Ageism comes from the human tendency to place people in hierarchies of human value.

In that sense, it comes from where all prejudice comes from.

Most biases unconscious and we can't challenge it if we're not aware of it.

So the first most uncomfortable most necessary step is to look at our own attitudes

towards age and aging, right? Because we're all biased.

So anytime age crops up, in your own thinking,

any time you hear someone say, I'm too old,

I'm too young, people of a certain age should

or shouldn't do a certain thing.

Interigate it.

See what comes up for you.

Okay, so here's a question for you.

What if not just the quote, fat of getting older, but actually the way we think about getting older is

making us less happy less healthy and less human and what if it's not just about how we

think about it individually but how society does and how culture, work, relationships, media, and entertainment, put us into boxes that make our lives smaller and colder as we age rather than more expansive, alive, and radiant.

My guest today, Ashton Applewhite, author of this chair rocks, a manifesto against ageism, has been investigating these questions for years,

and what she's uncovered may forever change how you see the aging experience.

In our conversation, Ashton takes us on a journey to really better understand where

these negative attitudes about aging come from in society, how they creep into our minds,

and the toll they take on our bodies, our work, and our relationships.

And along the way she shares some pretty eye-opening research and stories that honor the

realities of getting older, but also shatter common myths about decline and demise.

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