Jeanette Leardi
@jeanetteleardi.bsky.social
Social gerontologist, public speaker, community educator, and author of "AGING SIDEWAYS: Changing Our Perspectives on Getting Older." Advocate for changing minds about aging: rejecting dread and embracing what's ahead. jeanetteleardi.com
A terrific conversation filled with lots of important ideas.
What an honor to join Janine Vanderburg @encore-janine.bsky.social for a delicious conversation, where I answer questions ranging from #ageism to launching a business to #podcasting !
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Breaking Age Barriers: Coffee Chat with Ande Lyons on Ageism, Encore Car... youtu.be/g2AK4PjzZh4?...
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Breaking Age Barriers: Coffee Chat with Ande Lyons on Ageism, Encore Car... youtu.be/g2AK4PjzZh4?...
Breaking Age Barriers: Coffee Chat with Ande Lyons on Ageism, Encore Careers, and Podcasting
YouTube video by Janine Vanderburg
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A terrific conversation filled with lots of important ideas.
An important study.
(H/T Wendl Kornfeld for calling my attention to it.)
www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...
(H/T Wendl Kornfeld for calling my attention to it.)
www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...
How Americans Are Thinking About Aging
From how well they think they’re aging to how they rate their physical and mental health and financial security, older adults with upper incomes are doing better than those with middle or lower income...
www.pewresearch.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
An important study.
(H/T Wendl Kornfeld for calling my attention to it.)
www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...
(H/T Wendl Kornfeld for calling my attention to it.)
www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...
"Older people are not second-class citizens. We should be asking why we tolerate a world that works so well for some but leaves others behind."
This article, published in Ireland, very much applies in the U.S., too.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
This article, published in Ireland, very much applies in the U.S., too.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
Opinion: We’ve grown far too comfortable excluding older people from the digital world
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
www.thejournal.ie
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Older people are not second-class citizens. We should be asking why we tolerate a world that works so well for some but leaves others behind."
This article, published in Ireland, very much applies in the U.S., too.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
This article, published in Ireland, very much applies in the U.S., too.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
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contrarian.substack.com/p/incandesce... my comrade… always a rock
Incandescent Rage: Ezra Levin on the Eight Democrats Who Put Americans Last
"What do we do to demand a better party, a party that actually fights back?"
contrarian.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
contrarian.substack.com/p/incandesce... my comrade… always a rock
It's Week 2 of National Family Caregivers Month, and Part 2 of my four-part "The Caregiver's Journey" series for 3rd Act Magazine, I discuss the importance of self-care when being responsible for the care of someone else as well as the signs of caregiver burnout.
3rdactmagazine.com/the-caregive...
3rdactmagazine.com/the-caregive...
The Caregiver’s Journey Part 2: Looking After Yourself
In Part 1 of this four-part series, you learned how to determine your loved one’s needs and your own as you prepare to be a caregiver. In Part 2, you'll lear
3rdactmagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's Week 2 of National Family Caregivers Month, and Part 2 of my four-part "The Caregiver's Journey" series for 3rd Act Magazine, I discuss the importance of self-care when being responsible for the care of someone else as well as the signs of caregiver burnout.
3rdactmagazine.com/the-caregive...
3rdactmagazine.com/the-caregive...
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There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
I don't know how many times I can say this or say it differently:
I truly wish we put as much emphasis on---and effort into--- improving our society and saving the Earth as we do working to find ways to live longer (albeit healthier).
Aging well isn't a solo occupation.
time.com/7330284/agin...
I truly wish we put as much emphasis on---and effort into--- improving our society and saving the Earth as we do working to find ways to live longer (albeit healthier).
Aging well isn't a solo occupation.
time.com/7330284/agin...
How to Die Young at a Very Old Age
Longevity researcher Nir Barzilai shares how interfering with aging could prevent myriad diseases.
time.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I don't know how many times I can say this or say it differently:
I truly wish we put as much emphasis on---and effort into--- improving our society and saving the Earth as we do working to find ways to live longer (albeit healthier).
Aging well isn't a solo occupation.
time.com/7330284/agin...
I truly wish we put as much emphasis on---and effort into--- improving our society and saving the Earth as we do working to find ways to live longer (albeit healthier).
Aging well isn't a solo occupation.
time.com/7330284/agin...
Throughout our lives, we may fear missing out on taking full advantage of life's opportunities. But is the pressure worth it? If not, what can we do about it?
Check out my latest piece for the American Society on Aging's Generations Now blog.
generations.asaging.org/pressured-by...
Check out my latest piece for the American Society on Aging's Generations Now blog.
generations.asaging.org/pressured-by...
Pressured by FOMO? It’s Time to Say ‘No’ - ASA Generations
Experts explain how rejecting the fear of missing out can improve the quality of our lives.
generations.asaging.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Throughout our lives, we may fear missing out on taking full advantage of life's opportunities. But is the pressure worth it? If not, what can we do about it?
Check out my latest piece for the American Society on Aging's Generations Now blog.
generations.asaging.org/pressured-by...
Check out my latest piece for the American Society on Aging's Generations Now blog.
generations.asaging.org/pressured-by...
I love the opportunities I get to be on fun and insightful podcasts to talk about my book, "AGING SIDEWAYS: Changing Our Perspectives on Getting Older," and this one with host Debra L. Morrison is no exception.
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnKR...
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnKR...
Dismantling Ageism: Jeanette Leardi Reveals How 'Old' Should Be Celebrated, Not Feared
YouTube video by We Can Do It Women
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November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I love the opportunities I get to be on fun and insightful podcasts to talk about my book, "AGING SIDEWAYS: Changing Our Perspectives on Getting Older," and this one with host Debra L. Morrison is no exception.
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnKR...
Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnKR...
I'm getting many compliments for my recent interview with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social. No surprise, since he's one of the most astute and popular broadcasters on SiriusXM.
If you haven't yet listened to our conversation, I'd be honored if you would.
If you haven't yet listened to our conversation, I'd be honored if you would.
I am THRILLED to have been interviewed last week by New York Times best-selling author @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on his SiriusXM podcast "Tell Me Everything."
Check out our conversation at www.johnfugelsang.com/podcast (click on the October 27 episode and listen from 19:20 to 39:56).
Check out our conversation at www.johnfugelsang.com/podcast (click on the October 27 episode and listen from 19:20 to 39:56).
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm getting many compliments for my recent interview with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social. No surprise, since he's one of the most astute and popular broadcasters on SiriusXM.
If you haven't yet listened to our conversation, I'd be honored if you would.
If you haven't yet listened to our conversation, I'd be honored if you would.
"Meaningful social connections may do more than lift spirits, they may help preserve the mind."
scitechdaily.com/new-study-he...
scitechdaily.com/new-study-he...
New Study: Helping Others Slows Cognitive Decline by Up to 20%
Regularly helping others, whether through volunteering or simple acts of kindness, can slow cognitive decline and boost brain health in older adults, new research finds.
scitechdaily.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Meaningful social connections may do more than lift spirits, they may help preserve the mind."
scitechdaily.com/new-study-he...
scitechdaily.com/new-study-he...
Too Young to Know Better? Why Ageism Hurts from Both Sides
www.theteenmagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Let's put a halt to age discrimination of older job seekers. Not only does workplace ageism affect over-50 applicants, it actually defeats a company's productivity goals. Plenty of research shows that intergenerational work teams increase corporate bottom lines.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Too old to hire? Over-50s facing job-hunt agony
Despite excellent CVs and a wealth of experience, older people are receiving no offers after sending hundreds of applications. Ageism is to blame, they say
www.thetimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Let's put a halt to age discrimination of older job seekers. Not only does workplace ageism affect over-50 applicants, it actually defeats a company's productivity goals. Plenty of research shows that intergenerational work teams increase corporate bottom lines.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
November is National Family Caregivers Month. Check out this first piece of a four-part series I wrote in 2023 for 3rd Act Magazine called "The Caregiver's Journey."
3rdactmagazine.com/the-caregive...
3rdactmagazine.com/the-caregive...
The Caregiver’s Journey—A Four-Part Series
On May 26, 2011, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, saying, “There are only four kinds of people i
3rdactmagazine.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
November is National Family Caregivers Month. Check out this first piece of a four-part series I wrote in 2023 for 3rd Act Magazine called "The Caregiver's Journey."
3rdactmagazine.com/the-caregive...
3rdactmagazine.com/the-caregive...
THIS is what's really going on in "war-ravaged" Portland. May such violent tactics spread everywhere throughout the country.
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
LIST: These Portland area restaurants are feeding SNAP recipients during the federal shutdown
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As the month draws to an end and the federal shutdown continues, those who rely on food assistance have grown increasingly concerned about what to do when their benefit…
www.koin.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM
THIS is what's really going on in "war-ravaged" Portland. May such violent tactics spread everywhere throughout the country.
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
As of today, the total money raised is now at $200,000. See link in Comments.
www.facebook.com/reel/8063093...
www.facebook.com/reel/8063093...
333K views · 24K reactions | The owner of a Southeast Portland coffee shop said Tuesday the shop had raised over $72,000 to help feed people losing food benefits as the government shutdown continues.
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The owner of a Southeast Portland coffee shop said Tuesday the shop had raised over $72,000 to help feed people losing food benefits as the government shutdown continues.
Heretic Coffee, 5120 S.E....
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October 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
As of today, the total money raised is now at $200,000. See link in Comments.
www.facebook.com/reel/8063093...
www.facebook.com/reel/8063093...
I highly recommend @johnfugelsang.bsky.social's "Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds" as a guide for defeating attempts to turn a love-based religion into a weapon of discrimination and violence.
October 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I highly recommend @johnfugelsang.bsky.social's "Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds" as a guide for defeating attempts to turn a love-based religion into a weapon of discrimination and violence.
I am THRILLED to have been interviewed last week by New York Times best-selling author @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on his SiriusXM podcast "Tell Me Everything."
Check out our conversation at www.johnfugelsang.com/podcast (click on the October 27 episode and listen from 19:20 to 39:56).
Check out our conversation at www.johnfugelsang.com/podcast (click on the October 27 episode and listen from 19:20 to 39:56).
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I am THRILLED to have been interviewed last week by New York Times best-selling author @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on his SiriusXM podcast "Tell Me Everything."
Check out our conversation at www.johnfugelsang.com/podcast (click on the October 27 episode and listen from 19:20 to 39:56).
Check out our conversation at www.johnfugelsang.com/podcast (click on the October 27 episode and listen from 19:20 to 39:56).
4 Ways to Get Happier As You Age
There's a better way to grow older.
time.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A provocative --- and touching --- essay about reaching the "October" of one's life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
Opinion | I’d Like to Stay 85 Forever
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A provocative --- and touching --- essay about reaching the "October" of one's life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
I LOVE this idea.
What would it do for everyone's mental health to have at least one such table of Bubbes --- and Nonnas! --- (and don't forget Grandpas!) in every community? And how much would it contribute to reducing ageism directed at people of all ages?
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
What would it do for everyone's mental health to have at least one such table of Bubbes --- and Nonnas! --- (and don't forget Grandpas!) in every community? And how much would it contribute to reducing ageism directed at people of all ages?
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
Bubbes volunteer to do what they do best: Counsel troubled souls
Why crowds of young professionals have been lining up to get advice — and hugs — from other people’s bubbes.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I LOVE this idea.
What would it do for everyone's mental health to have at least one such table of Bubbes --- and Nonnas! --- (and don't forget Grandpas!) in every community? And how much would it contribute to reducing ageism directed at people of all ages?
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
What would it do for everyone's mental health to have at least one such table of Bubbes --- and Nonnas! --- (and don't forget Grandpas!) in every community? And how much would it contribute to reducing ageism directed at people of all ages?
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
H/T Susan D'Alessandro, MPA, MSW, LCSW (CA) for calling my attention to this article.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/less-co...
hsph.harvard.edu/news/less-co...
Less cognitive decline, more cognitive resilience among ‘oldest-old,’ study finds | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Older adults with a long lifespan—particularly centenarians—experienced slower cognitive decline and maintained better cognitive function compared to their peers with shorter lifespans, according to a...
hsph.harvard.edu
October 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
H/T Susan D'Alessandro, MPA, MSW, LCSW (CA) for calling my attention to this article.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/less-co...
hsph.harvard.edu/news/less-co...
Reposted by Jeanette Leardi
The reason I talk about the limbic system in creative writing classes is nothing beats the limbic system once it’s activated. Not evidence, not logic
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
Your Brain’s Memory of a Story Depends on How It Was Told
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
www.scientificamerican.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The reason I talk about the limbic system in creative writing classes is nothing beats the limbic system once it’s activated. Not evidence, not logic
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories
Sensory detail—a vital part of storytelling & survival—activates the hippocampus, which is part of this system
you do not forget these stories