My Road to Sage-ing® Or How Sage-ing Helped Me Steer my Life in a New Direction

My Road to Sage-ing® Or How Sage-ing Helped Me Steer my Life in a New Direction When COVID hit, my world turned upside down. While planning to glide into retirement, all my professional work went away. Additionally, all my volunteer work with seniors, kids and [...]

Thriving in an Uncertain World: Wisdom Perspectives from Sage-ing® Leaders Uncertainty surrounds us in today’s turbulent times—political strife, economic instability, climate crises, and social division. How do we stay grounded? How do we discern truth in an age of misinformation? And how can we make [...]

Deep Listening: A Practical Guide Deep Listening: A Practical Guide According to Sage-ing® International’s Qualities of Sages in Service, “Deep listening is our ability to be present to another’s story without fixing the problem or judging.” Deep listening connects people, builds empathy, and is an avenue for [...]

Are We All Sages in Training? On a warm summer day, six-year-old Ethan sat picking black currants with his great grandmother, whom he called “Oma.” Upon collecting enough berries to fill a large cooking pot we proceed inside to clean and prepare the berries to [...]

What Is Sage-ing “Sagacity—The quality of being wise or having good judgment gained through experience that is reflected upon.” Sage-ing, or Conscious eldering is both a way of living ones life both on the practical and philosophical levels. It is a way of life in [...]

The Importance of Community Engagement as We Age The Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murthy, recently declared that we are in a “loneliness epidemic,” not just in the U.S. but internationally.  (”Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation, The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on [...]

The Joy and the Challenges of (my) Aging Can you experience the joy and wisdom associated with conscious aging and still experience fear, sadness and even loneliness? Can these all exist at the same time? I say yes. Can we have these challenges associated with [...]