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Do you recognize the reflection of the woman you see in the mirror? Does her body reveal the miles she has endured and does her soul yearn for the acceptance of her maturing self? Like many women, I have been chasing the fountain of youth. When I couldn’t walk backwards, I had to discover a way to hike my life’s trail with a more healthy definition of beautiful. Glass Moon is an honest story of aging that will guide women through the challenges and fears surrounding the aging process.

Western folklore and mythology are rife with brilliantly creative, fulfilled, feisty, and furious role models for aging women, despite our culture's focus on youthfulness. In her exciting new book, mythologist and psychologist Sharon Blackie explores these archetypes, presenting them in a way sure to appeal to contemporary women. Drawing inspiration from these examples, women can reclaim midlife as a liberating, alchemical moment rich with possibility and their elder years as a path to dynamic power.

Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, aging is presented as a “problem”, a state to be avoided as long as possible, a state that threatens one’s ability to maintain independence, autonomy, control over one’s surroundings. Aging “well” (or avoiding aging) has become a 21st-century American preoccupation.

What makes Buffy the Vampire Slayer a "brave dame" but Ally McBeal a "wimpette"? In this witty, incisive look at the role of women on screen and page, Susan Isaacs argues that assertive, ethical women characters are losing ground to wounded, shallow sisters who are driven by what she calls, "the articles of wimpette philosophy."

What if everything you thought you knew about aging was wrong? This bold account of the history and present-day realities of ageism by a nationally recognized gerontologist and speaker uncovers ageism's roots, impact, and how each of us can create a new reality of elderhood. Ageism Unmasked...

A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Age—when there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteen—and explores what it could mean for our collective future. Societies all over the world are getting older, the result of the fact that we are living...

Caregiving can be a positive experience if families better understand aging, understand the disease their loved one has, learn how to improve family communication, and have an aging plan. The Invisible Patient provides inspiration, encouragement, and step-by-step guidance to ease the caregiving journey. The author leaves no stone unturned, providing personal anecdotes and scenarios about the caregiving process, and includes numerous references and resources in this guide to caring for the caregiver.

"Älter werden wir alle, auf das Wie kommt es an." Wie es gelingt, geistig jung, gesund und voller Elan zu bleiben, lebt uns Dr. med. Marianne Koch vor. "Erfolgreich altern" nennt sie das, und was alles dazugehört, erzählt sie hier. Marianne Koch beleuchtet physiologische wie psychische Aspekte, die das Altern mit sich bringt. Sie geht auf das Selbstbewusstsein ein, auf Ernährung und Bewegung, auf lebenslanges Lernen, das Problem der Einsamkeit, den Umgang mit Verlusten und zeigt, wie wichtig es ist, die Lust am Neuen nicht zu verlieren. Am Ende steht die Frage: Wer bin ich heute - und wer möchte ich morgen sein?

En una cultura obsesionada con la juventud y empeñada en evitar a toda costa la vejez, en la época de la Viagra y de la cirugía estética, este libro se atreve a plantear la pregunta casi olvidada: ¿qué beneficios nos reportaría aceptar el proceso de envejecimiento como algo natural en lugar de intentar aferrarnos a la juventud y sus placeres?

2022 Coalition of Visionary Resources Gold Award 2022 Nautilus Gold Award Award Winner in the Health: Aging/50+ category of the 2021 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest Award Winner in Non-Fiction: Aging and Gerontology category of the 2021 Best Indie Book Award ...

Groen ist zurück! Hendrik Groen genießt sein Leben: schlafen, essen, Schach spielen und mit Fräulein Jansen spazieren gehen. Besonders freut sich der inzwischen Neunzigjährige aber auf die Treffen seines Alanito-Clubs, denn dort wird getrunken, gelacht und auf den Tischen getanzt, fast wie...

Face is a book of fictional vignettes that examines the fear and vestigial evolutionary habits that have caused women and men to cultivate the imagined reality that older women’s faces are unattractive, undesirable, and something to be "fixed".

Shifting Gears is based on interviews with 50 retirees. The stories reveal the rich abundance of retirement ventures, from the exotic to the mundane. Discover what each of them learned in their journey in this next stage of life.

Happily Ever Older takes listeners inside nursing and retirement homes and shows novel approaches to community living. Investigative journalist Moira Welsh provides a blueprint for change and proof for industry leaders and governments that good care for seniors is attainable and necessary.

A menudo, nuestra sociedad desprecia el valor de las personas mayores y las relega a un segundo plano una vez finalizan su etapa productiva, como si hubieran perdido todo su interés. Sin embargo, el paso del tiempo no siempre representa una pérdida de cualidades, sino que con frecuencia sirve...

Life changes dramatically for the entire family when the decision is made to move a person who has dementia from home to community care. Rachael Wonderlin - a gerontologist, dementia care expert, and popular dementia care blogger - helps caregivers cope with the difficult behaviors, emotions, and anxieties that both they and their loved one may experience.

In Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience, & Spirit, Rabbi Rachel Cowan and Dr. Linda Thal give us the tools we need to navigate the challenges of aging as we find joy and meaning in our lives. With the same warmth, humor, and wisdom that draws thousands to their innovative workshops on aging, they deliver practical, real world suggestions: journaling exercises, meditations, and activities that dig deep and lead us to a better understanding of how to age well. 

When Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, four games of bingo, a pair of excursions, sixteen pints of lager and luxury return coach travel, all for a hundred pounds, he thought, that's the life, and signed...

Welcome to Wherever We Are is a meditation on what we hold onto, what we let go of, how we remember others, and ultimately how we're remembered. Deborah Cohan shares her story of caring for her father, a man who was simultaneously loud, gentle, loving, and cruel and whose brilliant career as an advertising executive included creating slogans like "Hey, how 'bout a nice Hawaiian punch?" 

We’re so afraid of aging that we begin to devalue ourselves and others with each passing year. The words "30 years old" incites panic. Seniors live in separate communities, and they barely interact with young people, while middle-aged people spend millions each year on anti-aging products. But what if we have it all wrong?