Lighter as We Go: Virtues, Character Strengths, and Aging
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199360952 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. 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 p
Jimmie Holland, MD, is Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology, Attending Psychiatrist, and Founder of the geriatric psychiatry group at the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical School of Cornell University..
"Two Stars" according to Twain. I expected more since the writers have a lot of experience and years on this field.. Marti said Not quite as advertised.. I was disappointed with the book as it seemed somehow too technical. There were parts which I enjoyed -- the personal stories -- but overall it was boring! Sorry.. Greenstein and Holland are a terrific team. They’ve woven a wonderful blend of personal Delightful & InspiringI got my copy of Lighter As We Go at noon and read straight through all afternoon. Greenstein and Holland are a terrific team. They’ve woven a wonderful blend of personal stories and fascinating research. The word that comes to mind is wisdom. For all the silly people who think they have to lie about their age, this is a great book, and for all the people who are happy to tell their age, this is a great book as well. The perfect birthday present. The book is as delightful as the cover!
For the first time, Greenstein and Holland--on a joint venture between an 85 year-old and a fifty year-old--explore positive psychology concepts of character strengths and virtues to unveil how and why, through the course of a lifetime, we learn who we are as we go. These worries tend to peak in midlife; but in Lighter as We Go, Mindy Greenstein and Jimmie Holland show us that, contrary to common wisdom, our sense of well-being actually increases with our age--often even in the presence of illness or disability. And there is something to worry about, though it isn't what you'd expect: research shows that having a bad attitude toward aging when we're young is associated with poorer health when we're older. The fears of aging have been one long cascading domino effect through the years: twenty year-olds dread thirty; forty year-olds fear fifty; sixty fears seventy, and so it goes. Drawing from the authors' own personal, intergenerational friendship, as well as a broad array of research from many different areas--including social psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, humanities, psychiatry, and gerontology--Lighter as We Go introduces compassion, justice, community, and culture to help calm our cascading fears of aging.