Sense of meaning or sense of purpose in life, is also extremely important for health and longevity. When we search a researchers check populations wither have or don't have purpose in life, you can also see very visible differences in their health and longevity. And they often talk about something called ikiga, which generally translate into the ome reason for living,. The japanese often talk when they talk about ikigai. They say, for example, that it's taking care of their grandchildren or their children, or the work, the involvement in the community, or things like that.
Marta Zaraska is a Polish-Canadian science journalist who has written everywhere from the Washington Post, and Scientific American to New Scientist, the Atlantic, Discover, and more. Her articles and books have been turned into TV programs in the US, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Bulgaria, Germany and Poland, and reprinted around the globe from Oman and Dubai to Australia and Singapore. She’s visited over 80 countries around the world and lived in six of them, reported from Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nicaragua, India, Togo, Cameroon, and many other places and currently lives in a tiny French village with her husband and daughter. Marta’s new book, Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100 (https://amzn.to/2WkQdZs) is a research-driven case for why optimism, kindness, and strong social networks will keep us living longer than any fitness tracker or superfood. This is a conversation we need now more than ever.
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Website : https://www.zaraska.com/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/mzaraska
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