Name: How to Age
ISBN: 9781250058980

Anne Karpf

Calls for a change in society's narrative on aging, looking at why aging is so feared and how people can learn to do it mindfully.

How to Age

Lance Willett

Vitality and creativity know no age. Aging well is the same as living well.

My favorite quote: "There is no template for aging, or aging well. The best way is one's own way." This applies to many aspects of life, indeed.

A good and interesting read with stories and real life examples; not my favorite of the series, though ( Exercise and Nature  are much more inspiring to me.)

A deep and thoughtful look at what it means to age, how to do it well and why we care at all Society has a deep fear of ageing. Old age is increasingly viewed as a biomedical problem, something to be avoided at all costs and then vanished away by medicine. Anne Karpf urges us to change our narrative. Exploring how our outlook on ageing is historically determined and culturally defined, she draws upon case studies, old and new, to suggest how ageing can be an actively enriching time of immense growth. She argues that if we can recognize growing older as an inevitable part of the human condition, then the great challenge of ageing turns out to be none other than the challenge of living.

How to Age

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