"SYNERGICITY" as the ALTERNATIVE MINDSET to INDEPENDENCE

Today the Eyres suggest that "Independence" is a mindset for the first half of life which proves, in the second half and in the spiritual and emotional and social sense to be a lie. We are dependent on God and interdependent on strangers, as well as on those we love. An alternative mindset called "Synergicity" is suggested and metaphors and examples are given.

The Eyres are devoting their October podcasts to How to Live the Second Half of life MENTALLY, and this episode contrasts the "Ownership mindset" with the "Stewardship mindset. The former leads to comparing and competing on many levels and promotes win-lose attitudes and grows branches of envy, jealousy, superiority and condescension. The latter is about win-win and sprouts cooperation, empathy, and peace.

The Eyres advocate a paradigm-shift in the second half of life that moves away from the desire for control and instead adopts the mindset of Serendipity, defined as being able, through sensitivity, awareness and spiritual guidance, to frequently find something better than that which we were seeking. They tell their serendipity-discovering journey through Sri Lanka and the British Museum and challenge us to join the quest.

In this episode, the Eyres transition from second-half living PHYSICALLY to second-half living MENTALLY which will be the podcast's focus for October. They point out that the fear of mental decline is greater in most people than physical worries, and frame the focus not only on our minds but on our mind-sets, and on getting away from the first-half notions of control, ownership and independence.

Today the Eyres conclude their September theme of "How to Live the Second Half of Life PHYSICALLY" with an episode on how much the PLACES where we spend our time impact our physical health and well-being. Sub-themes are travel, beauty, awareness, perspective, and mother earth. They conclude the show by introducing the October theme of Living life's Second Half MENTALLY.

September is the Eyres month on How to Live the Second Half of Life PHYSICALLY, and in this episode they discuss the management of medical care, taking charge of your own health and using doctors as your consultants, getting the tests that will save you from a catastrophic health surprise, and finding a doctor you can communicate with as a friend. It all ties into https://valuesparenting.com/how-to-live/.

Linda says, "We talked last week about how putting higher quality lower quantity food into your body makes it work better. But you've still got to make your body work! In other words, to be healthier, we need to improve the input and also the output." The Eyres give physical advice connected to https://valuesparenting.com/how-to-live/ and to Instagram.com/HTLsecondhalf.

In this episode, Richard and Linda share their own journey from "gulp, guzzle and gorge" to "sip, savor, and smell" and talk about how we can change our fundamental relationship with food and bridle and train our appetites so that they begin to demand more quality and less quantity in what we eat.

In this episode, the Eyres discuss the diet book that Richard wrote nine years ago, and the theory that if we can control the quantity of food we eat, our bodies (our appetites) will start to demand quality rather than quantity, and we will begin to crave healthy foods and be repelled by junk food. Like putting a bridle on a horse, when we limit our intake, we train our appetite to work for us rather than against us.

The Eyres are going to devote the podcast during September to the question of how our physical bodies need a different kind of care and maintenance in the Autumn of our lives. In today's episodes they preview how diet, exercise, medical care, and our physical locations should change as we move into life's second half. For more, go to valuesparenting.com and click HTL in the upper right corner.