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EPISODE · May 4, 2014 · 19 MIN

Ep 218: Good News for Older Folks

from Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files · host Michael Britt

Guess what?  There are a good number of positives to growing older.  Let's put aside all the negative stereotypes of older folks and realize that they can demonstrate a surprising level of "coolness" about life.  There's a certain perspective you get when you're older that's enviable.  Older folks have passed many of life's challenges and they can look back with satisfaction.  But they also can have a surprising nonchalance about the challenges they face which we - as younger people - often think would make us terribly unhappy.  Let's take another look at aging and see it from a different light.

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