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IS IT TIME TO REINVENT YOURSELF?

July 31, 2018 Debbie King 0 Comment Age & The Workplace, Ageing well, Challenging preconceptions about ageing, Inspirational stories on ageing, Older workers, Sense of Purpose, Successful ageing

Back in November 2016 (in What now?) I reported on a new initiative to coax older or retired highflyers into

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LEARNING FROM ‘SUPER-AGERS’

February 26, 2018 Debbie King 0 Comment Ageing well, Being positive, Optimism, Research on ageing, Successful ageing, The brain

The Northwestern University in Chicago is following a group of people aged between 80 and 100 who they are calling

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BE UPLIFTED IN 2018

January 11, 2018 Debbie King 0 Comment Being positive, Cloudwatching, Living in the present, Wellbeing

HAPPY NEW YEAR. At this time of year the media seems full of articles about new year’s resolutions and setting

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IS THERE MEANING IN YOUR LIFE?

November 1, 2017 Debbie King 0 Comment Ageing well, Research on ageing, Sense of Purpose, Successful ageing, Wellbeing

‘Time’ reports on a new study which suggests that people age better if they have a purpose or some meaning

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STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL AGEING

October 14, 2017 Debbie King 0 Comment Ageing well, Brain health, FutureLearn, Lifelong Learning, Research on ageing, Successful ageing, Wellbeing

I have just completed my FutureLearn course on ‘Strategies For Successful Ageing’ and am the proud owner of an achievement

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REACHING ACROSS GENERATIONS

September 24, 2017 Debbie King 0 Comment Ageing well, Intergenerational transfer, Research on ageing, Successful ageing, Wellbeing

Research shows that connections across the generations benefit everyone, it is called intergenerational transfer.    I was interested to read about

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ADVICE FROM THE 16TH CENTURY?

August 27, 2017 Debbie King 0 Comment Poetry on ageing well

Time to have a smile. Here is an amusing poem on ageing, supposedly written by a nun in the 16th

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THE CHINESE VASE

July 4, 2017 Debbie King 0 Comment Ageing well, Being positive, Successful ageing

Visiting the breath-taking Swinger Building’s porcelain collection in Dresden this week I was taken by a 16th Century Chinese vase.

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WORLD RECORD SMASHED BY 101 YEAR OLD

May 15, 2017 Debbie King 0 Comment Ageing well, Being positive, Challenging preconceptions about ageing, Inspirational people, Inspirational stories on ageing, Successful ageing

STOP THE PRESS!   Mr Verdun Hayes has just become the oldest person in the World to do a sky dive

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AGE WELL WITH ART

May 6, 2017 Debbie King 0 Comment Age & Creativity, Ageing & The Arts, Ageing well, Inspirational people, Lifelong Learning, Successful ageing, Wellbeing

Older artists have been in the news lately.   I was shocked to read that The Turner Prize Committee had axed

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