Why Be Old?: How To Avoid The Psychological Reactions Of Ageing
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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What if the greatest threat of growing old is not physical decline, but the quiet surrender of the mind? Why Be Old? How to Avoid the Psychological Reactions of Ageing by renowned Australian psychiatrist Ainslie Meares presents a compelling and unconventional challenge to the way we think about ageing, arguing that many of the debilitating effects commonly attributed to growing older are, in fact, psychological in origin and therefore within our power to overcome. Drawing on his distinguished career in psychiatry and his pioneering work in mental relaxation and meditation, Meares instructs readers on practical techniques to resist the mental capitulation that so often accompanies advancing years, offering a path toward sustained vitality, clarity, and engagement with life. Meares writes with the calm authority of a clinician who has witnessed firsthand the transformative power of the mind, and his prose is both accessible and deeply informed by decades of clinical insight. A significant figure in 20th-century Australian psychiatry — perhaps best known for introducing meditative stillness as a therapeutic tool long before mindfulness became mainstream — he brings the same quiet conviction to this work that characterised his broader canon. Why Be Old? ultimately poses a radical question: in a culture that so readily accepts mental decline as inevitable, could the courage to think differently be the most potent anti-ageing remedy of all?
Author: Ainslie Meares
Format: Paperback
Genre: Self help & mindfulness
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What if the greatest threat of growing old is not physical decline, but the quiet surrender of the mind? Why Be Old? How to Avoid the Psychological Reactions of Ageing by renowned Australian psychiatrist Ainslie Meares presents a compelling and unconventional challenge to the way we think about ageing, arguing that many of the debilitating effects commonly attributed to growing older are, in fact, psychological in origin and therefore within our power to overcome. Drawing on his distinguished career in psychiatry and his pioneering work in mental relaxation and meditation, Meares instructs readers on practical techniques to resist the mental capitulation that so often accompanies advancing years, offering a path toward sustained vitality, clarity, and engagement with life. Meares writes with the calm authority of a clinician who has witnessed firsthand the transformative power of the mind, and his prose is both accessible and deeply informed by decades of clinical insight. A significant figure in 20th-century Australian psychiatry — perhaps best known for introducing meditative stillness as a therapeutic tool long before mindfulness became mainstream — he brings the same quiet conviction to this work that characterised his broader canon. Why Be Old? ultimately poses a radical question: in a culture that so readily accepts mental decline as inevitable, could the courage to think differently be the most potent anti-ageing remedy of all?