Do Beliefs About Aging Impact Our Health & Longevity?

Dr. Caroline Leaf
4 min readApr 14, 2022

In a recent podcast (episode #373), I talked to Dr. Becca Levy, an award-winning Yale professor of psychology and global health. We discussed the dangers of ageism, how positive and negative age stereotypes affect the health of older individuals, how to use the mind and brain more effectively as we age, age as a socially fluid construct, what happens to memory and the mind when we get older, and so much more!

In her amazing new book Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live, Dr. Becca examines…

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Dr. Caroline Leaf

Mental health expert. I have spent the last 30+ years researching ways to help people manage mental health issues in school, work, and life: drleaf.com