Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience, & Spirit - Softcover

Cowan, Rabbi Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874419212 ISBN 13: 9780874419214

Publisher: Behrman House, 2015

Synopsis

National Jewish Book Award FinalistHow can we make aging a good and powerful experience?

Aging can feel like an inevitable drift. But each year new doors open with opportunities, while others close with loss. We have the power to prepare--to build our resilience and navigate the challenges. Will we turn towards the opportunities, and continue to find joy and meaning in our lives? Strengthen relationships with our adult children? Have the courage to find new ways of living? How can we make the most of the aging process, and develop into deeper, wiser people?

In Wise Aging, Rabbi Rachel Cowan and Dr. Linda Thal give us the tools we need to find our own answers to these questions. With the same warmth, humor, and wisdom that draws thousands to their innovative workshops on aging, they deliver practical, real world suggestions: journaling exercises, meditations, and activities that dig deep and lead us to a better understanding of how to age well.

Wise Aging provides the roadmap for the journey we are all on: achieving a fulfilling older age. No subject is off limits; Rabbi Cohen and Dr. Thal explore a wide range of issues, including:

• Relationships with adult children and spouses
• Body image
• Romance and sexuality
• Living with loss
• Cultivating well-being

They tackle these issues head on, and with uncanny sensitivity deliver sage advice that inspires, informs, and will help us grow into wisdom with resilience and joy.

About this title

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Rabbi Rachel Cowan has worked to revitalize Jewish
spiritual practices during her years at the Nathan Cummings
Foundation. She also helped secular organizations promote
meditation as a resource for people living in contemporary
society. She also directed the Institute for Jewish Spirituality,
whose mission is to support the continuing spiritual growth
of rabbis, educators, and laypeople.



Dr. Linda Thal is a Jewish educator focused on adult spiritual
development. She was the founding co-director of the
Yedidya Center for Jewish Spiritual Direction, an institute
that trains rabbis, therapists, and others in providing spiritual
guidance to individuals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Behrman House
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874419212
• ISBN 13: 9780874419214
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 336