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Kathleen O'Brien on the Philosophy of Aging, Embracing Old Age, Seeing Time & Death as Your Ally, and Her New Book "Reclaim Your Right to Grow Old"
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Kathleen O’Brien has researched aging for over 12 years and writes regular blogs at growoldbehappy.com.
She began her career as an advertising copywriter, worked as a television broadcaster, owned her own video production company and taught media relations at two graduate schools of business.
In her book "Reclaim Your Right to Grow Old" Kathleen O’Brien takes you on her journey into ancient philosophy, ground-breaking science and our culture’s misconceptions about aging.
Her advice? Tell people your age, expect young people to respect you, be eccentric, never age gracefully. Kathleen reminds you that empowerment, peace and self-knowledge unfold effortlessly when you age the way nature intended.
In this episode we discuss:
- Kathleen's unique backstory; you may have heard her voice before!
- Why she champions aging when the rest of the world is so busy trying NOT to age
- Why we are so obsessed with longevity and holding on to our youth
- The affects of the marketing machine behind beauty and wellness products on our views on aging
- Her recommendation to STOP TRYING TO AGE GRACEFULLY!
- Youth envy
- Why we should start revealing our age and not hiding it
- The loss of respect toward our senior
- Seeing time and death as your ally
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Kathleen O’Brien has researched aging for over 12 years and writes regular blogs at growoldbehappy.com.
She began her career as an advertising copywriter, worked as a television broadcaster, owned her own video production company and taught media relations at two graduate schools of business.
In her book "Reclaim Your Right to Grow Old" Kathleen O’Brien takes you on her journey into ancient philosophy, ground-breaking science and our culture’s misconceptions about aging.
Her advice? Tell people your age, expect young people to respect you, be eccentric, never age gracefully. Kathleen reminds you that empowerment, peace and self-knowledge unfold effortlessly when you age the way nature intended.
In this episode we discuss:
- Kathleen's unique backstory; you may have heard her voice before!
- Why she champions aging when the rest of the world is so busy trying NOT to age
- Why we are so obsessed with longevity and holding on to our youth
- The affects of the marketing machine behind beauty and wellness products on our views on aging
- Her recommendation to STOP TRYING TO AGE GRACEFULLY!
- Youth envy
- Why we should start revealing our age and not hiding it
- The loss of respect toward our senior
- Seeing time and death as your ally