Ageless Lifestyles® LLC » centenarians http://agelesslifestyles.com Ageless Lifestyles® LLC Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey interviews leading anti-aging experts on how to live longer, heatlhier, and happier. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:54:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © Ageless Lifestyles® LLC 2011 drbrickey@drbrickey.com (Ageless Lifestyles® LLC) drbrickey@drbrickey.com (Ageless Lifestyles® LLC) 1440 http://www.agelesslifestyles.com/interviews/itunes-logo.jpg Ageless Lifestyles® LLC http://agelesslifestyles.com 144 144 Ageless Lifestyles® LLC Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey interviews leading anti-aging experts on how to live longer, heatlhier, and happier. Ageless Lifestyles® LLC Ageless Lifestyles® LLC drbrickey@drbrickey.com no no Living to 100 and Loving It http://agelesslifestyles.com/2009/04/living-to-100-and-loving-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=living-to-100-and-loving-it http://agelesslifestyles.com/2009/04/living-to-100-and-loving-it/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:55:58 +0000 Dr. Brickey http://agelesslifestyles.com/?p=107 Anti-Aging Psychologist, Dr. Michael Brickey

Elsa Hoffmann

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guests: Elsa Hoffmann and Sharon Textor-Black

Broadcast and podcast starting: April 13, 2009 on webtalkradio.net. After 4-19-09 the podcast is also on the links below (to download, right click download and select “save target as.”)

***Click here for information on the 2009 Therapist Leadership Conference***

Only a third of Americans want to live to 100. Why? They imagine that living to 100 means being in a nursing home, crippled with arthritis, your mind destroyed by Alzheimer’s, and the highlight of your day-nursing home food. That is a possibility, but certainly not a necessity. Today we are going to talk with 101 year old Elsa Hoffman and her granddaughter/biographer Sharon Textor-Black on how living to 100 can be fabulous.

What makes Elsa such a vital person at 101? The genetic lottery probably accounts for about 25% of her success. Let me cite four other factors that contribute to her longevity:

1.     There are hundreds of studies that indicate optimists live longer, healthier, happier lives. Elsa is an absolute master at optimism. Sharon sees Elsa’s childhood as Prussian. Elsa sees her childhood as great lessons in discipline and attention to detail. While Elsa wanted to be a teacher, she sees her father’s insistence on business school having served her very well.

2.     One of the most difficult challenges in living a long life is dealing with the death of friends and family. Even the death of her son and her beloved husband didn’t throw her for very long. She has a view of death that it is a natural event and leads to an even better place. Further, for those who are suffering in pain, as her son did, it is a reprieve from suffering.

3.     She has a sense of purpose. Her purpose is to draw others out, help people connect, and help people feel better. For a couple of decades she and her husband ran a resort in Florida. It was a place where no one was a stranger and guests gathered around the piano for singing. Nothing makes her happier than to connect people. If that weren’t purpose enough, she has always done a lot of charitable and funding raising. I also note she has a wide variety of interests and activities-including travel, cards, baking, and reading. The variety helps keep the interests fresh and by having a variety, if one activity becomes unavailable, she has several others to keep life enjoyable.

4. She takes care of herself, with eating well, walking, getting good health care, and being prudent with money. There are two aspects of taking care of herself that are a matter of style rather than necessity. She finds dressing well and always looking good helps her feel good about herself and shows respect to others. She also doesn’t mind acknowledging that she has had a-one-facelift-because she wants to look her best. Their website is www.ElsasOwnBlueZone.com. Dr. Brickey’s other websites are www.DrBrickey.com and www.Anti-Aging-Speaker.com. ***********************

]]> http://agelesslifestyles.com/2009/04/living-to-100-and-loving-it/feed/ 1 0:36:33 Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey Guests: Elsa Hoffmann and Sharon Textor-Black Broadcast and podcast starting: April 13, 2009 on webtalkradio.net. After 4-19-09 the podcast is also on the links below (to download, right click dow[...] Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey Guests: Elsa Hoffmann and Sharon Textor-Black Broadcast and podcast starting: April 13, 2009 on webtalkradio.net. After 4-19-09 the podcast is also on the links below (to download, right click download and select “save target as.”) ***Click here for information on the 2009 Therapist Leadership Conference*** Only a third of Americans want to live to 100. Why? They imagine that living to 100 means being in a nursing home, crippled with arthritis, your mind destroyed by Alzheimer’s, and the highlight of your day-nursing home food. That is a possibility, but certainly not a necessity. Today we are going to talk with 101 year old Elsa Hoffman and her granddaughter/biographer Sharon Textor-Black on how living to 100 can be fabulous. What makes Elsa such a vital person at 101? The genetic lottery probably accounts for about 25% of her success. Let me cite four other factors that contribute to her longevity: 1.     There are hundreds of studies that indicate optimists live longer, healthier, happier lives. Elsa is an absolute master at optimism. Sharon sees Elsa’s childhood as Prussian. Elsa sees her childhood as great lessons in discipline and attention to detail. While Elsa wanted to be a teacher, she sees her father’s insistence on business school having served her very well. 2.     One of the most difficult challenges in living a long life is dealing with the death of friends and family. Even the death of her son and her beloved husband didn’t throw her for very long. She has a view of death that it is a natural event and leads to an even better place. Further, for those who are suffering in pain, as her son did, it is a reprieve from suffering. 3.     She has a sense of purpose. Her purpose is to draw others out, help people connect, and help people feel better. For a couple of decades she and her husband ran a resort in Florida. It was a place where no one was a stranger and guests gathered around the piano for singing. Nothing makes her happier than to connect people. If that weren’t purpose enough, she has always done a lot of charitable and funding raising. I also note she has a wide variety of interests and activities-including travel, cards, baking, and reading. The variety helps keep the interests fresh and by having a variety, if one activity becomes unavailable, she has several others to keep life enjoyable. 4. She takes care of herself, with eating well, walking, getting good health care, and being prudent with money. There are two aspects of taking care of herself that are a matter of style rather than necessity. She finds dressing well and always looking good helps her feel good about herself and shows respect to others. She also doesn’t mind acknowledging that she has had a-one-facelift-because she wants to look her best. *********************** bookmark to: aging, anti-aging, centenarians, seniors drbrickey@drbrickey.com no no Centenarians: 100 Year Old Role Models for Ageless Lifestyles http://agelesslifestyles.com/2008/08/centenarians-100-year-old-role-models-for-ageless-lifestyles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=centenarians-100-year-old-role-models-for-ageless-lifestyles http://agelesslifestyles.com/2008/08/centenarians-100-year-old-role-models-for-ageless-lifestyles/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:38:30 +0000 Dr. Brickey http://agelesslifestyles.com/?p=46 Anti-Aging Psychologist, Dr. Michael Brickey

Lynn Peters Adler

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Lynn Peters Adler

Broadcast and podcast starting: 8-18-08 on webtalkradio.net after 8-25-08 podcast availabe on the links below (to download, right click download and select “save target as.”)

Who do you want as a hero—someone who swims six hours a day so he can swim a half second faster than everyone else, someone who is really good at catching a football, or someone who models living a long, healthy, happy life. I think our society is a little nuts with its hero worship of athletes, rock stars, and movie stars. Yes, they can teach us about focus and perseverance, but who can teach us how to live a good life? For that we need role models who have exceptional spiritual depth and deeds. We also need role models for how to navigate the largely unchartered territory of living well into your hundreds.

Centenarians, people 100 years old and older, are those role models. Lynn Peters Adler is has dedicated to documenting their lives and learning their secrets. She is the author of Centenarians: The Bonus Years and is Director of the National Centenarian Awareness Project. She recently played a key role in the Barbara Walters special, How to Live to be 150. And we have a special treat for you—in the second half of the show we will be talking with a centenarian who may have a richer social life than you do. Here are some photos of our centenarian guest Elsa Hoffmann:
centenarian Elsa Hoffmann

centenarian Elsa Hoffmann


Lynn Peters Adler’s website is www.AdlerCentenarians.org The phone number for getting someone 99 years or older on the registry at the National Centenarian Project is 1-800-243-1889. Dr. Brickey’s other webistes are www.DrBrickey.com and www.Anti-Aging-Speaker.com

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