PRESS RELEASE: Spiritual Aging, Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life
New book in growing consciousness, spirituality and aging category to be published December, 2024 by Inner Traditions.
Many of us navigating the years beyond midlife report high levels of self-acceptance, freedom, and joy, but there can also be bouts of second-guessing and regret as well as the occasional longing to be reminded that you’re not in this alone. Walking readers through the most uplifting, passionate, as well as dangerous passages on the path of aging consciously, Carol Orsborn, Ph.D.’s new book Spiritual Aging, Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life, points the way forward through every conceivable mood, opportunity, and stumbling block that may arise on the journey through the second half of life.
Designed to be read weekly in two-year cycles, the 120 timeless readings focus on the issues and concerns that arise among those who view aging as a path to spiritual culmination. From transforming loneliness to solitude, loss of identity to freedom, anger to self-protection, fear to faith, and envy to love, Dr. Orsborn’s wise and compassionate insights are seasoned by quotes and stories by and about mystics, sages, and old souls from ancient through contemporary times who illuminate the path to living a full life while embracing old age. The connecting thread is the reminder that you have what it takes to shift from fear-driven reactivity to the challenges of aging, to instead accept them in a spirit of gratitude as they help you grow not just old, but whole.
At once unflinching and triumphant, the readings are both archetypal and personal, reminding readers of how far they’ve come and that, regardless of their circumstances, aging can be a lifestage with spiritual meaning and purpose of its own.
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Carol Orsborn, Ph.D., is a leader in the conscious aging movement and editor-in-chief of Fierce with Age: The Digest of Boomer Wisdom, Inspiration, and Spirituality. The author of more than 35 books, including award-winning The Spirituality of Age, and Older, Wiser, Fiercer as well as popular blogs on Huffington Post, and BeliefNet.com, she has served on the faculties of Georgetown University, Loyola Marymount University, and Pepperdine University. She lives with her husband in Madison, Tennessee and Toronto, Ontario.
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Park Street Press
ISBN 978-1-64411-667-8
$16.99 (CAN $21.50) Paper
[ebook] Also available as an ebook
224 pages, 4 x 5 3/4
FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES: Corsborn@aol.com
