JOURNALIST and TV presenter Lisa Wilkinson has shared her tips on living fabulously past 50, paying tribute to actors Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren.
Ms Wilkinson, 58, said the Hollywood stars are her role models and stressed the importance of having people like this to look up to who are living their extended years with joy, passion and purpose.
The Project host was speaking in Sydney at the launch of positive ageing advocate Marcus Riley’s new book, Booming: A life-changing philosophy for ageing well.
"There are so many wonderful role models out there, for all of us, for how to live a fabulous life beyond 50,” said Ms Wilkinson at the event at Berkleouw Books in Paddington.
“Personally, I look at someone like Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren.There are so many incredible women who are just living lives of even more purpose, even more meaning, even more joy, even more comfort in their in own skin than we’ve ever seen before.”
Ms Wilkinson stressed the importance of having good role models to look up to that are living life “with joy, passion and purpose”.
“As we get older, we want to be challenged and to feel like we are continuing to grow,”
“When we look at previous generations, when I look at my mum’s life when she was the age that I am now, I think of a...very closed-in life.”
Ms Wilkinsons said ageing is something we should “embrace with incredible joy and enormous gratitude”.
“The good news is, the truth is, we are all ageing! That’s good news, right? Everybody’s ageing at exactly the same rate.”
Booming is the result of Mr Riley’s’ 20-plus years’ experience in the ageing industry.
He is CEO of not-for-profit aged care provider BallyCara and former chair and current director of the Global Ageing Network as well as a member of the Steering Committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP).
“My book is the result of my many years involvement in the world of ageing and I believe, that when it comes to ageing, people have a choice.
“People can accept the negativity that abounds about getting older, concede that they will decline and wither on the vine. Or we can choose to seize the opportunity to revel in our extended later years with joy, passion and wisdom,” said Riley.
“I hope that my book encourages people to do just that and engage in healthy ageing,” he added.
- Booming: A Life Changing Philosophy for Ageing Well, RRP $32.99, is out now.
