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The Art and Science of Aging Well

A physician's guide to a healthy body, mind, and spirit

Stress
Meditations Dealing With the Emotional Challenges of COVID

Mark E. Williams, MD on December 13, 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been reflecting on all the ways our lives have been affected. This post shares past reflections relevant to the new context in which we age.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been reflecting on all the ways our lives have been affected. This post shares past reflections relevant to the new context in which we age.

Aging
The View from Within

Mark E. Williams, MD on September 4, 2019

What does it mean to have most of one’s life span gone? What is left to do with a limited, finite future?

What does it mean to have most of one’s life span gone? What is left to do with a limited, finite future?

Productivity
Aging and Productivity

Mark E. Williams, MD on June 10, 2019

Older people are not a disenfranchised minority; they are ourselves in the future. A delicious irony: Those with negative views of aging have sealed their own futures.

Older people are not a disenfranchised minority; they are ourselves in the future. A delicious irony: Those with negative views of aging have sealed their own futures.

Aging
Ideas on Aging From the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century

Mark E. Williams, MD on December 23, 2018

Luigi Cornaro (1464-1566) lived to 102. He wrote 'The Sure and Certain Method of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life' when he was 83. What did he know that we don't?

Luigi Cornaro (1464-1566) lived to 102. He wrote 'The Sure and Certain Method of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life' when he was 83. What did he know that we don't?

Spirituality
Welcoming Death

Mark E. Williams, MD on September 23, 2018

If your life expectancy was immediately extended to the age of 150 years, what would you do with your additional time?

If your life expectancy was immediately extended to the age of 150 years, what would you do with your additional time?

Genetics
The Demography of Aging

Mark E. Williams, MD on December 9, 2017

Ever wonder why nearly 75 percent of our longevity has so little to do with our genetics or health care?

Ever wonder why nearly 75 percent of our longevity has so little to do with our genetics or health care?

Aging
Aging, Health, and Conscious Evolution

Mark E. Williams, MD on October 1, 2017

Can a framework based on an ancient parable help us to realize how much control we have over the nature and quality of our old age?

Can a framework based on an ancient parable help us to realize how much control we have over the nature and quality of our old age?

Aging
Exploding Three Myths and Stereotypes of Aging

Mark E. Williams, MD on September 12, 2017

Are we really predestined to become senile and fall apart as we age? Let's stand up for ourselves and appreciate the facts of growing older.

Are we really predestined to become senile and fall apart as we age? Let's stand up for ourselves and appreciate the facts of growing older.

Aging
How Our Bodies Age, Part 5

Mark E. Williams, MD on August 18, 2017

Does sexuality have to decline as we age? Maybe in this regard aging is a myth. We grow old in other people's eyes and eventually they convince us of that fact.

Does sexuality have to decline as we age? Maybe in this regard aging is a myth. We grow old in other people's eyes and eventually they convince us of that fact.