Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live

Yale professor and leading expert on the psychology of successful aging,  Dr. Becca Levy, draws on her ground-breaking research to show how age  beliefs can be improved so they benefit all aspects of the aging  process, including the way genes operate and the extension of life  expectancy by 7.5 years.

The often-surprising results of Levy’s  science offer stunning revelations about the mind-body connection. She  demonstrates that many health problems formerly considered to be  entirely due to the aging process, such as memory loss, hearing decline,  and cardiovascular events, are instead influenced by the negative age  beliefs that dominate in the US and other ageist countries. It’s time  for all of us to rethink aging and Breaking the Age Code shows us how to  do just that.

Based on her innovative research, stories that  range from pop culture to the corporate boardroom, and her own life,  Levy shows how age beliefs shape all aspects of our lives. She also  presents a variety of fascinating people who have benefited from  positive age beliefs as well as an entire town that has flourished with  these beliefs.

Breaking the Age Code is a landmark work,  presenting not only easy-to-follow techniques for improving age beliefs  so they can contribute to successful aging, but also a blueprint to  reduce structural ageism for lasting change and an age-just society.