How to Rewrite the Narrative on Aging | Ashton Applewhite

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  Ageism comes from the human tendency to place people in hierarchies of human value.

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  In that sense, it comes from where all prejudice comes from.

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  Most bias is unconscious, and we can't challenge it if we're not aware of it.

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  So the first, most uncomfortable, most necessary step is to look at our own attitudes towards age and aging.

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  Right?

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  Because we're all biased.

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  So anytime age crops up in your own thinking, anytime you hear someone say, I'm too old, I'm too young, people of a certain age should or shouldn't do a certain thing, interrogate it, see what comes up for you.

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  Hey, so here's a question for you.

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  What if not just the, quote, fact of getting older, but actually the way we think about getting older is making us less happy, less healthy, and less human?

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  And what if it's not just about how we think about it individually, but how society does, and how culture, work, relationships, media, and entertainment put us into boxes that make our lives smaller and colder as we age, rather than more expansive, alive and radiant?

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  My guest today, Ashton Applewhite, author of this chair, Rocks, a Manifesto against Ageism, has been investigating these questions for years, and what she's uncovered may forever change how you see the aging experience.

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  In our conversation, Ashton takes us on a journey to really better understand where these negative attitudes about aging come from in society, how they creep into our minds and the toll they take on our bodies, our work, and our relationships.

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  And along the way, she shares some pretty eye opening research and stories that honor the realities of getting older, but also shatter common myths about decline and demise.

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  Ashton really helps explain in powerful ways how we can spot and challenge the ageism around us and even within ourselves.

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  And she reveals how aging can be a time of continued growth and thriving if we can just remove the cultural biases clouding our view.

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  Ashton's insights are grounded in what I would call reality and hope.

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  If we can see aging clearly, not through the distorted lens of ageism, we can transform the later decades of life into a time of joy and purpose and possibility.

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  So excited to share this conversation with you.

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  I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is good life project.

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  Certainly the topic that you have been deep into for some time now is interesting to me.

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