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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."
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END-OF-LIFE #9 - Simplify Your Life
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Taking steps to simplify our lives as we age has benefits not only for ourselves but also for our loved ones. In my ninth conversation with Chris palmer, author of Achieving a Good Death, we talk about simplifying, decluttering and minimalizing our physical environments.
The wealth of possessions we have accumulated over the years often do nothing but distract us and clutter up our lives. By shedding unwanted and unused possessions we can reduce our stress and give more of our attention to the things that really matter.
The same goes for mental clutter. The more we can free ourselves from outdated and counter-productive concepts and beliefs, the easier it is to focus our mental attention on the aspects of life that help us to flourish.
Decluttering our homes is also a wonderful gift to our love ones who will survive us. After we die we don't want to burden our loved ones with the onerous task of sorting through our lifetime of accumulated junk. Chris discusses how taking steps to declutter, simplify and minimalize before we die can help us and our loved ones to flourish.
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