Staying connected in groups and providing guidance to other humans is a key component to vitality in later years. Societies stereotypes may have you believing when you age you decline, but it’s not true. With constant learning and mental challenges you can keep your brain healthy which adds robustness to your life as you age. Engaging yourself with others has its rewards.
Key Takeaways:
[1:21] We can live at very high levels for a longer period of time
[2:34] MacArthur Foundation challenged themselves and considered their individual risks
[3:58] Lifestyle traits in human history are the most beneficial for our health
[5:14] Wild grains supplied a needed food source to stave off famine
[6:25] The holistic lifestyle approach includes more movement and connections
[7:52] The 10 Tips
[8:15] Aging is not only about decline like society would have you believe
[10:27] Who will contribute to society in 2050 if we all believe we are too old
[11:19] Engaging older adults into important roles in our society
[13:27] Government policies don’t really feed into our need for stimulating the brain
[14:37] Brains can rewire themselves when challenged and strengthen itself
[16:06] Be a beginner and continue to learn new things
[17:23] Free nuggets to help you age successfully
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Becoming aware of your automatic responses and habits can give you the ability to relieve yourself from pain, give you a longer life and even, for some, cure cancer. Using a technique called mental rehearsal you can reprogram yourself to create chemicals that have a healing effect on your body. Dr. Joe Dispenza has two books to help you on your journey.
Key Takeaways:
[1:27] Programming human genes with feelings
[4:45] What is the autonomic nervous system
[7:48] The ability to heal yourself
[9:17] The place where conventional medicine has resigned
[10:50] The key element is the psychological and emotional stress
[12:54] Extending your life through telomeres
[16:57] There are different levels of skill set in self healing
[20:14] You are an accumulation of what you have done in the past
[22:18] New experiences and new emotions are available if you want them
[23:16] The redundancy of the feedback loop keeps the body living in the past
[24:34] Nerve cells that wire together fire together
[25:27] We can replace thoughts and teach our bodies to change
[26:18] It’s time to know how
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Breaking the Habit of Being You