“I commend this book to everyone of all ages, and let us all age joyfully.” 

Dame Judi Dench 

 

How to Age Joyfully is an accessible, practical and quietly revolutionary guide that aims to celebrate our ageing population. The experience, wisdom, love, skills, stability and time older people have to offer means everyone benefits from increased longevity – individuals, their friends and family, and the wider community. According to research, the biological process of ageing has little effect until we reach our nineties, meaning how well we age is largely down to us.

Inspired by personal experience and practical research, How to Age Joyfully collates the best advice for living and ageing well into one practical guide, outlining eight essential steps that will keep our bodies and minds healthy. Each step is clearly explained and is accompanied by plenty of practical tips to motivate and encourage the reader to make small, positive changes.  The uplifting tone of How to Age Joyfully means that, whether you choose to follow some or all of the advice, it is the perfect guide to living joyfully, whatever your age. 

The Eight Steps to Aging Joyfully – Move • Eat Right • Have a Purpose • Connect • Grow • Be Grateful • Give • Be Positive 

 

The author

Maggy Pigott CBE was a civil servant and lawyer. She is now relishing retirement, having discovered the joys of dancing, Twitter and volunteering with a charity for the over 50s, Open Age, which will receive  50% of her royalties. Maggy has been married for over 40 years, has two adult children and lives in  West London.

 

Praise for How to Age Joyfully 

“This is an outstanding book. It carries a clear message and expresses a clear philosophy, namely that  we need to transform the way we think about living longer. It speaks from the heart, from an author  who has knowledge and experience. It is a manifesto for living better longer. “

Sir Muir Gray, CBE, FRCPSGlas, FCLIP, Professor and Consultant in Public Health,  Oxford University; author of Sod 70!; first Chief Knowledge Officer  for the NHS and creator of NHS Choices 

 

“Our ageing population is all too often presented as a problem rather than a gift, and ageist stereotypes  and age discrimination are everywhere. How to Age Joyfully is a welcome antidote to this fearful,  negative view of ageing, and a rich resource of ideas and evidence for how to enjoy your own later life.” 

Catherine Foot, Director of Evidence, Centre for Ageing Better 

 

“We hear so much about the burdens of an ageing society that we seem to have talked ourselves into  thinking of rising life expectancy as a bad thing. In this book Maggy Pigott reminds us how lucky we  are to live at such a time and how to add joy to all the other emotions as we navigate those later  years.” 

Alan Johnson, former Labour politician and Cabinet Minister, including Secretary of  State for Health (2007-2009); award-winning author; patron of Open Age 

 

“Full of wit, wisdom – and hope!”

Gyles Brandreth, writer and broadcaster 

 

“Old age is being redefined and this is an essential book for today’s new world. It is full of positive  actions to maximise enjoyment of our added years in this amazing period of life.” 

Joyce Williams MBE FCSP, aka blogger GrandmaWilliams.com 

 

“We are all ageing. This motivating and practical book is a valuable, easy to read, guide on what we  need to do to help us age well and make the most of our lives.” 

Baroness Sally Greengross, Chief Executive, International Longevity Centre UK; member  of the House of Lords since 2000 and co-chair of several All-Party Parliamentary  Groups on ageing; Director-General of Age Concern England from 1987-2000 

 

“We all know that people today can expect to live healthily and productively for longer than ever before.  But, what is less clear is what we are all to do with this extra time. We need new champions to help shape a new world, where people can work, play, innovate, inspire, lead and create – throughout life,  regardless of age. Maggy is such a champion. Read her book and see why.”

Dr Jonathan Collie, co-founder of The Age of No Retirement

 

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