Crow's Feet: Life As We Age
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Crow's Feet: Life As We Age
Longevity is Meaningless if You Don’t Like Your Life
Jean Anne Feldeisen hosts Dr. Kerry Burnight, a gerontologist, researcher and writer on a mission to “Make Older Better.” After decades of work with aging adults, and studying the things that go wrong in old age, including the ageism that hampers change, Kerry is determined to spend the rest of her career helping “fortify” people for old age. Or in her words, aging need not be “the downhill slide that people believe it is." Her recently released book, Joyspan: The Art and Science of Thriving in Life’s Second Half. is based on decades-long research:
Join Jean Anne, a retired social worker, as she and Kerry discuss how older adults can take specific actions to fortify ourselves against the inevitable problems, while creating a more joyous life as we age.
Kerry’s website: https://drkerryburnight.com/
On Instagram: @the_gerontologist
Kerry’s book, Joy Span, is now available online and wherever books are sold.
Quote from the book:
“What struck me most was the radical differences in how people experienced their own aging process.
For some, it is a frustrating, degrading, painful trajectory of ever-increasing decline. For others, there is visible delight, spirituality, and joy in occupying their eighth, ninth, and tenth decades.”