The eternal legacy of Maggie Kuhn, the Founder of Gray Panthers and one of the most important and effective activists of the 20th century is richly demonstrated in this book. Please also list any non-financial associations or interests (personal, professional, political, institutional, religious or other) that a reasonable reader would want to know about in relation to the submitted work. Maybe that's because I see so many people like me, of all ages, who are so nonchalant about something that really is quite important. 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.

Even though Levy's chatty style kinda bugged me (which is rare for me, usually I am all for a chatty informal style) and she gave too many personal stories as examples, this book ended up being better than I thought it would be. He was doing just fine into his late 80s -- playing tennis most mornings, resting afterwards, writing the tennis column for a local newspaper, enjoying social events with his tennis buddies. that literally (and I'm not exaggerating here) presents us with exactly one line of useful information in the entire book, that information being, "If you think young, you'll feel young! Dozens of my own friends and acquaintances from 50-90 are as healthy, happy, productive and active as I am. Please list any fees and grants from, employment by, consultancy for, shared ownership in or any close relationship with, at any time over the preceding 36 months, any organisation whose interests may be affected by the publication of the response.

This book is not that, and in fact is not a book at all, but rather a cutesy Instagram motivational poster surrounded by 300 pages of nonsense. At 67, I hike, belly dance, garden, lead a study group, read widely 10-12 books a month, teach Qigong, and have an active love life. The message and lessons of "Breaking the Age Code" is required reading and I definitely recommend the book. 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.

I particularly like the exercises at the end of the book that have helped me to examine my own age beliefs and ways to make a change. Becca Levy has done a masterful job of describing the importance of aging beliefs on health and wellbeing at both the individual and societal level. 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.Yes, there was passing mention of epigenetics, but more or less as a way of excusing the need to address that fish and vegetable diet. How I wish (with the sharp vision of hindsight) that I'd found another office where he wouldn't be disrespected.

It's possible that positive beliefs about old age can make that period better, but the fact remains that many people will die after a period of being very frail and very ill.Foundational cultural rot and the de-emphasis of the family exacerbates ageism because there is mechanism teaching children to respect elders, or anyone else for that matter. 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 many other countries. Progressives such as Ibram X Kendi and his ilk are out to dismantle tradional family roles and values. 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. 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.