Old Enough to Stay Young: The Art of Finding Fulfillment

The baby boomers are retiring. Many want to redefine this stage of life. Journalist Dieter Bednarz trained as a naturopathic practitioner specializing in psychotherapy and, in conversation with experts, explores how to enjoy old age. The baby boomers have now retired or are about to do so. Many of these “young seniors” want to completely redefine this stage of life. Journalist Dieter Bednarz is one such person: in the second half of his life, he trained to become a naturopathic practitioner specializing in psychotherapy. He sets out to explore how to best enjoy this phase of life. To this end, he visits leading experts in psychology, epigenetics, and medicine who are researching healthy aging, and has interviewed them in a very personal way—entertaining and insightful at the same time. Dieter Bednarz not only describes and analyzes the process of aging in all its diversity as a physical, mental, and emotional journey, but above all highlights the diverse and often unexpected opportunities that early retirement and old age offer us. For those who wish to view old age as an opportunity to finally find contentment and fulfillment, the doctors, sociologists, psychologists, and philosophers with whom the author speaks point the way in an entertaining manner. Dieter Bednarz reported for over 30 years as a political editor for SPIEGEL. His books *Überleben an der Wickelfront* and *Mann darf sich doch mal irren!* were adapted into films for ZDF. In cooperation with Osiander Heilbronn and the Literaturhaus Heilbronn