ELDERRIFIC: Accessing Your Superpowers to Live and Die Well

Aging is part of your life journey. It’s when to tap your superpowers. Aging is a time to access your strengths to share wisdom and compassion. Too often, Western culture frames growing older as a decline in energy and purpose. Yet, being old is revered in many cultures because elders are considered community assets. Drawing from decades of counseling, spiritual practice, and community leadership, Carol O’Dowd introduces twelve practices for being “elderiffic”—aging in ways that taps personal powers to be great. The elderrific are great because they use generosity, relationships, empathy, awareness and thankfulness to transform experiences into astute understanding as well as meaningful contributions. Through reflective stories, practical exercises, and memorable examples of humans and superheroes—you’ll gain tools to: Access wisdom from your life experiences to benefit self and others Reflect on your beliefs and goals to align with clarity and peace Explore change with curiosity rather than fear Connect fully with everyday moments using gratitude Support yourself and others through the final chapters of life Whether you are entering later life yourself or caring for someone who is aging, Elderrific offers a compassionate guide for aging with purpose, courage, and heart. Growing older is about accessing your powers. Discover ways to share your powers beneficially while aging. Explore tools to support those in your world who are aging. Back-of-Book Description Aging can be one of life’s most meaningful journeys—if we know how to approach it. If you are aging, caring for someone who is aging, or concerned about facing aging soon, this book offers techniques for tapping your powers to live and die well. Drawing on decades of experience in counseling, spiritual care, and community leadership, O’Dowd presents 12 tools for being “elderiffic.” Each chapter introduces a practice designed to help readers access the inner powers that support aging with wisdom, connection, and purpose. Through real-life stories, reflective exercises, and memorable examples, readers learn how elders can: Recharge personal powers Cultivate gratitude and presence Use sensations to increase awareness Achieve goals through life’s last chapters Explore change and uncertainty with curiosity Build meaningful relationships and community Play in ways that add joy and creativity to daily life Make choices for dealing effectively with challenges Reflect on life experiences with honesty and compassion The practices reveal how the later years of life are a time for profound growth, contribution, peace and joy. Elderrific invites readers to discover that living well—and dying well—begins with recognizing the powers already within us. Back-of-Book Author Bio Carol O’Dowd has spent more than twenty years helping individuals and organizations access their inner wisdom as a counselor, coach, and community leader. In addition to being a past president of the Colorado Association of Psychotherapists, she also has served as a city manager, international management consultant, Buddhist priest, volunteer hospital chaplain and volunteer prison counselor. From her practice in Arvada, Colorado, Carol helps clients navigate change, heal from trauma, and rediscover purpose, resilience, and well-being.
ASIN: B0H4XZM751
VSKU: DBV.B0H4XZM751.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:O'Dowd, Carol
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!