Eightysomethings: A Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well,

Eightysomethings: A Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well, and Finding Unexpected Happiness

This invaluable guide will help the historical number of eightysomethings live fulfilled, happy lives long into their twilight years.

Old age is not what it used to be. For the first time ever, most people in the United States are living into their eighties. The first guide of its kind, Eightysomethings changes our understanding of old age with an upbeat and emotionally savvy view of the uncharted territory of the last stage of life. With insight and humor, Dr. Katharine Esty describes the series of dramatic and difficult transitions that eightysomethings usually experience and how, despite their losses, they so often find themselves unexpectedly happy.

Living into oneâ€™s eighties doesnâ€™t have to mean declining health and loneliness: Dr. Esty shows readers how to embraceâ€”and thrive duringâ€”the later stages of life. Based on her more than 120 interviews around the country, Esty explores the lives of ordinary eightysomethingsâ€”their attitudes, activities, secrets, worries, purposes, and joys. Their stories illustrate how real people in their eighties are living and how they make sense of their lives. Esty adds her wisdom and perspective to this multi-dimensional look at being old as a social psychologist, a practicing psychotherapist, and as an eighty-four-year-old widow living in a retirement community.

Eightysomethings is a must-read for people in their eighties, and also for their families. Adult childrenâ€”often bewildered by their aging parentsâ€”need a wise guide like Eightysomethings to help them navigate their parentsâ€™ last stage of life with real-world guidelines and conversation starters. Readers, young and old alike, will find this first-of-its-kind book eye-opening, comforting, and filled with practical tips.
Country USA
Manufacturer Skyhorse
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-09-10
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Skyhorse
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-09-10
Format	Kindle eBook

Eightysomethings: A Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well, and Finding Unexpected Happiness

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