Anti-Aging     

Columbus, Ohio    4-1-05

A librarian happened to mention to her staff that she is over fifty. Suddenly they started treating her differently—leaving her off committees and assuming she would not be familiar with pop culture. Age discrimination—just one of the costs of telling your age?

 “If you tell your age, people expect you to act your age—and their idea of age is based on how their parents aged,” says Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey. “Current generations are aging much better, looking younger, and living longer. Consequently most people say they feel younger than their age.”

Rather than lying about your age, Dr. Michael Brickey tells people to “Think of yourself as many ages—with your repertoire of ages becoming richer every year. For example: there are times when you want to get down on the floor and play with kids like you are a kid yourself, times when you want to play ball like a twenty year old, and times when you want to give mature sagely advice. Being many ages lets you choose the age that fits the occasion.”  

 “When people ask your age, you often feel like they are filling out a checklist,” says Dr. Brickey. “Tell them you are many ages and you get an interesting conversation.”

 Dr. Michael Brickey is President of the Ageless Lifestyles Institute and author of the Oprah-featured book, Defy Aging and just released 52 baby steps to Grow Young. To learn about more about the psychology of being youthful at every age, contact Dr. Brickey at 614-237-4556 or DrBrickey@DrBrickey.com. Also see www.DrBrickey.com

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