At last I've got the opportunity of writing something for people of age. Actually, this article will be useful for anyone because sooner or later we will all become older than we wish to. So, I’m going to tell you how to stay younger for a longer period of time.

British studies suggest that people who are physically active in their free time may be biologically younger than couch potatoes. The thing is that a sedentary lifestyle increases the propensity to aging-related diseases and premature death. Inactivity may diminish life expectancy not only by predisposing to aging-related diseases, in a certain way it also influences the aging process itself.

As I’ve already said this statement is based on researches. The researchers looked at the physical activity levels, smoking habits and socioeconomic status of 2,401 white twins. They also collected DNA samples from participants, and examined the length of telomeres-repeated sequences at the end of chromosomes in white blood cells (leukocytes). It is known that leukocyte telomeres shorten over time and may serve as a marker of a person's biological age. Overall, the study participants had an average telomere loss of 21 nucleotides (structural units) per year. However those who were more active in their free time had longer leukocyte telomeres than those who were not.

The authors of the research wrote that "such a relationship between leukocyte telomere length and physical activity remained significant after adjustment for body-mass index, smoking, socioeconomic status and physical activity at work". Actually there work showed that the most active subjects had approximately the same length of telomeres as sedentary individuals up to 10 years younger.

The exposure of cells to oxygen and inflammation brings to their oxidative stress damage which may be a factor contributing to shorter telomere length in static people. Forcefulness has also been linked to telomere length. Practice may shorten stress and its effect on telomeres and the aging process, the study authors suggested.

It is recommended to spend 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity at least five days a week. Scientists suppose it can have significant health benefits. Consequently adults who partake in regular physical action are biologically younger than sedentary individuals. It provides a powerful message that could be used by clinicians to cooperate the potential anti-aging effect of regular exercise. However more research is needed to confirm a direct link between physical activity and aging.

We often notice that teens are too irritable and even aggressive from time to time. Some say that is the effect of poor breeding and parents’ inattentiveness towards their children. The researches have shown that it’s not quite so.

A study made by scientists of Australia and the United States has found that aggression in some teenage boys may be linked to overly large amygdalas, one of the regions in the brain involved in emotion and other functions. Scientists also suppose that these boys may also be not able to control their emotions because other parts of the brain that normally control strong emotions don't mature till the early 20s.

It is important for parents to keep in mind that while their teenage child looks like an adult and does very complicated work at school, parts of their brain are still developing. The process is going on in fact until the 20s. We are talking about those parts of the brain that are supposed to help the child control his own emotions and behavior.

In the study, 137 12-year-old boys and their parents were asked to discuss touchy issues, such as homework, bed times and Internet times; and the boys had their brains scanned later. It was noticed that boys who had large amygdalas spent more time behaving in an aggressive way, referring to a part of the brain located deep within medial temporal lobes that is believed to be involved with emotional responses, including arousal and fear. These boys appeared to have prefrontal cortexes as well, a region of the brain that has to do with regulating emotions.

So we can see that teenage aggression is deeply connected with boy’s mental development, which can be a good sign for the parents. But on the other hand the more intellect they have, the less control we have over their behavior.

Here I’m going to talk to you about such a thing as so-called resilience. This really is vital, because it touches greatly our ability to recover our mood. And from my point of view in everyday life there is noting so important.

So resilience is an emotional muscle that can either grow with use and practice or atrophy whether ignored. Everyone can develop this emotional muscle. Actually everyone needs to. You are born with some resilience. You can choose how to apply it throughout your life. However to grow resilience you need fuel and you need challenge, as well as lots of practice.

Some people think that resilience is a trait that is inborn; you either annex it or you don't. I dare say that is not quite true. You are born with some set of characteristics that aid and abet the development of resilience. For instance, temperament makes a significant contribution to the acquisition of resilience. As a matter of fact some people are simply born with less reactivity to stresses, which makes them more hardy in the face of adversity and better able to draw on their cognitive abilities in situations that throw others off balance. Some people are also born with more optimism or are much more extraverted. Still others can have more courage, are more prone to take risks.

All of these qualities are generally thought to be inborn components of personality, and it is they that influence the ease with which you develop resilience. But determination and practice can help anyone foster resilience. It is, in fact, more a learning process than an inherited gift. What, then, do you do to grow resilience?

Firstly, when life hands you a setback, readjust your own identity. Stop thinking of yourself as a victim and start thinking of yourself as a problem-solver. Turn the switch in your brain. Don't waste time on pitying yourself, focus on your goal and what you need to do to get there. Ask yourself, how you can solve the problem?

Secondly, always provocation yourself to go just beyond your comfort zone. Risk builds resilience, and it's OK to take reasonable risks. Actually the simplest way to go beyond your comfort zone is to learn a new skill. Take up skiing, or snowboarding or anything else. There is no borderline to the number of areas in which you can try yourself beyond your comfort zone. If you argue a lot with your spouse, don't give up. But doing it don’t forget how much you love him or her. The idea is in converting everyday stresses into opportunities for growth. You use them as springboards for developing coping strategies that ensure the survival of self.

My third advice is to choose a hero, so that in the face of adversity you can maintain a positive identification. I know men who when facing difficulty assemble up images of themselves as Russell Crowe in Gladiator. Women can summon up the story of Joan of Arc. Or determine of a grandparent who survived the Holocaust.

Next one is to think of stories of resilience and stars of resilience. Search for models of resilience and study what they did. You don't have to get-up-and-go far to find them for the media offer plenty of such possibilities.

One more important thing is to gather actively information about resilience. Ask friends and relatives how they have handled setbacks.

Also push yourself physically. Regular exercise helps you maintain a positive attitude and breeds feelings of strength. It is in detail a model of strength and what resilience feels like. In fact it's much easier to understand resilience when you experience it organically.

Lastly teach yourself patience. Factually resilience requires being more strategic and less impulsive. You should train to give yourself more time before reacting to inflammatory situations. If someone is rude to you, don't immediately react in kind or display contempt. Take three deep breaths previously and only then choose how to act. You need to build more space between impulse and action. By definition, the less reactive, the more resilient you are.