Posts filed under aging
DEVELOPING RESILIENCE THROUGH SPIRITUAL EXERCISE IN THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE – Question Three
What does it mean to be free—especially in light of the ebbing of physicality, social connection, and self-respect? What illusions does aging dispel? Which illusions are the most difficult to let go? Is there a positive purpose to keeping some of our illusions? If so, which ones? Why have we allowed certain events, things, and [...]
DEVELOPING RESILIENCE THROUGH SPIRITUAL EXERCISE IN THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE- Question Two
How and why is waking up and breaking denial a pre-requisite for spiritual growth? Why do we want to stay asleep? What wakes you up? Has there been one particular experience that has finally awakened you? What do you think God wants to awaken you to? Is there a constructive role for regret, shame, and [...]
DEVELOPING RESILIENCE THROUGH SPIRITUAL EXERCISE IN THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE – Question One
Just back from the Fifth International Conference on Positive Aging entitled “Innovation in Positive Aging.” It was hosted by Fielding Graduate University and held in Los Angeles, California at The Center for Healthy Communities of The California Endowment. My colleague, Carol Orsborn, Ph.D. and I, Bob Weber, Ph.D., convened a series of five presentations on [...]
Harvard Medical School Conference on Aging
AGING Treatment Perspectives and Challenges November 4–5, 2011 • Friday–Saturday Radisson Hotel, Boston, MA Earn up to 14 continuing education credits/units (16.8 for nurses) An overview of cutting edge issues in the treatment of the aging population. Speakers include world renown physician Sherwin Nuland on the art of aging; Mark Moss on the neurobiology of the older [...]
MGH Senior HealthWISE: Spiritual Opportunities in the Second Half of Life
On Thursday, October 6, 2011, from 11 am to 12 pm, I will give an invited presentation, “Spiritual Opportunities in the Second Half of Life,” at the Haber Room of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. Following is a description of the program. The possibilities for spiritual growth abound if you have the eyes to [...]
The Spiritual Journey of the Second Half of Life, Campion Jesuit Renewal Center, Weston, MA
The Spiritual Journey of the Second Half of Life Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011 Campion Jesuit Renewal Center 319 Concord Road Weston, MA 02493-1398 (781) 419-1337 Time: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $35.00 Deposit: $10.00 Director: Robert L. Weber, Ph.D. The possibilities for spiritual growth abound if you have the eyes to see them. In [...]
Glastonbury Abbey Weber Event
GLASTONBURY ABBEY HINGHAM, MA New Program Offering Spring 2011 WHAT A Day of Prayer, Reflection and Recollection Aging as a Natural Monastery: A Time for Contemplative Aging WHERE Glastonbury Abbey Abbey Center 16 Hull Road Hingham, MA WHEN Saturday, April 16, 2011 9:00 AM to 3:45 PM Registration is 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM PROGRAM [...]
Harvard University Presentation on Contemplative Aging
The Faith & Life Forum Ageing as a Natural Monastery: A Time for Contemplative Ageing Sunday, March 13, 2011 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM Our Speaker: Dr. Robert Weber Dr. Weber has a long-standing interest in and recent focus on the integration of psychology, spirituality and aging. This integrative effort is born of his [...]
Second Annual MSPP Conference on Spirituality, Aging and Mental Health
Annual Conference on Mental Health and Aging Co-Sponsored by the Center for Mental Health and Aging, the Institute for Clinical Health Psychology and the Center for Psychotherapy and Spirituality at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology; Boston University School of Social Work; Smith College School for Social Work; Wheelock College; Heller School for Social Policy [...]
TREE OF FAILURE BY DAVID BROOKS, NEW YORK TIMES, JANUARY 14, 2011 You may wonder why I am posting this editorial on the ContemplAgeing website. Written in response to the January 8th shootings in Tuscon, AZ, the editorial by New York Times Op-Ed Columnist, David Brooks, captures an important aspect of aging and maturation, that [...]