Katharine Esty, Phd

Author, Expert on Aging Well & Family Dynamics

Eightysomethings - A Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well, and Finding Unexpected Happiness
Katharine Esty is a best-selling author, psychologist, a widow, a mother, a grandmother, and an activist for aging well. She’s on a mission to dispel myths about old age and to end ageism, which is the last bastion of accepted discrimination. She is a sought-after speaker. Katharine lives in a retirement community west of Boston. Sign up to receive Katharine’s monthly blog here.

Latest from Katharine Esty, Phd

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Coping in the Time of Pandemic — Lessons from the 80+ Generation

Graphic: Adult children and their elder parents together on a park bench.

Communicating Across the Generational Divide During the Time of Coronavirus

Elder woman and her cat isolated indoors.

Banish Winter Blues. Flourish!

Grandparents cooking in the kitchen with their granddaughter.

Five Gifts of Old Age

Elder couple having a good time together.

Fears, Friendship and Fun at 86: A House Party in the Midst of COVID-19

Elderly man holding head in his heads feeling anxious.

What Older People Really Need During The Coronavirus Pandemic—And What Lessons Can They Teach Us

Social Distancing outside together.

Stop Waiting for COVID-19 to End. Live Now.

An assortment of scrapbook photos.

My Wake Up Calls: How I came to see that aging in America could be better and different.