Contrary to common wisdom and the fears of mid-lifers, our sense of well-being actually goes up in older age, even in the presence of illness or disability. Lighter as We Go is the first book to explore how and why that is.
Contrary to common wisdom and the fears of mid-lifers, our sense of well-being actually goes up in older age, even in the presence of illness or disability. Lighter as We Go is the first book to explore how and why that is.
Mindy Greenstein, PhD, is Clinical Psychologist and Psycho-oncologist, Writer and National Speaker, and Consultant to the geriatric psychiatry group in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Jimmie Holland, MD, is Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology, Attending Psychiatrist, and Founder of the geriatric psychiatry group at the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical School of Cornell University.
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* Introduction * Part I: Character, Character Strength, and Continuity Over Time * Chapter 1. The Oak Tree and the U-Bend: Age, Well-Being, and the Experience of Me-ness * Chapter 2. A Look at the Grownup Years * Chapter 3. Character Strengths and Virtues * Chapter 4. Older Age in the Olden Days: A History of Aging in the Western World * Part II: The Virtues * Chapter 5. The Virtue of Transcendence: Beyond the Self * Chapter 6. The Underappreciated Virtue of Humor: You Can't Spell Joy Without the Oy * Chapter 7. The Virtues of Humanity and Social Justice: Do Unto Others * Chapter 8. The Virtue of Courage: If I Only Had the Nerve * Chapter 9. The Virtue of Wisdom: Knowing What We Don't Know * Chapter 10. The Virtue of Temperance: Moderation in All Things (almost) * Chapter 11. The Virtue of Passing on to the Next Generation: The Bridge Between Past and Future * Part III Putting the Virtues to Work * Chapter 12. When Older Doesn't Feel Lighter: Loneliness and Social Isolation * Chapter 13. The Virtue of Appreciating the Cycle of Life in Elders * Appendix: Vintage Readers Book Club Readings
* Introduction * Part I: Character, Character Strength, and Continuity Over Time * Chapter 1. The Oak Tree and the U-Bend: Age, Well-Being, and the Experience of Me-ness * Chapter 2. A Look at the Grownup Years * Chapter 3. Character Strengths and Virtues * Chapter 4. Older Age in the Olden Days: A History of Aging in the Western World * Part II: The Virtues * Chapter 5. The Virtue of Transcendence: Beyond the Self * Chapter 6. The Underappreciated Virtue of Humor: You Can't Spell Joy Without the Oy * Chapter 7. The Virtues of Humanity and Social Justice: Do Unto Others * Chapter 8. The Virtue of Courage: If I Only Had the Nerve * Chapter 9. The Virtue of Wisdom: Knowing What We Don't Know * Chapter 10. The Virtue of Temperance: Moderation in All Things (almost) * Chapter 11. The Virtue of Passing on to the Next Generation: The Bridge Between Past and Future * Part III Putting the Virtues to Work * Chapter 12. When Older Doesn't Feel Lighter: Loneliness and Social Isolation * Chapter 13. The Virtue of Appreciating the Cycle of Life in Elders * Appendix: Vintage Readers Book Club Readings
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