For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode96/   Two-Day Silent Retreat details: https://kristenmanieri.com/octobersilentretreat/   Description In her book, Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100, science journalist Marta Zaraska offers a research-driven case for why optimism, kindness and strong social networks will keep us living longer than any fitness tracker or superfood. While healthy nutrition and physical activity are indeed important for health, there are things we all too often sacrifice that have an outsize impact on our centenarian potential.    Guest Bio Marta Zaraska is a science journalist with her work published in the Washington Post, Scientific American, the Atlantic, among others. She’s the author of two books: Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million Year Obsession with Meat, which was published in 2016, and Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100, which was published in 2020 and offers a research-driven case for why optimism, kindness, and strong social networks will keep us living longer than any fitness tracker or superfood.   Mentioned in this Episode Guest’s website: https://www.zaraska.com/   Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100: https://www.zaraska.com/non-fiction-books   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/