An excellent resource guide and toolkit
for dealing with end of life issues
is available on the website of Compassion and Choices:
http://www.compassionandchoices.org/g2g
You can download both the resource guide and the toolkit free by clicking on the links on this page; or you can order print copies mailed to you for a modest fee.
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In case you would rather listen than read: AUDIO BOOKS ON AGING
Sounds True, a provider of audio materials for human growth and development, is offering a range of offerings related to aging, now a clearance prices, including the following:
"Midlife and the Great Unknown" by David Whyte
"The Second Half of Life" by Angeles Arrien
"Conscious Aging" by Ram Dass
"Menopause" by Joan Borysenko
For details on ordering, visit:
http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52852.6245.6.2983779
at very top, center, there is a search box; type in author’s name.
From Human Values in Aging Newsletter. (you can subscribe: aarpnews@news.aarp.org)
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New Book on Eldering
Richard Leider, co-author of the widely read Claiming Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life On Purpose, has recently published a new book - Something to Live For: Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life. An easy and inspiring read.
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New Book and Film On Wisdom
Writer and Director Andrew Zuckerman has produced a new book and a film on wisdom, comprised of 50 interviews with wise people throughout the world.
A brief video preview of the film is available at www.wisdombook.org
The book is available at Amazon: www.amazon.com/Wisdom-50-Unique-Original-Portraits/dp/0810983591/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225301351&sr=8-1
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Websites:
The Sage-ing Guild: www.sage-ingguild.org. Their website includes an Articles section, and a Merchandise section where you can order the Sage-ing Guild Workbook, and a number of books, DVDs, and tapes.
Second Journey - Awakening Human Potential In Life’s Second Half: www.secondjourney.org/
2nd Half Strategies: Personal coaching for persons in the 2nd half of life; and classes in the Portland, OR area.
www.2ndhalfstrategies.com/index.html
Books:
From Age-ing to Sage-ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Older. By Zalman Schacter-Shalomi & Ronald S. Miller. Warner Books
Handbook: The Sage-ing Workbook, published by the Sage-ing Guild, available through www.sage-ingguild.org/
Journal to the Self: 22 Paths to Personal Growth. By Kathleen Adams, Warner Books
Healthy Aging. By Andrew Weil, MD. Alfred A. Knopf
What Are Old People For? By William Thomas, VanderWyk & Burnham
Younger Next Year, by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, MD
Creative Aging. By Nancy Bost Miller. Davies-Black Publishing
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life. By James Hollis, Gotham Books
A Path With Heart. By Jack Kornfield. Bantam Books
Spiritual Passages. By Drew Leder, J.P. Tarcher
Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying. By Ram Dass, Riverhead Books
The Fountain of Age. By Betty Friedan, Simon & Schuster
The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain. Cohen, Gene D.
Your Life, Your Story. Flathouse, Pat, et al.
Women's Lives, Women's Legacies. Freed, Rachael.
The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger as Your Brain Grows Older. Goldberg, Elkhonon, Ph.D.
Breaking Free: Women of Spirit at Midlife and Beyond. Sewell, Marilyn, ed.
Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life. Vaillant, George.
CDs:
Breathing, The Master Key to Self-Healing. By Andrew Weil. Sounds True
Meditation For Optimum Health. By Andrew Weil and Jon Kabat Zinn. Sounds True
Personal Growth Organizations:
The ManKind Project: http://mkp.org / Indiana MKP: http://indiana.mkp.org.
The ManKind Project is an international men’s organization devoted to men’s personal development and support for missions of service. Involvement begins with an initiation weekend, which is offered in the Spring and Fall in Indiana. MKP Indiana offers open men’s circles on Tuesday evenings in Indianapolis (see the Indiana MKP website).
Woman Within: www.womanwithin.org. A women’s organization, affiliated with MKP, devoted to women’s personal development. Initiation weekends are offered several times a year at locations in the Midwest. Weekly circles of Woman Within members are held in the Indianapolis area.
The Landmark Forum: www.landmarkeducation.com. The Landmark Forum is an intensive personal growth weekend which is offered in Cincinnati and Chicago (as well as cities around the world). Meetings and seminars for Landmark Forum graduates are held regularly in Indianapolis.
