Good health practitioners don’t just work on their clinical and diagnostic skills. They also put thought into how they relate to the people who come to see them.
Mindlessly approaching old age, with negative beliefs about growing old, may result in self-fulfilling prophecies. You may find yourself focussing on a moment of forgetfulness, then assume that you are losing your memory. But it may not signify that at all.
The term mindfulness gets used a lot in relation to meditation practices. That’s not what I’m talking about here, though there is a relationship, and mindfulness meditation can be a great tool to help develop mindfulness.