316 Jeanette Leardi: Make Friends with Your Aging Process to Become Fully Empowered
Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined · Women Over 70
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Show Notes
Jeanette Leardi is a social gerontologist and aging wellness leader who invites us to “cock your head to the side and ask, Am I think about aging in the right way?” Jeanette’s blog, Ageful Living, inspired her recent book, Aging Sideways: Changing Our Perspectives on Getting Older. She challenges the message of ‘gendered ageism’ that “women are never the right age in our society.” She reframes limiting metaphors such as ‘over the hill’ to viewing women as “master climbers and changers.” Jeanette praises the plasticity of the aging brain for being able to take shortcuts and see different perspectives. She proposes a ninth stage to Erikson’s eight stages of personality development: “transcendence and unity—seeing ourselves as part of all that is.”
Connect with Jeanette
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.jeanetteleardi.com
Book: Aging Sideways: Changing Our Perspectives on Getting Older. (2024)