Index
A
- abundance model, 113–14
- achievement, external vs. internal, 10–11
- “active agers”, 53–54, 76
- adulthood, 16
- as choice, 65–66
- default version of, 65
- outgrowing, x, 22
- shift to elderhood, x, 26, 50, 87, 97
- ageism, 103
- Ageless Soul: The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy (Moore), 15
- aging
- from the inside out, 18–19
- old as valuable, vs. old as problematic, 6–7
- paradox of, 36–38, 47
- purposeful, x–xii
- realization of, 15–16, 20–21. See also purposeful aging
- ahamkara (ego-shape), 125
- “Always Better!” motto, 84–85
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), 92–94, 118
- Angell, Roger, 100
- answers, 43–44
- anti-aging mindset, xiii, 2, 6, 11, 112
- Aristotle, 55, 56
- Aronson, Louise, 15
- ashranas, 52–53
- attuning, 105
B
- becoming, 51
- being, vs. doing, 2
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Gawande), 86
- Benedict, St., 114, 119
- Black Lives Matter, 80
- Blue Zones, 109–10
- body theory, 32
- breakdowns and breakthroughs, 81
- Buddhist traditions, 56
- Buettner, Dan, 109–11
C
- calling, 44, 50, 94–96, 132
- Caterpillar Inc., 92–93
- choice, 41, 44
- Clearness Committee, 113
- close encounters of the old kind, 44–47
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (movie), 44–45
- compassion, 35, 103
- Conley, Chip, 103–5
- consciousness, 125–26
- conversation, 52, 80, 82
- long, 1–8
- and personal finance, 62
- ultimate, 122–28
- “coulds”, 79
- courage, 18, 72, 81
- COVID-19 pandemic, 79–80
- crucible events, 20–21, 45, 75, 90
- cultural change, 118–19
- cummings, e. e., 43
- curiosity, 43, 104–5, 130
- cycles of life, 125
D
- death, 16, 20–21, 33, 46, 70
- Benedictine wisdom, 114, 119
- as best teacher about life, 47
- conversations about, 118–19
- embracing concept of, 88
- gerotranscendence, 37
- “good death”, desire for, 116–17
- inevitability of, 18, 21, 105, 116, 123
- living with end in mind, 118–19
- making friends with, 120–22
- ultimate conversation, 122–24
- default life, how to stop living, 64–73, 132
- default choice, x, 64, 66, 68
- move to good life, 67–71
- and “sparked life”, 71–73
- default self, 35–36, 39, 44
- depression, 115
- Designing an Inspired Life, 50
- discernment, 51, 113
- Doors (rock group), 116
- dying from the inside out, 44
- Dylan, Bob, 86
E
- Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing (University of Minnesota), 36–37
- Eden Alternative, 86–87
- “editing”, 105
- ego, 104, 125
- elder, as term, 103
- elderhood, x, 15
- intentional, 22
- shift from adulthood to, x, 26, 50, 87, 97
- Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life (Aronson), 15
- elderly, as term, 103
- emergency room visits, 72–73
- emotional contagion, 81
- empathy, 29
- End in Mind Project, 118–20
- Erikson, Erik, 99
- ethical wills, legacy letters, and living legacy videos, 60
F
- faith, 33
- Farrell, Chris, 60–63
- fear, 105–6, 115
- fear lessening of, 102–3
- “Fihi Ma Fihi #4” (Rumi), 96
- final days, 105–6
- financial planning, 61–62
- Floyd, George, 79–80
- Frankl, Victor, 18–19, 91, 93, 126
- freedom, ix, 7, 51
- friendship, 1–8
- From Age-ing to Sage-ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Older (Schachter-Shalomi), 98–100
- Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan, 17–18
- fulfillment, 29, 35–36
G
- game, playing, 2–3, 7
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 125
- Gawande, Atul, 86
- generativity, 99, 104
- gerotranscendence, 37
- Gitanjali (Tagore), 106
- giving, xiv, xv, 7–8, 30, 37, 127, 132
- helping others, 26–27
- as responsibility, 85
- service to others, 50–51, 54–55, 104
- as spiritual practice, 34–35
- as wealth, 59–60
- good life, 52–63, 131
- defined, 1
- factors in, 67
- move from default life to, 67–71
- unpacking, 55–57
- gratitude, 119–20
- Greek philosophers, 55
- Growing Edge, 113
- growing old, ix
- growing up, x, xii, 16–17, 22–24
- growing whole, ix, 7, 8, 35–38, 51, 81, 97, 101–11, 112, 132
- aging on purpose as, 105–7
- relevance, 103–4
- growth, 8
H
- halves of life, 9–10
- Harold and Maude (movie), 97
- Harry Potter series, 97
- Harvard Study of Adult Development, 27, 110
- health care, 72–73
- Helminski, Kabir, 96
- helping others, 26–27
- high school reunions, 45–46
- Hindu conception of life, 52–53
- hope, 41, 76
- renewing through crisis, 79–82
- householder (grihastha) stage, 53
- Hudson, Tracy, 79–80
I
- inequalities, 89–90
- inner kill, 44
- Inspired Leadership Initiative (Notre Dame), 49–51
- integration, 101–2
- integrity, 101–2, 103–4, 110
- intensity, 107
- intentional elderhood, 22
- The Inventurers: Excursions in Life and Career Renewal (Leider), x
- Inventure Safaris (Tanzania), 6
- inward growth, x, 10
J
K
- Karos, Paul, 51
- Keep It Moving: Lessons for the Rest of Your Life (Tharpe), 83–84
- Kramer, Bruce, 118–19
- Kreitzer, Mary Jo, 36–38
L
- late-life crisis, 74–88, 132
- “Always Better!”, 83–85
- practice of aging on purpose, 82–83
- questions for, 77–78
- renewing hope through, 79–82
- “What are old people for?”, 85–88
- Levine, Stephen, 71
- Life Plan, 72–73
- life portfolio, 109
- Lifespark, 72–73
- Lifespark Experience, 72–73
- life stages, 15, 52–54, 59
- life stories, 1, 21, 47–49
- life work (what people do every day), 67
- lived experience, 35–36
- longevity, 72–73, 107–8, 109
- Lunch Hour, Ltd., 27
M
- making a difference, 99–100
- Man’s Search for Meaning (Frankl), 18–19, 91
- marginalized groups, 11
- “Me and Bobby McGee” (Joplin), 113
- Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Jung), 47
- memory theory, 32–33
- midlife crisis, 74, 75
- midlife edit, 103–5
- midlife wisdom school, 104–5
- milestones, 65–66, 119
- mindfulness practices, 83, 130
- mindset, x, xii, xv, 42, 62, 90
- end in mind as, 119
- late-life crisis and, 76, 78
- “old” as a range, 11–14
- purpose as, 41
- Modern Elder Academy, 104–5
- money, and purpose, 60–62
- money, medicine, and meaning (“three Ms”), 57–59
- Moore, Thomas, 15
- moral compass, 50–51
- Morrison, Jim, 116
- mortality, facing, 7–8
- “The Music Will Play On” (Palmer), 113
- “My Back Pages” (Dylan), 86
N
- National Geographic, 107
- Native Americans, 60
- Newcomer, Carrie, 113
- New Poems (cummings), 43
- New Yorker, 100
- nursing homes, 86–87
O
- old, 131
- range of ages, 12–14
- reimagining, 16–17
- as term, 11–12, 85–86
- as “too old”, 14
- “old old”, 86
- “One, One, One” (Rumi), 96
- On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old (Palmer), 7–8, 113
- opportunity, 7–8, 17, 41, 44
- and late-life crisis, 75, 78–79
- missed, sense of, 65–67, 77
P
- Palmer, Parker, 7–8, 112–16, 119
- “passing grade”, 72–73, 89–100, 132
- path of purposeful aging, xiii–xvi
- pattern recognition, 29–30
- people (who one spends time with), 67
- personal identity, problem of, 31–32
- place (where one lives), 67
- Plato, 55, 56
- positive thoughts, 85
- possibilities, xiii, 2
- potlatch, 60
- priorities, 15, 29
- privilege, 89–90
- pro-aging mindset, xiii–xiv, 11–12
- Project Blue Book (US Air Force), 44
- projections, 24
- psychic continuity, 32–33
- psychology, 40
- purpose, xi, xvi, 7, 17–20, 67, 123, 131
- checkups, 30
- defined, xv
- iterative process of unlocking, 25
- longevity of, 111
- as mindset, 41
- money and, 60–62
- moral compass, 50–51
- searching inward for, 26–28
- surviving bad times, 81–82
- as verb, 35–36, 56, 82
- why get up in the morning, 28–30
- yearning for, 94–95
- Purpose and a Paycheck: Finding Meaning, Money, and Happiness in the Second Half of Life (Farrell), 61
- purposeful aging, x–xvi, 10
- as growing whole, 105–7
- practice of, 82–83, 91, 99, 129–30. See also aging
- Purposeful Aging Journal, 130
- purpose movement, 5, 38, 43, 84–85, 143
- purpose partner, 130
- Purpose Project, 37
- purpose statement, 82
Q
- Quaker faith, 113
- questions, xiv, xvi, 42–43, 131–32
- and late-life crisis, 77–78
- ultimate, 124–28
- unpacking the good life, 55–57
- “What are old people for?”, 85–88
- “what did I want to be?”, 22–25, 131
- “What is life asking of me now?”, 81
- “Who do I want to be when I grow old?”, xii, 31, 97
R
- racial justice crisis, 80
- rainout, as metaphor, 7
- Rancho La Puerta, 84
- Rapp, Ed, 91–95
- reflection, 17, 110–11, 123
- new narrative, 21–22
- rear view mirror metaphor, 74, 76, 78–79
- self-inventory, 110–11
- “What did I want to be?”, 22–25
- regeneration, 108
- regrets, 39, 66
- reincarnation, 125
- relevance, 43, 103–4
- “renunciate” (sannyasa) stage, 53
- Repacking Your Bags (Leider and Shapiro), xi, 1, 5–6, 54, 55
- resilience, xi, 81–82
- rest, 17
- retirement, xii, 31
- coaching for transition, 49–50
- as life stage, 53–54
- “still” not retiring, 40, 87
- “retiring to the forest” (vanaprastha) stage of life, 53, 59
- “right outlook”, 110
- “ripe old age”, 108
- role models, 51
- Rooney, Andy, 108
- roots of being, 115
- Rumi, 94–97
- The Rumi Collection (trans. Helminski), 96
S
- sacrifice, 28
- sage-ing, 97–100
- Sage-ing International, 98–100
- scarcity model, 113
- Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman (Reb Zalman), 98
- Schreier, Tom, 49–50
- Scott-Maxwell, Florida, 107
- self-awareness, 56
- self-inventory, 110–11
- self-worth, 30
- Shapiro, Ruth, 47–49
- Shingle, Barry, 84–85
- Siempre Mejor! (“Always Better!”) motto, 84–85
- silence and solitude, 115–16
- Skilled Veterans Corps, 17–18
- Socrates, 56
- somebody, being, xvi, 8, 23, 39–51, 131
- somebody-ness, 41
- something missing, sense of, 65–67, 77
- soul, 15, 33–35, 84, 102, 104–5, 127
- soul theory, 33
- “sparked life”, 71–73
- Spielberg, Steven, 44–45
- Spiritual Eldering Institute, 98
- spirituality, 34–36, 54, 125
- spiritual work, 54–55
- Stay Strong vs. ALS, 92
- “still”, 30, 87
- “still” not retiring, 40, 87
- Stoics, 55
- student (brahmacharya) stage, 53
- study groups, 130
- success, 9–10, 30
- suffering, 67, 105, 117, 126
- Szekely, Deborah, 84
T
- Tagore, Rabindranath, 106
- Tharpe, Twyla, 83–84
- Theisen, Joel, 71–73
- “This Baby Will Live to Be 120” (National Geographic), 107
- “This Old Man: Life in the Nineties” (Angell), 100
- Thomas, William H., 86–88
- time, 59
- Tornstam, Lars, 37
- traditional peoples, 109–11
- “tragic optimism”, 91, 93
- true self, 35–36
- Turkel, Studs, 61
- Twain, Mark, 47–48
U
- Universal Consciousness, 125–26
- University of Minnesota, 36–37
- University of Notre Dame, 49–50
V
- value, person of, 81
- value judgments, 14
- values, xv, 60–61, 69, 70, 132
- Vedic philosophy, 56, 125
- Vivekananda, Swami, 55
- vocational goals, 22–23, 113
W
- Wall Street, 51
- Wall Street Journal, 86
- wealth, 59–60
- Weinstine, Bob, 45–47
- what, vs. who, xii, 22–25, 31
- What Are Old People For?: How Elders Will Save the World (Thomas), 86–88
- “What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?” assignment, 24
- wholeness, ix, 36, 88
- whole-person senior services, 71–73
- who we are, 23
- wisdom, 17, 43, 48
- Wisdom @ Work: The Making of a Modern Elder (Conley), 103
- wonder, 106
- Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do (Turkel), 61
- worry, 57–60
- Wurzer, Cathy, 118–20
Y
- Yamada, Yasuteru, 17–18
- yearning, 94–95
- A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last (Levine), 71
- “yes, and” perspective, 33–34
- young-half-of-life culture, 9–10
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