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Dr. Becca Levy: ...how your beliefs about aging determine how long and well you live

How do your beliefs about aging impact your health? Our guest on this episode, Dr. Becca Levy, professor of Public Health and Psychology at Yale, says your age beliefs are so powerful that they define how you experience your later years.  Dr. Levy is credited with creating the field of study that focuses on how positive and negative age stereotypes can have beneficial and adverse effects, respectively, on the health of older people. She's the author of, “Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live”.  Her website is https://becca-levy.com/

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  Lacy Crawford: ...the importance of finding the courage to tell your story

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  Mitch Prinstein: ...About Popularity

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  Judith Matloff: ...the importance of staying calm in a life-threatening si…

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  Dr. Margaret Rutherford: ...that perfectionism is a problem

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  Kathryn Finney: ...how to start a successful business if you’re not a rich…

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  Helena Dea Bala: ...that I would find myself in every stranger I met

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  Dr. Laura Huang: ...that 'be yourself' is bad advice

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  Shannon Kaiser: ...life is actually supposed to be easy

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  Adrienne Brodeur: ...the consequences of keeping a big secret

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  Clint Emerson: ...how to be the right kind of crazy

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  Judy Batalion: ...that strength and courage can be passed down through gen…

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  Veronica Hinke: ...how the stories of Titanic passengers can inspire peopl…

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  Judy Foreman: ...how physical activity slows aging

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  Dr. Fred Luskin: ...that forgiveness was a lot simpler than I thought

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  Lorene Cary: ...my year with nana at the end of her century