A philosophy that many of us have heard is “We all get to be young, but it is only the lucky who get to be old”. The Baby Boomer Generation is now reaching the age where the study of gerontology becomes increasingly relevant. Gerontology is the comprehensive study of Aging and its implications. It encompasses various disciplines such as biology, psychology, and sociology to understand the process of aging, the challenges faced by older adults, and the strategies to improve their quality of life. Our Experts in this area of the site explore how Gerontology looks at the processes and problems of aging from all aspects including biologic, clinical, psychological, sociological, legal, economic and political.
Examples of professionals who might also identify as gerontologists include physicians, nurses, biologists, psychologists, social workers, economists and scholars in the humanities or arts. They are interested seeing the changes as we are aging, which includes our body, mind and social routines. They watch how society changes as the population gets older. And they figure out how to use this knowledge to create beneficial policies and programs for aging adults. Their insightful work can not only better support aging adults, but society more broadly.
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What if everything you’ve been told about retirement is quietly working against you? John Coleman has spent his career around money and purpose, …
Be intentional. Design Your New Life in Retirement. Our next groups start in September.
The very early registration discount ends June 21st. Learn more.
What if everything you’ve been told about ret…
Be intentional. Design Your New Life in Retirement. Our next groups start in September.
The very early registration discount ends June 21st. Learn more.
What if everything you’ve been told about retirement is quietly working against you? John Coleman has spent his career around money and purpose, which makes his message all the more striking: money is a tool, not the point. In his new book, Good Money: Six Steps to Building a Financial Life with Purpose, he rethinks personal finance around human flourishing, and one of his steps reframes retirement itself: save for freedom, not retirement.
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A retirement is a terrible thing to waste.
Don’t just retire. Design your new phase of life – with intention.
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Retirement rarely unfolds exactly as planned.
For Jerry Good…
A retirement is a terrible thing to waste.
Don’t just retire. Design your new phase of life – with intention.
Our next groups start in September.
The very early registration discount ends June 21s…
A retirement is a terrible thing to waste.
Don’t just retire. Design your new phase of life – with intention.
Our next groups start in September.
The very early registration discount ends June 21st.
Learn more.
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Retirement rarely unfolds exactly as planned.
For Jerry Goodstein, retirement began with a clear sense of direction and a meaningful endeavor. But unexpected challenges, a deeply emotional experience helping his daughter move across the country, and an encounter with the world of ADHD coaching changed everything.
In this conversation, Jerry shares how his re…
Most of us think of questions as something we ask other people. Dr. Marilee Adams has spent years showing the opposite: the most consequential questions we ask are the ones we ask ourselves. Adams, founder of the Inquiry Institute and author of the half-million-copy bestseller Change Your Questions,…
Most of us think of questions as something we ask other people. Dr. Marilee Adams has spent years showing the opposite: the most consequential questions we ask are the ones we ask ourselves. Adams, fo…
Most of us think of questions as something we ask other people. Dr. Marilee Adams has spent years showing the opposite: the most consequential questions we ask are the ones we ask ourselves. Adams, founder of the Inquiry Institute and author of the half-million-copy bestseller Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, (a new 5th edition has just been published) joins us to make us smarter about our internal questioning. She introduces us to two mindsets that live inside all of us — Judger and Learner — and the Choice Map™ that helps you notice which one is driving the bus. The conversat…
Lauren Knatz, a folk musician and hearing instrument specialist, is blending music, reminiscence, and science to transform how senior living communities support older adults. In a recent conversation with Steve Gurney of the Positive Aging Community, Knatz shared the personal story and professional …
Lauren Knatz, a folk musician and hearing instrument specialist, is blending music, reminiscence, and science to transform how senior living communities support older adults. In a recent conversation …
Lauren Knatz, a folk musician and hearing instrument specialist, is blending music, reminiscence, and science to transform how senior living communities support older adults. In a recent conversation with Steve Gurney of the Positive Aging Community, Knatz shared the personal story and professional journey behind her groundbreaking pilot program.
The spark came years ago when, at age 46, Knatz enrolled in a gerontology class and completed an oral history assignment by interviewing her father. A master storyteller and former politician, her dad’s well-rehearsed narratives proved challenging …
Joan Greene, 84, trained to be a teacher but found her true calling as a social worker and innovative advocate for older adults. In New York State, she helped create programs from the ground up—from nutrition services and Meals on Wheels to case management and family support. When her accomplished…
Joan Greene, 84, trained to be a teacher but found her true calling as a social worker and innovative advocate for older adults. In New York State, she helped create programs from the ground up—from…
Joan Greene, 84, trained to be a teacher but found her true calling as a social worker and innovative advocate for older adults. In New York State, she helped create programs from the ground up—from nutrition services and Meals on Wheels to case management and family support. When her accomplished daughter was diagnosed with severe mental illness, Joan’s work took on new urgency and personal meaning. In this conversation, she reflects on key turning points in aging, gerontology, and mental health care, while urging our culture to recognize mental health as an essential part of overall heal…
What’s in your backyard that you haven’t explored yet? And what if you decided to treat your own state like a foreign country? Beth Sobiloff and Marcia Rothwell, the co-hosts of Two Grannies on the Road, have set out to visit all 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts. They’re 121 towns in. Alo…
What’s in your backyard that you haven’t explored yet? And what if you decided to treat your own state like a foreign country? Beth Sobiloff and Marcia Rothwell, the co-hosts of Two Grannies on th…
What’s in your backyard that you haven’t explored yet? And what if you decided to treat your own state like a foreign country? Beth Sobiloff and Marcia Rothwell, the co-hosts of Two Grannies on the Road, have set out to visit all 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts. They’re 121 towns in. Along the way, they’ve met second-act bakers, retired leaders turned magicians, mayors, alpaca farmers, and a man with the world’s largest collection of Back to the Future memorabilia.
In this conversation, Beth and Marcia talk about why their world hasn’t shrunk in retirement, why trying and not…
There’s a challenge that comes with being known for what you do. When you move on you now have to figure out who you truly are. Deborah Santana spent more than three decades inside one of the most recognizable partnerships in American music as COO of the New Santana Band, co-architect of the Milag…
There’s a challenge that comes with being known for what you do. When you move on you now have to figure out who you truly are. Deborah Santana spent more than three decades inside one of the most r…
There’s a challenge that comes with being known for what you do. When you move on you now have to figure out who you truly are. Deborah Santana spent more than three decades inside one of the most recognizable partnerships in American music as COO of the New Santana Band, co-architect of the Milagro Foundation, and the steady, contemplative presence behind a global touring life with her ex-husband, the legendary musician Carlos Santana.
At an age when most people are quietly winding down, she did the opposite: she walked away from a 34-year marriage, dismantled the identity she had built aro…
Most of us were trained to win at the game of life, deliver the results and get the promotion. Then one day, we arrive at retirement and discover that the game we were trained for isn’t the one that actually produces a flourishing life.
New York Times best-selling author Daniel Coyle, joins us to …
Most of us were trained to win at the game of life, deliver the results and get the promotion. Then one day, we arrive at retirement and discover that the game we were trained for isn’t the one that…
Most of us were trained to win at the game of life, deliver the results and get the promotion. Then one day, we arrive at retirement and discover that the game we were trained for isn’t the one that actually produces a flourishing life.
New York Times best-selling author Daniel Coyle, joins us to discuss his new book Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment. He unpacks what five years of studying thriving communities (a Michigan deli, a major league baseball team, and a Vermont town that keeps producing Olympians) revealed about how good lives are actually built.
We discus…
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Caregiving is one of the most common, and least discussed, forces that can completely reshape retirement.
If you’re in your 50s or 60s, there’s a good chance you’ll either be a caregiver, …
Registration for the September Designing Your New Life in Retirement is now open
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Caregiving is one of the most common, and least discussed, forces that can completely reshape …
Registration for the September Designing Your New Life in Retirement is now open
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Caregiving is one of the most common, and least discussed, forces that can completely reshape retirement.
If you’re in your 50s or 60s, there’s a good chance you’ll either be a caregiver, or already are one. And yet, most people haven’t had the conversations, made the plans, or even considered what happens when a parent needs significant care.
What starts as helping out… can quickly turn into something much bigger. And for many, it quietly begins to impact their time, their finan…
Part Two is a solo conversation with Richard Eyre about the most personal project of his grandparenting work: the body of distilled life wisdom he has spent years developing for his 34 grandchildren — now published in the second half of The Grandparenting Blueprint. This conversation moves from th…
Part Two is a solo conversation with Richard Eyre about the most personal project of his grandparenting work: the body of distilled life wisdom he has spent years developing for his 34 grandchildren �…
Part Two is a solo conversation with Richard Eyre about the most personal project of his grandparenting work: the body of distilled life wisdom he has spent years developing for his 34 grandchildren — now published in the second half of The Grandparenting Blueprint. This conversation moves from the framework to the practice of how to translate a lifetime of learning into something children can actually carry with them. (Part One is here).
This second part of the conversation opens with Richard’s vulnerability, sitting on a beach, feeling like a “spare tire” next to Linda’s natural gr…
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