Aging

We’ve long known there can be a difference between your chronological age and your “subjective age,” i.e., the age you actually feel you are, whatever the biological number may technically be. Researchers have already demonstrated that those who feel subjectively younger than their chronological age have brain images that in…

British author and educational advisor Ken Robinson once said, “Curiosity is the engine of achievement.” As a living example of that maxim, meet Ken Dychtwald, the Founder and CEO of Agewave, an internationally renowned consulting and research firm focused on the impact of an aging population on markets, the workplace,…

It’s one of the oldest mysteries of mankind, not yet solved but with innumerable theories and millions of dollars devoted to the definitive answer. The mystery is: Why do we age, how do we age, and is there a way to thwart the aging process? (Of course, a whole separate…

It’s a truism we’ve addressed many times: most of us would prefer to “age in place” as we get older. We want to stay in a familiar environment, among the people and places we love, rather than move to a facility. But for many, physical impairment may accompany aging, so…

It may sound humorous, but to many of us, it’s deadly serious. A recent survey by OnePoll of 1000 US adults found that 40% of Americans don’t recognize themselves in the mirror at this point due to COVID. Moreover, 51% of those surveyed believe the pandemic has negatively affected how…

Have you encountered it? Perhaps it was a patronizing tone from someone you asked for help. Or perhaps it was the loss of a promotion at your office or the silence when you recently applied for a new job? Or, if you live in a less-developed country, perhaps you lost…