Prime Time (with Bonus Content)

by Jane Fonda

  Institute of Medicine, U.S.

  insurance, and coverage for sex issues

  intentionality

  love in Act III and

  sex and

  International Longevity Center, 16.1, 19.1, 22.1

  International Rescue Committee

  interoception

  intimacy

  in Act III, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

  avoidance of

  Fonda’s life review and, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  friendships and

  gender identity and, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

  Graves’s story about

  identity and

  men-women friendships and

  romance and

  self-revelation and

  sex and, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2

  as special

  women’s movement and

  See also sex

  introspection, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 21.1, 21.2. See also life review; meditation; yoga

  IRA pension plans, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1

  iron, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

  Iroquois Confederacy: women in

  isolation

  longevity and, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3

  social outreach programs and

  technology and

  Isometric Squats (exercise)

  Jackson, Michael, 16.1, 16.2, 20.1

  James, William

  Jane Fonda Center for Adolescent Reproductive Health (Emory University)

  Jane Fonda Workout business, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 21.1

  Jane Fonda’s Prime Time Workout (DVD), 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 21.1, 21.2

  JDate, 15.1, 15.2

  jobs

  senior contributions and

  unemployment of seniors and

  Jocelyn (Ben Burke’s girlfriend)

  Johnson, Lyndon

  Jong, Erica, 9.1, 13.1, 13.2, 15.1

  Jung, Carl, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 9.1, 12.1, 13.1

  K-Y Jelly

  Kahn, Robert L.

  Kaiser Family Foundation

  Kaplan, Helen

  Kapleau, Philip

  Kaufman, Moisés

  Kegel exercises, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

  Kelly: Fonda as mentor of

  Kerry, John

  Key 3 exercise program, 6.1, 22.1

  Kirkwood, Tom

  Klein, Marty

  Knapp, Kenneth A.

  koans (Zen stories)

  Kownacki, Mary Lou

  Krishnamurti, Jiddu

  lactose intolerance

  laughter. See humor; positivity

  Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara

  Le Guin, Ursula

  leadership: and women as leaders

  learning

  brain and, 8.1, 8.2

  from experience

  generativity and

  ingredients for successful aging and

  to laugh

  lifelong

  from physical activity

  and slow unlearning

  legacy. See also generativity

  Legato, Marianne, 14.1, 14.2

  Lehman, Rachel, 9.1, 11.1, 20.1

  Lesser, Elizabeth, 11.1, 22.1

  letting go of what’s not needed

  Levant, Bon

  Levenson, Robert W.

  Levine, Stephen, 1.1, 10.1, 10.2

  Levine, Suzanne Braun, 4.1, 12.1, 12.2

  Levitra, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

  Lewis, Steve

  Libby, Roger

  life

  death as normal part of, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3

  and living forever

  meaning of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2

  life-altering encounters

  life expectancy. See longevity

  life review

  of Act I, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 10.1, 10.2

  of Act II, 2.1, 3.1

  actually doing a

  beginning a, 2.1, 10.1

  change and

  “decommissioning our demons” and

  delving deeper and, 2.1, 2.2, 21.1

  developing new neural pathways and

  failure and

  fertile void and

  first memories and, 2.1, 2.2

  Fonda’s, 2.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3

  gender identity and, 3.1, 10.1, 10.2

  ingredients for successful aging and

  metaphor for

  as preparation for Act III

  purpose/benefits of, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2

  self-confrontation and transformation and

  sources of information for

  life-support procedures

  lifelong learning

  lifestyle

  brain and

  hormones and

  ingredients for successful aging and

  sedentary, 6.1, 7.1, 14.1, 19.1

  technology and

  vitamins and

  living arrangements: in Act III

  living forever

  living trusts

  living will

  Loevinger, Jane

  Lois (Peer counselor)

  loneliness/aloneness

  as Act III problem, 11.1, 16.1

  Fonda’s rite of passage to Act III and, 4.1, 4.2

  importance of friendships and

  love in Act III and

  solitude as different from

  long-term care, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2

  longevity

  anti-aging research about, 22.1, 22.2

  attitudes and

  Blue Zones Project and

  contributions of seniors and

  financial planning and

  generativity and

  government programs and

  hormones and

  ingredients for successful aging and

  isolation and, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3

  and “longevity revolution,” 293–308

  love in Act III and

  marriage and, 12.1, 15.1

  as new cultural phenomenon

  positivity and

  problems for seniors and, 19.1, 19.2

  relationships and

  social and psychological difficulties and

  special concerns for women and

  women as leaders and

  Lou Gehrig’s disease

  love

  in Act III

  age difference and

  androgenization and individuation and

  being perfect and

  of body, 6.1, 6.2

  body image as basis for

  “epidemic” of, 9.1, 11.1

  family relationships and

  friendships and

  generativity and

  importance of, 11.1, 11.2

  ingredients for successful aging and

  introspection and

  life review and

  looking for new

  positivity and, 9.1, 9.2

  rehearsing for death and

  sex and, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1

  smiling as trigger for

  Teilhard de Chardin–Houston encounter and, 22.1, 22.2

  See also intimacy; marriage; relationships; sex

  “The low road” (Piercy), 11.1, 11.2

  lubricants, sex, 13.1, 15.1

  Lue, Tom, 14.1, 14.2

  Luke, Helen

  lutein

  lycopene

  Lynch, Jane

  MacArthur Foundation Study of Successful Aging, 5.1, 6.1

  Machu Picchu: Fonda hiking on

  MacLaine, Shirley

  macular degeneration

  Madden, Mary, 15.1, 18.1

  magnesium, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

  manganese

  Márquez, Gabriel García

  marriage

  bad

  benefits of

  boundaries in, 12.1, 12.2

  companionship

  differences among partners in

  expectations from

  long-term care and

  longevity and, 12.1, 15.1

  love and sex in Act III and, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1

  option to renew

  as priority
r />   retirement and

  See also relationships

  Martin, Charlotte

  masculinity

  definition of, 3.1, 12.1

  sex and

  Massachusetts Male Aging Study

  massage, 13.1, 18.1

  Massey, Laurel, 12.1, 12.2

  masturbation, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1

  Match.com, 13.1, 15.1, 15.2

  Matheny, Ken, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

  Matisse, Henri

  Mayo Clinic, 14.1, 14.2

  McCraty, Rollin

  McCredie, Scott

  Mead, Margaret

  Meals on Wheels

  meaning of life, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2

  media: gender identity and

  Medicaid, 18.1, 18.2

  medical schools

  Medicare, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 19.2

  medications. See drugs; specific medication

  meditation

  body awareness and

  changing reactions and

  doing a life review and

  Fonda’s interest in

  goals/purposes of, 9.1, 21.1

  guide to mindful

  as means for alleviating loneliness

  positivity and, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

  preparation for Act III and

  smiling during

  as way to minimize stress

  Meier, Diane

  memoirs, Fonda’s, 4.1, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2

  memory

  aging and

  brain and, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

  life review and

  men/boys

  depression and

  doing a life review and

  emotions and

  gender identity and, 3.1, 10.1

  health and

  orgasmic capacity in

  sex and, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.1, 14.2

  as source of identity for Fonda

  as stay-at-home fathers

  menopause, 4.1, 4.2, 10.1, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4

  metabolism, 6.1, 7.1

  Methany, Ken

  MetLife Mature Market Institute

  Mexico: death in

  Michelangelo

  Miller, Alice

  Miller, Jean Baker

  mind, 6.1, 11.1, 21.1, 21.2. See also brain; meditation

  minerals. See also specific mineral

  mirror–red balloon metaphor

  Mitchell, Pat, 11.1, 16.1

  modeling, Monte Carlo, 18.1, 18.2

  molybdenum

  “Monet Refuses the Operation” (Mueller), 1.1, 21.1

  monounsaturated fat

  Monster-in-Law (movie), 9.1, 11.1

  Montaigne, Michel de

  Monte Carlo modeling, 18.1, 18.2

  Morgan, Robin, 9.1, 17.1

  mortality: facing

  mothers, 3.1, 4.1

  Mount Lanin: Fonda’s climbing of

  movie business: Fonda as quitting

  mudra, 22.1, 22.2

  Mueller, Lisel, 1.1, 21.1

  Muse (self-administered intraurethral therapy)

  My Life So Far (Fonda), 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 11.1

  National Academy of Sciences

  National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA)

  National Council on Aging

  National Health Interview Survey

  National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

  National Institute on Aging

  National Opinion Research Center

  National Philanthropic Trust

  National Survey of Midlife Development

  negativity, 2.1, 3.1

  neural pathways, 2.1, 9.1

  New England Journal of Medicine, 13.1, 14.1

  New Mexico: Fonda ranch in, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2

  New York City Housing Authority

  Newman, Judith

  niacin

  nitric oxide

  “nonadhesive mind,” 323

  nondenial strategy

  Northrup, Christiane

  Nurses’ Health Study

  nursing-care crisis

  nursing homes, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4

  Nutrition Action Newsletter

  nutrition facts: on food labels, 22.1, 22.2

  obesity, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 22.1. See also weight

  OCS (orthopedic clinical specialist)

  Ohio Longitudinal Study of Aging and Retirement

  Older Americans Act

  omega-3 fatty acids, 7.1, 7.2

  Omega Institute

  “Omega point,” 334

  On Golden Pond (movie), 16.1, 16.2

  One-Legged Stand (exercise)

  online dating, 13.1, 15.1

  “option space,” 65

  orgasm, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 14.1, 14.2, 16.1

  Ornish, Dean

  Osborne, Robert

  osteoporosis, 6.1, 7.1, 14.1, 14.2

  Owens, Claire Myers

  oxytocin, 4.1, 11.1

  pain

  in childhood, 2.1, 3.1

  death and

  exercise and, 6.1, 6.2

  Fonda’s feelings of abandonment and

  intercourse as

  life reviews as means of addressing, 10.1, 10.2

  of losing family and friends

  in marital relationships

  meditation and, 21.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3

  of midlife transitions, 4.1, 4.2

  palliative care and

  physical therapy and

  rite of passage to Act III and

  self-confrontation and

  sex in Act III and, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5

  sexual dysfunction and, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4

  palliative care, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1

  pantothenic acid

  parenting

  parents

  children’s views about sexual life of

  interviewing of

  life review and, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3

  Park, Denise, 8.1, 8.2

  Parker-Pope, Tara, 12.1, 12.2

  passion

  aging and

  of Burke

  friendships and

  generativity and, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3

  love in Act III and, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5

  Peace Corps

  Peck, M. Scott

  Peer Counselor Program (WISE & Healthy Aging), 13.1, 16.1

  penile pump

  penis

  injections in

  ring for, 14.1, 14.2

  See also erections

  pensions

  Pentagon Papers

  Perelman, Michael, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6

  Perfect Match

  perfection

  perimenopause, 4.1, 4.2

  Perlmutter, Marion, 1.1, 9.1, 18.1

  Perry, Richard, 1.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 15.1

  perseverance/perseverate, 1.1, 11.1

  personality. See also temperament

  Perz, Karen

  Peyronie’s disease, 13.1, 14.1

  phosphorus, 7.1, 7.2

  physical activity

  balance and, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4

  brain and, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2

  depression and, 6.1, 6.2

  ego and, 6.1, 6.2

  flexibility and

  importance of, 6.1, 6.2

  ingredients for successful aging and

  interoception and

  learning lessons about

  meaning of “being active” and, 6.1, 6.2

  need for routine for, 6.1, 6.2

  physical therapy and

  positivity and

  psychic effect of

  recovery of lost functions through

  weight and, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

  See also exercise

  physical/occupational therapy, 6.1, 19.1

  physics, quantum

  phytonutrients, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 22.1

  Picasso, Pablo

  Piercy, Marge, 11.1, 11.2

  Pi
lates, 6.1, 6.2

  plastic surgery, 1.1, 2.1

  pleasing others

  being perfect and, 4.1, 4.2

  as disease

  life review and, 2.1, 10.1

  love in Act III and, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

  sex in Act III and, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

  and women as leaders to the future

  poetry: science and

  Pogrebin, Letty

  polyphenols

  polyunsaturated fat

  pornography

  positivity

  aging and

  brain and, 9.1, 9.2

  detachment and

  fears and

  humor and, 9.1, 9.2

  importance to Fonda of

  ingredients for successful aging and, 5.1, 5.2

  longevity and

  love and, 9.1, 9.2

  meditation and

  smiling and

  stress and, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5

  posture, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

  potassium, 7.1, 7.2

  poverty

  Power Girls

  productivity: redefinition of

  professional trainers

  progesterone, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2

  promiscuity

  prostate operations: erectile function after

  protein, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

  Proust, Marcel, 10.1, 21.1

  psychiatric hospitals

  pubococcygeus muscle, 13.1, 13.2

  purpose: having a

  quantum physics

  Ramey, Estelle

  Rancho La Puerta (Mexico), 12.1, 12.2

  Rando, Thomas, 22.1, 22.2

  Real, Terrence, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

  reality

  cosmic

  meditation and

  rectangle: as paradigm for aging, 5.1, 5.2

  Redgrave, Vanessa

  relationships

  adjusting to

  androgenization and individuation and

  boundaries in, 12.1, 12.2

  changing

  contemplative activities and

  democracy within

  differences among partners in

  ending of

  finding yourself and

  Fonda’s sex education and

  having your own space and, 15.1, 15.2

  intensity of

  life review and, 2.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3

  long-term, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

  longevity and

  same-sex

  sex and issues concerning

  transitions in

  See also family; friendship; love; marriage; sex

  research, aging

  lost opportunities in

  summary of main areas of

  Reserve, Inc.

  resilience, 3.1, 6.1, 7.1, 16.1, 17.1

  resistance training. See weight-training exercise

  resveratrol, 7.1, 22.1

  riboflavin

  Right Stuff

  Rilke, Rainer Maria

  rite of passage: to Act III

  Roach, Max

  Rochlen, Aaron

  Rogers, Millicent

  Rohatsu sesshin (meditation retreat)

  role models, 1.1, 3.1, 12.1

  romance

  love in Act III and, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5

  sex and, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

  Rossellini, Isabella

  Roth, Geneen

  Rowe, John W.

  Roy, Arundhati

  Royalle, Candida