A ran across this poem – Finding Her Here – the other day and wanted to share it with you. It sums up so beautifully what so many of us are experiencing as we accumulate years. I hope you enjoy it! DS FINDING HER HERE by Jayne Relaford Brown I am becoming…
View More FINDING HER HERE, by Jane Relaford Brown – A Poem on AgingTag: aging
Soul Encounter – An Encounter that Goes Right to Our Soul
A soul encounter often comes when we least expect it. My grand-dog Rowdy and I have done our fair share of walking in the rain lately! Like many on the east AND west coast, we’ve had one of the rainiest (and warmest) early winters on record. I often walk to settle my…
View More Soul Encounter – An Encounter that Goes Right to Our Soul“Defining Life Realistically” JUNG’S THIRD TASK OF AGING
“Defining Life Realistically” is Carl Jung‘s third task of his Seven Tasks of Aging. The last ten years have been a major reality check for me. I’m still trying to find my balance. When we “cling to illusions that are contrary to reality, then problems will surely arise”, according to…
View More “Defining Life Realistically” JUNG’S THIRD TASK OF AGINGMothers Letting Go
Many of us are in the phase of letting go. One of the first and most difficult we face is that of letting go of our role as mothers. We understand that we must allow our children to be independent and make their own decisions, but this conflicts with the…
View More Mothers Letting GoCARL JUNG’S LIFE REVIEW – Tasks of Aging
MOM’S LIFE REVIEW When my mother was in her nineties, she became obsessed with telling me stories of her life. I heard about people, places and experiences that she had never shared with me, or perhaps anyone, before. I understood her need to go back and revisit her life having…
View More CARL JUNG’S LIFE REVIEW – Tasks of AgingJung’s 7 Tasks of Aging – Task One
Carl Jung’s 7 Tasks of Aging Jung viewed the aging process as a “developmental stage”, not just the passing of time until death. Through work with his patients and his own experience of aging he came to see it is a period of time when we naturally draw away from…
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