Case Studies

Age Wisdom^® has collected together a series of different CASE STUDIES with the common themes of emotional well being, physical, lifestyle or financially related self management. These true stories were given to us by the individuals themselves or their family members.

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The Meaning of Giving and Receiving Presents

This past Christmas my family made a new rule. We were only allowed to give each other things we had made. Not all of us are creative types, and the idea was not connected to what the Guardian rightly calls ‘the fashion for thrift’.

The point was to have a bit of a laugh...

A Moment of Reflection

Perceptions are a curious thing. It was not the first time that someone had remarked that I had “the best job in the world”. Working outside, away from a sterile environment of whirring computers and photocopiers, my ‘office’ was flanked by water and on intermittent...

A Moving True Story on Panic Attacks

I'd heard about panic attacks. My father told me that he once ran down the street in the middle of the night with just his pyjama bottoms on in the pouring rain, a bare footed and chested Welshman thundering down the middle of the road. You wouldn't have wanted to see that coming...

Back to Work

The first day at a new job is like the first day of school. You wake up feeling slightly sick from anxiety. No matter how many times you remind yourself that you were hired because you are capable of handling the role, you still worry about being the ‘new kid’. You won’t get...

Joan Miles (this is not her real name, as she wishes to keep her identity anonymous) has always dreamt about having the perfect body, at least as far back as her early teens. Her turbulent journey from those days until now has not only caused her to be content with her own physique...

The 41 Year Old Who Took Charge of His Life!

Growing up I (Simon R ) would be classed as very lean, with a very quick metabolism. I sometimes had poor eating habits but this was compensated by being able to easily stay lean. That and regular natural exercise throughout university as I did not have a car!

Case Study of the inspirational Rory Kilalea

In his latest interview, Rory gave Marcella Sant’ Anna (actrice) an insight into his creativity:

How old were you when you started to...

Do your dreams inspire you into action?

Growing up with people like the A-Team and Knight Rider’s David Hasselhoff as heroes, climbing trees and jumping off the garage roof thinking she was a stuntwoman, Patricia Richardson had one desire: To be able to do what the boys do!

Now on the brink of her third Ironman, the...

‘Change-adaptability’, at what price to one’s essential identity and must one change against one’s inherent nature?

Since I was a child, for example, I always preferred to have very few friendships but very deep ones at that.

It’s 7.00am on a chilly Saturday morning in November. At their respective swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath, men and women gather in rhythmic unison just as they did at the same time yesterday.

Such habituated behaviour is the hallmark of an addiction. Their buzz of choice is...

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In his latest interview, Rory gave Marcella Sant’ Anna (actrice) an insight into his creativity:

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