L.J. Rohan-Gerontologist

As someone who has had a panic attack and went to the ER thinking it was my heart, this is very good information to keep handy.

How to Tell the Difference Between a Heart Attack and a Panic Attack Your chest tightens, your heart rate skyrockets and you start sweating — are you having a heart attack or a panic attack? A cardiologist explains how to tell the difference.

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Have you ever wondered how to decrease stress and slow down your brain’s aging? Here’s how….

How Telomeres Impact Dementia, Alzheimer's and Aging | Wednesday's Wisdom - L.J. Rohan Have you ever wondered how to decrease stress and slow down your brain’s aging? Here’s how…. keep up with the latest information on how to ...

💥New research is pointing to a few easy-to-make life changes that may just keep Alzheimer’s just a word in the dictionary.💃🏻

Let's Talk About Preventing Alzheimer's! - Vibrant Aging™ I first knew something was wrong with Gran one cold January morning with the AC turned down to sixty degrees. I never gave up my search for Alzheimer's prevention.

Myth: Older Adults Don’t Remember Anything

Many younger people, even some middle-aged folks believe that older adults have no ability to recall much of anything. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, studies in the last two decades—as the first wave baby boomers reached sixty-- blow up this myth. While our short-term memory—what to buy at the store, the name of the new neighbor we met last week at the park, might take a little longer to engage, our crystalized intelligence—our database of acquired and accumulated knowledge over our lifetime-- actually peaks in our sixties, and even as late as our early seventies.

Think of the successful people you know who are at the top of their game who are now in their sixties and beyond. The powerhouse of knowledge we have gained through a lifetime also helps us compensate for blips in our short-term memory.

So, taken as a whole, we older adults still have all our smarts!

Myth: Older Adults Don’t Remember Anything - Vibrant Aging Many younger people, even some middle-aged folks believe that older adults have no ability to recall much of anything. Nothing could be […]

Possibly the best news you'll see all day 🍷😂

✨Research has found that occasionally enjoying a glass of red wine may bring health benefits for our gut.✨

🥂 Cheers to that!

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Red Wine Is Good for the Gut | Wednesday's Wisdom - L.J. Rohan Research has found that occasionally enjoying a glass of red wine may bring health benefits for our gut. Cheers to that! keep up with the ...

😣 Frustrated and exasperated by scam callers? 🤳

No matter our age, we are all inundated with unscrupulous boiler room calls.
This is an especially serious problem for our more senior members of society.

Today, I address this growing, and possibly harmful issue with a few original tips I use that have reduced the number of calls I receive by more than ninety percent. Really.

Find out more at

My Successful Tips for Getting Rid of Scam Callers - Vibrant Aging Frustrated & exasperated by scam callers? As frequency of calls increase, I searched the internet for solutions & tried every one; this is my favorite.

Older Adults Don’t Remember Anything

Many younger people, even some middle-aged folks believe that older adults have no ability to recall much of anything. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, studies in the last two decades—as the first wave baby boomers reached sixty-- blow up this myth. While our short-term memory—what to buy at the store, the name of the new neighbor we met last week at the park, might take a little longer to engage, our crystalized intelligence—our database of acquired and accumulated knowledge over our lifetime-- actually peaks in our sixties, and even as late as our early seventies.

Think of the successful people you know who are at the top of their game who are now in their sixties and beyond. The powerhouse of knowledge we have gained through a lifetime also helps us compensate for blips in our short-term memory. So, taken as a whole, we older adults still have all our smarts!

https://www.ljrohan.com/myth-busters/myth-older-adults-dont-remember-anything/

I love that AARP has a “Movies for Grown-ups Award,” and even more so that several of the Oscar nominees are over 50! Could we have broken the barrier of ageism, at last?

Movies for Grownups 2024 Awards: Meet the Winners! Many of the films honored in the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards dramatize real people and events

🤔 Think you’re a good multi-tasker? Watch today’s Wednesday’s wisdom to find out!

How Multitasking Hurts Productivity | Wednesday's Wisdom - L.J. Rohan Think you’re a whiz at multi-tasking? Here's the real skinny on this addictive habit. keep up with the latest information on how to age vi...

❓ Who here spent years watching their mother try fad diet after fad diet?

🙋‍♀️ I know that I did, but I come to you today to say we are not destined to become our mothers.

Read this week's article for my personal account of how I work each day to consciously make healthy decisions.

Making Different Choices than My Mother - Vibrant Aging Many of us observed our mothers make questionable choices about their health. We now know vibrant aging requires different choices.

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As you see in my videos, I have a little bit of an addiction to books. I so appreciate this author's clear-eyed insights into how I can find more space on my bookshelves this year!

Downsizing Dilemma: Why Getting Rid of Books is So Tough | Sixty and Me Downsizing books is one of the most difficult tasks. It might rate somewhere close to photographs and such.

Organizing and decluttering is a common New Year’s Resolution, and can also help you feel empowered!

Downsize & Declutter | Wednesday's Wisdom - L.J. Rohan If you're spending more time at home, take this opportunity to clear out objects that don't bring joy but will tie you down. keep up wi...

✨Happy New Year! It's time to turn the page to fresh opportunities for living and aging more vibrantly!
Let’s look at some ways to be more content in 2024:
🚫Let Go of Regrets
🙏🏼Forgive Everyone and Yourself
🦋Work to Stay in the Present Moment
🙌🏻Adopt or Pick Back up Your Gratitude Practice
👩🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏻Find Friends Who Support You
🎁Share Your Gifts with Others
To find out more in this weeks article at

How Can I Feel More Peaceful and Content? - Vibrant Aging How can you feel more peaceful and content? Contentment comes from our relationship to what is going on around us, rather than our reaction to it.

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Try saying "yes" to adding something fun and brain-challenging this year.

Not only will it keep your mind sharp but it also keeps age-related diseases like Alzheimer's and Dementia at bay.

A Powerful Player in Brain Health | Wednesday's Wisdom - L.J. Rohan Learning to play an instrument can promote healthy aging and put both Alzheimer's and dementia on hold.To keep up with the latest information on how to age v...

🤫 Come along as I share my self-care secret to feeling more vibrant, more energetic, AND like a whole new woman! 💃🏻

My Self-Care Recharging Secret - Vibrant Aging I have learned a way to create an almost instant (30 minute) attitude adjustment. Good research backs up this mental health self-care.

Only Old People Are Aging

“Only old people are aging.” I want you to think about this belief for a moment. The acceptance of this myth is so pervasive, that it took me a few minutes of quiet thinking to see the ageism inherent in it. Do you think of a five-year-old as aging? In your twenties or thirties did you think you were “aging;” actually using that word to reflect the addition of more candles on your cake each year? I would bet not in both cases. Research shows even into our forties we don’t think of ourselves as aging in the same way we look at older adults in their fifties and older, who are moving across the timeline of their lives. So, what happens to alter our perception of older adults? Why do younger generations begin referring to us as aging, another way of saying getting old, and often meaning it in a disrespectful, derogatory way?

What causes this shift in thinking? I’d love to hear your thoughts?

https://www.ljrohan.com/myth-busters/only-old-people-are-aging/

Feeling stressed?😓

Try a quick 🛌🏻 lay-down or 🧘🏻‍♀️ gratitude meditation.

Learn more:

Managing Stress | How Lying Down for 20 Minutes Reduces Stress | Wednesday's Wisdom - L.J. Rohan Ladies, do you ever feel overwhelmed? How do you deal with it? Leave a comment and let me know your strategies for managing stress. I'm sure we could all ben...

Silence is golden. 🏆

With the world constantly whirling loudly along, the benefits of taking silent time for yourself are higher than ever. 👂🏻 In fact, silence actually slows down aging! 🚫

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Silence is More Golden Than We Think - Vibrant Aging Each year millions of people lose some of their hearing due to noise damage. Silence slows down aging. Ideas for increasing your quotient of quiet

Silence is golden. 🏆

With the world constantly whirling loudly along, the benefits of taking silent time for yourself are higher than ever.👂🏻In fact, silence actually slows down aging!🚫

Want to find out more? Link to my latest article in my bio.

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