{"id":109,"date":"2016-04-20T23:36:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T23:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/?p=109"},"modified":"2016-04-20T23:36:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T23:36:31","slug":"midlife-and-retirement-without-the-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/?p=109","title":{"rendered":"Midlife and Retirement Without the Crisis!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our April 2 Wisdom Circle retreat was fantastic. Ten people, aged 54 \u2013 74, male and female, gathered at St. Brigid\u2019s Villa, at the Ignatius Retreat Centre.<br \/>\n One of the participants said:<br \/>\n <strong>\u201cToday has given me a sense of a whole new world widening for me in retirement. Aging is hard work with no return. But sage-ing is hard work with a great return.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nUsing a workbook as a guide, the group discussed aging\u2014fears and concerns\u2014and found ways \u201cThis important seminar\u2026helps us look into the future with a fresh hope.\u201d  Participants noted that the day had value by being with others at similar stages of life, to hear some of their stories and how they are facing change and aging. <\/p>\n<p>Other comments included:<br \/>\n \u201cI want to live expansively, generously, and grow fully, so all this content was helpful.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have an opportunity, GO TO IT!! I\u2019ve taken some of your cards to give to people who are wanting to know more about aging \u201cwisely &#038; well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cGood course for those who have a need for fulfillment into retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned so much from the life experiences of other participants and our leader.Would recommend to others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Participants commented they took away: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe importance of Meaning, purpose, direction, and \u201cWho am I, now?&#8230;[and]How can I start from here.\u201d [Learning about aging as] opportunity not crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cConscious aging will be a process that will take time, patience, and be a wonderful opportunity to explore and appreciate the miracles and mystery of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c I feel energized and have a renewed sense that I\u2019m on the path to fulfillment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAging [at midlife and beyond] can be a time of positive growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aging is not something to fear and hearing the uniqueness of one\u2019s story and yet the common<br \/>\n \t         struggles we face gives a sense of peace and a new way to think of growing older. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our April 2 Wisdom Circle retreat was fantastic. Ten people, aged 54 \u2013 74, male and female, gathered at St. Brigid\u2019s Villa, at the Ignatius Retreat Centre. One of the participants said: \u201cToday has given me a sense of a whole new world widening for me in retirement. Aging is hard work with no return.<a href=\"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/?p=109\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newfutures.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}