For many people, the thought of getting old is scary, but in reality, it doesn't have to be. As the saying goes, "age is just a number" can really apply here IF we are focused on what it is that we need to be doing.
My guest, Christine A Smith, talks about her new book, "The Act of Aging" and the prompts that she includes in the book to help us deal with the challenges that we may face at some point later in our lives and how we can deal with those challenges and tough conversations NOW when we are fully capable of handling those concerns.
Nobody prepares you for how you're going to feel in the THIRD third of your life. There is plenty of help for financial, retirement, and estate planning. What we need are instructions for pre-planning healthy emotions and relationships.
In "The Act of Aging" series, author Christine A. Smith (founder of PreAct Your Age and the Aging Better Network) shows us how to navigate today our future feelings. She describes each challenge as an Aspect of Aging. It is how we address those concerns that really set us apart.
About Christine: Christine A. Smith has spent hours…and years…in many private residences. She has served alongside hundreds of family caregivers in these homes. Loved ones of her clients confided concerns for their own future aging. Those relatives, associates, and friends ALSO described successful pre-planning.
Christine’s concept started with a SIGH. Not just that ‘sigh of regret’, but SIGHS OF RELIEF. These are the sounds in the voices of people who are facing their futures. Between work shifts, Christine wrote The Act of Aging book, scribble scraps of ideas for the Aging Better Network website, and created the PreAct Your Age VERY Prompted Journal.
Connect with Christine on LinkedIn and on the web at https://www.preactyourage.com
