The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing
A Handbook for Personal Change in Later Life
1st Edition
Published on 5. March 2020
224 pages
978-1-4729-7279-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 wellbeing 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.
Concentrating on the psychological and emotional aspects of getting older, and deploying a range of personal development techniques, The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing provides you with the keys to a happier and more fulfilled later life.
This is the book for those of us who want to do ageing differently.
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 wellbeing 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.
Concentrating on the psychological and emotional aspects of getting older, and deploying a range of personal development techniques, The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing provides you with the keys to a happier and more fulfilled later life.
This is the book for those of us who want to do ageing differently.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-7279-8 (9781472972798)
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Person
Guy Robertson has worked in numerous roles within the field of ageing for over 25 years. He is a passionate proponent of the need to develop more positive approaches to ageing. Guy is on the Board of the Campaign to End Loneliness and is also a bereavement counsellor and life coach. He is married, has two grown up children and divides his time between Bristol and Cornwall.
Content
Introduction
Understanding age and ageing
What is positive ageing?
The Ten Steps
Step 1: Face up to your mortality
Step 2: Fact-check the fake news about ageing
Step 3: Watch your attitude
Step 4: Safeguard your convoy
Step 5: Adopt a mindful outlook
Step 6: Broaden and build your wellbeing
Step 7: Learn from your past
Step 8: Establish what is most important to you
Step 9: Create a vision for a new later life
Step 10: Build your resilience
Afterword
Positive ageing playlist
Acknowledgements
Biography
References
Index
Understanding age and ageing
What is positive ageing?
The Ten Steps
Step 1: Face up to your mortality
Step 2: Fact-check the fake news about ageing
Step 3: Watch your attitude
Step 4: Safeguard your convoy
Step 5: Adopt a mindful outlook
Step 6: Broaden and build your wellbeing
Step 7: Learn from your past
Step 8: Establish what is most important to you
Step 9: Create a vision for a new later life
Step 10: Build your resilience
Afterword
Positive ageing playlist
Acknowledgements
Biography
References
Index
