this week
Choosing the narrative forges our views, the very idea of ourselves, and therefore the direction of our future, points out Annie Brewster, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, practicing internist at Massachusetts General Hospital, founder of Health Story Collaborative, and author

Own your story
Choosing the narrative forges our views, the very idea of ourselves, and therefore the direction of our future, points out Annie Brewster, founder of Health Story Collaborative, and author

Reclaim gratefulness
Aging should be less about pathology and failure and more about possibility and hope, says Marilyn Schlitz, Professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology at Sofia University, social anthropologist, researcher, writer, and creator of The Grateful Ageing Programme

Rethink dependency
With her book, Tracey Gendron, Chair for the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Gerontology and Executive Director of the Virginia Center on Aging suggests a new perspective on our longer life expectancy

Keep knocking on that door
The life of Lynn Ruth Miller, author and stand-up comedian, is full of projects. Today, at 87, she is not afraid to try new things and to questions the cultural barriers to love at any age

Move closer to the angel inside
Carl Honoré, author of Bolder: Making the most of our longer lives, recalls how he went from being a member of the cult of youth to an admirer of the silent workings of aging