Not a trick question.
The good news:
Research suggests that the lifestyle choices we make from our forties into our seventies are among the most critical predictors of healthy aging. Two recent studies add to the growing evidence.
- The first study, published earlier this year in Nature Medicine, found that maintaining a healthy diet throughout the middle years of life (ages 39–65) was associated with a higher likelihood of healthy aging.
- The second study, published in JAMA last month, concluded that higher levels of physical activity in middle to later life were associated with a reduced risk of all-cause dementia.
Adopting a healthy lifestyle looks a little different as we age. If you’re middle-aged, like me, and have let go of good habits, it can be challenging to pick them back up. Now, joints grind and backs ache.
Finally, some good news.
As a fifty-four-year-old woman with the requisite headaches, body aches, and sleep challenges that seem to come with living this long, it's good to hear that all my efforts are adding up to something.
Truth is, I feel good. I'm strong, and years of eating whole foods have helped me feel sharp, ready for adventure, and able to take my body where it wants to go.
➡️ That's not luck, I'm consistent about the right things.
Next week, I'll send a couple of emails highlighting 30 days to good health. Instead of turning to another app or diet next month, consider a reset.
I'll show you day by day, with actionable insights, how to finally do the things that produce lifelong wellbeing.
There will be:
- Daily action items
- Community
- Recorded lessons
- Live lessons
- Coaching
You don't need another diet; you need a new lens.
Last Saturday's workshop was a hit.
When I saw that PDF, I read through it twice, and I went, oh my god, that makes sense.
It's it is totally mind-blowing.
Oh my god. I get it. AHA"
Yours in joyful living,
Rebecca
PS. Do you have to or do you get to?
