Oftentimes things aren't nearly as bad as we think they will be. Nor are they quite as good.

The older a man gets, the less he's interested in living a life that doesn't make him happy. Similar to women, men usually have a moment in their lives when they're completely done with trying to ...

Kathy L. is a 46-year-old mother of three in North Carolina. Five years ago, she moved her family back to her hometown in order to help care for her aging parents, but for the past year and a half, ...

In a world that increasingly allows you to do everything from the comfort of your couch, it's easy to slip into the hermit lifestyle. However, the art of being social isn't just about avoiding ...

Getting older is inevitable, and it's often helpful to hear the realizations others have had about what we can expect as we age. So, Quora user Robert Cameron received a lot of feedback after he asked ...

I've only recently begun to think about my mother's age and what it means. I'm an only child, and we've been through so many things together. We're incredibly close. Thinking about being without her ...

Sophy Doub Burnham ’58’s latest book, The Wonder and Happiness of Being Old: Offerings of Hope, Joy, and New Ways to Perceive Aging, is her response to a simple question posed to her several years ago ...

Going outside and being in nature doesn’t just improve our mood and protect our mental health — it also has the power to boost our energy levels when we’re feeling fatigued and regulate our nervous ...

How common is the fear of getting old? So common that this fear even has its own acronym—FOGO, “Fear of Getting Old.” Although less catchy, the term “gerontophobia” is sometimes used to describe the ...