What is Eldering?
Many people resign themselves to the idea that their later years will be all about loss, decline, and lack of purpose.
It doesn’t have to be that way.
Instead, you can consciously choose to assume the role of a contemporary Elder in our modern society.
You can learn how to bring a particular kind of presence to all your conversations that, in this unpredictable and chaotic world, will help stabilize people and systems.
You can discover what valuable gifts you have to share—and how to share them in a way that they will be appreciated and, possibly even, reciprocated.
Through Eldering, you can create the possibility of having the rest of your life be the best of your life—filled with love, health, happiness, creative self-expression, and being valued to the end.
Eldering is a vision for growing older. It is an opportunity to have the rest of your life be richer and more rewarding than you can imagine.
Mastery in Later Life
You don’t become an Elder just because you reach a certain age. Eldering involves:
- Putting aside our culture’s story about aging
- Choosing the Elder path
- Mastering a handful of distinctions, and
- Aligning your daily life choices with those distinctions.
The Eldering Way
A book for anyone who’s been approached by AARP.
This collection of stories reveals the new role
you can begin to play in the next
chapter of your life story.
The Eldering Way gracefully reveals
what it is to become an Elder and
the invaluable gifts that
can flow between generations.
Coming in 2027!
FAQs
What is The Eldering Way about?
This collection of personal stories showcases what’s possible when women (and men) choose to become Elders, rather than just grow older.
Why this book now?
Many who read Don’t Grow Old. Become An Elder. asked me if I had any personal stories and tips to demonstrate the ideas. Rather than write a personal memoir or a fable loosely based on my own life, I decided to share with you stories and tips from a variety of people who have already made the transition or are currently transitioning into this next phase of life.
When will The Eldering Way be released?
Sometime between January and June 2027.
What can I read in the meantime?
You can catch some of my thinking on my Substack as I’m writing the book.