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Embark on a transformative journey into the art of aging gracefully with our captivating audiobook bundle, presenting two definitive guides tailored to empower your golden years. 'Rules for Healthy Aging' extends a hand to illuminate the path toward embracing aging with vitality and wisdom. Uncover a comprehensive compendium filled with time-tested strategies, practical lifestyle adjustments, and expert insights aimed at nurturing your physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

At the heart of this book lies a simple yet profound truth: the way we think, feel, and perceive the world around us can significantly influence our health outcomes and quality of life. You'll discover the science behind positivity, learn practical strategies for cultivating a positive mindset, and explore how these practices can lead to lasting changes in your health and happiness.

How does a woman embrace her maturity with joy and strength when her body changes year to year? Psychologist Dr. Carla Marie Manly provides an important and meaningful window into womanhood for those approaching 50 and beyond. A must-listen book for any woman approaching the age of 50, Aging Joyfully touches the sensitive reality of the transition from a life filled with new beginnings to a graceful process filled with freedom, beauty, and joy.

Everything Begins with Asking for Help is a frank, insightful and thought-provoking audiobook on mental health, drawing on the author's own experience of a severe mental breakdown and sharing the recovery tools he has developed in partnership with various medical professionals and mental health experts. Kevin shares his own story to give the audiobook a vital human element, explaining how his fast-paced life in Berlin as a successful magazine journalist was brought to a sudden halt by a major depressive episode.

From the New York Times reporter whose beat is culture and ideas comes a fascinating, revelatory, and timely social history of the concept of middle age. For the first time ever, the middle-aged make up the biggest, richest, and most influential segment of the country, yet the history of middle age has remained largely untold. This important and immensely listenable book finally fills the gap.

We aspire to live in a country where old men are celebrated as vital elders but not demeaned if they become ill and dependent. We aspire to maintain health as well as maintain dignity and fulfillment in frailty. Old Man Country helps listeners see and imagine these possibilities for themselves. The audiobook follows the journey of a writer in search of wisdom, as he encounters 12 distinguished American men over 80 - including Paul Volcker, the former head of the Federal Reserve, and Denton Cooley, the world's most famous heart surgeon.

Do you find it increasingly difficult to step out of your comfort zone or think outside of the box? Do you constantly question your decision making? Or do you want to become more flexible and open-minded in all areas of your life? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, this guide will change your life for the better.

Fit im Kopf ein Leben lang. Jeder Herzschlag, jeder Gedanke, jedes Gefühl wird von unseren Nerven bestimmt. Ständig kommunizieren sie miteinander. Doch wie altern Nerven? Wie altert das Gehirn? Und was können wir tun, um unseren Geist und die Seele – und damit auch unseren Körper – jung und gesund zu erhalten? Marianne Koch erklärt, was gegen Alzheimer und andere Demenzen schützt, warum es für unsere kognitive Reserve so wichtig ist, lebenslang zu lernen und Erfahrungen zu sammeln, warum wir auf guten Schlaf achten sollten, wie wir Schmerzen begegnen können, was wir gegen Alterseinsamkeit und das Gefühl, überflüssig zu sein, tun können.

Hey, here’s a riddle: Why are you reading these words? I'll give you the answer: Because you have a b*tch of a problem in your life that you still can't fix. So you can continue to fight with the means at hand, you can even rehash your past, hypothesize about your future. Okay, it’s your decision. But if you decide to change, then you will have to master your emotions. Are you emotional? That's a good thing, everyone is. You, me, the next guy, everyone is. But if you don't discipline your emotions, if you don't master your emotions, then they will toy with you.

Can ageing really be a positive experience? Yes. You can make a difference to your own ageing process. Research shows that how we think about ageing can have a significant impact on our health and well-being in later life. The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing challenges and debunks the inaccurate and negative attitudes that may be contaminating your outlook on getting older and provides a clear, practical road map for exerting more choice and control over the ageing process.

On acclaimed writer Susan Gubar’s 70th birthday, she receives a beautiful ring from her husband. As she contemplates their sustaining relationship, she begins to consider how older lovers differ from their youthful counterparts - and from ageist stereotypes - and realizes that age cannot wither love. A memoir proving that the heart’s passions have no expiration date, Late-Life Love rejoices in second chances.

Fast jeder erlebt Belastungen und Enttäuschungen gegenüber den Eltern. Werden die negativen Einflüsse zu stark, wird die Persönlichkeitsentfaltung gehemmt. Wir können das verletzte innere Kind, das Schattenkind, heilen. Mit einer innere Stimme, die sich liebevoll und unterstützend dem jüngeren Selbst zuwendet - mit der heilenden Kraft der elterlichen Liebe. Kümmern wir uns wie eine fürsorgliche Mutter und ein einfühlsamer Vater um uns selbst, finden wir die Unterstützung, die wir als Kind vermisst haben: Zuwendung (Nestwärme) und Ermutigung (Flügel).

By the time we turn 60 most of us will still have one-third of our lives to live. How well we live these years will depend on our health: are we agile and disease-free? Or dependent on medication and physical assistance? In Staying Alive you'll discover the science on how you can avoid or manage the major diseases that impact us as we age, including heart health, diabetes and dementia, and boost your everyday behaviours to improve your enjoyment of life.

Why do I feel lost? What's wrong with me? Satya Doyle Byock hears these questions regularly in her psychotherapy practice, where she works with Quarterlifers - people between the ages of twenty to forty - who are searching for meaning and direction in their lives. Some clients have done everything 'right': graduate, get a job, meet a partner - yet they are unfulfilled. Others are still struggling to find their way in the world, and are unclear on what to do next. Quarterlife offers a compassionate roadmap for finding understanding, happiness, and wholeness in early adulthood.

Women's psychology is the study of how biological, social, and cultural factors influence women's mental processes and behavior. It encompasses a range of topics including gender identity, reproductive health, relationships, and the impact of societal expectations. This field aims to understand women's unique psychological experiences and challenges, promoting mental well-being and gender equality. Get a duplicate of this book for yourself as soon as possible by toggling the BUY BUTTON NOW!

Dating über 50 kann eine aufregende, herausfordernde und bereichernde Erfahrung sein. Viele Menschen denken, dass die Suche nach einem neuen Partner etwas ist, das nur in den jüngeren Jahren passiert. Doch das Leben ist voller Überraschungen und Wendungen, und die Liebe kann zu jedem Zeitpunkt auftauchen. In dieser Einleitung werden wir uns mit den einzigartigen Aspekten des Datings in der zweiten Lebenshälfte beschäftigen, die Gründe für die Suche nach einem Partner in diesem Alter beleuchten und einen Überblick über die Themen geben, die in diesem Buch behandelt werden.

Esteemed Yale professor Dr Becca Levy is the world's leading expert and pioneer in the field of ageing. Now she shares the secrets to a healthy and vibrant long life in this powerful and authoritative book. Part polemic, part practical, Breaking the Age Code offers offers stunning revelations and scientifically proven advice on how to age well and live longer. First revealing the surprising impact our biases around ageing have on the ageing process, Dr Levy then sets out what we can do as individuals to help ourselves age well using her simple ABC method.

The complete primer for nonspecialists on the psychology of ageing. Whether you provide care for older people or are simply interested in ageing, this complete primer on the psychology of ageing explains the key issues clearly and concisely. Beginning with explanations of ageing, life expectancy and demographics, it goes on to discuss the aspects of ageing that have the most impact on people's lives. From changes in intelligence and personality to mental health and sexuality, the author explains the psychology involved and focuses on the points that have most impact on people's lives.

Specially crafted with a warm, heartfelt, and friendly tone, this practical book explores the proven benefits of dialectal behavior therapy, along with how we can best equip today’s young people with the emotional tools they need to achieve balance, stability, and wellness in their lives. Drawing on a powerful mix of psychological insights, user-friendly advice, and fun worksheets to help you on your journey to a happier life, the DBT Workbook for Teens seeks to dispel the mysteries around DBT.

„Krisen gehören nun mal zum Leben.“ Wirklich? Was wäre, wenn wir die natürlichen Lebensübergänge wieder als solche sehen könnten – als normal, als Chance, Altes loszulassen und sich weiterzuentwickeln? Geburt, Pubertät, Berufseinstieg, Familiengründung usw., all das sind potenzielle Auslöser für Krisen in unserer sich immer schneller drehenden Welt. Oft klammert man sich an vermeintlich Sicheres, wehrt sich gegen unausweichliche Veränderungen – und verpasst den Entschluss, mutig selbst den nächsten Schritt zu tun.