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What does it really mean to “age with grace” and how can we enact changes in our lives that could lead us to a successful transition in lifestyle?

Dancing with the Muse in Old Age is a book about thriving in old age. Reflecting on new ways of looking at old age as a potentially dynamic, happy, and productive time, it reviews the science on aging that shows that negative views of aging can actually cause decline. The book opposes ageism and reports the evidence that old age can be a time of great happiness while challenging the widespread notion that “peak ages of creativity” are 39 to 42. Exploring the lives of more than one-hundred dynamic elders—mostly but not entirely creators in the arts, the book shares inspiring stories that model for us all how to live in old age.