Older Adult: Celebrating Daily Joys
Videos
An inspiring talk about finding joy, passion, and meaning throughout life.
“How to Live Passionately—No Matter Your Age” – Isabel Allende (TED Talk)
Watch on YouTube / TED
An inspiring talk about finding joy, passion, and meaning throughout life.
Follows a choir of older adults performing rock music, showing how creativity and fun keep them energized.
Young@Heart (2007, Documentary)
Available on streaming/DVD
Follows a choir of older adults performing rock music, showing how creativity and fun keep them energized.
A group of retirees rediscover adventure, friendship, and purpose while starting a new chapter in India.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011, Film)
Available on Prime Video, Apple TV, etc.
A group of retirees rediscover adventure, friendship, and purpose while starting a new chapter in India.
A widower finds new joy and connection through unexpected friendships.
A Man Called Otto (2022, Film)
Available on Netflix and other streaming platforms
A widower finds new joy and connection through unexpected friendships.
Podcasts
Explores resilience, vitality, and what makes life meaningful in later years.
The Living to 100 Club
Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify
Explores resilience, vitality, and what makes life meaningful in later years.
Conversations about living with curiosity, joy, and purpose at any age.
Aging GreatFULLy
Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify
Conversations about living with curiosity, joy, and purpose at any age.
Research-based insights on how to notice joy and meaning in daily life.
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Listen on Spotify / Apple Podcasts
Research-based insights on how to notice joy and meaning in daily life.
Apps
Simple daily reflection app to track the moments, people, and experiences that bring joy.
Gratitude Journal
iOS / Android
Simple daily reflection app to track the moments, people, and experiences that bring joy.
Guided meditations focused on mindfulness, gratitude, and noticing the positive moments in life.
Headspace
iOS / Android
Guided meditations focused on mindfulness, gratitude, and noticing the positive moments in life.
Check-ins and guided practices to support positivity, self-awareness, and appreciation of daily joys.
MyLife Meditation
iOS / Android
Check-ins and guided practices to support positivity, self-awareness, and appreciation of daily joys.
Free app with meditations, music, and short talks to enhance awareness of joy, energy, and purpose.
Insight Timer
iOS / Android
Free app with meditations, music, and short talks to enhance awareness of joy, energy, and purpose.