Kategoria BISAC: Self-Help >> Aging

Meet Howard Casanova. Labeled and treated as an alcoholic thirty years ago, he has a story to tell.

"Beyond AA" begins with a stunning realization: the nation's premier recovery program no longer has answers for over two thirds of those sent there.

Casanova and his daily experiences with divorce, aging, unemployment, and the effects of ADD, moved beyond AA, which he was taught wasn't something people who followed the program could ever do.

And if AA was no longer the right fit for him, surely there were others whose needs also weren't being met.

Casanova questions whether AA...

You might think preventing the stereotypical decline in old age requires an austere life with hours of meditation every day, along with juice fasts and yoga; or hours of rigorous exercise and a diet of lettuce, carrots, and wheat grass, along with expensive spa treatments and plastic surgery. Or you may believe that your health and longevity are programmed in your genes and there's nothing you can do about it.
Board-certified plastic surgeon and expert in natural health, Dr. Christine Horner, says no matter what you were dealt in the genetic lottery--and no matter what your age--you...

Julia Cameron has inspired millions with her bestseller on creativity, The Artist's Way. In It's Never Too Late To Begin Again, she turns her eye to a segment of the population that, ironically, while they have more time to be creative, are often reluctant or intimidated by the creative process. Cameron shows readers that retirement can, in fact, be the most rich,...

This literary tapestry of the human experience will delight readers of all backgrounds. Moving year by year through the words of our most beloved authors, the great sequence of life reveals itself--the wonders and confinements of childhood, the emancipations and frustrations of adolescence, the empowerments and millstones of adulthood, the recognitions and resignations of old age. This trove of wisdom--featuring immortal passages from Arthur Rimbaud, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, David Foster Wallace, William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Jane Austen, and Maya Angelou, among many...

The Creative Landscape of Aging, winner of the 2015 National Mature Media Award, presents compelling essays that explore the power and grace of creativity and aging from an intimate perspective. Includes a series of interviews with successful older visual artists such as Judith Leiber, Nelson Shanks, Isaiah Zagar (and many more) with accompanying full color gallery insert of artist works. Zausner's book is ideal for anyone wanting to explore the insightful world of aging and creativity and read about older adults at different stages in their lives and careers.

The topic of aging after fifty is frequently only discussed in terms of health--what are the physical symptoms that come with advanced age, and what can we do about them? The Wonder of Aging, however, aims to look at aging in a new way--as something that is positive, showing how miraculous our second half of life can be.

Gurian divides life after fifty into four stages: Stage 1: The Age of Transformation....

In Life After the Diagnosis, Dr. Steven Z. Pantilat, a renowned international expert in palliative care, shares innovative approaches for dealing with serious illness, outlines the steps that patients should take, and demystifies the medical system. He makes sense of what doctors say, what they actually mean, and how to get the best information...