Females Stronger in Mid-life & Beyond, podcast episode about age and health with Louann Brizendine MD & Becca Levy Ph.D.

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Age, Attitude, Image, and Our Health

Original Air Date Wednesday, September 14, 2022

The over-publisized belief that we lose our value in society as we age can wildly diminish our quality of life. During a time of life that should be celebrated, women in their 50s are bombarded by the media with ideas of reconnecting to their youth. But, should they want to reconnect?

To discover tools to keep us hearty and healthful as we ripen, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with two expert authors about how attitude can affect a healthy, happy, aging process.

Dr. Louann Brizendine is a researcher, clinician, and professor who founded the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. She highlights the research at the core of her book, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, and describes ways women can make the most of the second half of their lives.

Dr. Becca Levy is a psychologist credited with creating a field of study that focuses on how positive and negative age stereotypes can have beneficial and adverse effects. She discusses the central theme of her book, Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live, and shares her vision for The Age Liberation Movement.

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Lisa Cypers Kamen · Age, Attitude, Image, and Our Health with Louann Brizendine MD & Becca Levy PhD

Meet Our Guests:

Dr. Louann Brizendine MD completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, and did her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. She has served on the faculties of both Harvard and UC San Francisco, where she founded the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. She is the New York Times bestselling author of The Female Brain, and its follow-up, The Male Brain.

Book: The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond

Louann Brizendine — The Upgraders:

During the Upgrade, women in their 50s are finally free from the ups and downs of hormones that soaked their brains every month. {1:56}
Women who don’t understand their biology are at its mercy. {6:18}
The difference in the sex drive between age-matched males and females. {9:07}
Louann describes different options for women to increase libido. {14:55}
In her book, The Upgrade, Louann includes an informative chapter on body hacks for the mind. {20:41}
How the Women’s Health Initiative study set hormone therapy research for women back 20 years. {22:17}

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Dr. Becca Levy received her Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University and held a National Institute on Aging postdoctoral fellowship at the Division of Aging and Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Credited with creating a field of study that focuses on how positive and negative age stereotypes can have beneficial and adverse effects, respectively, on the health of older individuals. Dr. Levy has given invited testimony before the United States Senate on the effects of ageism and contributed to briefs submitted to the United States Supreme Court in age-discrimination cases.

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

Becca Levy — Age, Attitude, Image, and Health:

Becca’s book, Breaking the Age Code, addresses 14 negative assumptions and common myths often associated with aging. {31:30}
While doing research for her book, Becca went to Japan to see if cultural beliefs affect longevity. {36:39}
Becca describes how positive age beliefs directly correlate with preventative health behaviors. {40:15}
The influence and impact of the media on age beliefs in the United States. {43:41}
The Age Liberation Movement celebrates aging and reinforces the value of older members in society. {46:09}
Only 25% of healthy aging and longevity is controlled by genes. {50:44}

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