Midlife Passages, Aging, Elder care

Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age.

How do some people avoid the slowing down, deteriorating, and weakening that plagues many of their peers decades earlier? Are they just lucky? Or do they know something the rest of us dont? Is it possible to grow older without getting sicker? What if you could look and feel fifty through your eighties and nineties?

A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient pioneers a radical change in how we interact with older loved ones, especially those experiencing dementia, as she introduces a proven, drug-free method that uses the creative arts to bring light and joy to the lives of elders.

Some of the most profound growth of our lives can happen in the home stretch, the years after age sixty or so. Its a time when we can finally crystallize the meaning of what weve been and done so far and fully expand into the self weve always intended to be, guided by the voice of the soul.

At seventy-three years young, #1 New York Times bestselling author and health guru Suzanne Somers has established herself as a leading voice on antiaging.