From the Book - First edition.
Preface: the arch and the staircase
Setting the stage for the rest of your life. Act three: becoming whole
Act one: a time for gathering
Act two: a time of building
Eleven ingredients of a success full third act
Body, brain and attitude. The workout
Now more than ever you are what you eat
You and your brain: use it or lose it
Positivity: the good news is you're getting older
From the Large Print - First large print edition.
Pt. 1. Setting the stage for the rest of your life. Act three : becoming whole ; A life review : looking back to see the road ahead ; Act one : a time for gathering ; Act two : a time of building and in-betweenness ; Eleven ingredients for successful aging
pt. 2. Body, brain and attitude. The workout ; Now more than ever, you are what you eat ; You and your brain : use it or lose it
Positivity : the good news is you're getting older! ; Actually doing a life review
pt. 3. Friendship, love, and sex. The importance of friendship ; Love in the third act ; The changing landscape of sex when you're over the hill ; The lowdown on getting it up in the third act ; Meeting new people when you're looking for love
pt. 4. Pilgrims of the future. Generativity : leaving footprints ; Ripening the time : a challenge for women ; Don't put off preparing for the inevitable : one of these days is right now ; Let's hear it for revolution! ; Facing mortality
pt. 5. The spiral of becoming. The work in ; Full tilt to the end.