
Flourish As You Age
BRAIN HEALTH
MENTAL MANAGEMENT
A GOOD DEATH
Let's not just fade away; let's FLOURISH as we age!
The MINDRAMP Podcasts focus on three key components that have been shown to contribute to flourishing in the later years of your life. You will find mini-series of episodes that explore each component.
1) Keeping your brain and body healthy - see The Roots of Brain Health
2) Managing your mental states - see Flourishing
3) Planning the kind of death you want to have - (coming 10/1/24))
You will also find the occasional episodes that focus social concerns that I feel have an impact on our well-being, for example "Elections."
Podcasting since 2020 • 207 episodes
Flourish As You Age
Latest Episodes
Welcoming Wisdom #12 - The Pre-Motor Cortex and the Default Mode Network
Our accidental mind is a marvel of evolution—capable of breathtaking creativity, yet vulnerable to distraction, self-deception, and runaway ego. In this week’s Welcoming Wisdom podcast, we explore two unlikely partners in this drama: t...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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15:21

Welcoming Wisdom #11 - The Obstetric Dilemma
The Obstetric Dilemma and the Birth of the Plastic BrainWhat happens when evolution backs itself into a corner? In this episode of Flourish As You Age, Michael C. Patterson explores one of the most profound evolutionary c...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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10:25

Singing Our Way Into Flourishing: Encore Creativity + Pasadena Villages
This month’s podcast episode tells the story of how two remarkable organizations—Encore Creativity, the nation’s largest choral program for older adults, and Pasadena Villages, a thriving part of the Village Movement—came together...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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21:38

Welcoming Wisdom #10 - Working Memory: The Whiteboard of Consciousness
In this episode of Flourish As You Age, Michael C. Patterson explores working memory, the fragile mental workspace where consciousness itself takes shape. Think of it as the virtual whiteboard of the mind—a place where perceptions and ...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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16:31

Welcoming Wisdom #9 - The Kluge Within: Navigating the Accidental Mind
In this episode of Flourish As You Age, Michael C. Patterson explores the “accidental mind”—not a perfectly engineered machine, but a brilliant kluge (pronounced klooj): an evolutionary patchwork that works despite its ...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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11:13
