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The Wise Elder Is Not the One With All the Answers When I was a young adult, my Gram sometimes gave me advice. I would bristle, listen politely because I had been taught to respect my elders, and then go off and do exactly what [...]

Embracing the In-Between We live in a time of significant change, on a lot of levels.  The world is changing.  Sage-ingâ International is changing.  Each of us is changing on this journey of aging. The period when things are not what they were and not [...]

The Beauty of Not Knowing We stand at the threshold. We don’t know what comes next. We face the unknown. Liminal space lies before us as we take the step from what we have known to the space of not knowing. As elders we have [...]

The Times of Our Lives My mother had many sayings about aging, including “Life is hard, eat dessert first, or “Don’t sweat the small stuff.”   The one I keep repeating to myself at the age of 84 is, “Getting old ain’t for sissies!”  Never have [...]

Wintering Towards Meaning In the summer of 2020, as the world was turning inward due to Covid, I found myself doing the same. I was increasingly cut off - not only from people, but from the coaching practice I had built over sixteen years. For [...]

Resilience in a Season of Wintering As personal and societal challenges intensify around us, many of us feel called to tap into a deeper well of resilience and possibility. As elders on a spiritual path, we understand the importance of cultivating practices that strengthen our [...]

Living From Our Values with Intention How Intentional Choices Based on Values Shape a Meaningful Life and a Meaningful Society In today’s noisy and chaotic world, our values anchor us and guide us through life’s challenges with courage and purpose. We can’t ignore what’s happening [...]

The Grace in Aging: Awaken as You Grow Older by Kathleen Dowling Singh Sage-ing International offers everyone the opportunity to join The Second Half of Life Book Discussion Series, led by Karen West. As both a tech host and participant, I find it rewarding to [...]

Volunteering - A Path to Meaning and Connection As we age, many of us move away from familiar places and communities—often to be closer to our children or loved ones. This transition presents both challenges and opportunities in establishing new social networks and cultivating a [...]