is a unique prejudice that can have profound effects on everyone (given enough time), and yet, it is one prejudice that in much of society, is completely accepted. Levy notes that positive attitudes towards age can even facilitate healing, with patients under the care of medical practitioners who have positive attitudes about age heal faster.