Jasmin Tahmaseb-McConatha, Ph.D., is a professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. She researches aging and well-being.
Personal Perspective: As we age, feeling comfortable, safe, secure, and at "home" in a community is therapeutic and healing.Later-life climate anxiety is on the rise, impacting well-being. Through dialogue, creativity, and community action, older adults are in a unique position to make a difference.The struggle to cope with individual and collective trauma can lead to existential loneliness. Connecting with nature is one way of transcending our sense of being lost.
Do your days spin out of control? Do you need time to reflect, connect, remember? Slow down and take a few moments for tea-time.Your local park can change your life. Can trees, shrubs, sidewalks, and parks make you healthier and happier? Go outside for 30 minutes to walk and talk with your neighbors.
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