GRAND Magazine - Spring 2024 - 5

Aging
A woman's guide to increasing
Healthspan, Brainspan, and Lifespan
BY MADDY DYCHTWALD
omen now live six years longer
than men-yet, for most, the last
decade of life can be plagued
with cascading poor health and a lack
of purpose. In other words, women's
healthspans and lifespans are out of sync.
What if there was a way for women to
extend not only their longevity but their
quality of life?
In AGELESS AGING: A Woman's Guide
to Increasing Healthspan, Brainspan,
and Lifespan (Mayo Clinic Press, May
14th, 2024), aging and longevity expert
Maddy Dychtwald provides a holistic and
practical guide based on cutting-edge
research that helps women take advantage
of the scientific, psychological, and physical
knowledge and tools to feel vital, youthful,
and purposeful into your 60's, 70's, 80's and
beyond.
Recognized by Forbes as one of the top
fifty female futurists globally for almost
40 years, Maddy Dychtwald has been a
leader in aging and longevity. She's the
co-founder of Age Wave, long considered
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Women hold the power to change
the aging narrative once and for all...
North America's leading think tank and
consultancy on aging, longevity, and retirement
issues, and has spent much of her life
researching these issues.
Dychtwald points out that we are currently
in the beginning stages of a longevity
revolution with women at the forefront.
Women hold the power to change the
aging narrative once and for all, by emphasizing
the gifts of long life and taking steps
to minimize physical and mental decline.
For example, incorporating movement into
your daily life, viewing food as medicine,
fuel, and pleasure, learning new skills to
keep your brain active, taking control of
your hormones, and pinpointing purpose
and connection in your everyday life can
create massive, positive ripple effects. She
also shows how creating more financial
freedom is an integral ingredient in the
holistic recipe to live better longer.
Throughout this book, Dychtwald also
shares simple and actionable steps to help
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women increase their healthspans, brainspans,
and lifespans, including tips, techniques,
and hacks (many of which are lowcost
or no-cost) such as:
quickly,* Spend three minutes a day moving
day,* Eat five differently colored foods per
wake-up time,* Choose and stick to a consistent
y * Schedule a regular money talk with
mor* Reframe negative experiences with
our partner/spouse,
e positive thoughts,
Gone ar* And so much more.
e the days when life loses its
meaning after 60 or 70 years. Written for
both beginners and wellness veterans,
Ageless Aging is an actionable, joyful, and
trustful guide on how to live and thrive
during your second (and third!) act and
reveals how anyone can create their own
holistic recipe for ageless aging.
Maddy Dychtwald is an internationally acclaimed
author, public speaker, and thought
leader on longevity, aging, the new retirement,
and the ascent of women. She co-founded Age
Wave, the world's leader in understanding and
addressing the far-reaching impacts of our aging
population and has led numerous acclaimed
studies on women and
money. Maddy is the author
of three previous books: Influence:
How Women's Soaring
Economic Power Will
Transform Our World for the
Better, Gideon's Dream: A
Tale of New Beginnings (a
children's book), and Cycles:
How We Will Live, Work, and
Buy. She lives in San Francisco
with her family.

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