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From Peter Pan to Sergeant Pepper: Revisiting 1969

By on January 29, 2019 in 2019 blog, Blog, Cohort, disillusion, Fierce with Reality, legacy, life purpose

Hello Fierce Ones! My blog today is an excerpt from the recently published Are You Still Listening? 1969 Stories & Essays by eight of us who were witnesses to this transformative year and who survived to tell the tale. Below is an excerpt of my contribution to the book. To preview another excerpt to be […]


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On the Brink of Everything

By on October 19, 2018 in book club, conscious aging, disillusion, Fierce with Reality, forgiveness, illusion, life purpose, milestone birthday, mortality, Mystical experience, Older, physical loss, Spiritual evolution, wisdom, Wiser Fiercer

Ten years ago, at the age of 63 when I was fraught with the challenges of growing old in our ageist, dysfunctional society, I vowed to transform myself from victim to explorer.  I viewed the far side of midlife as wild territory, full of dangerous unknowns, and saw that my mission as an adult development […]


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The December Project: Blog/Discussion

By on June 28, 2018 in acceptance, Blog, book club, conscious aging, disillusion, Fierce with Reality, mortality

Hello Fierce Ones, I’m pleased to announce the next selection of the Conscious Aging Book Club: The December Project: An Extraordinary Rabbi and a Skeptical Seeker Confront Life’s Greatest Mystery by Sara Davidson. My blog inspired by the book follows. The discussion board opens today in the comment section below and culminates August 2 both […]


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The Examined Life: Blog and Discussion

By on May 11, 2018 in acceptance, Angelica's Last Breath, book club, conscious aging, disillusion, Fierce with Reality, illusion, life purpose, mortality, Spiritual evolution, Tolstoy, wisdom

 Hello Fierce Ones, I’m pleased to announce the next selection of the Conscious Aging Book Club: Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey by James Hollis, Ph.D.  The discussion board opens today in the comment section below and culminates July 5 both online and in-person at 10:30 a.m., Parnassus Books, […]


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Personal Note: Angelica’s Last Breath

By on May 5, 2018 in acceptance, Angelica's Last Breath, Beauty, Blog, book club, conscious aging, disillusion, Fierce with Reality, Gratitude, grieving, illusion, legacy, life purpose, loneliness, love, marginalization, morality, mortality, mothers, Mystical experience, Older, physical loss, relationships, Spiritual evolution, Tolstoy, wisdom, Wiser Fiercer, women

“Try to live with the part of your soul which understands eternity, which is not afraid of death. And that part of your soul is love.”             –Leo Tolstoy Dear Friends of Older, Wiser, Fiercer, Over the past few years, many of you have given me valuable feedback on several of my books-in-progress. Angelica’s Last Breath, […]


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