Sage-ing Second Half of Life

A Book Discussion Series

Six First Mondays

February to July

(see dates below)

.12:00p –..1:30p ET

.. 11:00a –.12:30p CT

….10:00a – 11:30a MT

…..9:00a – 10:30a PT

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In his book From Age-ing to Sage-ing, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi quotes Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who created the phrase “second half of life.”

Jung wrote, “A human being would certainly not grow to seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species. The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life’s morning…Whoever carries over into the afternoon the law of the morning…must pay for it with damage to his soul…” (70)

Through its programs and workshops, Sage-ing International provides its members with many opportunities to learn how to live a second half of life that definitely is not “a pitiful appendage to life’s morning.” And now Karen West, Certified Sage-ing Leader, and voracious reader, is thrilled to offer you another way.

Karen shares that in the last 10 to 15 years, many amazing books have been written about living in this brand-new life stage we call elderhood. In February, Karen will begin facilitating a “Sage-ing Second Half of Life Book Discussion Group.” Karen says she wholeheartedly believes that not only will reading these books be life-changing for you, but discussing them in-depth (we will spend 2 to 3 sessions on most books, reading approximately 80-100 pages a month) will be even more so.

Karen hopes you will join her in this adventure and suggest many books, but the group will decide which books we read.

Karen West, CSL, has been a seeker and an educator all her life. She spent her work life first as an English teacher and then as a career counselor. In 2007 Karen completed her training as a Spiritual Director; then after retiring in 2012, she was certified as a Sage-ing Leader and as a Legacy Facilitator. Conscious Aging and Sage-ing have become her passion.