Debra B. Whitman

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Americans over 75 have the highest rates of suicide. How to prevent depression in old age, according to AARP

Dec 24, 2024 | fortune.com | Debra B. Whitman

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Want to Live a Long and Fulfilling Life? Change How You Think About Getting Old

Nov 7, 2024 | flipboard.com | Debra B. Whitman

2 hours agoLosing weight is a physical and mental endurance journey. These are the top mindsets that might be sabotaging your progress. The end of 2024 is nearly here. Have you achieved the fitness results you were aiming for? If you've been exercising but seeing limited results, there's a chance some of your …
Essay | Want to Live a Long and Fulfilling Life? Change How You Think About Getting Old

Nov 7, 2024 | wsj.com | Debra B. Whitman

By | Photographs by Shuran Huang for WSJ Nearly every Friday morning for the last three years, I’ve exercised side-by-side with Perry Chapman. At 70, Perry is over 15 years older than me, but she puts me to shame. Perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising given that she takes several Pilates classes a week and has just started weightlifting with a personal trainer. Perry began her “so-called retirement” at 67, after 30 years as an art-history professor at the University of Delaware.
Bookworm: 'The Second Fifty'

Sep 21, 2024 | marconews.com | Debra B. Whitman |W.w. Norton |Kevin Grange

"The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond" By Debra Whitman, PhD c. 2024, W.W. Norton $29.99, 336 pages You've got big plans. Resign from your current job and find work that makes your heart sing. Spend time with family, maybe research your genealogy. That dream vacation is on your list, and you're eyeing a new hobby that looks fun. So many possibilities for your retirement. Now read "The Second Fifty" by Debra Whitman, PhD and make sure you get there.
Bookworm

Sep 16, 2024 | bradfordera.com | Debra B. Whitman

You've got big plans. Resign from your current job and find work that makes your heart sing. Spend time with family, maybe research your genealogy. That dream vacation is on your list, and you're eyeing a new hobby that looks fun. So many possibilities for your retirement. Now read "The Second Fifty" by Debra Whitman, PhD and make sure you get there. You eat right, exercise, buckle your seatbelt, and you're financially secure.
Figuring Out Why Some People Live Longer Than Others

Sep 5, 2024 | thegirlfriend.com | Debra B. Whitman

The following is an excerpt from the book The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond by Debra Whitman. In the summer of 2017, my husband was hiking alone in the mountains of Colorado. He was fit and trim, a lifelong athlete, but as Glenn ascended the trail, he felt an unfamiliar tightness in his chest. A high school history teacher who gets CPR training each year, Glenn knew the signs of a heart attack. Surely it couldn’t be that?
Will You Have Enough Money for Your ‘Second Fifty’ of Life? | Members Only

Aug 30, 2024 | aarp.org | Debra B. Whitman

Chris Gash Facebook Twitter LinkedIn When economist Debra Whitman, the chief public policy officer for AARP and a globally recognized expert on aging, was approaching her 50th birthday, she began to wonder what was in store for her own second fifty. Suddenly, the questions she’d been studying for years became personal.
Will I Lose My Memory?

Aug 26, 2024 | aarp.org | Debra B. Whitman

Liam Eisenberg-Hagan Facebook Twitter LinkedIn This has happened to me more than once: I walk into the kitchen, my mind ticking through the day’s chores and errands, and as I open the refrigerator, I realize I’ve forgotten what I’m looking for. My first thought: Am I losing my mind? My second: Is this a sign of looming dementia?
'The Second Fifty'

Jun 3, 2024 | aarp.org | Debra B. Whitman

AARP ORDER THIS BOOKAmazonAppleBarnes & NobleBooks a MillionBook-Pal - Discounts plus free S/H on bulk ordersBookshop.orgPricing varies “Exhaustively researched and deeply intimate.” —Joseph F.