The Blossoming of Women : A Workbook on Growing from Older to Elder

Opportunitiesto discover new purpose in our later years are abundant when we learn to meetchallenges as gateways to growth. During a life crisis in her seventies, authorKaren Roberts discovered that voices of encouragement were difficult to findamong the popular paradigms of aging as decline, withdrawal, and disengagement.

To beginto understand our restlessness—a yearning for deeper awareness and connectionin our later years—the Blossoming book opens with a provocative discussion ofaging that examines the frameworks of gender, culture, and human development.By reframing a life crisis in one’s later years as a catalyst for insight andtransformation, we can approach old age as a time of profound personal andinterpersonal growth. Women, in particular, embark on this passage intoelderhood with unique life experiences to guide them.

Thejourney begins once we identify that we have arrived at a pivotal crossroads. TheBlossoming of Women invites you to embark on later life explorations withconfidence and enjoy the process of self-discovery. Engaging questions followeach chapter to assist you on the path to a rewarding new life stage motivatedby personal purpose.

TheBlossoming of Womenincludes interviews with eight women who confronted daunting challenges, yettheir perseverance and inner faith led them to pursue incredible late-lifepassions. Their stories, told with intimacy and grace, will open you to newpossibilities. You will be encouraged to follow the lessons for living beyondloss and growing from crisis and transformation to a deeper self.