Welcome to the Sage-ing International Blog
The blogs on this page are primarily written by Sage-ing International members.
Should you wish to contribute to our blog, it must not have been published elsewhere, in part or whole.
The length should be between 500 and 1000 words. The subject must be of interest to our members and readers (a Sage-ing/Conscious Ageing topic, e.g. life review, qualities of a wise elder, spirituality/spiritual growth, facing our mortality, legacy, community, service, forgiveness work, images of ageing, etc.).
Please submit your proposed entry to Martha Christie admin@sage-ing.org
A Good Ancestor
A Good Ancestor Do you remember the sugar cube with the pink liquid on it? You might have been given it by the school nurse sometime in the 60s. Or you might remember the polio vaccine as a shot some time earlier. That first [...]
Life Review: Definitely NOT for old folks only!
Life Review: Definitely NOT for old folks only! Life review is often viewed as something you do late in life, a time when one is supposedly free from the stress of responsibilities, so why not reminisce? It is as if reminiscence is something that [...]
Reinventing Grandparenting: I never became a mother, but I’m a grandmother now
Reinventing Grandparenting: I never became a mother, but I’m a grandmother now When many of my women friends were either getting pregnant or longing to get pregnant, I used to think that I was missing a chip. I watched and waited for a maternal [...]
Who moved my Rite of Passage? by Ronnie Dunetz
Who moved my Rite of Passage? Ronnie Dunetz, Israel On June 3, 2019, I became 60. I had been dealing with this day ever since I turned 59, and in fact, quite a few years before that. Only then it was different. Now it was for real! I know [...]
On the Taboo Against Knowing Who and Where We Really Are: The Forbidden Experience Behind the Climate Crisis by John Robinson, PhD, DMin
On the Taboo Against Knowing Who and Where We Really Are: The Forbidden Experience Behind the Climate Crisis John C. Robinson, Ph.D., D.Min. Bear with me for a moment because this argument may seem like a stretch at first but it isn’t. In truth, it’s critically important to the [...]
On Cancer and Inner Work By Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
On Cancer and Inner Work By Connie Zweig, Ph.D. We are told to think positively about health, and the idealist in us wants to comply. Yet, in late life, we are surrounded by reminders of illness in both ourselves and others. How do we hold a positive vision and [...]
What or Who is an Elder? by Gary Carlson
What or Who is an Elder? Gary Carlson We had an interesting discussion in my men’s group recently about what it means to be an elder—and what roles or responsibilities the term elder suggests. Of course, there are a number of definitions in the dictionary for elder, including older, [...]
As It Should Be by Felice Rhiannon
As It Should Be By Felice Rhiannon “Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?” Former President Barak Obama asked this question, probably many times, in the course of his campaigns and terms of office. He probably [...]
What’s Up With “Aging and the Loss of Ambition” by John C. Robinson, Ph.D., D.Min.
What’s Up With “Aging and the Loss of Ambition” John C. Robinson, Ph.D., D.Min. I’ve written a blog for my website, johnrobinson.org, on a wide variety of spiritually relevant aging topics over the past six years. I know from the analytics that people read the blog but they rarely [...]
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