No matter how old you are — embrace life

Psychotherapist Thomas Moore talks to Liz Connor about the richness that can come with getting older

STEREOTYPES tell us that ageing is not something to look forward to. It leaves us depressed, lonely, dependent, comically incapable of using smartphones, and prone to boring everyone around the dinner table with outdated stories.

The cosmetics industry further instils dread, with constant reminders that ageing is something that should be secretly battled with expensive products and regimes.