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Carol Orsborn, Ph.D.
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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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Seems like just weeks ago, in regards to everyday life, there was the promise of a return to something akin to normalcy. We would dine out with friends—without masks—and have the luxury of complaining that the fish was on the dry side, for example. Oh wait. At the hyper-ventilating rate at which time flies for […]
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Greetings! Following are a series of postcards from the Land of Old Souls, drawing from new experiences, my books and from wayshowers who have walked this path before us. If you are not already a subscriber to this blog, to receive Postcards in your inbox, subscribe HERE. Scroll to the bottom for an excerpt from […]
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Book Summary The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life’s Promise is the healing vision of a woman who is a scholar in the fields of adult and spiritual development as well as a lifelong seeker. Based on a mystical experience that sheds light on the entire arc of life, Orsborn’s […]
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I am grateful that your book club has chosen to read and discuss The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life’s Promise. I’m providing the quotes and discussion points below to prompt the discussion for one or multiple sessions. The book’s official pub date is Oct. 1 but the paperback edition […]
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“Sometimes the desire to be lost again, as long ago, comes over me like a vapor. With growth into adulthood, responsibilities claimed me, so many coats. I didn’t choose them, I don’t fault them, but it took time to reject them. Now in the spring I kneel, I put my face into the packets of […]
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The Sage-ing Book Club will be discussing the late Kathleen Dowling Singh’s The Grace in Aging: Awaken As You Grow Older on-line via Zoom on Oct 21 at 4-5 p.m. Eastern. To assure yourself one of the prized 30 spaces, first come-first served, follow the Book Club link after clicking HERE How to Live Your Soul Story, Sept […]
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Calendar Note: Sage-ing International will host our discussion regarding Dr. James Hollis’ new book “Living Between Worlds” , the August selection of the online Sage-ing International Book Club. And for music from Dan Orsborn’s new one-man group Danny & the Drive-ins to enliven your solitude, click HERE. –Fiercely Yours, Carol Orsborn __________________________ Behaviorists say it […]
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Fifty years ago today, I married the man with whom I’m traveling through life. Dan and I met on the cusp of adulthood, a tender 21, and for decades—through the births of children and grandchildren, multiple careers, dogs and cities–we have done our best to figure life out together. So far, so good. People often […]
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For those of us committed to aging consciously, the pandemic has had an unanticipated consequence. Many of us were already well beyond the first half of life tasks of adult development, digging deep to hit the bedrock of our own authenticity. Even so, along the way, it is easy to get stalled, triggered and often […]
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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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