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Fearless Aging
Staying Fit and Beautiful in Your 50s and Beyond By Teri Brown
(Perennial, 1998), which grew out of her experience as a single mom trying to create a nurturing home for her daughter and herself; and Creating a Charmed Life, a book filled with the wisdom of living authentically.
With her latest work, Younger by the Day, Moran offers day-by-day advice and guidance for living a life of youthful vigor, no matter what your age. Aches and pains along with gradual reduction in activity don't have to be accepted as our lot in life. Moran says that until recently, being physically active was required to sustain life. People didn't exert themselves for fun or vanity; they did it for survival. But now it's easy to be close to catatonic and see that as normal.
"On the other hand, I don't think my generation accepts 'aches, pains and fatigue' as normal," says Moran. "We're a feisty bunch and we've got spunk to spare. That's why more of us are exercising in our 40s, 50s and 60s than we were when we were young. We're using diet and supplements, alternative health care modalities like acupuncture, and we expect our health care providers to actually do something and not tell us we're supposed to put up with whatever it is because of our age."
Younger by the Day was written to be used over the period of a year with little pieces of advice to be read daily. Often Moran includes an activity that helps put you on the road to health and vitaliy. The June 17 entry, for example, is called the Seven Eating Habits of Highly Youthful People and gives advice on how to eat in such a manner as to promote health and youth. The March 4 entry, in contrast, tells one to invent one's own holiday to celebrate, and October 25 invites one to see bath time as more than a time to get clean by using different mixtures to relax.
