Aug 21, 2026 · 40 min · 11 segments
What if your best years are still ahead? For many women, getting older comes with an unspoken expectation that it's time to slow down, play it safe, and accept that certain adventures belong to a…
Peggi TaborGuest
Katana AbbottHost
about 350 of them and about 350 of the lowest socioeconomic young men in the Boston area.

And they have been following them with all the latest assessment tools for over 80 years now.

And what they found was it wasn't your cholesterol when you're 50 that determines how healthy you are when you're 80.

What really determines your health and happiness are the relationships you have.

And specifically, do you have someone in your life that you could call at three o'clock in the morning, no matter what, and you know they would be there? And are you a person? Do you have people that you know could call you at three o'clock in the morning and know that you would be there for them? That particularly depth of committed relationship is key to health and happiness.

They said that being inactive... particularly as we age, is as detrimental to our health and is a sign of how early you're going to die as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

So there's no problem with working later into retirement, because I'm working, but we have to schedule that self-care.

And another thing I noticed, Katana, is as we grow older, I have watched some people become so dissatisfied with their bodies.

about 350 of them and about 350 of the lowest socioeconomic young men in the Boston area.

And they have been following them with all the latest assessment tools for over 80 years now.

And what they found was it wasn't your cholesterol when you're 50 that determines how healthy you are when you're 80.

What really determines your health and happiness are the relationships you have.

And specifically, do you have someone in your life that you could call at three o'clock in the morning, no matter what, and you know they would be there? And are you a person? Do you have people that you know could call you at three o'clock in the morning and know that you would be there for them? That particularly depth of committed relationship is key to health and happiness.

They said that being inactive... particularly as we age, is as detrimental to our health and is a sign of how early you're going to die as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

So there's no problem with working later into retirement, because I'm working, but we have to schedule that self-care.

And another thing I noticed, Katana, is as we grow older, I have watched some people become so dissatisfied with their bodies.
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