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The Grace in Aging

By on March 9, 2019 in 2019 blog, acceptance, book club, Cohort, conscious aging, dark side, forgiveness, Gratitude, grieving, illusion, meditation, mortality, mothers, Older, Poems, relationships, shadows, Spiritual evolution, wisdom, women

Getting lost in your emotional reactivity isn’t where you want to be. –Ram Dass I want to apologize, right off the bat, for all those years and years of lunches, phone conversations and long walks in parks together in which I complained endlessly about my mother. When she passed, my bouncing ball of litanies, mostly […]


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Purpose Enough

By on November 27, 2018 in Blog, illusion, life purpose, mortality, relationships, saints, Spiritual evolution, wisdom

You never know who is going to be the soul of a particular gathering for you –the words of wisdom that you will bring home with you to turn over and over again in your heart.  The most recent was Bob Atchley,  a gentle but powerful soul who helped build the bridge between the traditional […]


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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 Gift of Years: Blog and Discussion

By on August 3, 2018 in acceptance, Angelica's Last Breath, book club, conscious aging, Gratitude, grieving, illusion, mothers, Older, physical loss, Spiritual evolution, wisdom, women

Hello Fierce Ones, I’m pleased to announce the next selection of the Conscious Aging Book Club: The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully by Joan Chittister. The discussion board opens today in the comment section below and culminates September 6 both online and in-person at 10:30 a.m., Parnassus Books, Nashville. This will give you plenty […]


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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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