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Challenges, Featured

Posted on March 22nd, 2012

Written by Katherine Askew

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aging boomers, Baby boomer, baby boomer mind, baby boomers, Barbara Strauch, boomer brain, grown-up brain, middle-aged mind, New York Times, THE SECRET LIFE OF THE GROWN-UP BRAIN, THE SURPRISING TALENTS OF THE MIDDLE-AGED MIND

BARBARA STRAUCH’s GOOD NEWS FOR BOOMER BRAINS

THE JOY OF MIDDLE AGE
Barbara Strauch, Science Editor of the New York Times and author of the book, THE SECRET LIFE OF THE GROWN-UP BRAIN: THE SURPRISING TALENTS OF THE MIDDLE-AGED MIND, has some good news for my brain and the brains of my fellow Baby Boomers.

Brains continue to improve through middle age.
Middle age is now considered ages 40 – 70.
The brain’s performance reaches its peak in middle age.
Forgetfulness in middle age is merely distraction.
In middle age,… More
TheNewElder

Posted on June 8th, 2011

Written by Katherine Askew

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50 years old, aging, Alina Tugend, Conflicting Messages about Aging, Figure It Out Yourself, gandhi, New York Times, universal design

Conflicting Messages? Figure it Out Yourself

Reading Time: 2 minutes
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Gandhi

Now I am starting to get mad. In “Fears, and Opportunities, on the Road to Retirement”, in today’s New York Times, Alina Tugend discusses the conflicting messages about aging. I think people are becoming paralyzed with all the predictions. We can’t afford to be deer in the headlights.
Will it be a time for finally doing what you please, however you please,… More