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Zusatztext Drs. Greenstein and Holland have a unique ability to draw the reader into this ongoing and enchanting review of aging writ wide and in the spirit of 'lighter as we go.' The book is truly uplifting and fun, not didactic or sterile, unlike anything I have read about successful aging. One cannot read this book dispassionately or in isolation, so prepare yourselves to join this symposium just as Cicero called his listeners to join him through his treatise On Old Age. And like any good conversation, Jimmie and Mindy leave us prepared and eager to continue our reflections and discussion far beyond the occasion of the book. Informationen zum Autor Mindy Greenstein, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and author whose book The House on Crash Corner and Other Unavoidable Calamities (with a foreword by New York Times columnist David Brooks), was chosen as one of O: The Oprah Magazine's Books to Pick Up. She is co-developer of Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy, and a current research affiliate working with the geriatric psychiatry team at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, SELF, and elsewhere. Dr. Greenstein also blogs for Psychology Today. She lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.Dr. Jimmie Holland is known as the founder of the subspecialty psycho-oncology in cancer. Her work has been seminal in alerting oncologists to the psychosocial needs of patients and to the evidence-based interventions available today. The development of a body of literature, an international journal, textbooks and training curricula resulted in a science of psychosocial care. Dr. Holland made the information available in a book widely read by cancer patients, The Human Side of Cancer: Living with Hope, Coping with Uncertainty. Klappentext 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, drawing on positive psychology and concepts of character strengths and virtues. Zusammenfassung 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, drawing on positive psychology and concepts of character strengths and virtues. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
