#1438 - Galit Nimrod

Galit Nimrod is a Professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Aiming to deepen the understanding of wellbeing in later life, Nimrod has published over 100 articles in leading scientific journals and collective volumes, and presented her studies at numerous international conferences. Galit is the author of "The Aging of Aquarius: The Hippies of the 60s in Their 60s and Beyond" a book about aging hippies that is based on 40 in-depth interviews with lifelong, returning, and past residents of The Farm, an intentional community in Tennessee that was founded in 1971 and still exists today, insights into the subculture of aging hippies and their keys to wellbeing are shared.