Sound Insight
de Cathy Jacob
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How Positive Beliefs About Aging Can Improve and Extend Our Lives
How Positive Beliefs About Aging Can Improve and Extend Our Lives
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Welcome to Sound Insight, the podcast that explores our complex relationship with work and life. I'm your host, Cathy Jacob. For 20 years, I've coached executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, and creators to do the work they love without sacrificing the rest of their lives in the process. For inspiration in an earbud, each episode will challenge your thinking, expand your perspective and offer practical strategies to take you from tired to inspired.
For a written adaptation of each episode, visit my blog at cathyjacob.com/blog. You'll find a transcript of the episode plus more articles, recommendations, and practices on the topics I cover here.
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- How Positive Beliefs About Aging Can Improve and Extend Our Lives · 13 min · Saison 5 Épisode 9Can your beliefs about aging impact how long you live? According to Becca Levy, a Yale professor and researcher, the answer is yes! Levy pioneered the study of the impact of age…
- Our False Assumptions About Aging May Be Hurting Our Health · 14 min · Saison 5 Épisode 8In part two of my series on growth in later life, I explore the impact that our negative beliefs about aging have on the aging process itself. Our culture has us all swimming in…
- Elderhood is More Than a Nicer Way to Say Old · 9 min · Saison 5 Épisode 7The difference between getting old and growing old may be more important than you think. In this episode, I explore the key differences between our notions of "getting" old, as…
- 7 Lessons I Still Haven't Learned. · 11 min · Saison 5 Épisode 6Mind-blowing revelations for my 70th birthday. It appears I have officially entered "Elderhood." This is a time when, as a writer and leadership coach, I feel some pressure to…
- How Can You Stay Anchored in a World That Won't Stop Churning? · 7 min · Saison 5 Épisode 5This is the third episode in Sound Insight's series celebrating National Poetry Month. This episode was inspired by that profound sense of disorientation that arises when the…
- When the Hardest Thing is Showing Up. · 8 min · Saison 5 Épisode 4The courage to arrive in a world that's not always welcoming. This is week two of Sound Insight's series in celebration of National Poetry Month. This week's poem is called…
- Threshold: A New Series to Celebrate National Poetry Month · 5 min · Saison 5 Épisode 3In honour of National Poetry Month (and a recently fractured collar bone) I'm practicing "less is more" this month. And nothing illustrates that more perfectly than poetry. In…
- [Best of] Small Decisions for a Big Life · 10 min · Saison 5 Épisode 2A Simple Way to Make Everyday Choices that Matter. Over the sweep of a life, it is the tiny, seemingly insignificant decisions we make every day that can make the biggest…
- Can You Find The Stillness Beneath the Storm · 6 min · Saison 5 Épisode 1Welcome to Season 5 of Sound Insight. In episode 1, I share a simple reflection and a personal story to inspire and offer encouragement in a turbulent time. Return is a personal…
- A Recipe for Finishing Strong · 10 min · Saison 4 Épisode 7When I think about finishing strong, I think of marathon runners. The good ones that keep just enough in the tank to mount a heroic sprint to the tape. I think of that triumphant…
- The Inside Story Behind Our Genius for Getting in Our Own Way. · 17 min · Saison 4Have you ever wondered why you keep working against your own interests? Or why, when you are on the verge of achieving your goals, you start doubting and sabotaging yourself?…
- An Antidote to Tsunami September · 8 min · Saison 4 Épisode 5Does your September arrives with a wall of new routines, obligations, and deadlines? After a slow, lazy summer, September can feel like standing on the beach trying to stare down…
- The Gnarly Problem of Trying to do Too Much · 15 min · Saison 4 Épisode 4Confessions from over-eating at the buffet of life. Do you have a habit of taking on too much? Have you tried all the standard advice about priorities and saying no, but still…
- How to Keep the Chaos from Messing with Your Head. · 12 min · Saison 4 Épisode 3The Inner Work of Greater Peace How can we protect our mental and emotional well-being in an environment that is becoming increasingly toxic? Are we all at the mercy of our…
- Has Your Fresh Start Fizzled? · 9 min · Saison 4 Épisode 2Did you launch another personal improvement project this year? I have to ask, now that we're nearing the end of the month, how's that working out for you? Is your motivation…
- Gearing Up for a Fresh Start in 2025? Not So Fast! · 13 min · Saison 4 Épisode 1The business case for starting with a strong finish. Studies show that a temporal landmark, like the beginning of a year, can have a strong motivational effect on people's…
- Try These 5 Simple Practices To Feel Grateful To Be Alive · 10 min · Saison 3 Épisode 12How to Enjoy the Ride, Part 3. So much of navigating life in a way that brings you joy and a feeling of being fully alive is a mental game. It is waking up to the experience of…
- 5 Hard Truths That Might Actually Make You Happier · 14 min · Saison 3 Épisode 11How to Enjoy the Ride, Part 2. In Part 2 of my series, "How to Enjoy the Ride", I explore some hard truths about our lives that actually make life more worth living. In this…
- 3 Mental Habits That Suck the Joy From Your Life · 14 min · Saison 3 Épisode 10How to Enjoy the Ride, Part 1. I'm excited to share the first of a three-part series called How to Enjoy the Ride. In this episode, I discuss three common mental habits that have…
- A Serious Case of Drift: The Dark Side of My Summer of Sloth. · 11 min · Saison 3 Épisode 9In my last episode, I shared a full-throated endorsement of the virtues of sloth as I ventured off on a glorious six week hiatus. But is there such a thing as too much sloth?…
