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The Gift of Aging
Growing Older with Purpose, Planning, and Positivity
with Elizabeth Eckstrom, MD, MPH, MACP
The Gift of Aging blends frontline science with inspirational stories and insights from wise elders for aging with health, joy, and purpose. The book explains how our bodies and brains age, defining what can be expected with aging and what is unusual. It demonstrates ways we can significantly increase our chances for a positive aging experience into our 80s, 90s, and 100s. It offers key strategies for meeting the challenges of aging, informs us of issues of inclusion and equity, and advises on handling legal and financial affairs. The Gift of Aging illustrates how we can make the third act of our lives meaningful and fulfilling, ensuring we as elders can make a difference in our world.
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Praise
“This is a beautiful book. The Gift of Aging is filled with lots of practical advice—but none more practical than ‘have a purpose.’ The last decades of our lives can be the most important, productive, and fulfilling, but only if we take them with the seriousness (and the good humor) they deserve!”
— Bill McKibben, bestselling author of The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon, and The End of Nature
“The Gift of Aging is itself a gift. It’s packed with research-based strategies and motivating stories of elders that can help make growing older the most meaningful ride of a lifetime!”
— Daniel Pink, bestselling author of When, Drive, and To Sell is Human
“I love how this inspiring and companionable book combines profound spiritual wisdom with utterly down-to-earth advice, marrying reflections on the deepest questions of life’s meaning with recipes and financial planning tactics. For the first time in a while, I find myself relishing the prospect of advancing age.”
— Oliver Burkeman, bestselling author of Four Thousand weeks: Time Management for Mortals
The Gift of Aging Press
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Marcy Cottrell Houle & Elizabeth Eckstrom: “The Gift of Aging”
(June 8, 2023) KATU AM Northwest
“What Does it Look Like to be 102?” Gift of Aging Interview with Lucille Pierce
(March 4, 2024) KATU AM Northwest
SELECTED MEDIA INTERVIEWS
The Goldster Conversations interview with Elizabeth Eckstrom about The Gift of Aging. London, UK.
AM NORTHWEST, KATU/ABC TV, “The Gift Of Aging”. 4/4/2024
WERU PUBLIC RADIO, Healthy Options, The Gift of Aging: Growing Older with Purpose, Planning, and Positivity. 6/5/24
THE OLMSTED NETWORK: Q&A with Author Marcy Cottrell Houle – Olmsted Network. 7/23/2024
THE CHRISTOPHERS: “Healthy Aging Requires A Higher Goal Than Joy: An Interview With Marcy Cottrell Houle”
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: WERU. “Healthy Aging as the Silver Tsunami Approaches”. 10/6/2016
NPR Morning Edition featuring Elizabeth Eckstrom, MD, whose research on Tai Chi reveals that practicing Tai Chi regularly can delay patients who are diagnosed with cognitive impairment from succumbing to dementia for at least SIX YEARS.
SELECTED OPINION PIECES
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Opinion. An Aging Population, Without the Doctors to Match.
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES: Opinion. How Our Healthcare System Can be Deadly to the Elderly.
SELECTED KEYNOTE SPEECHES & PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATION: HOFFMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: MANZANITA WRITERS’ SERIES. 2023
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: FERGUSON WELLMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, “A Call to Action: What You Need to Know to Prepare for Life’s Fourth Chapter.” Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
PRESENTATION: THE CASCADE CONFERENCE ON SUCCESSFUL AGING. Bend, Oregon.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE COMMITTEE ON AGING AND VILLAGES NORTHWEST, Tools to Successfully Navigate the Perilous Health Care System Seniors Face. Beaverton, Oregon.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: LONG ISLAND SENIORS ADVOCACY NON-PROFIT. “A Call to Action: Empowered Aging for Life’s Fourth Chapter: For Senior Industry Professionals.” New York, New York.
PRESENTATION: UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES. “A Call to Action: Empowered Aging for Life’s Fourth Chapter” Portland, Oregon.
PRESENTATION: OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, FORUM ON AGING IN RURAL AREAS.” Hood River, Oregon.
PRESENTATION: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: GERONTOLOGY CONFERENCE. Corvallis, Oregon.