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Successful Aging
A publication from the Stein Institute for Research on Aging, Center for Healthy Aging
Natasha Josefowitz Inducted
into the Women of San Diego
County Hall of Fame
BY MAJA GAWRONSKA, MA
Natasha Josefowitz, PhD, a longtime
supporter, friend, and volunteer at the
UC San Diego Stein Institute for Research
on Aging and the Center for Healthy Aging,
was inducted into the Women of San Diego
County Hall of Fame on March 1 at the
Joe and Vi Jacobs Center. She was honored
with the Empowerer award for her life as an
educator and advocate for women in business.
The author of the nation’s first university course
for women in business and the best-selling
book Paths to Power: A Woman’s Guide from
the First Job to Top Executive, as well as one of
the first five women to join the Rotary Club’s
San Diego chapter, Dr. Josefowitz has focused
her career on empowering women. But her
work has evolved over the years. As she has
aged, she has turned more of her attention
toward helping older adults stay active in
their careers and private lives. Dr. Josefowitz
practices what she preaches: She calls herself
a late bloomer, having earned her master’s
degree at age forty and her doctorate at fifty.
Dr. Josefowitz was a professor of management
for thirty years and is an internationally known
business consultant and keynote speaker. For
ten years she had a weekly program on public
radio and a monthly television segment. She
has been a guest on many radio and TV shows,
including All Things Considered, Larry King Live,
and The Dr. Ruth Show.
Her award-winning work has been published in
twenty business and poetry books and more
than one hundred journals, newspapers, and
magazines, including the Harvard Business
April 2015
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Psychology Today,
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Dr. Josefowitz
is also a regular
blogger on the
Huffington Post.
Her twentieth
book, Living
Natasha Josefowitz, PhD Without the One
You Cannot Live Without: Hope and Healing
after Loss, was named a Kirkus Reviews Best
Book of 2013.
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ROEHR MEMORIAL LECTURE
The UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging
and the Stein Institute for Research on Aging
invite you to the Frank Benedikt Roehr
Memorial Lecture: “The Science of Resilience:
How to Thrive in Life” presented by Darlene
Mininni, PhD, MPH.
The Science of Resilience:
How to Thrive in Life
Darlene Mininni, PhD, MPH
Author of The Emotional Toolkit
Psychologist, UCLA
April, 15 2015, 5:30 p.m.
Light refreshments served at 5:00 p.m.
Lower Auditorium, MET Building,
UC San Diego
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Healthy, (Nutrient) Wealthy,
and Wise
Katherine Richman, MD
Clinical Professor, UC San Diego
Health System
May 20, 2015, 5:30 p.m.
Garren Auditorium,
Biomedical Sciences Building,
UC San Diego
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Dr. Mininni, noted expert,
author of The Emotional
Toolkit, and author of the
UCLA well-being course
Life Skills, will present a
lecture on how resilience,
emotional intelligence,
and mindfulness can affect physical health.
Science consistently shows that positive
emotions have a physiological impact—
whether you are eighteen or eighty—and Dr.
Mininni will offer practical advice to bring more
well-being into your life.
Dr. Mininni’s work has been featured on
outlets such as CNN, PBS, NPR, Prevention,
and the Huffington Post. She also hosted the
Emotional Toolkit series on XM Satellite Radio
and The Dr. Darlene Mininni Show for Clear
Channel in Los Angeles, and was a contributor
to Dr. Drew’s TV show Lifechangers.
The Frank Benedict Roehr Memorial
Lecture Series was established by Mr. Roehr’s
daughter, Suzanne Angelucci, and is designed
to inform the public of the newest areas of
scientific investigations on topics associated
with the power of humor andpositive thinking
that affect health and longevity.
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LECTURES ON TV
Arthritis: From Snake Oil to Science and
Success
March 9, 8:00 p.m.
March 10, 10:00 p.m.
Arthritis is more common among adults aged
sixty-five years or older, but people of all
ages can be affected. As we grow older, the
risk of getting the disease increases. Learn
more from Greogory Middleton, MD, a clinical
professor of medicine and orthopedics at
the UC San Diego School of Medicine, who
will review current research and offer tips on
managing arthritis.
Evelyn Zivetz
BY CARRIE HANNAH
My mother, Evelyn Zivetz, was never
much over five feet tall. But when I was
growing up, she was the biggest, most
important inspiration in my life. And, when
my father joined the Foreign Service and my
family moved to Düsseldorf, Germany, my
mother was referred to lovingly and respectfully
as the “Big Z.” Our last name begins with Z,
and the community recognized the power and
determination of this diminutive woman.
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Carrie Hannah and Evelyn Zivetz
My mother was born in Queens, New York,
in 1926. When my father came back from the
war, they married. Unlike many women her
age and against her parents’ wishes, she took
advantage of the GI Bill along with my father
and attended college in Madison, Wisconsin.
After getting their bachelor’s degrees, they
moved to Los Angeles.
Teaching and the Power
of “Yes”
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My mother never accepted the word “No.”
If someone told her, “No, that isn’t possible
or can’t be done,” my mother would just say,
“Yes” and set about making it happen.
My parents started out as schoolteachers in
the early 1950s. My mother refers to this as
her first life. I attended her elementary school
and was always proud to know that she was
the most popular teacher. My mother was the
first female teacher in the Los Angeles School
District to be permitted to teach during her
pregnancy. The school district said, “No”
and my mother said, “We’ll see about that.”
In 1962 my parents took sabbatical leave
and our family boarded an ocean liner to
Europe. We camped all over Europe in a
Volkswagen van, going behind the Iron
Curtain and traveling all the way to Israel.
My mother said, “Yes” to an adventure not
many people could even imagine at the time.
Diplomatic Life Abroad
In 1967 my father joined the Foreign Service
and my mother’s second life began—as the
wife of a United States diplomat. I was fourteen
and my sister almost sixteen. Since we lacked
German language skills, local schools were
problematic. So, my mother decided to create
an American International School. Other English
speaking parents in the community thought
it was a great idea but believed, “No, it really
can’t be done.” The school my mother
founded, the International School of Düsseldorf, is today the largest international school
in Europe, and every decade, ISD honors my
mother and her resolve to say, “Yes.”
When my father was posted to the embassy
in Romania, the Communist Party was still in
control. Because we were Americans, my
parents’ house was bugged and their
movements were monitored and limited. But
unlike other diplomatic wives who accepted
the status quo, my mother wanted to create
something of interest for herself. She started
an International Women’s Association. Astonishingly, the first two women who came to her
home and sat down together were the wives of
the Israeli and Egyptian ambassadors. Although
their husbands represented two enemy states
and were not allowed to speak to each other—
a big political “No”—my mother determinedly
said, “Yes.” The International Women’s
Association in Bucharest exists to this day.
Connecting
Seniors Worldwide
In 1977 my mother heard predictions that we
would all live longer, and she became curious
about what that might mean. She went back
to school and earned her master’s degree in
gerontology from the University of Maryland.
During my father’s last posting at the embassy
in Tokyo, the notion of healthy aging inspired
my mother to create a homestay exchange
program for senior citizens: Japanese seniors
would welcome their American contemporaries
into their homes in order to share ideas about
lifestyle and keeping active as they aged.
The problem, as other people saw it, was
that the Japanese were not accustomed to
having people, particularly strangers, stay in
their homes. “No, it can’t work,” my mother
was told. Adding to the challenge at the time
was that potential participants had lived through
World War II, when the United States and
Japan were enemies. But my mother said,
“Yes” and Seniors Abroad International
Homestay was born.
My mother’s third life was as the founder,
director, and organizer of Seniors Abroad.
Over the course of the next twenty years,
she expanded the homestay program to New
Zealand, Australia, and Scandinavia. Many of
the participants remain in touch with one
another and credit the program with deeply
enriching their lives.
Active Retirement
Many of my friends have aging parents and,
as we ourselves age, are finding this a big
challenge. When I talk with my mother, she
insists that it is up to her generation, with the
knowledge that they would be living longer,
to plan for their retirement and not expect their
children to look after them. “No one lives in
the same community or even the same country
as their children anymore,” she said to me
one day. “It isn’t realistic to expect your adult
children to look after you like in past generations. I didn’t want to become dependent
on you so I planned, as best I could, for my
own future.”
When my mother decided to retire, she and
my father researched many, many retirement
communities. They moved into beautiful La
Costa Glen in Carlsbad, California. There they
could maintain an active life while having the
care and security they might need.
My mother and father were married for almost
sixty-eight years. They shared an extraordinarily
rich, unusually adventurous and very satisfying
partnership. Sadly, my father passed away
in May 2014, but my mother still embraces a
stimulating lifestyle.
She continues to be interested in bringing
people together to share ideas and life experiences. She entered her fourth life by starting
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the Great Decisions Discussion Group at La
Costa Glen, and the Cinema Society Foreign
Films program and Book Talk, a meeting to read
and discuss classic books.
My mother remains an example and an inspiration
to me. I hope I can enter my later years with as
much health and exuberance. She’s taught me
that this comes by always saying “Yes” to life.
“Keep moving, body and brain” is my mother’s
motto. She walks at least one to two miles every
day, has always maintained a healthy diet, and
enjoys a happy hour most nights with a bit of dark
chocolate. She continues to travel independently
on domestic river cruises, and we are planning
a trip to Mammoth Mountain, where we used
to go skiing when I was a child. She and my
husband have always been good friends, enjoying
a shared love of his home country, New Zealand.
And we look forward to regularly visiting from
Los Angeles. My mother often reflects that
she has lived on every continent on this planet
except Antarctica.
Carrie Hannah is the author of The State of Grace:
An Adventurous Memory.
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