Aging & Longevity

Menopause and ADHD is your ultimate guide to understanding how your hormones may influence your ADHD – and it’s a two-way street: how your ADHD impacts how your perimenopause lands for you. This book will arm you with the facts, and help you to confidently advocate for your own health and...

From two leading physicians and perimenopause experts, a comprehensive guide to a critically misunderstood and under-researched phase of women’s lives After years of being overlooked by mainstream medicine and culture, menopause is finally receiving the attention it’s due. But one major...

Transform the fear of death into a sense of wonder. In Undiscovered Country, embark on a riveting exploration of the final frontier and unraveling the mysteries of our last hours. This insightful narrative delves into the complexities of death, dissecting the gradual disintegration of order and...

Bloomsbury presents Rasayana written and read by Geeta Vara ‘Geeta shows how Ayurvedic rejuvenation supports strength, resilience and wellbeing’ – Jasmine Hemsley What if vitality is not lost with age, but lost in the way we live? We live in a culture of optimisation, yet many of us still...

Are you feeling uncertain about what comes next? Retirement was supposed to feel freeing—but instead, it can bring unexpected stress, loss of routine, and quiet doubts about your purpose. You may find yourself wondering how to structure your days, stay mentally strong, or truly enjoy the life you worked so hard to reach. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone—and you’re not stuck. The Ultimate Retirement Survival Guide is your practical, encouraging roadmap to creating a life that feels stable, meaningful, and genuinely fulfilling.

Do I still matter? It's a question that plagues many of us at that awkward in-between age. Too old to be called middle-aged---after all, how many people live to be 110? But definitely too young to be elderly. Your roles, your body, and your life are changing. While that's nothing new, now you're...

What happens when the hormonal shifts of menopause collide with a lifetime of undiagnosed or misunderstood ADHD? For many women, the answer is confusion, exhaustion, overwhelm and the sudden feeling that the coping strategies that once worked are beginning to fall apart.

Leading lifespan psychologist Margie Lachman creates an inspiring new framework for midlife, based on her landmark thirty years of research and work on the MIDUS study, as the defining years of life. We’ve all heard the term “midlife crisis” and the stereotypes that come with it. But what...

Retirement can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. This book goes beyond the typical financial and health-related advice on retirement, providing insights to guide you in broader areas of your life. With lively, engaging writing, the book tells retirement transition stories to...

The Aging Mind offers an accessible introduction to what research has revealed about how our bodies and brains age, and how these changes affect our everyday experiences and lives. This second edition is fully updated with contemporary studies and neuroscientific findings, to offer an engaging...

Health care is hard enough for many of us already in its arena. I cannot imagine what it is like to be in your shoes! As such, as I have worked with families over the years, I always tried to break care down into steps they could follow, giving them resources to explore as their loved one either progressed or got worse. Not only can one's health insurance be complicated and at times very confusing, but the health care arena in which we can receive care is also a maze. Even we in the health care profession can find it hard to navigate.

Hochsensible Menschen erleben die Welt anders: Sie nehmen Stimmungen intensiver wahr, spüren Nuancen, die anderen verborgen bleiben, und sind oft besonders empathisch. Doch in einer lauten, schnelllebigen Welt kann diese Feinfühligkeit zur Herausforderung werden – in Wahrheit ist sie jedoch ein wunderbares Geschenk.

Die Rente ist kein Stillstand, sondern der Beginn eines neuen, selbstbestimmten Lebensabschnitts – ein Abenteuer, das darauf wartet, bewusst gestaltet zu werden. In zwanzig aufeinander aufbauenden Kapiteln zeigt Abenteuer Rente, wie der Übergang in die neue Lebensphase gelingt – mit Inspiration, praktischen Impulsen und tiefgehenden Reflexionen über das, was wirklich zählt.

STOP WAITING FOR A "WINDOW OF TIME" THAT ISN'T COMING. We’ve been conditioned to believe that if we don't sweat for an hour, it doesn't count. We treat the gym like a cathedral —a place we visit once a day to atone for the "sin" of sitting. But your body wasn’t designed for a one-hour burst followed by twenty-three hours of stagnation. It was designed to move. The "Golden Hour" is dead. The Movement Snack has arrived.

For millions of older adults, a lifetime of struggles with organization, relationships, and that nagging feeling of being "different" isn't a character flaw, it's undiagnosed ADHD hiding in plain sight. In This Explains So Much, Jami Shapiro reveals how ADHD has been masquerading as everything from "laziness" to "sensitivity" in generations of women who grew up before anyone understood that ADHD wasn't just about hyperactive little boys. This book is your lightbulb moment.

Wenn Frauen ab Anfang/Mitte 30 plötzlich zunehmen, nicht mehr schlafen können, der Zyklus sich verändert, Depressionen, Stimmungsschwankungen, Konzentrationsprobleme, PMS-Symptome auftauchen und sie nicht schwanger werden können – dann nennt sich das "Perimenopause". Ärzte nehmen...

Заботиться о человеке, страдающем деменцией, очень непросто. Из-за постоянной тревоги и стресса рутинный уход за ним становится тяжелым бременем для семьи и близких. Авторы объясняют, как распознать признаки этого неизлечимого заболевания, как оно протекает на каждой стадии и к чему стоит подготовиться заранее. Здесь вы найдете практические рекомендации, которые помогут преодолеть бытовые, медицинские и психологические проблемы, связанные с ежедневной заботой о человеке с деменцией.

An account of a 6-year journey through Alzheimer's progression with my mother. Includes tips and "What I Wish I'd Known Sooner" sections. From early signs through severe limitations, the story lays out the challenges and increasing frustrations this disease entails for both patient and caregiver.

Presenting a clarion call to the aging to awaken before they die, Kamla K. Kapur explores how we can become warriors on the spiritual path in order to embrace and prepare for the truth of our mortality and the ultimate triumph of conscious living and dying. Set in both California and India, Kapur shares her inner adventure to navigate the hazardous battlefield of aging with the aid of spiritual guides that pilot her to safety.

After a diagnosis of MND, Graham Dargie began to question everything he thought he knew about health. Instead of chasing miracle cures or resigning himself to decline, he discovered a different path — one rooted in simplicity, slowness, and safety. Wellness Without Limits offers a quietly radical shift in perspective. Drawing on emerging research, lived experience and forgotten wisdom, it invites us to step out of the rush, challenge limiting beliefs, and create the conditions where health can grow.

You wake up one day and realise something unsettling… You are the same age as old people. Not in theory. Not someday. Now. And yet—inside? Nothing feels quite the same as the number suggests. It’s Weird Being the Same Age as Old People is a refreshingly honest, sharply observed guide to navigating the strange, often funny, occasionally uncomfortable reality of midlife and beyond. This isn’t a book about “anti-ageing.” And it’s not a quiet surrender either. It’s about the gap—between how old you are… and how old you actually feel.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This written text was created using AI. Are you a man over 40 who feels tired, unfocused, and just not like yourself anymore? The declining energy, stubborn weight gain, brain fog, and diminished drive you're experiencing aren't inevitable parts of...

Coping With Early-Stage Dementia is the true story about the author, John M. Capozzi who had a wonderful life and an exceptional business career. At age 80 he was diagnosed with early-stage dementia. Because he spent much of his life in research for business, he decided to do extensive research into "how to slow down the progression of his disease". This audiobook identifies much of his life where he was super sharp and successful, but then it goes into great detail how anyone who is also diagnosed with early-stage dementia can also slow down the progress of the disease.

You love your parent... But some days, the exhaustion feels heavier than the love. You answer the calls. Handle the appointments. Manage the crises. Keep everyone calm. Keep everything moving. And still, it never feels like enough. Caring for aging parents can slowly consume your emotional energy, your identity, your relationships, your future plans, and even your ability to recognize yourself anymore. Many caregivers live with constant guilt, silent resentment, emotional numbness, chronic stress, and the terrifying feeling that their entire life is disappearing inside caregiving.

What if the solution to America's loneliness epidemic was hiding in plain sight? When Karin Krause’s father died suddenly, her small Wisconsin community became her lifeline. Neighbors watched for her mother's car, invited her for cookies, and fixed their broken furnace on a bitter winter night.