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

How do you feel about aging? And, how do your thoughts about aging impact your health? Our guest on this episode is Dr. Becca Levy, professor of Public Health and Psychology at Yale. She 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. Her new book is called, “Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live”. Thanks to our sponsors of this episode! --> Feals: Feals is a premium CBD delivered directly to your doorstep. Simply put, it’s a better way to keep your head clear and feel better. CBD isn’t about what you feel. It’s about what you don’t feel – stress, anxiety, pain. CBD is one of the active compounds found in the hemp plant. It works naturally without any mind altering effects or "high" for the person using it. Feals also offers a free CBD hotline to help guide your personal experience so that you find your perfect dose. The Feals Customer Service team is dedicated to making sure you get the best use of your CBD. Joining the Feals monthly membership makes your self-care easy. You’ll save money on every order and you can pause or cancel any time. Start feeling better with Feals! Become a member today by going to www.feals.com/NOBODYTOLDME and you'll get 50% off your first order with free shipping!   --> Coda.io: Spending your workday jumping from one platform to another for every single task is productivity poison! Coda is the doc that brings it all together. Your valuable data, plans, objectives, and strategies in the same place—on the same page, even. If your best work is spread out across documents, spreadsheets, and a stack of workflow tools you have to jump in and out of all day, you should bring it all together in a Coda doc. Integrate with the tools you use every day, and easily import from other platforms so your Coda d