Listen to a sample
The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing
- Author
- Guy Robertson
- Narrator
- Guy Robertson
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 5 March 2020
- Run Time
- 6 hours 52 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Can ageing really be a positive experience? Yes.
You can make a difference to your own ageing process. Research shows that how we think about ageing can have a significant impact on our health and wellbeing in later life. The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing challenges and debunks the inaccurate and negative attitudes that may be contaminating your outlook on getting older, and provides a clear, practical road map for exerting more choice and control over the ageing process.
Concentrating on the psychological and emotional aspects of getting older, and deploying a range of personal development techniques, The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing provides you with the keys to a happier and more fulfilled later life.
This is the book for those of us who want to do ageing differently.
Critics Review
-
This insightful and practical book encourages us to confront the toxic effects of ageism on our wellbeing as we move through life. The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing offers simple, powerful ways to build a more accurate narrative and take that resilience and power out into the world.
author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
-
I really like this book: well-researched, practical and realistic, it embraces the ageing process with a lovely thoughtful optimism, making valuable suggestions about how readers can reach this point themselves. Guy Robertson is a splendid tour guide for the journey into later life.
author of How to Age
-
An indispensable guide to planning positively for a happy and fulfilling old age. Wise, inspirational and thought-provoking.
author of Not Fade Away: How to Thrive in Retirement
-
This book will help you become more positive and live longer, better.
author of Sod 70!
See more reviews See fewer reviews
-
Relaxed, jargon-free and engaging … helpful and accessible
co-founder of Change Agents: The Older Peoples' Cooperative Collective
-
If you’re feeling even slightly down about getting older, The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing is the antidote. Full of detailed and ‘do-able’ advice, Guy Robertson’s book gives you more control over your ageing than you ever imagine you could have. This book turns the myth of ageing as decline completely on its head and shows us how to choose a positive and fulfilled later life. The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing is literally life-changing!
The Centre for Ageing Better
-
Our ageing and our longer lives are too often seen as problems rather than opportunities. It is good to have a book that makes the ‘case for the defence’. In his new book The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing, Guy Robertson sets out a balanced view of the plusses and minuses of ageing.
former Chair of the Centre for Ageing Better
-
Offers advice on how to weather the passing of time and transform yourself into a proper golden oldie
The Scotsman
User Reviews
No reviews yet.
Details
- Author
- Guy Robertson
- Narrator
- Guy Robertson
- Duration
- 6 hours 52 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 March 2020
- ISBN
- 9781472976376
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Coping with / advice about ageing, Psychology of ageing, Cognitive behavioural therapy, Maturation and ageing, Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude
Synopsis
Can ageing really be a positive experience? Yes. You can make a difference to your own ageing process. Research shows that how we think about ageing can have a significant impact on our health and wellbeing in later life. The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing challenges and debunks the inaccurate and negative attitudes that may be contaminating your outlook on getting older, and provides a clear, practical road map for exerting more choice and control over the ageing process. Concentrating on the psychological and emotional aspects of getting older, and deploying a range of personal development techniques, The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing provides you with the keys to a happier and more fulfilled later life. This is the book for those of us who want to do ageing differently.
About xigxag
xigxag is an independent, UK-based audiobook platform and the UK's only B Corp certified audiobook company. We offer nearly 150,000 audiobooks, all with professional human narration. No AI-generated voices. xigxag is rated an Ethical Consumer Best Buy for audiobooks and a top-rated ethical bookshop.
There is no subscription. You buy the audiobooks you want, you own them permanently, and prices start at $13.95. The more you listen over the year, the less you pay per book, and there is always a selection in Listen for Less from $7.95. You can also send audiobooks as gifts using our audiobook gift cards or in-app gifting.
Every audiobook on xigxag has honest reviews covering both the book and the narration, and our community features make it easy to share what you are listening to, discover what others recommend, and find your next listen.
Download or stream on iOS, Android, or in your browser. Browse the full catalogue at xigxag.co.uk.