Carol's Reflections

#38 The Wisdom Collection: Arrival

It just happened again. I woke up feeling every bit my age, careening toward my morning shower—when I was swept with joy because I love my shower curtain. I love my shampoo. I love that I can trust that the spray will come out at the exact warmth and intensity

#39 The Wisdom Collection: Head-First

I used to think the best one could hope for from dying was a gentle fading away. I believed this to be true in my late forties, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, placed myself in God’s tender care, and survived. Somehow, I managed to get past making deals

#40 The Wisdom Collection: One White Crane

We who are old did not ask to be tested by time, to learn through our suffering nor to become heroes. We would rather life had not asked quite so much of us—presented even a few less occasions to which we had to rise. Yet but one white crane dipping

The Wisdom Collection: Summary and Index

Older, Wiser, Fiercer: The Wisdom Collection Digest Edition Summary and Index The distillation of Carol Orsborn’s 20 years in the field of Conscious Aging. Follow links to essays of special interest or read the collection, digest edition, in its intended sequence of 40 brief readings online by clicking HERE. Watch

Afterword by Robert L. Weber, Ph.D.

Commentary on Older, Wiser, Fiercer Life is full of paradox. Four years ago, Carol Orsborn and I launched the book we co-authored, The Spirituality of Age: A Seeker’s Guide to Growing Older, at The Harvard Bookstore. Our book confronts the shadow side of aging, finding spiritual opportunity in the challenges—including physical

Acknowledgements

To my children and grandchildren and our extended and growing family, for sharing life and love with me and providing endless entertainment. To my soul circle of friends, theologians and guides, including Bob Weber, Rick Moody, Brent Green, Leanne Flask, Emily Askew, Jill Speering, Pat Halper, Judith Wolf-Mandell, Shana Mackler,

RAVE REVIEWS

OLDER, WISER, FIERCER: In gratitude for 100% Five Star Reviews on Amazon and Rave Reviews Placed Elsewhere –Carol Orsborn, Ph.D. ______________________________________ John C Robinson Ph.D. 5.0 out of 5 stars: A Basket of Insight and Wisdom on Aging Older, Wiser, Fiercer gets that aging is neither fairytale nor curse, but

ABOUT THE ARCHIVES

“Plummet into aging, stare mortality in the eye, surrender everything and what else is there left to fear? The way is perilous, danger on all sides. But we are no longer a generation afraid of age. We are becoming, instead, a generation fierce with age.” –Carol Orsborn The Older,

WELCOME TO THE ARCHIVES

Following, you will find the Older, Wiser, Fiercer Archives, Carol Orsborn’s library of blogs. The blogs are searchable by category at the bottom of the page. I founded my personal blog in 2011, having blogged as an expert in the fields of life stage and spiritual development and on marketing