Women, Aging & Myths

10 Steps to Loving Your Long Life

De: Patrick Roden

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

When you think of becoming an older woman, do your thoughts turn mostly positive or negative?

Why? For many, they turn negative—almost by default. If this is you or someone you know, you might be bound by cultural myths about women’s aging. We are aged by biology and culture—especially women. Growing old alone, becoming invisible, dependent, sick, a bag lady, or fearing the uncertainty, are not the inevitable outcomes of living a long life. At least they don't have to be for you.

Many of our views on aging, and women’s aging specifically, are simply past myths lingering in a youth-obsessed culture. Only recently have these false narratives been challenged. This book takes on ten myths about women and aging, explores theories, and tells the myth-busting lived experiences of ten women defying them. You will come away inspired and looking forward to loving your long life.

You will learn:

• Why it is not about "anti-aging"
• The Grandmother Hypothesis (no need to be a grandmother)
• How to beat bag lady fears
• Why Negative Visualization can support your independence
• What Social Capital is and how to leverage it for longevity
• How decluttering now is an act of love
• Why novelty and complexity should be a daily experience as you age
• A simple technique for reframing aging that will be your new superpower
• The components of a systems approach to healthy aging
• Dreams denied do not have to be, and more . . .

Women find themselves, in this culture, at the apex of ageism and sexism, and for women of color, racism. The underlying theme of this book is “possibility aging,” not anti-aging, but aging well within your age and changing cultural myths.

If you're a woman over 50, you need this! Women, Aging & Myths!
~ Shelley Webb / meaningfulmidlife.com / Brand ambassador for Oprah Magazine

I enjoyed reading it. Patrick's book can help us think differently (and more optimistically) about the future of older women in our society.
~ Laurie Orlov / Tech industry veteran, Aging and Health Technology Watch, Top 50 Influencers in Aging by Next Avenue

From what I have read so far it seems to be a masterpiece of narrative Gerontology.
~ Dr. Bill Thomas / Author, Geriatrician, Performer, changingaging.org, Founder The Eden Alternative, Minka

Very interesting… extremely well written. Impressive!!! Can’t wait to continue.
~ DeEtte Sauer / Decorated Masters Swimmer #1 World Ranked 200m Butterfly age group

My feedback since receiving my copy includes every woman that I have shown the book to wants a copy.
~ Marianne Kilkenny / Women For Living in Community