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Flow Radio

Retaining Physical Abilities Late in Life

Aug 28, 2023
Explore the significance of effective communication, challenges of aging and the exciting possibilities in the second half of life. Challenging the belief that physical decline is inevitable with age. Achieving physical abilities later in life and surpassing one's own limitations. Improving mindset and achieving peak performance through personal experience and training. The significance of flow and deliberate play for learning. Krista Stryker's experience training with the flow research collective.
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  • Having a positive mindset towards aging can contribute to healthy longevity and prevent memory decline and cognitive challenges.
  • Flow states, characterized by deep focus and presence, can help maintain cognitive function and enhance peak performance aging.

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Importance of Positive Mindset and Aging

Having a positive mindset towards aging is crucial. Research shows that a positive mindset can add up to eight years of healthy longevity. On the other hand, a negative mindset can lead to memory decline and cognitive challenges. Society's ageist attitudes can harm the elderly. Rejecting the premise that aging means decline opens up opportunities for growth and peak performance in the second half of life. It is possible to access new levels of intelligence, creativity, empathy, and wisdom. Embracing dynamic activities, maintaining a beginner's mind, and engaging in deliberate play can help guard against self-consciousness and shame and promote neurological development and cognitive reserve.

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