October Events and Aging Resources

 

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POSITIVE AGING: IT’S IN YOUR HANDS   People sometimes ask for advice about positive aging. Arthur Brooks has suggested thinking about our later life experience as if investing in a 401(k) financial plan. If you wait to start saving when you turn 60, you’re going to have a big problem. It’s also true for how we imagine our “future selves.” That was the title of a report on aging issued in 1976 by the National Institute on Aging. The forward was written by its director, Dr. Robert Butler, who I came to know shortly after that time and who later became my boss (and mentor) at the International Longevity Center. It was Butler who coined the term “ageism,” and he fought it to the end of his life. Becca Levy wrote Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live (Morrow, 2022). The title says it all. More of our life, including later life, is in our hands than we imagined. But it’s like that 401(k) plan: Start “investing” in your future self as early as you can. Don’t wait.     GRIEF: A NEW DEFINITION OF SELF   "I had my own notion of grief. I thought it was the sad time that followed the death of someone you love and you had to push through it to get to the other side. But I’m learning there is no other side. There is no pushing through. But rather, there is absorption.   Adjustment. Acceptance. Grief is not something you complete, but rather you endure. Grief is not a task to finish, but an element of yourself— an alteration of your being, a new way of seeing, a new definition of self.” "Grief is a Thing with Feathers" by Max Porter     LIFE REVIEW 101   If you can’t look back at your younger self and realize that you were an idiot, you are probably still an idiot.     BOOKS OF INTEREST   UNRETIREMENT, by Chris Farrell (Bloomsbury, 2014) How aging Boomers are changing what retirement looks like. For a concise summary, visit: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/ 104fs75loYiay0c4mlv20wP6DuxIsVtkcOsrc5g5vz64/ edit#slide=id.p CRITICAL HUMANITIES AND AGEING, edited by Marlene Goldman, Kate de Medeiros, and Thomas Cole (Routledge, 2024). 9 KEYS TO TRANSCENDENT AGING: Transpersonal Psychology, by Anne Hilty (2023). DON’T WALK AWAY: A Care Partner's Journey (2024) More about this book at: https://dontwalkaway.net/     WEBSITES TO SEE   Long Term Care. Halloween doesn’t come until the end of October, but there’s a horror show that goes on every single day in long-term care facilities: "No Country For Old People - A Nursing Home Exposé" Watch Party at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5viOFDcBr0k Ageism. Change the story. We can counter ageism by how we talk about aging: https://www.reframingaging.org/ The Aging Brain. “How the Human Brain Stays Young Even As We Age” at: https://qz.com/1708872/the-human-brain-is-the-most-resilient-organ- in-the-body#:~:text=The%20brain%20is%20so %20well,to%20live%20independently%E2%80%94over%20time. Ancestors. Sage-ing International’s third annual Ancestor's Circle is forming now. For information visit: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/z5s6era     Coming Events   AGING INTO THE 80’s: Growing Into Your Authentic Self (Oct. 2 to Dec., 2024, 2 – 4 pm, ET on Zoom). Details and registration at: Embracing Eighty: A Personal Journey Through Life's Later Chapters - Asher Longevity Institute   SAGE-ING. Introduction to Certified Sage-ing Leader Program (Oct. 7, 2024, 4 -5 pm, ET). Details and registration at: https://www.sage-ing.org/sage-ing-leader-certification-program-2/   AGEISM. (October 9, 2024). This day is official Ageism Awareness Day. The American Society on Aging has developed a Tool Kit on this issue: https://asaging.org/ageism-awareness   AGE-FRIENDLY ECO-SYSTEM Summit. (Oct. 8, 9, 15, 16, 2024, Washington, DC) Sponsored by George Washington University. Details and registration at: https://nursing.gwu.edu/aging-events   DEATH, DYING AND THE DEAD: A Contemplation (Oct. 10, 2024, 11 am to 12:30 pm ET). With Mary Francis Drake. Sponsored by Sage-ing International. Details and registration https://www.sage-ing.org/events/death-dying-and-the-dead-practical-lessons-with-mary-francis-drake/   ZALMAN SCHACHTER: A Celebration (Oct. 15, 2024, 1 – 3 pm ET) On what would have been Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s 100th birthday: Sage-ing International and You: Our Roots and Wings. Free celebration. Details and registration at: https://www.sage-ing.org/events/   SPIRITUALITY. “Aging Powerfully Through Spiritual Practices” (Oct. 15, 2024, 11 am to 12 noon, CDT). Sponsored by Aging Reimagined Circle: WomenOver70. Details & registration at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/womenover70 DEATH, DYING, AND THE DEAD: Practical lessons on approaching mortality (Oct. 17, 24, and 31, 2024, 8 to 9:30 am, PT). With Mary Francis Drake. Sponsored by Sage-ing International. Details and registration at: https://www.sage-ing.org/events/   MEN: Deepening the Sage Within for Men (Oct. 22 and 29, Nov. 5, 12, and 19, 2024, 12:00 noon - 3:00 pm ET). Five Tuesday's in October & November. Signature Program from Sage-ing International. Details and registration at: https://www.sage-ing.org/events/   WOMEN: The Wisdom of Elderhood (Sept. 30 to Oct. 28, 2024, 5:30 - 7 pm, MT). On Zoom for a new group for women in their fifties. 5 sessions each 1.5 hours led by Ruth Neubauer, MSW, facilitator and psychotherapist. No writing experience needed. Zoom link sent upon registration. For details and registration see: https://mailchi.mp/9d4f3669ef7f/women-50s POSITIVE AGING. “Age-Friendly Eco System Summit” (Oct. 8, 9, 15, and 16, 2024). Sponsored by George Washington University's Center for Aging, Health and Humanities. Details and registration at: https://nursing.gwu.edu/aging-events WISDOM. A new episode in the “Fruits of Conscious Aging” series (Oct. 16, 2024, 8 to 9:30 am, PT). Led by David Chernikoff, meditation teacher who worked with Ram Dass. Sponsored by Sage-International. Details at: https://www.sage-ing.org/events/   WOMEN OVER 70: Symposium: (Oct. 19, 2024, Plymouth Place, LaGrange Park, IL). “Aging Reimagined: Celebrating Who We Are As We Age.” Featuring Ashton Applewhite and others. Sponsored by the Aging Reimagined Circle. Details at: https://womenover70.com/events-2/ PROJECT RENEWMENT: Issues We Grapple with as We Age (Oct. 22. 2024: 12:00 noon EDT). Helen Dennis, pioneer in the field of aging, employment and the new retirement, will discuss the 25th year celebration of Project Renewment. Helen Dennis and her co-author, Bernice Bratter, published Project Renewment: The First Retirement Model for Career Women, in 2008. This book promoted the development of “Renewment Groups” around the country. Helen will focus on the impact of her book, the evolution of the groups, and questions and issues women (and men) grapple with as they age. Sign up for the interview begins by October 15 at www.revolutionizeretirement.com. Participants will receive a recording link after the call. Direct questions to Dori Mintzer at dorianmintzer@gmail.com   THE EXPERIENCE OF AGE: "Optics of Aging" A Feature Documentary Film (Oct. 30, 2024, 1 to 3 pm, ET). Focused on Rhode Island landscape and personal experience. From Sage-ing International. Details and registration at:  https://www.sage-ing.org/events/   HARVESTING WISDOM (Oct. 31, 2024, 8 to 10 am, PT). A Creative Expression circle led by Ronnie Dunetz. Sponsored by Sage-ing International. Details and registration at: https://www.sage-ing.org/events/   PIONEER NETWORK. Green House Project Conference. (Nov. 11-13, 2024, Grand Rapids, MI). Legacy of the Eden Alternative and efforts to humanize long-term care. Details and registration at: https://thegreenhouseproject.org/2024-conference/ MIDLIFE TRANSITION. (Dec. 3 to 7, 2024, Baja, Mexico and also Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA). It doesn’t have to be a crisis, and the Modern Elder Academy (MEA) can show an alternative to being unstuck and not know what to do next. For more, visit: https://www.meawisdom.com/pillar/navigating-transitions/