by Dayle Friedman | Apr 22, 2015
Choose Life: Embracing Existence in the Face of Mortality “It’s all life until death.” Grace Paley Rabbi Eliezer taught: “Repent one day before your death.” Rabbi Eliezer’s disciples asked him: Do we know on what day we will die? Then all the more reason that we...
by Dayle Friedman | Feb 3, 2015
What Calls You Beyond Midlife We come full, not empty, to new callings beyond midlife. Mary Catherine Bateson says that we bring with us wisdom garnered from experience, combined with energy, and at least some freedom. She calls this rich accumulation active...
by Dayle Friedman | Oct 28, 2013
Contemplating Dying The origin of the human being is dust, her end is dust. He earns his bread by exertion and is like a broken shard, like dry grass, a withered flower; she is like a passing shadow and a vanishing cloud, like a breeze that blows away and dust that...
by Dayle Friedman | Oct 28, 2013
Circumcising Our Hearts: Becoming Available for Growth in Relating to Parents and They, and We, Age One consequence of expanded lifespans is extended years of relating to parents in midlife and beyond. While hundreds of volumes have been written about the demands and...
by Dayle Friedman | May 30, 2013
Sustenance in the wilderness: sources of resilience for the family caregiver The terrain of caring for a dependent loved one can feel barren, like the wilderness the Israelites encountered once they left bondage in Egypt. We may feel lonely, confused, resentful, sad...
by Dayle Friedman | Jan 15, 2013
Get Wisdom; moving toward the essential Aging, I feel…is a process that is alive and happening, growing up and getting closer, moving toward the essential. —Debra Winger My late mother-in-law, Miriam, had a very fruitful old age. She did not climb mountains or work at...
