{"product_id":"lighter-as-we-go-virtues-character-strengths-and-aging-paperback","title":"Lighter as We Go: Virtues, Character Strengths, and Aging - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMindy Greenstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJimmie Holland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fears of aging have been one long cascading domino effect through the years: twenty year-olds dread thirty; forty year-olds fear fifty; sixty fears seventy, and so it goes. And there is something to worry about, though it isn't what you'd expect: research shows that having a bad attitude toward aging when we're young is associated with poorer health when we're older. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese worries tend to peak in midlife; but in \u003cem\u003eLighter as We Go\u003c\/em\u003e, Mindy Greenstein and Jimmie Holland show us that, contrary to common wisdom, our sense of well-being actually increases with our age--often even in the presence of illness or disability. For the first time, Greenstein and Holland--on a joint venture between an 85 year-old and a fifty year-old--explore positive psychology concepts of character strengths and virtues to unveil how and why, through the course of a lifetime, we learn who we are as we go. Drawing from the authors' own personal, intergenerational friendship, as well as a broad array of research from many different areas--including social psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, humanities, psychiatry, and gerontology--\u003cem\u003eLighter as We Go \u003c\/em\u003eintroduces compassion, justice, community, and culture to help calm our cascading fears of aging.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMindy Greenstein\u003c\/strong\u003e, PhD, is Clinical Psychologist and Psycho-oncologist, Writer and National Speaker, and Consultant to the geriatric psychiatry group in the Department of Psychiatry \u0026amp; Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJimmie Holland\u003c\/strong\u003e, MD, is Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology, Attending Psychiatrist, and Founder of the geriatric psychiatry group at the Department of Psychiatry \u0026amp; Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical School of Cornell University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753896280352,"sku":"9780190693794","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2c527539568a82407fe5995615f69a9d.webp?v=1780029087","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lighter-as-we-go-virtues-character-strengths-and-aging-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}