Living to 100 Blog: Staying Young at Heart and Young at Mind

Successful aging means we are always creating new roles. Sometimes, it's helpful to look back at our lives and see a series of chapters unfolding. These are a succession of events or milestones that mark our journey, like graduation, marriage, birth of children, promotions, retirement, death of a spouse, and on and on. These milestones serve as chapters in our life story.

With each new milestone, we look at starting a new chapter, whether intended or 

A subject that I have become interested in recently is intermittent fasting (shortened to “IF” for this article). This has become a trend for the health-conscious population as a way to not only lose weight but also, according to many research studies, reduce disease and slow down the aging process.  It basically refers to eating patterns that cycle between periods of fasting and eating – eating within a specific time period and fasting for the rest of the time. It’s typically seen as more of a lifestyle choice than a diet, per se.

If one were to do a search, the articles on this topic all attest to the fact that ...

What You Should Know About  Medicare Before You Enroll

Medicare is a valuable resource that was created to provide affordable care for seniors and younger people with disabilities. For those looking to sign up or who are unfamiliar with the program, the numerous letters and plan names can easily confuse you. While it might seem overwhelming at first glance, Medicare is less a foreign language than what it initially appears. Here’s a glance at Medicare to help you understand how it works and which plan is right for you.

Researchers studying age-related decline have been pursuing drugs that inhibit a pathway that regulates growth and metabolism in cells.  What they have discovered is that besides regulating cell growth, this pathway, referred to as the mTOR pathway, is also associated with revved up aging, and consequently, age-related health problems.  So, research is now showing that drugs that slow down or throttle back this mTOR seem to be bolstering immune systems and reducing risk of respiratory disease.

An eye-popping statistic from the medical journal, Lancet, has predicted that many 50-year olds living in Great Britain are only halfway through their lives.  In a recent book, When We’re 64: Your Guide to a Greater Later Life, Louise Ansari cites this statistic and others when writing that getting older doesn’t have to mean that it all goes downhill. But, she cautions that most of us are not ready for these extra years.  Louise is the Director of Communications at the United Kingdom’s Center for Ageing Better.

What she documents in her book are strategies and tips to prepare for the strong likelihood that ...

This is the second half of two articles on positive psychology.  The first part focused on basic principles of positive psychology and positive and negative explanatory styles.  In this part, we take a look at the concept of re-framing. 

First, a little background.  Positive psychology examines how the average person can be happier and lead a more tranquil, satisfying life by encouraging people to identify and develop their own positive emotions, experiences, personal strengths, and traits, and reverse the focus from negative to positive.