Living to 100 Club
A directory of all of Dr. Casciani’s Blog Posts
by Joe Casciani It’s been said that psychology, historically, has attempted to understand and help people by focusing on problems and dysfunction. Positive psychology is different; it instead examines how…
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by Joseph Casciani Affirmations are statements repeated and believed that can ultimately shape our thoughts and feelings. Repeating an affirming, positive statement can help us to create a new reality,…
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by Aiza Leano ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF LIVING TO 100 According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, the number of centenarians in the US now approaches 82,000, up from 50,000…
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by Guest Author, Rhonda Underhill Frequently, with advancing age, we face the likelihood of downsizing — and the probability of selling our home. If you’ve decided to sell, the question of…
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by Joe Casciani Successful aging involves maintaining as healthy a lifestyle as possible, watching our eating habits, staying physically active, having a sense of purpose, fostering religious or spiritual ties,…
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by Joseph Casciani THE RESEARCH It’s not surprising to learn that spending time outdoors has beneficial effects on our physical well-being. There is a considerable amount of research suggesting that more contact…
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by Joe Casciani This is the second of two articles on positive psychology. The first part focused on basic principles of positive psychology and positive and negative explanatory styles. In…
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by Joe Casciani OPENING This is the third in a series of articles on the principles of positive psychology. The first two looked at “explanatory styles” or how we explain…
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It isn’t uncommon to hear people joking about turning 40… for the third time around or sighing at the idea of becoming a year older. Aging successfully and happily isn’t something regularly talked about or even expected, but when did we all decide that getting older was a negative thing? One must ask themselves if aging really is as bad as we all interpret it to be.
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