“The energy involved in resisting the truth of aging and dyingcan keep us confined in a limited experience of living;a limited experience of the simple joy of being [in the] here and now.”   Kathleen Dowling Singh This Grace in Aging series extends our 8 years of facilitated discussion groups based on our concept of Conscious[…]

The point of departure for this integrating reflection was growing awareness of my personal sense of desire for a different/ enhanced experience, of my own personal Everyday Spirituality as I contemplated the shape and character of my own Future Story. Non-obviously related was a SEER- group member’s comments that some of our discussions about Future[…]

At midlife, at and in early retirement, and later life, people paying attention to their own life sooner or later find themselves with new, evolving, and maturing questions. All sorts of questions, mostly difficult ones. Psychological ones like, “why isn’t life working out as I expected?” And what can I do about that, now?” Spiritual[…]

A week ago, we completed another retreat where we talked about the benefits of conscious aging as a spiritual practice, and four major obstacles that commonly undermine it. Then we talked about ways to overcome that typically undermine our own well-being as we age. One thing we didn’t talk about, however, was the social taboo[…]

“Well-being is about the reasons one wishes to be alive,” according to Atul Gawande.  “Everything changes, all the time,” according to Buddhist wisdom. This double helix demonstrates better aging as a relationship between our practical everyday spirituality  and actively nurturing integrated elements of our well-being in the process of growing older wisely and well. This[…]

Earlier this week I realized I’ve been in a funk for a while. I’ve been so busy with the busyness of my retirement vocation that I lost sight of my reason(s) for being busy—which is to both nurture my own well-being through my own practice of conscious aging, and to share my experience of doing[…]

I recently met with a professional man who had just learned he was soon to be terminated in an amalgamation—much to his surprise, and long before he was ready to retire. With a couple of years to retirement he had been doing some forward thinking, but not quite planning. Sound, or feel, familiar? He was[…]

I recently encouraged people to “DO more of what nurtures you in 2019.” I believe this is always good advice, and not simply as a new year’s resolution: Because that is what I have been increasingly doing for some time on my advancing life journey; with increasing maturing success and satisfaction. But when I began[…]

Q1: What does NEW FUTURES actually offer me? A: An opportunity to engage the process that can improve your experience of the days and weeks of the rest of your life. Our practice offers a NEW FUTURE to people who know, at some level, that it’s time for something more, different, and better for the[…]

This is not a trick question. Moreover, it is one that becomes increasingly important as we approach midlife or retirement, and at every other major life transition. Around age 45-ish, many people begin to sense a certain anxiety or dissatisfaction, an angst, a slump, insecurity. Feelings that often compound with retirement, even though they may[…]