Dr Joan Borysenko – Gerotranscendence: Being an Elder as a Developmental Stage of Life
What if aging is not simply the diminishment of the person we have been, but an invitation to become someone we could not have become earlier?
Gerotranscendence invites us to see aging not primarily as decline, but as a distinct developmental stage with its own possibilities for growth. Drawing on the work of sociologist Lars Tornstam and insights from psychology, spirituality, and lived experience, this talk explores how later life can bring a shift from doing to being, from outer achievement to inner meaning, and from certainty toward mystery.
We’ll consider changing relationships with time, identity, solitude, community, mortality, and the sacred—and ask a central question: What if becoming an elder is not about becoming less, but becoming more deeply who we are?
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About the speaker:
Joan Borysenko, PhD is a world-renowned expert in the mind-body connection, the science of health and healing, the art of spiritual memoir, and aging as a time of meaning-making and presence.
A psychologist and Harvard Medical School trained cell biologist, Joan synthesizes cutting edge science and practical tools for resilience with deep humanity. A New York Times bestselling author of 17 books, Joan is the President of Mind-Body Health Sciences, LLC in Santa Fe, NM.
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