Grandparenting:  A Sage-ing Experience by Dr. Barbara Joyce Frank

Grandparenting:  A Sage-ing Experience by Dr. Barbara Joyce Frank

2017-11-24T07:25:47+00:00

Today as my yoga teacher ended class, she thanked participants for “being her teacher.” I couldn’t help but think “that’s how I feel about my times with my grandchildren. “ Indeed, grandparenting has been a sage-ing experience for me. I became a grandparent fourteen years ago at the age of [...]

Grandparenting:  A Sage-ing Experience by Dr. Barbara Joyce Frank2017-11-24T07:25:47+00:00

How might children and grandparents thrive in today’s families? by Dave Bauer

2017-10-31T20:06:28+00:00

What a joy to be near many of my grandchildren!  Yes, I am blessed.   For through intention or good luck, I live close to many of them. Today’s elders have some interesting qualities.  Many are healthier than their own parents were at the ages of 50 – 90.  Many have [...]

How might children and grandparents thrive in today’s families? by Dave Bauer2017-10-31T20:06:28+00:00

How Does a Mystic Respond to the Madness Now Roiling Our Country? By John Robinson, PhD, D Min

2017-08-16T16:17:30+00:00

How does a mystic respond to the madness now roiling our country - violence, racism, climate disruption, genocidal wars, escalating terrorism, crushing poverty, economic inequality, endless disrespect, on and on and on? We are shaken by the horror of the world we are creating. But consider this: Buddha, the awakened [...]

How Does a Mystic Respond to the Madness Now Roiling Our Country? By John Robinson, PhD, D Min2017-08-16T16:17:30+00:00

The Power of Purposeful Aging by Richard Leider

2017-06-21T22:40:30+00:00

A sense of life purpose promotes physical, mental, and spiritual health. People who seek meaning beyond themselves are healthier, happier, and live longer. It’s vital to our well-being that we maintain strong feelings of purpose and community. For some people, life purpose is a spiritual concept, or has a religious [...]

The Power of Purposeful Aging by Richard Leider2017-06-21T22:40:30+00:00

“The Emerging Elder: Walking the Walk” by Anne Boynton

2017-06-01T17:40:51+00:00

The second People’s Climate March was on Saturday, April 29, 2017.  I wanted to be in Washington D.C. to join with fellow elders on behalf of the planet, but I was unable to walk in solidarity with 200,000 in our nation’s capitol.  Having missed participating in the incomparable energy and [...]

“The Emerging Elder: Walking the Walk” by Anne Boynton2017-06-01T17:40:51+00:00

Inclusiveness

2017-05-27T18:01:23+00:00

For Example - the quality of Inclusiveness By acceptance and celebration of the rich diversity of ethnicities, lifestyles, backgrounds, ages and spiritual/wisdom traditions in every community, we cooperate in helping others and making a difference for good in the world. From Cindy Siemers I am an immigrant and [...]

Inclusiveness2017-05-27T18:01:23+00:00

“The Prejudice of Ageism” by Ina Albert, CSL

2017-05-11T17:29:49+00:00

   New Yorker Magazine published a cartoon in a March, 2017 issue that revealed the underside of our attitude toward aging. A husband and wife are standing in line to buy movie tickets. The woman says to the cashier, “One senior ticket and one refuses to accept he’s a senior.” [...]

“The Prejudice of Ageism” by Ina Albert, CSL2017-05-11T17:29:49+00:00

“Fearful About Retirement? Use What You Know” by Bob Atchley

2017-04-17T02:05:47+00:00

I began to study how people adapt to retirement in 1965. By the time I retired from directing the Scripps Gerontology Center in 1998, I had surveyed and interviewed about five thousand people concerning their experiences of retirement. I had written two books and more than forty journal articles on [...]

“Fearful About Retirement? Use What You Know” by Bob Atchley2017-04-17T02:05:47+00:00

“The Gift of Time: Wisdom” by Rabbi Malka Drucker

2017-04-04T23:21:49+00:00

While every one of us will experience the mystery we call death, until recently I could empty rooms simply by mentioning the subject of aging. Fortunately, this is beginning to change as more of us can no longer can ignore the signs. The first time a younger person offers you [...]

“The Gift of Time: Wisdom” by Rabbi Malka Drucker2017-04-04T23:21:49+00:00
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