Lighter As We Go

I happen to fall (bad word) into the fastest growing age group * the 90 and over crowd. What to do? I say go right now, no matter your age, and get Lighter As We Go because it is the last word on the subject of growing older and living well with it. Mindy Greenstein and Jimmie Holland, at middle and older ages, have great ideas that connect with my own! Live like you're 50have a ball! When you're 90, act any way you please! This book will help you see the rewards you haven't even thought about.Liz Smith *
This delightful, highly readable book utilizes personal stories and a bit of human history to paint a picture of successful aging in which the mind and spirit triumph over physical limitations, and generativity and eudaimonia prevail. This outlook is consistent with information emerging from neuroscience and molecular medicine that not only are physical activity, hedonic satisfaction and good self-regulation of health behaviors important for sustaining good mental and physical health but also that finding meaning and purpose in life can be enormously beneficial. * Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D., Alfred E. Mirsky Professor and Head, Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University *
Drs. Greenstein and Holland have a unique ability to draw the reader into this ongoing and enchanting review of aging writ wide and in the spirit of 'lighter as we go.' The book is truly uplifting and fun, not didactic or sterile, unlike anything I have read about successful aging. One cannot read this book dispassionately or in isolation, so prepare yourselves to join this symposium just as Cicero called his listeners to join him through his treatise On Old Age. And like any good conversation, Jimmie and Mindy leave us prepared and eager to continue our reflections and discussion far beyond the occasion of the book. * Dan Blazer, MD, PhD, J.P. Gibbons Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Division of Community and Family Medicine, School of Medicine *
A major contribution to the field of aging and adult studies, this study provides a new way to view, consider, and teach aging. * A. L. Lewis, University of Arkansas Monticello, CHOICE *
This book will definitely broaden people's understanding of aging and dying as the last challenging developmental task. Paradoxically, to age well, one needs to confront death. It will take all the lessons and wisdoms we have learned in order to get through the last stage with sustained growth in courage, meaning and well-being. * Paul T. P. Wong, PsycCRITIQUES *