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"

Life. On Purpose

English - April 20, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 51.9 MB
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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 ageWhy we are so obsessed with longevity and holding on to our youthThe affects of the marketing machine behind beauty and wellness products on our views on agingHer recommendation to STOP TRYING TO AGE GRACEFULLY!Youth envyWhy we should start revealing our age and not hiding itThe loss of respect toward our seniorSeeing time and death as your ally