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For thousands of years men and women have risked their lives and spent their fortunes in a futile quest for eternal youth. In this groundbreaking book, world-renowned psychiatrist and researcher Gene D. Cohen takes us to the wellspring of genuine human vitality, the unique creative power generated by age and experience, and shows us how to tap this inner source to enrich, even transform our lives through middle age and beyond. A pioneering physician and respected international authority on aging and creativity, Dr. Cohen weaves history, scientific research, inspiring true-life stories, and his own fresh insights to journey into the previously uncharted territory of human potential in the "second half" of life.The Creative Age.
The over-thirty crowd was once subject to ridicule by younger people, and anyone past age fifty was definitely "over the hill." But in a single generation, the view of life after fifty has changed dramatically. Today society is shaped by unprecedented growth in the number of people over fifty, shifting patterns of opportunity and responsibility at work and at home, and advances in healthcare that offer the promise of longer and more active lives. In this fascinating, life-affirming book, Dr. Cohen debunks harmful myths about aging and illuminates the biological and emotional foundations of creative thought and expression. He offers compelling evidence that the unique combination of age, experience, and creativity can produce exciting inner growth and infinite potential for anyone.
Customer Reviews:
Yes, creativity is important.......2007-04-16
The author emphasizes creativity as an important part of growing old but does a poor job of guiding the reader in terms of what they might do to awaken "human potential in the second half of life." I expected a less vague, more concrete set of guidelines rather than an anectodal review of the author's previous patient loads. Psychotherapy can help everyone (duh!) but the author takes that premise and builds a book that purports to target the special problems of the aged. It isn't really that selective and could apply to nearly everyone. The author's experiences are somewhat enlightening but become excessively autobiographical by the end of the book.
One of the best on the subject of aging well...........2006-03-21
Was perplexed by a negative review of this book, so I wanted to find out, firsthand what the author really said and I am so glad I did. Nowhere does the author chastises older people who try to take care of their health. Just the opposite.
Not only does the author have fifty year old plus folks on the cover, kayaking, swimming, painting etc but on page 188 he writes of 'More on the Effects of Creativity on Health' . Heck the whole book is about embracing the second half of life and taking personal responsibility for making needed changes so that you live to one hundred and do so eating healthy, interacting with others, becoming involved in ones community etc etc etc.
On page 10-11 , the author notes that studies of aging people and in my work with them, four aspects of creativity stand out:
1) Creativity strengthens our morale in later life 2) Creativity contributes to physical health as we age 3) Creativity enriches relationships 4) Creativity is our greatest legacy. That 'Increasing numbers of preliminary findings from psychoneuroimmunological studies-research that examines the interaction of our emotions, our brain function, and our immune system-suggest that a positive out look and a sense of well being have a beneficial effect on the functioning of our immune system and our overall health' These findings are particularly strong among older persons.'
The many examples of famous and everyday folk who have been or become creative after age fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty are empowering. In Chapter 9 titled Creativity us Everyday Life: Letting It Start with You,' the author gives some excellent examples of how as the quote he gives from Lao Tsu notes 'The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step'., and how we do have the choice to think outside the box, and live life to the fullest. And that we need to make the effort to get involved in a variety of activities that will stimulate the mind from different directions. Be it painting, reading more, walking more, volunteering more. Anything that will stimulate the brain which in turn will stimulate the rest of the body.
I am so impressed with the book I am buying a copy for a physician friend as well as the library over at hospice, where our widow/widowers group meets.
The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life.......2006-03-20
This "easy-read" book offers both professional and lay people alike a very refreshing and encouraging perspective on maturity. When coupled with a gentle sense of spirituality and wisdom which comes from life experience, it should help the reader to establish and reinforce a sense of purpose and resilience that engenders hope and creativity unimagined by most youth. This book is to become a part of my professional counseling practice for senior patients to read and discuss as they search for a deeper meaning and ultimate purpose in their lives. In a sense, I anticipate it will help to set the stage for welcoming passions of an existential nature, heretofore unknown in many individual's lives.
A gift to midlifers!.......2005-05-25
If ever there was any question about our ability to make meaningful contributions at midlife, this book will dispell all doubt! I found the continual notes (on the outer edges of the pages) encouraging, as they documented the multiple contributions made by individuals of "advanced" years. This is absolutely exciting, and gives me hope for the future!
A book that perpetuates aging stereotypes.......2000-08-24
The book perpetuates harmful stereotypes about aging. Cohen chastises older people who try to take care of their health. He claims that they are searching in vain for a "magic bullet" to regain their youth. Cohen then advocates a false mind/body dualism. Through this dualism, one gives up taking care of their body in order to follow their creativity. I honor the author's belief in the importance of creativity; however, I believe that the approach presented is self-defeating.
Book Description
Creative retirement involves passion, emotional commitment, quality of life and a zest for living. Are you missing any of these things? Is your retirement going the way you thought it would? This humorous, innovative guide will change your perception of traditional retirement. It will broaden your views on which activities are appropriate for retired people.
Customer Reviews:
Planning is critical to a successful retirement.......2007-02-20
The stats are in and they show that people who invest time and effort in planning for their retirement actually enjoy it a whole lot more! For many people, The Complete Guide to a Creative Retirement" will be one of those planning tools that will make a huge difference.
Specifically, I believe that the people who will get the most out of Kelly's book are those people who are project oriented. You know the ones, the folks who always have their lists of things to get started, things to get finished, places to see before they die, etc. About 75% of The Complete Guide is devoted to projects for people with specific profiles: projects for the organizer, the nature lover, the gardener, etc.
Kelly starts out with a good overview of what it takes to create a successful retirement and includes some good questionnaires. As a life transition coach, I'd say that for many people these aren't sufficient to offer enough depth for discovery. But for people who have that project bias to life, it'll be just what they need to get them started.
Overall this book is easy to follow and is written in an easy, casual style. My only reservation is that it there are many people for whom it will feel too simplistic. And to them I say, find something else that caters to your preferences! Once again, for those of you who love to take on projects, I think you'll love this book.
Mostly well-known Advice.......2004-10-23
"Creative Retirement," by Rob Kelley. Review.
This book gets off to a decent start by making the common argument that retirement without a "life" is not the way to go. So, the goal of the book would seem to be to give relatively young retirees a resource of retirement leisure time activities that will lead them to a "life" in retirement. The argument is made that retirement presents an endless cycle of 24-hour days that can lead to a disaster. "The activities with which we fill those days will ultimately determine the quality of our lives," says the author, who also, without any attribution, tells us that the current average age of retirement in North America is 57.
The first advice we get from the book is to build structure in our retirement days. But the advice is simplistic, at best: Go out once a day, make a daily things-to-do-list, plan ahead, exercise, and indulge your favorite hobbies are some, with "reduce your food intake" thrown in for some reason for good measure. At this point, doubt about this book's contribution to the world of retirement advice is increasing, and, for me, things never get much better.
Of interest is an early point where the author makes the argument that there are no right or wrong choices in retirement and that happiness is defined individually. But in the very next paragraph, he then tells us that we have only one life and if we don't get to all kinds of crazy things, we miss out big time. Hmmmmm.
All this is followed by some chapters of general advice and information, including a questionnaire we're told is a "personal analysis of your current situation in anticipation of retirement." We're about one-sixth of the way through the book. The rest consists of eight chapters each of which describe 10 possible retirement projects for each of the eight personality types, e.g., organizer, socializer, nature lover or athlete.
In the "Projects for the Organizer" chapter, we get such projects as "Teach a Hobby Course," "Have a Garage Sale," and "Plan an Extended Vacation." Projects in other chapters include "Find a Soul Mate," "Wrap Gifts for Charity," "Become a Golfer," and "Join a Dance Group." While I'm sure that this format can work for some, again, it seems too simplistic and high-level to me. Missing for me are stories of actual retirees in the project definitions. But a positive is that there are 80 projects covered, most of which make sense, high-level, and most come with references to organizations, companies and/or websites for further research.
The book's back cover tells us that the book will "broaden your views on which activities are appropriate for retired people." While that may be true, my feeling is that it won't broaden most folk's view by much, as most of the projects suggested are already very, very well known by just about anyone who already has any kind of a "life."
A thoroughly "reader friendly" guide.......2003-12-13
The Complete Guide To A Creative Retirement by Rob Kelley (who retired at the age of fifty) is an impressive and thoroughly "reader friendly" guide to pursuing alternative retirement strategies with a means of reinventing the self, quality activities, and challenging life goals. Half of The Complete Guide To A Creative Retirement is devoted to rethinking this issues concerning retirement strategies and lifestyle; the other half offers a wealth of example projects for the intellectual, volunteer, nature lover, athlete, and many other types who seek to busily pursue dreams and goals. The Complete Guide To A Creative Retirement is confidently recommended as offering a wealth of resources, addresses -- including a useful ad hoc bibliography supplementing this compendium of practical advice, insight and ideas.
Valuable Resource for Your Golden Years.......2003-10-06
Many friends and family members have told me that they were unprepared for retirement when it came. They struggled mightily with problems that they later found that almost everyone has. So although they had the financial wherewithal to retire, they didn't really know how to spend their time and focus their energies. As a result, they enjoyed the early years of their retirements much less than they had hoped and could have. That's a same because the first few months and years of retirement are likely to be the time when most people will have the most health and financial resources to explore whatever it is that they would like to do.
Mr. Kelley's The Complete Guide to a Creative Retirement is a resource that addresses the issues very well that retired people have told me about. I heartily recommend it to everyone who would like to retire in the next ten years . . . and to those who are recently retired.
The book is organized into two sections. In section one, you are given ideas for thinking about retirement in new and more productive ways. Section two is a resource guide to help those with different orientations (organizers, creative people, socializers, intellectuals, volunteers and caregivers, nature lovers, athletes, and those who would like to keep working past the normal retirement age).
In chapter one, Mr. Kelley compares the frustrations of many retirements that were not planned (such as after being "downsized") with those who had planned creatively for retirement, and found their golden years to be an improvement in their lives.
In chapter two, you will learn the 12 strategies for retirement.
1. Maintain as much of your daily routine as you can.
2. Leave the house at least once a day.
3. Make a daily list of things to do.
4. Plan ahead.
5. Plan your social life.
6. Eat less.
7. Exercise daily.
8. Simplify your life.
9. Pursue your favorite activities.
10. Get better at what you want to do while retired.
11. Join a support group.
12. Lose yourself mentally and emotionally in your activities.
The first section goes on to help you see choices that you may not have considered, explains how to adjust in retirement in your relationships with your spouse and friends, and gives you a planning guide that you can fill out to begin your thinking.
The second section isn't as exhaustive as it might have been, but there are enough ideas to get you started. I'm sure it will stimulate you to come up with even better choices that fit your circumstances best. Don't be afraid to think of yourself as having more than one dimension (you may be an athlete and a socializer).
I also encourage you to share this book with your spouse, family members and friends. They may be able to help you develop better choices after having considered the book.
After you are done, I suggest that you think about how you could help others have a better retirement as well.
Living My Dreams.......2003-09-27
I was fortunate to have read Rob Kelley's book in its draft stage ten months ago. At that time I also responded honestly to the 16 questions posed in chapter 6. This immensely readable book helped me to focus clearly on my needs and strengths for the first time in my life.
I had almost buried my dream of taking acting lessons until the dream once again came to light in experiencing this book. Now I have not only taken acting lessons, but I am performing in my third role, and a major one at that, in community theatre! In addition I have started a part time job that fully reflects my needs, strengths and passions and I am pursuing my creative writing. I am meeting many wonderful people who share my interests and together we pursue our dreams.
I thank Mr. Kelley for an excellent resource that has made a world of difference to my personal happiness and sense of fulfillment. I highly recommend The Complete Guide to a Creative Retirement not only to those considering retirement or already retired, but to any reader who wants to get more out of life and out of themselves.
Book Description
It's time to focus on what we gain with age, not what we lose. . . . In Secrets of Becoming a Late Bloomer, Connie Goldman and Richard Mahler confirm in a striking way what I've believed for some time: we need a brand-new image of aging. That new image must replace yesterday's view of maturity as a period of stagnation and decline with the idea that the latter part if life can be truly exciting and a time of growth, productivity, and newfound pleasures-if we know the secrets of becoming a late bloomer. --From the foreword by Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., President and CEO, Age Wave, Inc.
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Profiles of 12 women aged 85-105: visual and performing artists actively engaged in the arts. Illustrated with 100+ photos of the lives of the San Francisco Bay Area women. The book challenges stereotypical perceptions and expectations, and documents that old age can be gratifying and filled with creative expression. Included with the book is composer Frances Kandl's "Songs of 7 Women's Lives," based on the interviews by the author.
Customer Reviews:
INSPIRATIONAL READ!.......2007-05-05
It's so nice to find inspirational women role models for creative aging. As a former actress and singer, I have promised myself that I would some day go back to my earlier career in the theater. If I had any doubts that it was too late to do that, this book has put those doubts to rest! Pamela D. Blair, Author The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Mid-Life And Beyond
Aging Can Be a Positive Thing.......2007-04-10
"Aging Artfully" is Amy Gorman's inspiring and touching rejoinder to the pervasive idea that age is some sort of wasteland. Gorman--who "woke up one morning, age was on my mind," interviews 12 women who by any measure are very old--85-105--and yet are deeply engaged in the visual and performing arts. She finds that the arts have become so much a part of these old women that "the art and the person have merged," that in the face of declining strength, it is their art, in fact, that keeps them going. In an unusual touch, Gorman's heartfelt profiles are complemented with music, songs composed by her colleague Frances Kandl, whose CD is included with the book. Kandl composed these special songs in response to the spirit of seven of the 12 women; they are performed by--the Crones' Kwartet! Some of the women have always been involved in the arts, others discovered them late in life, and as each tells us her story, we see how the lives of all of them are enriched thereby. These women have a lot to tell us -- it's up to us to hear them.
Inspirational! .......2007-04-02
As a retired professional who has just reached social security age, I am personally seeking to find meaning in this new phase of my life. Amy Gorman's book provides inspirational accounts of women who stay young in spirit by pursuing their life passions for art and creativity. Even though the stories of these amazing women are unique to each of them, the book helped me focus on continuing to stay involved with my own particular passions. I highly recommend this book for senior citizens, for the health professionals who deal with them, and also for younger individuals who wish to help their elderly parents remain vibrant as they age.....Susan Maya Barnert, LCSW
An inspiration for an aging woman.......2007-02-28
Amy Gorman's book inspires me. Just as I thought I was too old to be serious about my art, always waiting in the shadows of my work life, I have discovered, with the help of this book, that art and aging are great company with which to journey forward toward the rest of my life. As I read about these women's lives and how their art propels them day by day, I see how art provides a thread, that, in spite of gray hair, and other signs of aging, helps one meet each day with interest and joy.
Unique work of art.......2006-11-26
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (11/06)
This book celebrates the lives of twelve women ages 85-105. In this age that values youth, it is refreshing to read a book that values the talents and lives of the elderly. Twelve ladies, all-talented, all over the age of 85 and each has given something of herself to the world.
Lily Hearst was a talented pianist. "I practice scales and chords every day so I don't forget them. They are precious to me. Everything goes but the piano - the piano doesn't go away. That is forever." She is thankful that she and her family were spared torture or death at the hands of the Nazis. This amazing woman remained in good health and cheerful attitude until her passing at age of 107 in 2005.
Frances-Dunham Catlett is an artist. "I face an empty canvas, then begin, the brush moves, and I watch the miracle happen." "It takes a lot of energy to create. If you're using energy elsewhere, you don't create." "Frances credits her longevity to lifelong physical activity." She is 98 years old. In May 2006, Frances bowled a 200-- the highest score for her team. This woman will never act her age.
Ann Davlin, aka Grace Lowell, is a dancer. "There's a source of creativity in all the children and if you step aside it will come out. Then you can guide their creativity. You do it from the inside out." Grace is now 96, walks with a walker and is clear minded. She stays busy teaching five piano students. "People want me to be what they think their version of me is. That is not how I am... if I can keep discovering things in my old age I think you go on forever... and I am discovering new things all the time, and old things come back in a different guise."
Mary Beth Washington, aka Orunamamu, is a practicing storyteller. Mary Beth sat at her grandmother's feet listening to stories. "What if our books were burned: all we would have to go on is what's in our heads." This amazing woman is still telling stories.
Dorothy Takahashi Toy is a tap dancer. "We starved so we could dance. We loved it so much we'd do anything just to keep dancing." This amazing woman now teaches dance to high school girls.
Faith Craig Petric is a folk singer. "With most songs, when I am singing them I am `there,' wherever the song is, seeing and even participating in what's happening in the song. I would guess that many singers must do this and that it is the reason some close their eyes while performing." Now she takes her favorite songs to children's concerts, political rallies and folk gatherings. Faith has a message for older people. "So often they'll say, `Oh, you're my role model, I want to be just like you when I'm older.'" And I say "No, you don't. You want to be just like yourself." What a remarkable lady.
Rosa Maria Morales Escobar is a singer, folklorico dancer. "I always thought I'd be dancing for the rest of my life; I just love to dance." She no longer dances due to arthritis but enjoys remembering the adventures of her past.
Grace Gildersleeve, rug braider for over 25 years she has been creating beautiful rugs. She began at age 63 and at 93 continues with her art form. Grace gives her artwork to friends and family members.
Elsie Ogata is an Ikebana artist--the art of Japanese flower arranging. "I want to be remembered for designing flowers." She is still healthy and practicing her art at age 94.
Stella Toogood Cope was a storyteller. "If you're a storyteller, you can read a story and know that that's your story. You don't try to tell one that isn't your story."
Madeline Mason, doll maker and sculptor, is an artist of great talent. "Do what you're able to do and make use of what you have."
Isabel Ferguson, aka Betty Peterson, is an actor, illustrator, painter and assemblage artist. "Isabel's art runs wild--collectables, paintings, fanciful sculptures of found objects." "Old age is hot right now. They don't know what to do with us!"
This book, "Aging Artfully," in itself, is a unique work of art. From the moment I saw the cover I could hardly wait to taste the delicious treats that promised to be inside. As I read I eagerly devoured each page, enjoying the stories of these remarkable women. Each of the ladies immortalized in on paper have given something to the world of art. It would be difficult to choose a favorite but I would lean toward the two storytellers. How blessed the author was to meet 12 women of this caliber. This book is well-written and documented. The print is a nice size for those of us who do not see as well as we used to. The photography is beautifully done. I highly recommend this book.
Customer Reviews:
Understated Title.......2007-10-10
And I thought I knew it all. Just glancing through this book at the library, I decided to buy it. It's taught me more about phone techniques for all the services than the phone book does. The scope of the book is so vast I'll leave it to buyers to discover.
I'm recommending it to quite a few people since it's the best advice book I've seen yet on just about everything, including subjects I didn't know I needed.
The Frugal senior.......2007-08-13
This book was fabulous! Worth every penny and more. I have reccommended it to everyone I know.
Re-use and refinement as keys to savings.......2006-04-20
THE FRUGAL SENIOR: HUNDREDS OF CREATIVE WAYS TO STRETCH A DOLLAR covers everything from handling rising energy costs to recycling old clothing, simplifying garden maintenance, reducing the costs of gift-giving, and more. All the common expenses of daily living are dealt with here, with solutions to throwaway habits and rising costs focussing on re-use and refinement. An excellent, basic guide consumers will welcome.
An excellent reference for the aging "frugal" lifestyle in essence and hopes of truly stretching the every dollar.......2006-04-05
The Frugal Senior: Hundreds Of Ways To Stretch A Dollar by Rich Gray is an innovative and quite "user friendly" guide to understanding and applying the short-cuts, manipulations, and practicalities of working with very little money to obtain personal financial and lifestyle goals. Introducing the reader to a humorous format of the every in and out of resourcefulness and situational remedies and availability utilization, The Frugal Senior is an excellent reference for the aging "frugal" lifestyle in essence and hopes of truly stretching the every dollar, and is very highly recommended to all readers (regardless of their ages or economic circumstances) who are searching for answers to their financial problems and plans.
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This book demonstrates how counselors can help people to use the resources they already have to address issues that come up in their lives. The authors show that most people have within themselves the strengths and resources positively to confront the issues that trouble their lives. The counseling method elicits resiliency, assets, and successful experiences from the client's past to foster positive change in the present. Case studies are included, drawn especially from marriage and family counseling.
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Table of Contents.......2000-02-08
Chapter 1: What Health Changes Can Be Expected with Normal Aging?-- Chapter 2: What Can Older Adults Do to Maintain Their Physical Health?-- Chapter 3: What Can Older Adults Do to Maintain Their Mental Health?-- Chapter 4: How Can Spiritual Growth Be Facilitated in Later Life?-- Chapter 5: What is Alzheimer's Disease and What Can Be Done?-- Chapter 6: How Can Caregivers and Families Be Helped to Cope with Their Responsibilities?-- Chapter 7: How Can Community Resources for Older Persons Be Located?-- Chapter 8: What Information Is Necessary about Nursing Homes?-- Chapter 9: How Do Older Persons Cope with Disability and Dependency?-- Chapter 10: What Can Older Persons Do to Feel Useful and Needed?-- Chapter 11: How Can Older Persons Who Feel Lonely and Isolated Be Helped?-- Chapter 12: How Can Faith Help older Persons Cope with Chronic Illness?-- Chapter 13: How Can Older Persons Who Are Depressed, Grieving, or Suicidal Be Helped?-- Chapter 14: How Can Older Persons Who Are Anxious and Fearful Be Helped?-- Chapter 15: What Can Be Done to Help Older Persons with Cancer or Terminal Illness?--
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In A Time To Live, Robert Raines explores the spiritual and emotional dimensions of what can be the most rewarding time of life. Drawing on his experiences as an ordained minister and as director of a non-denominational retreat center focusing on issues of personal growth, Raines delineates the important passages we must all make from our middle years in the process of growing older. In an approach that is both meditative and inspirational, drawing from a variety of backgrounds, anecdotes, and literature, Raines provides a new perspective on the aging process and its implications. To make the most of this ultimate period of life, he argues, we must each confront certain issues: waking up to mortality, embracing sorrow, savoring blessedness, re-imagining work, nurturing intimacy, seeking forgiveness, and taking on the mysterious process of exploring what is yet to be done in life with a sense of possibility and hope.
For the millions of baby boomers just entering their fifties and others approaching their sixties who are determined to be aware and take advantage of the challenges they face, A Time To Live, is the only book to directly address their needs. Sure to be a welcome and important spiritual guide for many, it offers the possibility of fulfillment and personal satisfaction.
Customer Reviews:
Gentle persuasion.......2000-09-28
Facing yourself as you age is a difficult task. Raines understands, cajoles, shames, and makes you step up to the plate and make the most of it.
Book Description
Your Guide to Spiritual Exploration and Adventure in the Years Ahead
As we grow older and face new demands on our bodies—illnesses, limited mobility, loss of vision or hearing—it is easy to focus on only the changes to our physical bodies and forget about the transformations our spiritual selves are going through.
Keeping Spiritual Balance As We Grow Older will guide you through readings and practical exercises to reintroduce you to your spiritual side. Molly and Bernie Srode discuss how the power of spirit can help you overcome the obstacles of aging, add meaning to your everyday life, and attain both your material and spiritual goals regardless of your religious orientation.
With creative, practical advice, this book is brimming with ideas to add purpose and spirit in the building of your meaningful retirement.
Customer Reviews:
A powerful life and soul-affirming book .......2004-12-10
Collaboratively compiled and organized by Molly and Bernie Srode, Keeping Spiritual Balance As We Grow Older is an anthology of 65 ways to creatively use prayer and the power of spirit to preserve meaning in one's life post-retirement. From the power of new year's resolutions, preserving one's faith while confronting crisis, to creating a spiritual holiday for oneself when needed and more, Keeping Spiritual Balance As We Grow Older is a powerful life and soul-affirming book that stresses the need for God in each phase of human existence. Sample affirmations and devotions round out the brief vignettes of personal faith and testimony that make Keeping Spiritual Balance As We Grow Older as meaningful a read whether read through all at once or simply browsed through a bit at a time.
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The subject of midlife has been dominated by the woes of aging--menopause, divorce, hormone replacement therapies, aging parents, and fleeing children. Now a broad-ranging new work by clinical psychologist Linda N. Edelstein, Ph.D., The Art of Midlife, describes the freedom and authenticity that can be made a cornerstone of the middle years. She describes three healthy and predictable phases. First, women relinquish old ways, untying themselves from the past and mourning the losses of youth and its illusions. By placing less emphasis on the needs of others, women can live more creatively and enjoy the present. The women Dr. Edelstein studied have been able to move to the next step, in which they reconnect to themselves. They regain their authentic voices, simplify life, and allow long buried aspects of themselves to emerge. Finally, women refocus their futures. With courage, they embrace new people, ideas, activities, and work--and pursue adult dreams regardless of external rewards.
Customer Reviews:
KUDOS ON A WELL WRITTEN BOOK.......2007-06-09
Linda Edelstein has written a book all women should read. It's inspirational, informative and well-written. Pamela D. Blair, Author The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Mid-Life And Beyond
this is an outstanding book!.......2004-03-27
This is a positive spin on midlife - Edelstein describes midlife as a time of "freedom and authenticity" - certainly something I am experiencing as I enter midlife. She states midlife is actually composed of three stages: relinquishing the old, reconnecting to themselves and refocusing on the future.
Therapists will enjoy this book!
Barb Elgin
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Thought-provoking.......2002-05-08
I couldn't put this one down. It spoke to me - as a 44-year old mother of two and family physician, it was at once immensely engaging and deeply thought-provoking. The women's stories are well-told and extremely interesting. As a healthcare professional, I found the theory very clear, well-thought-out and helpful - both to me personally, and for many of my patients who are women between the ages of 40 and 60. We had a women's discussion group using this book as the jumping-off point, and it led us to some REALLY interesting discourse. It's a whole lot better than just thinking of this time of life as hot flashes and reading glasses!
It really makes you think more actively about how to create the kind of life you want and what the developmental tasks are for women at midlife. Most highly recommended.
midlife can be the most fulfilling time for women.......1999-05-26
This book's focus is the various experiences of women in midlife, whether they are single, married, divorced, or widowed, have children or not, have a career or not. The author cites interesting research without overloading the book with it. For example, women in midlife who have focused on career may regret not focusing on family, those who have focused on family may regret lost professional opportunities, and those who have struggled to balance the two often feel that something important may be getting lost.
A strength of this book is the author's ability to write for a wide range of women. Where necessary, the author explains psychological concepts in a clear, articulate way that will not be overwhelming to those with little psychological knowledge or insulting to those who are more psychologically minded. The author's unpretentiousness and respect for those who shared their experiences comes through on every page. She discusses the creative process, the need to create, and how in many ways midlife can be the most active and fulfilling phase of a woman's life because of increased confidence and sense of self.
Though not eloquently written, the writing is solid and clear. Overall, this book rings true in its ability to encourage and challenge women to look at midlife as being a very exciting chapter in their lives, one in which they can recreate themselves and their approach to their lives. The author does not make change look quick or easy or romanticize it, but she does convey a sense that the process of heightened personal growth in midlife is well worth pursuing.
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- Plug In Your Creativity
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The Woman's Book of Creativity
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Plug In Your Creativity.......2002-01-14
I'll be brief and to the point. I have read this book many times. Each time it brings light to a specific area of my life that I need to work on. I believe the source of alot of depression, especially in women, is answered in this book. Anyone that finds themselves blocked creatively must read this. It provides simple concise answers to complex issues regarding many facets of creativity!
The book was excellent!!!.......1998-05-09
Thank you for writing a wonderful and inspiring book. It helps to encourage those of us that have a difficult time believing in ourselves. Thanks,
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