Aging

“Aging into Bliss” is now available

I’m happy – very happy – to announce the release of my book, Aging into Bliss: Discovering the Wisdom and Joy of Your Timeless Nature.. In many ways the book sums up what I have learned – and continue to learn – since as a teen-ager in post-war Britain I became aware of a strange, [...]

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A dream come true

It’s my deep pleasure to let you know I’ve finally finished my book, Aging into Bliss: Discovering the Wisdom and Joy of Your Timeless Nature. It’s the birth of a book and the birth of a dream. I will release the book early next week, which hopefully will give my “baby” a chance to show how [...]

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Never stop growing and changing

Life has a law we need to follow if we want to age with wisdom and joy. The law reads like this: “Never stop changing and growing.” The trouble is we are sometimes tempted to ignore this law in favor of the supposed comfort of the “status quo.” This is what I notice in myself, [...]

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Bliss is our birthright

I have a wonderful picture of a lion on the front cover of my soon-to-be released book, Aging into Bliss.  I’ve been working really hard on the book, by the way, which is why I haven’t written a post for a little while. I’m sorry about that. The lion in my cover picture is alone and [...]

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6 reasons to change your mind about aging

Aging does not have a good reputation on the whole. Here are 6 reasons you may want to change your mind about this ritual we all experience.

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Change your thinking, change your aging

  Would you like to age well? If so, it’s never too soon to change your mind about aging and let go of negative stereotypes — such as the notion that older people are less competent or vital than when they were young, for example. Why? Because negative expectations regarding aging can have a powerful [...]

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Why I am happy and fulfilled at 79

 Whether we are 20, 50, 80, or any other age, we are all aging. And aging has its challenges, of course. But despite the stereotypes that surround this aspect of our lives I see a sea change at work. More and more people all around the world are discovering there is greater promise and potential to aging [...]

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Resilience is your ally as you age

How vital is the power of resilience. And how it warms my heart to read a story showing the power of resilience at work. A story like the one I was reading in the Denver Post the other morning. A young Denver Broncos quarterback named Tim Tebow — scorned by local sportswriters after performing poorly in one [...]

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It’s never too late to breathe like a child

  One of the blessings life has brought to me in recent years is something called abdominal breathing. I’m not an expert in this by any means, and it’s quite possible that you know more about it than I do. But the physical and mental calm and relaxation that abdominal breathing can bring is remarkable. [...]

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$500 million or a sense of immortality?

If you were invited to choose between one of the following two options, which would you choose? 1.  A check for $500 million, made out to you personally. The IRS isn’t going to touch it. It’s absolutely free and clear, and of course, would get you well on the way to being a billionaire. 2.  [...]

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Joy likes to surprise you

One of the most valuable lessons life can teach as years pass by is to be alert to the simple joys of life that can slip by unnoticed if we are too busy or preoccupied with external concerns or responsibilities. Joy likes to surprise you. I thought of this the other morning when our neighbor, Janet, came over to visit JoAnn [...]

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