Does the prospect of aging depress you? What images and words do you associate with aging? Slow, weak, defeated, frail, dull, downhill, over the hill, shrunken, past it, confused, cranky, feeble, and senile?

Well think again.

Research shows that having positive ideas about aging can affect the rate at which you age and how you age.

The power of aging stereotypes

Stereotypes are very powerful. When we are exposed to old and frail stereotypes around aging then we are more likely to become frail quicker ourselves.

Look at seniors who stay 'young' in spirit and body and attitude right up to the end. That should be your stereotype, your role model.

Joseph Pilates, George Burns, Dr Bob Delmontegue who at 86 has a muscular toned body of a super fit thirty year old. Look at Henry Allingham, at 110 the oldest surviving founding member of the RAF who still has a great sense of humor and zest for life.

Youth is an attitude

Our society is obsessed with youth.

But 'youth' is a concept that can be separated from how many years you happen to have clocked up! 'Youth' is an attitude, a state of mind. We live in an aging population but you can age vigorously and stay youthful.

You can continue to develop socially, physically and in all ways as you grow older.

Download Energetic aging-forever young and transform the rate at which you age.