BREAKING STEREOTYPES

We’re all familiar with ageist stereotypes: older people hunch over, older people can’t learn new things, older people are weak and certainly not sexy. People make jokes about it, but guess what? Not only are those stereotypes not funny – they’re actually life-threatening if you keep repeating them to yourself (self-stereotyping). You just might lose years of life, according to a landmark study. You will certainly lose years of fun and quality of life.

So I’m on a mission to eradicate ageist stereotyping, as well as gender stereotyping and other stereotypes that pigeonhole people into roles that often have nothing to do with who they are. Stay tuned!