I recently conducted a month-long experiment in which I sat on a Chat Bench almost every day, talking to complete strangers. The results so startled me that I wrote about it for the Washington Post (behind a paywall but subscribers can read the full piece here). Hundreds of people responded to the article, keen to…
Change, and ageing well
The change in seasons is powerful, isn’t it? Whether it’s the transition from summer to autumn here in the UK, or winter to spring in the southern hemisphere, we feel it dramatically. And, of course, we evolve, and age, as each season passes. Annabel and I started this blog more than 10 years ago now,…
THE AGEWELL JOYS OF SUMMER NIGHTS
How’s your sleep been recently? I seem to sleep for fewer hours during these light-filled nights, which I suspect is how our ancestors also slept. More in the long dark months and less in the white nights of summer. Call it seasonal sleep if you like. I’ve also been up and about in the dark…
Building habits to age well
What predicates how well we age? We know that socio-economic factors play a role, as do genetics. We may also experience good or bad luck, accidents, better or worse medical provision. But, ultimately, many of our health outcomes come down to habits. We also know that superagers – broadly defined as people over 80 with…
SMELL WITH EXTRAVAGANCE, THINK DIVERGENTLY, LEAN INTO THE TOUGH STUFF…
You may remember that last year I reported – with great excitement – on a study that found sleeping in a room infused with scented oils resulted in a 226% improvement in various sorts of cognition. In this experiment involving people aged 60+, those whose bedrooms were infused with a different oil for two hours…
Climate crisis, rising temperatures and ageing well
India has hit temperatures of 50°C this year, and so has Pakistan. The heat’s starting to rise in Europe. Even the wet and windy UK (see the photo above of me enjoying a balmy 12°C on a Norfolk beach this week. June!) is predicted to hit temperatures in the high 30s in the next few…
MAY YOU WALK, EAT WALNUTS AND HEAR A NIGHTINGALE…
It’s May – my favourite month for walking in Great Britain, and (apparently) National Walking Month when school children everywhere are encouraged to walk to school. The bluebell woods are in bloom, wild roses are flowering, birdsong is at its most vocal, the swallows and nightingales have returned. Which is to say, our parks and…
WHAT WE’VE LEARNT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS: BRAIN HEALTH EDITION
Annabel and I went out for a slap-out lunch last week to celebrate both 10 years since our blog was born, and five years (to the day!) since The Age-Well Project book was published. Both significant milestones for us. We ate lots of sea food, vegetables and chicken livers, reminisced about the early days and…
WHAT WE’VE LEARNT IN A DECADE (PART 2)
It’s ten years this weekend since Susan and I set up our Age-Well Project – read to the end for our birthday giveaway! Has it worked and have we aged well? We like to think so (ahem). One thing is for sure: we know a hell of a lot more than we did a decade…
10 years of The Age-Well Project! What we’ve learnt (part 1)
It’s hard to believe, but this month The Age-Well Project celebrates its 10th birthday! What started as a small-scale blog to help Annabel and I track our own health has spawned a decade of writing, a worldwide community of many thousands (thank you!), multiple books and new careers. Annabel and I became friends when two…
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