Table of Contents
Books
Blog Posts
- How to Cope With the Reality of Aging?
- How to Handle Fear Around Aging?
- How to Face the Fear of Aging Without Surgery?
- How to Make Peace With Aging and Body Changes?
- What Does Aging Well Really Mean Beyond Looks?
Aging and Mental Health Podcast Episodes
- What You Know About Aging Is Probably Wrong — Speaking of Psychology
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Psychologist Dr. Manfred Diehl challenges common beliefs that growing older automatically means becoming unhappy, lonely, depressed, or incapable. He discusses ageism, emotional well-being, stereotypes about later life, and how beliefs about aging can affect health and behavior. - Keeping Your Brain Healthy as You Age — Speaking of Psychology
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Neuropsychologist Dr. Vonetta Dotson discusses cognitive health, depression, social engagement, mental activity, physical activity, and practical steps that may help people maintain brain health as they grow older. - Why Do Some of Us Age Faster Than Others? — Speaking of Psychology
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Dr. Terrie Moffitt discusses findings from the long-running Dunedin Study and explains how genetics, mental health, behavior, and life experiences can influence how people age physically and psychologically. - The Secret to Being a “SuperAger” — Speaking of Psychology
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Neuroscientist Dr. Emily Rogalski discusses people in their 80s and beyond whose memory remains unusually strong. The episode explores cognitive aging, brain differences, social relationships, and what researchers are learning from adults who maintain strong memory later in life. - Depression in Older Adults: Breaking the Silence on Loneliness, Aging, and Mental Health — Giving Voice to Depression
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Features a 93-year-old woman discussing depression, loneliness, losing friends, changing independence, and generational stigma around talking about mental health. The episode highlights why depression should not simply be dismissed as a normal part of aging. - Aging Well: Breaking the Silence Around Mental Health and Aging — The Age Guide
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Explores depression, anxiety, loneliness, caregiver stress, ageism, social connection, and the need for better mental-health services for older adults.
TED & TEDx Talks About Aging and Mental Health
- Let’s End Ageism — Ashton Applewhite
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Challenges negative stereotypes about aging and explains how ageism can affect the way people view themselves and others. Applewhite argues for seeing aging as a normal lifelong process rather than automatically associating later life with decline. - Retirement: The Best Years of Your Life? — Gary Usher
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Examines the emotional side of retirement, including loneliness, social connection, purpose, community, and adjusting to a major change in identity and daily routine. - Find Meaning, Live With Purpose, and Leave a Legacy — Tony Hixon
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Discusses why planning for retirement involves more than financial security. Hixon focuses on maintaining purpose, relationships, identity, and meaningful activities after leaving work. The talk includes discussion of suicide and depression. - How Passion and Purpose Can Redefine How We Age — Katie White
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Challenges the idea that aging is mainly about decline. The talk looks at purpose, resilience, community participation, and creating opportunities for older adults to continue contributing and growing. - The Power of Play to End Social Isolation and Loneliness — Ted Fischer
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Focuses specifically on social isolation among older adults. Fischer explains how shared activities and play can create meaningful relationships, reduce loneliness, and add enjoyment and connection to later life. - Redesigning Age — David Stewart
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Challenges cultural assumptions about life after 50 and argues that older adults should not automatically be viewed as less active, ambitious, creative, or capable. It is useful for examining how age stereotypes can shape self-image and expectations.
