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Carol Orsborn, Ph.D.
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The day long after you’ve accepted your changing appearance, you look in the mirror and catch yourself wincing. The day you believe you love unconditionally and then your loved ones don’t do what you want. The day you’ve made peace with mortality and the doctor calls you to his office to discuss your blood work. […]
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As we become older, wiser and fiercer, we learn to accept that even in our evolved state, we are still not calling the shots. Is this something we’re thrilled about? Of course not. We’ve invested most of our lives thinking we knew what would make us happy and how to go about getting it. Sometimes, […]
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In a moment, a question for you. A big one. But first, something you know well. It’s an old person, in this case a woman, who has somehow found her way onto a morning show where she is being celebrated for a major accomplishment. She is wearing an orchid as big as her head which […]
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In the pitch black of the early hours when most would rather still be sleeping, I stubbed my toe on my authentic self. I shouldn’t have been surprised, given that it’s been smack dab in the center of my room since before I was born and I thought I knew it so well. But It’s […]
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Our generation has often spoken of the imperative to fulfill one’s human potential. In my understanding, this potential is not limited to the thin slice of the spectrum we tend to think of as happiness. To be fully alive, we must avail ourselves of the entire range including bittersweet sorrow, righteous indignation and grief. Add […]
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What is the evolutionary purpose of aging? At 74, I have the answer. It’s because it takes so dang many years to finally get past the illusions, coping strategies and masks we once hoped would guarantee us safe passage to instead live life to the full. In the end, aging gets to us all, our […]
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Dear Fierce Ones, The following blog is an excerpt from Older, Wiser, Fiercer: The Wisdom Collection, which after bubbling largely underground for three years has suddenly burst onto the bestseller list on Kindle in the category of aging. This is a reminder that when we surrender control, while it’s true that we can’t always stop […]
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To be perfectly frank, I do not like aging and cannot, in good faith, recommend it. But I love being old and you can’t get here without all the nonsense that came before. For me, aging is the equivalent of coming down with a cold. While in your heart, you know it’s progressing into something […]
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SUGGESTED READING: CLASSICS IN THE FIELD OF CONSCIOUS AGING Prisms: Reflections on this Journey We Call Life by James Hollis “Late essays” about the second half of life by James Hollis, Ph. D., leading Jungian Analyst and author of sixteen books including the classics Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow […]
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Oh, that would have been me. Yesterday. In front of 200 people on Zoom who gathered to hear a lively conversation about conscious aging. From the warm-up chat, I knew that there were a number amongst the participants, many of them strangers to me, who just wanted to be comforted in the face of loss, […]
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“Once again, Carol Orsborn stirs the reader to reflect upon aging as an opportunity for depth and expansion, and week by week to experience that which abides through life’s changes.”
James Hollis, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
“A readable revelation of a book”
Brent Green
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“The Spirituality of Age is beautifully written…the best book I have ever read on this most significant passage.”
Gail Sheehy
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