Centenarians

Stories of Elders: What the Greatest Generation Knows About Technology That You Don't , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 551min

America’s Greatest Generation (born before 1945) witnessed incredible changes in technology and social progress. From simple improvements in entertainment to life-changing medical advances, technology changed the way they live, work, and identify. Sadly, with each passing year, fewer members of the Greatest Generation remain alive to share their wisdom as the last Americans to grow up before the digital revolution. In 2015, millennial author and cultural anthropologist Veronica Kirin drove 11,000 miles across more than 40 states to interview the last living members of the Greatest Generation. Stories of Elders is the result of her years of work to capture and share their perspective for generations to come. Stories of Elders preserves the wisdom, thoughts, humor, knowledge, and advice of the people who make up one of America’s finest generations, including the Silent Generation. Their stories include the devastation that came from major events in US history like World War I, the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and World War II. The Greatest Generation (many of whom are now centenarians) saw the routine use of airplanes, cars, microwave ovens, telephones, radios, electricity, and the Internet come to fruition in their lifetimes. Their childhoods were simple, relying on outdoors games and their imagination for fun. How they went to school, pursued their careers, and raised their kids were radically different than the way we live today. By chronicling more than 8,000 years of life lived during the most transitional time in American history, Stories of Elders offers old-fashioned wisdom and insight for America’s future generations. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Veronica Kirin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/128853/bk_acx0_128853_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Healthy Habits: How to Live 100+ Years and Avoid Dying Before Your Time , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 71min

In the Western World the average life span is approximately 80 years old. However, when people get to that age they are usually hit with a multitude of health problems and encounter frailties both physically and mentally. They experience this state of "old age" unfortunately in most cases mainly because of the nutritional and lifestyle habits they have practice throughout their lives. They've succumbed to the propaganda of having a Western diet, Western lifestyle and have been conditioned by the media that 80 years of age is old. However, there are people who are located in the remotest parts of the world who consider 80 years old to be a young age! They are living past the age of 100 years old in strong health, are active and alert and are in full possession of their mental faculties. In fact, with these people, being active and alert centenarians with a keen enjoyment of life are the norm. What are their secrets and the keys to their longevity and fountain of youth? Well, it all begins with their practice of healthy habits which include diet, exercise and attitude. In his book entitled Healthy Habits: How to Live 100 Plus Years and Avoid Dying Before Your Time, author Mike Smith explores and examines the diet and lifestyles of the various groups of people throughout the world who have for centuries practiced longevity principles that have enabled them to consistently live past 100 years of age. The people who fit this criteria and will be explored and examined are the people of Bama who are located in the West Central Guangxi Province of South China, the Hunzas of Pakistan, the Okinawans of Japan, the people from the small Greek island of Symi, the Abkhazians of Russia, the Campodimele people of Central Italy, the Vilcabamba Indians of Ecuador and the Titikaka Indians of Peru. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mysti Jording. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/019645/bk_acx0_019645_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Ikigai Journey (eBook, ePUB)

In The Ikigai Journey, authors Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles take their international bestseller Ikigai: the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life a step further by showing you how to find your own ikigai through practical exercises, such as employing new habits and stepping outside your comfort zone.Ikigai is the place where our passion (what we love), mission (what we hope to contribute), vocation (the gifts we have to offer the world) and profession (how our passions and talents can become a livelihood) converge, giving us a personal sense of meaning. This book helps you bring together all of these elements so that you can enjoy a balanced life.Our ikigai is very similar to change: it is a constant that transforms depending on which phase of life we are in. Our "reason for being" is not the same at 15 as it is at 70. Through three sections, this book helps you to accept and embrace that--acting as a tool to revolutionize your future by helping you to understand the past, so you can enjoy your present.Section 1--Journey Through the Future: Tokyo (a symbol of modernity and innovation)Section 2--Journey Through the Past: Kyoto (an ancient capital moored in tradition)Section 3--Journey Through the Present: Ise (an ancient shrine that is destroyed and rebuilt every twenty years)Japan has one of the longest life spans in the world, and the greatest number of centenarians--many of whom cite their strong sense of ikigai as the basis for their happiness and longevity. Unlike many "self-care" practices, which require setting aside time in an increasingly busy world, the ikigai method helps you find peace and fulfillment in your busy life.

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Live Well to 101: A Practical Guide to Achieving a Long and Healthy Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 466min

In Live Well to 101, Dr Dawn Harper from Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies urges you to start investing in your health now to improve your chances of enjoying your latter years to the full. This book is for anyone who enjoyed and learnt from The Longevity Book by Cameron Diaz or The Optimum Nutrition Bible by Patrick Holford. 'We are living longer. A girl born today can expect to live beyond her 83rd birthday, and a boy halfway into his 80th year. But living long doesn't necessarily mean living well.' Life expectancy is on a steep upwards curve; but if we do live longer, then we need to do everything we can to make sure that we live well to a ripe old age. This is a book about what the medical obstacles are to a healthy old age and what we can do about them. Dr Dawn offers simple, practical advice alongside case studies of centenarians who live full and healthy lives. There are steps that we can all take, starting now, no matter what age we are each at. It's a bit like a pension: the earlier you invest, the more you will have in the bank later. And there are lessons for all generations. There is nothing in here that will recommend a hideously restrictive diet or living your life as though you are training for a marathon or about to climb Mount Everest. Instead it's about showing how small, achievable and sustainable changes really can alter your future. With over 21 years in general practice, Dr Dawn has gained hundreds of simple tips, all of which can make a substantial difference if practised as part of daily life. As well as these easy tips, Dawn also answers the following questions: Is your life span simply predetermined by your genes? Can a healthy lifestyle dramatically improve your chances of reaching a very old age? Is longevity affected by where you live, the car you drive, your choice of pet or your level of sexual activity? Can you pay your way to ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dr Dawn Harper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/head/000664/bk_head_000664_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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