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Holistic Strategies for Holistic Strategies for Healthy AgingHealthy Aging
Aila Accad, RN, MSNwww.ailaspeaks.com
Stress & AgingStress & Aging
Aila Accad, RN, MSN www.ailaspeaks.com
Several studies now link chronic psychological stress
with accelerated telomere shortening
whichaccelerates the aging process
What can you do?
Healthy AgingHealthy Aging
• Culture Norms• Idea of Normal Influences
Health Related Behaviors• Focus on Aspects of
Well-Being/Integration• Balance and Wholeness
Aila Accad, RN, MSN www.ailaspeaks.com
© 2010 Aila Accad, RN www.ailaspeaks.com
Energy Principles & PracticesEnergy Principles & Practices
1 Everything is Energy
Observe & manage your energy
2 What You Focus on Expands
Focus on what you want
3 What You Resist Persists
Let go of resistance
4 Energy Entrains
Support your energy field
Principle #1Everything is EnergyEverything is Energy
• Albert Einstein - 1920
• “All Matter is energy”
• E = mc2
• Western healing sciences ignored this concept until recently
Aila Accad, RN, MSN www.ailaspeaks.com
Aspects of Well-BeingAspects of Well-Being
Physical Energy Mobility
Mental Thoughts Beliefs
Emotional Range Expression
Social Give Receive
Spiritual Purpose Self-love
Meaning Generativity
Well-Being Integration
Environment
Nurture
Protect
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Physical HealthPhysical Health
• Air• Water• Food• Movement• Rest• Sun
Increase Energy
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Aging BeliefsAging Beliefs
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What Does Aging Look Like to YOU?
Mental HealthMental Health
• Mind-Body Connection• Life-Long Learning• Mental Stimulation
Focus on what you Want
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Emotional HealthEmotional Health
• Capacity to Feel Deeply• Sensitivity to Feelings in Self & Others• Willing to Experience Feelings• Appropriately Express a Wide Range of Feelings
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GOOD BAD
. . .. Let Go of Resistance
Emotional HealthEmotional Health
• Childhood Trauma• Old Resentments• Lingering Regrets• Chronic Pain• …….
Tap On It!
Social HealthSocial Health
• Dependence• Independence• Co-Dependence• InterDependence
Aila Accad, RN, MSN www.ailaspeaks.com
Give & Take
Social HealthSocial Health• Acknowledge need for belonging, love, value,
acceptance, play• Build a network of support/connection• Ask for what you need• Offer support when able
Energy Entrains
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Social/Vocational HealthSocial/Vocational Health
• Fulfillment• Motivation• Accomplishment
Follow the Passion
(energy)
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Spiritual HealthSpiritual Health
Mid-life Crisis or Re-Assessment?
• Who Am I?• What Do I Stand For?• What Is At The Core of My Life? Of Me?• Memoir, Memory Board• Generativity
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Spiritual HealthSpiritual Health
• Acceptance of Death as Part of Life• Meaning and Purpose• Value-Based Priorities Guide Choices• Awareness of Inner Wisdom/ Intuition
Aila Accad, RN, MSN www.ailaspeaks.com
Focus on Inner Knowing Choice
Environmental HealthEnvironmental Health
• Safety• Order• Simplicity• Light• Color/Sound
Energy Entrains
Aila Accad, RN, MSN www.ailaspeaks.com
The 12 Days of WellnessThe 12 Days of Wellness
On the First Day of Wellness My True Love Gave to ME…
A Hammock in a Shade Tree
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A Hammock in a Shade Tree
2 Aerobic Shoes3 Square Meals4 Compliments5 Bright Ideas6 Goals Accomplished7 Meditations8 Hours for Sleeping9 Laughs from Joking10 Toes for Walking11 Feelings Flowing12 Less Commitments
On the First Day of Wellness On the First Day of Wellness My True Love Gave to MEMy True Love Gave to ME
Aila Accad, RN, MSN www.ailaspeaks.com
Aila Accad, RN, MSN www.ailaspeaks.com
Get the Bestselling Get the Bestselling Book!Book!
• Books• Products• Workshops• Retreats• Coaching
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My Deepest Wish for YOU
Live Live Long & Well!Long & Well!