Aging As a Spiritual Crisis, Wit and Wisdom

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Dr. Toni

A few years ago, I came across an article by Bernard Starr in an online journal, Religion and Spirituality.

Dr. Starr titled the article “The Spiritual Emergency of Aging: Surviving ‘Thirty Something’ and Beyond.”

I wasn’t interested in the issues of the 30-something drama.

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Aging is a Triumph, Not a Tragedy

Posted on November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 by Dr. Toni

So spake the great geriatrician, psychiatrist and elder advocate, Robert N. Butler, who died in December 2010. According to his biographer, W. Andrew Achenbaum, he helped

“…to transform the study of aging from a marginal specialty into an intellectually vibrant field of inquiry.”

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Qualities of God MP3s

Posted on November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 by Dr. Toni

ABUNDANCE

BALANCE

JOY

LOVE

ORDER

PEACE

POWER

WISDOM

WHOLENESS

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Fear of Death

Posted on November 14, 2018August 20, 2024 by Dr. Toni

What Would You Do If You Did Not Fear Death?

We are missing out on a precious opportunity for spiritual growth when we avoid confronting and contemplating what we call death.

By Alison Rose Levy, Contributor

Health, food, and environmental journalist; radio host, Progressive Radio Network

A close colleague and mentor of mine passed away recently.

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Myths of Aging

Posted on September 27, 2018August 22, 2024 by Dr. Toni

Facts on Aging Quiz

Revised by Linda Breytspraak1, Ph.D., and Lynn Badura, B.A., Grad. Gerontology Certificate Gerontology Program
University of Missouri-Kansas City

There have been a number of versions of quizzes on aging, patterned after Erdman Palmore’s landmark “Facts on Aging Quiz” that appeared in two issues of The Gerontologist (1977; 1981).

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