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
Annie Brewster
Demand change
Belinde Ruth Stieve, actress, thought leader on gender and diversity, and creator of NEROPA™ - Neutral Roles Parity, a gender & diversity tool, discusses sexageism in the media
Expand Your Identity from Doing to Being
Dr. Connie Zweig reflects upon what we can learn by letting go of our resistance to the aging process and how to do it
Defy the expectations
Joanna Nell, best-selling author and GP, explains how her strong old characters can help the readers experience and ditch paternalistic attitudes towards older people
Discover an aspirational condition
Kit Altin, chief strategy officer of The Gate and Michael Benson, marketing director of Replens explain how they portrayed intimacy between older people candidly and beautifully
Embrace impermanence
Breeshia Wade, Buddhist end-of-life caregiver and author calls out our fears, and how they keep us trapped until we accept that transformation is the force that rules our lives
Ageism is a bully
Mariann Aalda, actress and activist, recounts how she decided to call out the images that keep us trapped
Welcome to gerontolescence
Alexandre Kalache, President of the International Longevity Centre-Brazil, discusses the implications of aging and their impact on the social fabric
Age playfully
Michela Di Carlo, founder of Crunchytales.com, gives voice to women who have no intention of winding down, wearing cardigans, and keeping quiet
When in doubt, be creative
Indu Khurana, Counsellor and Life Coach, talks about the generative power of creativity that can take us from doing to being
Human rights don’t stop with age
Mervyn Eastman, founder member of Change AGEnts Co-operative Collective and radio host points out that being aware of our citizenship is a choice we make
Aging is a vibrant process full of momentum
Stephanie Lowrey-Willson, founder of Age On, invites to tackle stereotypes that lead to marginalization
I’m losing my shame
For Jody Day, psychotherapist, author, and founder of Gateway Women, we always have the power to disagree with any ideology that fuels marginalization
We have to map our journey from the inside
The Belgian gerontologist and author Els Messelis talks about the journey of awareness and sexuality in aging
The crisis of aging kicks in early
Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, Post-Doctoral Fellow at King’s College London talks about self-inflicted ageism
Capacity is not an on-off state
Professor Arthur Schafer, Founding Director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba talks about the restriction of liberty and ageism
Aging went from being a mystery to a problem to be solved
Thomas R. Cole, McGovern Chair in Medical Humanities and Director of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston talks about aging and philosophy
Aging is an opportunity to transform society
Jason Danely, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University and author talks about aging, ageism and Japan
Aging is a chance to become who you are
Robert Rowland Smith, British philosopher and author talks about aging and philosophy
A longer life expectancy questions our idea of self-identity
Helen Small, Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and author talks about philosophy and aging
Battle the stigma of old age and keep passion alive
Lynne Segal, Anniversary Professor of Psychology and Gender Studied at Birkbeck University of London and author talks about aging and generations