
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 • 202 episodes
Flourish As You Age
Latest Episodes
Welcoming Wisdom #8 - Mature Creativity
In this episode, Michael C. Patterson traces the creative landscape of later life — from Dr. Gene Cohen’s groundbreaking research on creative aging, to Twyla Tharp’s fierce manifesto for movement, to the wide horizons of Georgia O’Keeffe’s ...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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15:51

Welcoming Wisdom #7 - Developmental Intelligence: The Super Power of the Mature Mind
In this episode, host Michael C. Patterson explores Dr. Gene Cohen’s groundbreaking concept of developmental intelligence—the idea that our minds can continue growing in complexity, depth, and wisdom throughout life. Drawing on Cohen’s...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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18:16

Welcoming Wisdom #6 - Mature Minds and the Sky Above Clouds
In this episode of Flourish As You Age, host Michael C. Patterson explores the often-overlooked strengths of the mature mind. Drawing from his upcoming book Welcoming Wisdom, he challenges the myth of inevitable cogni...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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10:28

Welcoming Wisdom #5 - The Time to Flourish
What happens when we finally get the free time we longed for—only to find it strangely unsettling? In this episode of Flourish As You Age, host Michael C. Patterson explores leisure as a vital (and often overlooked) condition of human ...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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12:18

Welcoming Wisdom #4 - Awe, Ethics, and the Sacred Path to Flourishing
In this final episode of our opening series on Flourishing, we explore the deeper dimensions of what it means to live a meaningful and well-lived life. Drawing from awe research, contemplative neuroscience, and classical philosophy, we...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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17:19
