As the humiliating debate around whether Joe Biden has “aged out” of the presidency continues to play front and center on the American political scene, it becomes more and more clear that America is basically repelled by the aging process and largely clueless about the deeper spiritual possibilities that may lie coiled within it.
Ageism
Pro-Age Advertising
Selling the Idea of Pro-Aging Advertisements
We should convince marketers to create ads that accurately reflect the character and value of older adults
By Jeanette Leardi
July 15, 2022
By now most of us are familiar with such classic advertisements as Wendy’s “Where’s the Beef?”… Read the rest
Deepak Chopra _ Living Without Loneliness
The state of loneliness can be crippling. Though the majority of people don’t find themselves consumed by it, they do feel its effects. Their inner worlds shrink and dry up. For others, the issue looms over them like a specter in the future rather than as present reality.… Read the rest
Aging is a Triumph, Not a Tragedy
So spake the great geriatrician, psychiatrist and elder advocate, Robert N. Butler, who died in December 2010. According to his biographer, W. Andrew Achenbaum, he helped
“…to transform the study of aging from a marginal specialty into an intellectually vibrant field of inquiry.”
Fighting ageism
The number of Americans 60 and older is growing, but society still isn’t embracing the aging population, geropsychologists say.
