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Aging with spirit: perspectives on suffering by Donald R. Koepke-248

Aging with spirit: perspectives on suffering by Donald R. Koepke

Why do some people age gracefully, while others do not? Why do individuals differ so greatly when it comes to their ability to roll with the punches? How is it possible for one client to be content and engaging despite significant physical challenges, while another in relatively good health is constantly grumpy and discouraged? One essential reason is the way each person deals with the reality of suffering in life.

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Head and heart: two ways of knowing by Donald R. Koepke-189

Head and heart: two ways of knowing by Donald R. Koepke

There are two ways of knowing in this world: with the head and with the heart. Some people believe only in what can be experienced through the senses or proved by reason. This empirical knowing, or knowing of the head, allows for analyzing, explaining and researching. Knowing of the head gives medical professionals insight into dementia, stroke and depression. This kind of knowledge is vital to human life. But it is not the only way of knowing.

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Tapping the spirit by Donald R. Koepke-158

Tapping the spirit by Donald R. Koepke

At one time, the disciplines of physical health and spirituality seemed worlds apart. Physical health focused on the body, while spirituality emphasized the soul. The physical was the world of physicians and physical therapists, x-rays and stethoscopes - a world that could be seen, charted and analyzed. Spirituality, on the other hand, was seen to be intangible. Like a puff of wind, spirituality was both experienced and unknowable at the same time. The physical was controllable: the doorways to health were exercise and nutrition. But the spiritual talked about "things that are beyond knowing," which sounded to many like wishful thinking.

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The modern sage by Marge Coalman-91

The modern sage by Marge Coalman

In 1995, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi published a 300-page call to action for older adults to understand and share his 'profound new vision of growing older.' Schachter-Shalomi's book, From Age-ing to Sage-ing, and his philosophy were widely praised by the likes of Ram Dass, Bernie Siegel and Larry Dossey, M.D., all mentors in the realm of spiritual growth and personal fulfillment. Eight years later, the Sage-ing movement flourishes in a culture where the media, the public at large, and even fitness and health professionals focus primarily on the pursuit of eternal youth.

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