With Mindy Greenstein, Jimmie Holland and Chris Farrell

Airs Wednesday, January 13, 2016

During this week’s radio show you will learn about:

• What is Psycho-Oncology?
• How Virtues and Character Strengths Relate To Aging
• Is It “Older and Wiser” or “No Fool Like an Old Fool”?
• Rethinking the Second Half of Life
•  How Baby Boomers Are Changing the Rules of Retirement

Jimmie Holland, MD, is a psychiatrist and the founder of the field of Psycho-oncology. She is Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Professor of Psychiatry at Cornell University’s Weill Medical College.  Dr. Holland has published hundreds of academic papers and many books about helping cancer survivors cope. She now focuses on the needs of older adults at Memorial Sloan Kettering, where she started the Geriatric Psychiatry Group.

 

Mindy Greenstein, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist, Psycho-Oncologist, and author of the critically acclaimed memoir, The House on Crash Corner (and Other Unavoidable Calamities).  She focuses on the issues of aging and cancer, and serves as Consultant to the Geriatric Psychiatry Group in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.  In addition to her academic papers, Dr. Greenstein has published personal essays in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, SELF, and elsewhere.

Dr. Holland’s and Dr. Greenstein’s book, LIGHTER AS WE GO: VIRTUES, CHARACTER STRENGTHS, AND AGING, was selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of the year about making the most of life after 50. Learn more about their book here.

 

 Chris Farrell is senior economics contributor at Marketplace, American Public Media’s nationally syndicated public radio business and economic programs. He is economics commentator for Minnesota Public Radio. An award winning journalist, Chris is a columnist for Next Avenue and the Star Tribune. He has written for a number of other media outlets. The author of four books, his latest is Unretirement: How Baby Boomers are Changing the Way We Think About Work, Community and the Good Life. His latest venture is an unretirement podcast at unretirement.fm