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Told through the eyes and heart of an interfaith hospice chaplain,
The Three Regrets shares stories of remarkable men and women who
have struggled with regrets. Some harbored them until the very end.
Others embraced them as opportunities to resolve their regrets and
live life fully... celebrating strength, the power of choice, and
peace.
As both a "next step" and a "jumpstart" to Dr. Jeffry Life's "New
York Times "bestselling health plan for men, this is an
easy-to-follow primer from an author whose message is
"life-changing" (Suzanne Somers).
In his "New York Times" bestseller, "The Life Plan," Jeffry Life
combined proven science with an appealing message--it's never too
late to transform your body. Today, at seventy-five years of age,
with an unbelievably toned torso and biceps that even a
twenty-something would envy, he's living proof that his program of
exercise, nutrition, and hormone optimization has extraordinarily
powerful and lasting results.
In "Mastering the Life Plan," Dr. Life distills this bestselling
program into a simpler format that men of any age can customize for
their individual needs. Offering new exercises in all fitness
domains, meal plans and recipes that make weight loss a breeze, the
latest information on hormone optimization, new success stories,
and much, much more, this book is the key to achieving a happy,
youthful, sexually satisfying life. And for those who already
follow his regimen, Dr. Life offers groundbreaking new advice for
the "next step."
"Mastering the Life Plan" is essential for every man looking to
take charge of his health now and for the future. Says entrepreneur
and life coach Anthony Robbins, "Dr. Life lives and breathes a
paradigm of health, vitality, and fitness--men everywhere would be
smart to follow his example."
Have you ever spent 10 minutes looking for your reading glasses,
and they were on the top of your head? Or, have you walked into a
room and forgotten why you went there? Most people, even younger
ones, have had these experiences but when should such instances be
something of concern? What are the normal signs of aging? Is there
anything you can do to maintain your brain health as you age? Brain
Health as You Age provides useful, achievable actions you can take
to reduce your risk of brain function decline, accurate information
about identifying problems, and real solutions. The authors offer
useful anecdotes and scientifically validated information --
important tools in separating myth from reality. The authors
separate fact from fiction to ensure that recommendations are
evidence-based, practical, useful, achievable, and measurable.
Written by a world-renowned cognitive specialist, an extraordinary
house call physician, and an award-winning author on eldercare
issues, this book addresses both normal and abnormal decline and
best practices for addressing both. Brain health, cognitive
impairment, and mood disorders are serious issues. This book is an
accessible starting point for understanding healthy brain aging and
when to seek help. It's never too soon to start preventing
cognitive decline, or understanding it once it's begun, and this
book offers the perfect entry point for readers young and old.
If you want beautiful, healthy, glowing skin, whatever your age,
then look no further. This Scandinavian bestseller will
revolutionise how you care for your body's largest organ. What does
the latest research tell us about our skin? How do our hormones,
genetics, diet, and environment play a part? What should we look
for in our beauty products, and what should we avoid? In this
comprehensive guide, skin scientist Johanna Gillbro teaches you how
best to care for your skin - and what not to do. Think drinking
water will replenish your skin? Think again. More products, better
skin? Nope. And an expensive product doesn't guarantee reliable
results. You don't need to cleanse your skin in the morning; in
fact, too much cleansing can be damaging. Toner is redundant,
natural products are not always best, and bacteria are not the
enemy - and that's just the start! Learn how to read the labels on
products, know exactly what it is you're putting on your skin, and
make better decisions about how you care for it. Using cutting-edge
research about the microbiome, as well as the relationship between
gut health and skin, The Scandinavian Skincare Bible challenges how
we look at beauty today. By revealing the science and exposing
commercial tricks, Dr Gillbro empowers us to lay the foundation for
healthy, beautiful skin.
In this unique book, established writer on spirituality Wanda Nash
reflects on growing old with faith and a positive spirit. This
compelling invitation to grow old boldly includes Wanda's
reflection on her encounter later in life with terminal cancer, and
her thoughts on coping with the daily challenges of living a
Christian life in ageing and in illness. Demonstrating a profound
sense of the value and purposefulness of 'old age', the author's
indomitable spirit is matched only by her fresh vision of the love
of God in Jesus Christ. This posthumous publication of Wanda's
final reflections on ageing has been lovingly edited by her
daughter, Poppy, and her friend, Debbie Thrower, bringing to life
the wisdom, faith and humour of old age for future generations.
A paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people.
It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to believe about aging is wrong? What if we could choose our lifespan? In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Sinclair, leading world authority on genetics and longevity, reveals a bold new theory for why we age. As he writes: “Aging is a disease, and that disease is treatable.”
This eye-opening and provocative work takes us to the frontlines of research that is pushing the boundaries on our perceived scientific limitations, revealing incredible breakthroughs—many from Dr. David Sinclair’s own lab at Harvard—that demonstrate how we can slow down, or even reverse, aging. The key is activating newly discovered vitality genes, the descendants of an ancient genetic survival circuit that is both the cause of aging and the key to reversing it. Recent experiments in genetic reprogramming suggest that in the near future we may not just be able to feel younger, but actually become younger.
Through a page-turning narrative, Dr. Sinclair invites you into the process of scientific discovery and reveals the emerging technologies and simple lifestyle changes—such as intermittent fasting, cold exposure, exercising with the right intensity, and eating less meat—that have been shown to help us live younger and healthier for longer. At once a roadmap for taking charge of our own health destiny and a bold new vision for the future of humankind, Lifespan will forever change the way we think about why we age and what we can do about it.
Improve your hearing, enhance your life With new advice on
just-released over-the-counter hearing aids Hearing loss can be
frustrating, but in fact it's common and treatable. Hearing Loss
For Dummies, written by top experts in the field in collaboration
with AARP, walks you through how to get the help you need to
clearly hear the sounds of life--whether you're at home, at work,
or out and about. And hearing health is critical: Hearing loss can
increase your risk of falls and injuries, isolation and depression,
and even cognitive decline and dementia. Authors Frank Lin and
Nicholas Reed at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine lay out the
steps to hearing health: Understanding how hearing works--and how
it changes as we age Finding specialists you can trust Determining
whether you need testing and, if so, where to turn Learning
practical solutions for hearing better at home, at work, on the
phone, and in restaurants and theaters Choosing the right hearing
aid, including just-approved over-the-counter hearing aids, and
getting them adjusted to work for you Exploring the pros and cons
of cochlear implants and other surgical options Covering the costs
of hearing health care If you're concerned about your own or a
friend or relative's hearing, this is the one book you'll need. For
what can seem like a complicated, stressful and lengthy process,
Hearing Loss For Dummies tackles the topic head-on and provides you
with expert guidance to put your mind at ease on the path to better
hearing.
In this companion to the number one New York Times bestseller The
Blue Zones Kitchen, Dan Buettner offers a four-week guide and
year-long sustainability program to jump-start your journey to
better health, happiness, less stress, and a longer life. Get
started on the path to a longer, healthier, happier life with this
quick start to building your own Blue Zones lifestyle. Dan
Buettner, founder of the Blue Zones and author of the New York
Times number one best-selling Blue Zones Kitchen, offers the
challenge of a lifetime: Build a foundation for better nutrition,
more exercise, and a stronger social life that will extend your
lifetime by years. In this easy-to-implement guide, you'll start
with the rules of the Blue Zones Challenge, including tips and
tricks from the five Blue Zones - locations around the world where
people consistently live to 100--advice for setting up a successful
kitchen and pantry, and resources for expanding you support
network. Then, follow week-by-week prompts to: Change your diet
Increase your activity Update your living spaces Build your social
life. After four weeks--and with the help of easy-to-use worksheets
and recipes - you'll see results in your weight, your well-being,
and your general health. From there, follow the Blue Zones
challenge through the rest of the year with an 11-month
sustainability calendar that will continue to encourage you and
build upon the foundation you've already started. What you'll find
is living to 100 is easy - it just takes following the Blue Zones
way!
For women only, this is one of Barbara Johnson's most unique books. With her zany collection of observations about "life between the Blue Lagoon and Golden Pond," Barbara jumps right in, showing women how to survive growing older with courage and joy.
The bestselling author of "Work as a Spiritual Practice "presents a
user's life guide to aging well and making every year fulfilling
and transformative.
Everything changes. For Zen Buddhist priest and meditation teacher
Lewis Richmond, this fundamental Buddhist tenet is the basis for a
new inner road map that emerges in the later years, charting an
understanding that can bring new possibilities and a wealth of
appreciation and gratitude for the life journey itself.
"Aging as a Spiritual Practice" is a wise, compassionate book that
guides readers through the four key stages of aging--such as
"Lightning Strikes" (the moment we wake up to our aging)--as well
as the processes of adapting to change, embracing who we are, and
appreciating our unique life chapters. Unlike many philosophical
works on aging this one incorporates illuminating facts from
scientific researchers, doctors, and psychologists as well as
contemplative practices and guided meditations. Breath by breath,
moment by moment, Richmond's teachings inspire limitless
opportunities for a joy that transcends age.
Judy Gaman was so busy making a name for herself that she barely
took the time to meet a stranger, enjoy life, or simply stop to
breathe. Immersed in her job as the director of business
development for a high-profile medical practice-a job that required
her to write health and wellness books and host a nationally
syndicated radio show-she spent every day going full speed ahead
with no looking back. That is, until the day she met Lucille
Fleming. While writing a book on longevity, Judy interviewed
Lucille, an elegant and spirited woman who had just recently turned
100. Lucille had the fashion and style of old Hollywood, but it was
all hidden behind the doors of her assisted living center. What
began as a quick meeting became a lasting friendship that
transformed into an inseparable bond. Lucille brought incredible
wisdom and great stories to the table, while Judy provided an
avenue for excitement and new opportunities. Together, the two
began living life to the fullest, and meeting the most interesting
people along the way (including Suzanne Somers). But then Lucille's
life came to an end through unexpected and unfortunate
circumstances-and the very first lesson she ever taught Judy proved
to be the most important one of all.
For more than a decade, ""The Graying of America"" has helped
thousands of middle-aged and senior citizens find their way through
the thickets and thorns of growing old. Now greatly revised and
expanded to include information gleaned from studies of the past
five years, this third edition has been retitled to stress its
ongoing purpose: conveying a wealth of commonsense information for
general readers in nontechnical language. The book is a storehouse
of concise, useful information on the effects of aging on health,
the mind, and behavior. Its 588 entries (including 172 new and 150
substantially revised) cover a broad spectrum of topics - from
adjusting to retirement to grandparenting, sleep disorders to
Alzheimer's disease. All are directed to the average reader; all
stress successful aging and how to accomplish it. New entries cover
such topics as the incidence and causes of frailty, the cognitive
benefits of diversified activity, and findings of the Women's
Health Initiative. There is new information on matters like the
effects of untreated hearing impairment on spouses and the impact
of insufficient exposure to sunlight on sleep, plus new insight
into what to look for in searching for a quality nursing home for a
loved one. Also included are results of recent studies on
interventions that help to reduce age-related declines in mental
and physical health, among them revelations that reports on
age-related declines in memory have been skewed by testing errors.
And with memory a concern for seniors fearful of declining mental
agility, the book tells how to bypass memory problems - such as how
to remember where you parked your car - and how physical exercise
and challenging mental games can help reduce the risk of dementia.
Other ""how to avoid"" entries offer ways to protect against eye
fatigue in computer use, hip fractures when falling, and back
injuries while lifting heavy objects. No other book is so
specifically geared to the challenges of how to reduce or even
eliminate many of the problems associated with growing old. ""Aging
in the Twenty-First Century"" can help seniors come to grips with
their own aging process - and help younger adults understand what
is happening to older family members.
IN THIS MOVING AND LIFE AFFIRMING BOOK, VIRGINIA STEM OWENS GIVES A
CLEAR AND REALISTIC ACCOUNT OF THE MANY CHALLENGES OF CARING FOR AN
ELDERLY LOVED ONE. ALONG THE WAY, OWENS NOTES THE SPIRITUAL CRISES
SH ENCOUNTERED, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH INCLUDED FEAR OF HER OWN
SUFFERING AND DEATH. THIS BOOK WILL BE A HELPFUL COMPANION TO THOSE
WHO HAVE RECENTLY ASSUMED THE ROLE OF CAREGIVER, HELPING THEM
ANTICIPATE SOME OF THE EMOTIONAL TURBULENCE THEY WILL ENCOUNTER
ALONG THE WAY.
Clean is the new green! Sustainable. Organic. Minimalist. Natural.
Now more than ever, people are looking to create a nontoxic home by
using products that are not only effective, but good for the
planet. Salt, Lemons, Vinegar, and Baking Soda puts the home's hero
ingredients front and centre, using these (and a few other)
versatile items in hundreds of different combinations to clean the
home and care for yourself, your family, and your pets. This handy
book focuses on living simpler, stepping away from all those
specific products for cleaning the oven, washing windows, polishing
silver, removing stains and instead leveraging the power of a few
humble but mighty ingredients in the common pantry. You can do a
whole lot more with vinegar than make salad dressing! This
practical book will guide you through hundreds of recipes, broken
down by the area of the house, with easy instructions and
explanations of the science and history behind the recipes and
ingredients. Home cleaning (both indoors and outdoors), personal
hygiene and grooming, pet care - this is an essential reference for
all parts of your life that you will reach for again and again!
Mit dem Anstieg der Lebenserwartung in Europa geht ein Wandel der
Erwerbs- und Lebensverlaufe einher, die durch Bruche und Wechsel
der beruflichen Tatigkeiten gepragt sind. Ein zentrales Anliegen
ist daher, jedem die Teilhabe am Erwerbsleben uber den gesamten
Lebensverlauf zu ermoeglichen und zugleich soziale Rechte durch
angemessenen sozialen Schutz zu gewahrleisten. Mit juristischen,
sozialpolitischen und empirischen Analysen widmet sich dieses Buch
dem Zusammenspiel verschiedener Sozialschutzmechanismen und ihren
Schwierigkeiten, sich den neuen Entwicklungen anzupassen. Es
prasentiert die Impulse europaischer Instanzen und die Antworten
verschiedener europaischer Staaten auf die Herausforderung,
Flexibilisierung der Beschaftigung und Modernisierung der
Sozialschutzsysteme in Einklang zu bringen. Increasing life
expectancy in Europe entails a remodelling of career development
and life course, marked by discontinuities and changing
professional activities. One of the concerns is ensuring that
everybody may participate in gainful activities during his or her
life course while also guaranteeing social rights through adequate
social protection. By means of legal, socio-political and empirical
analyses this book embarks on the interrelationship of different
social protection mechanisms and the resulting difficulties of
adapting to these new employment patterns. It presents European
impulses and the reactions of several European states to the
challenge of reconciling flexibility of employment and
modernisation of social protection. L'augmentation de l'esperance
de vie en Europe suscite un changement des modes de parcours
professionnels et de vie constitues de ruptures et de conversions
d'activite. L'une des preoccupations est de permettre a chacun de
poursuivre une activite professionnelle tout au long de sa vie tout
en pouvant beneficier d'une protection sociale adaptee. A travers
des analyses juridiques, socio-politiques et empiriques, cet
ouvrage aborde les interferences et les difficultes d'adaptation
des mecanismes de protection sociale aux nouvelles evolutions. Il
presente les impulsions europeennes et les choix effectues au
niveau national pour concilier flexibilite de l'emploi et
modernisation des systemes de protection sociale.
* Presents four loving, feisty old witches, one for each season,
who share earth-honoring wisdom, rituals, and spells to help you
embrace your journey through the sacred latter half of life *
Filled with magical recipes, inspiring ceremonies, playful
activities, and meaningful meditations You are invited into the
magical world of four loving, feisty old witches, one for each
season, who share earth-honoring wisdom, rituals, and spells to
help you embrace your journey through the sacred latter half of
life. In the season of Winter, the earthy Root Witch reminds us
that bodies are made for pleasure, and that Winter is made for
dreaming. She offers spells, rituals, and ceremonies to reframe
your perspectives on aging and promote acceptance of your changing
appearance. She also shares secret recipes for a healthy, happy
body, focusing on preparations that help maintain and restore hair,
skin, and bone. In Spring, the airy Winged Witch offers a witchy
approach to spring cleaning, both in the traditional sense and in
self-understanding and relationships. She shares recipes and
rituals for jettisoning the dead past, discovering your own
authentic style, adding magic to your clothes, and feathering your
nest so it feels like home to your spirit. The fiery Summer
Merwitch helps us to be more joyfully creative, with activities and
wisdom to help overcome the obstacles that prevent us from
fulfilling our creative dreams. She honors the senses, encourages
us to embrace our sexuality, and gives us ways to express our fiery
anger cleanly and powerfully. The watery Autumn Kitchen Witch shows
us how to honor our harvests and our ancestors, how to make peace
with death, and how to make every meal a celebration of life, with
magical recipes and rituals that bring joy to the soul. The Kitchen
Witch also explores several goddesses and wise old women from
folklore who can offer templates for a rich and spiritualized
maturity. Offering practical and enjoyable ways to make aging an
empowering, magical, and transformative adventure, this book of
spiritual guidance will help you love yourself through the aging
process.
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