aging

A little while ago, I heard a rumour. "She lies about her age," said my friend, nodding his head in the direction of a good friend's ex-girlfriend, who was just out of earshot.

I've been sort of under the impression that things are going to get steadily better as I get older. Sure, there are the inevitable realities of the body. The elasticity in my skin will give, I'm already kind of thinking that I'm past the bikini years, and my childbearing opportunities are not eternal.

We’re in the midst of celebrating my daughter’s 7th birthday. I say "in the midst" because that’s really what it is — the celebration that once lasted for a day is more elastic now.

The signs of aging can be tough for any woman to handle. We're surrounded by not-so-subtle signs that society values female beauty, too often in the form of an underage model.

We chat with a leading happiness psychologist and researcher to better understand how our meaning of happy changes as we age.