Age, Attitude, Image, and Our Health with Louann Brizendine MD & Becca Levy PhD

Our attitudes about our image and aging can directly affect our

health and well-being. The over-publisized belief that we lose our

value in society as we age can wildly diminish our quality of life.

During a time of life that should be celebrated, women in their

50s are bombarded by the media with ideas of reconnecting to

their youth. But, should they want to reconnect? To discover tools

to keep us hearty and healthful as we ripen, Positive Psychology

Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with two expert authors

about how attitude can affect a healthy, happy, aging process. Dr

Louann Brizendine is a researcher, clinician, and professor who

founded the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. She

highlights the research at the core of her book,

The Upgrade: How

the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond,

and describes ways women can make the most of the second half

of their lives. Dr. Becca Levy is a psychologist credited with

creating a field of study that focuses on how positive and

negative age stereotypes can have beneficial and adverse effects.

She discusses the central theme of her book,

Breaking the Age

Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and

Well You Live

, and shares her vision for The Age Liberation

Movement.