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Aging With Joy

We are highlighting Senior's Week with this list of audiobook titles that celebrate aging and loving ourselves in all stages of life. This list includes memoirs and inspirational accounts, as well as some information titles on the science of aging, exploring the joys of growing older and lifelong learning.

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14 items

  • Happiness Is a Choice You Make

    Lessons From a Year Among the Oldest Old

    Leland, John, 1959-
    An extraordinary look at what it means to grow old and a heartening guide to well-being, Happiness Is a Choice You Make weaves together the stories and wisdom of six New Yorkers who number among the "oldest old"-- those eighty-five and up.…
    Audiobook CDNew York, NY : Macmillan Audio, 2018. — AB 305.26 LELA
  • The 60-something Crisis

    How to Live An Extraordinary Life in Retirement

    Pagano, Barbara,
    A soul-shaking and inspiring book for late-in-life adulthood. The decision of whether we will choose with intention to fully live in the last third of life begins in our 60s. We can demand more of ourselves, invest in opportunities to test…
    Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2023.
  • Keep Sharp :

    How to Build a Better Brain at Any Age

    Gupta, Sanjay, 1969-
    Neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutting-edge research centers on heightening and protecting brain function to maintain cognitive health at any age. This title explores brain…
    Audiobook CD[New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2020. — AB 153.4 GUPT
  • Still Foolin' 'em

    Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?

    Crystal, Billy
    Billy Crystal's reflections are an unforgettable look at an extraordinary life well lived. Filled with impromptu jokes and ad-libs, Crystal pokes fun at growing old but also takes listeners through his life decade by decade, recalling the…
    Audiobook CDNew York : Macmillan Audio, 2013. — AB 792.702 CRYS
  • Rising Strong

    How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

    Brown, Brene,
    For Brene, the conversation about vulnerability and shame naturally evolves into a discussion of bravery--its origins, its catalysts, its chemistry. How we are brave. What constitutes bravery. What activates the impulse to be brave. And…
    Audiobook CDNew York, NY : Random House Audio, 2020 — AB 158 BROW
  • Star Trek legend and veteran author William Shatner discusses the meaning of life, finding value in work, and living well whatever your age.
    Audiobook CDNew York, NY : Macmillan Audio, 2018. — AB 791.4502 SHAT
  • The Longevity Project

    Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life From the Landmark Eight-decade Study

    Friedman, Howard S.
    The Longevity Project examines data from an 80-year longitudinal cohort study, exploring the complex matrix of factors that contribute to longevity, providing recommendations for increasing one's lifespan.
    Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : Gildan Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2011.
  • Lifespan :

    Why We Age and Why We Don't Have to

    Sinclair, David A., 1969-
    Dr. David Sinclair presents a groundbreaking theory that aging is a treatable disease and explores how activating vitality genes can slow down or reverse aging. He shares emerging technologies and lifestyle changes that promote longevity,…
    Audiobook CD[United States] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2019. — AB 570 SIN 2019
  • Elderhood

    Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life

    Aronson, Louise
    Harvard-trained geriatrician Louise Aronson uses stories from her quarter century of caring for patients, and draws from history, science, literature, popular culture, and her own life to weave a vision of old age that's neither nightmare…
    Downloadable AudiobookNew York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
  • Enough Already :

    Learing to Love the Way I Am Today

    Bertinelli, Valerie, 1960-
    Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli reflects on life at sixty and beyond. With an intimate look into her insecurities, heartbreaks, losses, triumphs, and revelations, Enough…
    Audiobook CD[Boston, Massachusetts] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2022] — AB 791.43028 BER 2022
  • Keep Moving

    And Other Tips and Truths About Aging

    Van Dyke, Dick
    Show-business legend Dick Van Dyke is living proof that life does get better the longer you live it.
    Downloadable AudiobookAshland : Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2015.
  • Aging as a Spiritual Practice

    a Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser

    Richmond, L. (Lewis), 1947-
    Everything changes. For Buddhist priest and meditation teacher Lewis Richmond, this fundamental Buddhist tenet is the basis for a new inner road map that emerges in the later years, charting an understanding that can bring new…
    Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : AudioGO : Made available through hoopla, 2015.
  • The New Old Me

    My Late-life Reinvention

    Maran, Meredith,
    One woman's story of starting over at 60 in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood.
    Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : HighBridge, 2017.
  • Self-care for the Wisdom Years

    Practical Ways to Celebrate the Mystery and Wonder of Aging

    Richardson, Cheryl
    A bestselling self-care expert invites you to find inspiration in the changes and challenges of aging -- and create a more authentic, soul-directed life. What does aging mean to you? We often look at aging through the lens of what is lost,…
    Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : Sounds True, 2022.