According to the United Nations Department
of Economic and Social Affairs,
there are 727 million people
over the age of 65 in the world,
and our next guest wants seniors
to live their best active life.
Kathy Murphy was named one of the top
10 most powerful women by Yahoo Finance,
and today she shares some ideas
on how seniors can live life.
Feeling fantastic, Kathy,
it is so great to have you here and
I'm excited to talk about ways that you
know we can help our older loved ones right.
They are so special to us.
And they deserve to feel fantastic
every day. To absolutely you know
what we can all feel fantastic.
We're never too old, too sick,
too tired to feel fantastic
no matter what's going on.
And we just celebrated World senior day.
Oh my gosh, you guys, you are being
celebrated big time all over the world.
Every one of us and it reminds
us that every day we have,
we ought to celebrate. Why not?
And I have 3 tips today that I
would love to leave with you
to help you to feel fantastic.
The first is, do you ever find
yourself caught up in old thinking?
Oh my gosh, we look at our damn.
We look at our drivers license right?
And we go like wait I'm how old is
that me or we look in the mirror
or we wake up one morning and we go
oh stuff is hurting me because I'm.
Oh well, guess what?
We have a choice to think positive alright?
So thinking positive something good
for all of us right to always remember
what else did she seniors be thinking
about to really get the most out of
life and be happy what they want to
think about is what they can do,
not what we can't do because we're gonna
hear what we can't do from doctors
from friends from people who go.
What I get asked all the time you're
climbing down the rocks and going.
Surfing like is that safe?
Well, you know what?
I shouldn't be able to walk,
but I can still move and I can
get myself down the rocks.
So I'm gonna look at what I can do and
that makes all the difference in the world.
Just allow what you hear and what you think
you can't do to go and flow on its own.
I think you're seeing on given that
I have to use crutches right now.
For example. What can I do?
I can still do this.
That is what you celebrate.
I can still do it.
And I feel like you could
still learn new things, right?
That maybe you didn't
think about doing before.
You can still grow still.
Continue to learn new things.
And most importantly,
you're just staying active,
right, mentally, physically.
How important is that?
Oh my goodness, us staying active is key.
What we use we get more of what's
moving is going to keep moving.
What's not moving is gonna stay
still so keep your body moving that's
important it doesn't have to be.
I go to the gym every day and I workout no
that's going to have a half life 2 something.
You love gardening, walking, surfing, hiking.
Nothing is impossible for you
to do in small steps.
Try it if you like it.
Do more of it if you don't like it,
you're not gonna want to do it again,
so you're not gonna do it.
So choose something you
love the same for your mind.
We talked about positive and seeing
positive keep your mind active.
You can read about something
you haven't read about.
You get on the Internet,
look up a topic and be like wow,
I never knew that before.
And it's really exciting.
We don't stop learning like it,
it never goes away from us.
We can do that.
We can try new things.
The key to doing any of them is to stay
present in what you're doing at the time.
Because when we're present were
also able to be socially active,
were able to really connect to people,
pick up the phone,
call somebody you haven't
talked to in a long time.
Meet for coffee, smile at a stranger.
All of those things are going
to help you feel connected.
In a world where connection is
really challenging right now for all
of us, such great reminders Kathy not
just for our seniors, but for all of
us really to to feel fantastic and
live the best life.
Yeah, thank you and all of you.
Happy celebrating,
being senior, and everyone in
Washington have a great day.
What a pleasure to be here with you.
Kristen today.
Thank you. What a bright light.
It's such great advice.
Just for our seniors,
but all of us to remember.
By the way, Kathy is 65.
She still surfs every single day
and plays with her granddaughter.
You can get more from Kathy by visiting
her website wearerisingtides.com.