The Power of Positive Aging
The Power of Positive Aging

Author: David Lereah

Publisher: Quill Driver Books

Published: 2020-06-02

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9781610353601

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Americans are unprepared for aging. The Power of Positive Aging is a training course to help you survive and thrive through the greatest challenge of your life--growing old. Americans now live longer than ever--a full 30 years longer than they did in the early 20th century. Our culture and personal expectations have not yet adapted to that change. These extra years can be a burden or an adventure, depending on your mental attitude. You can't fight the inevitable changes to your aging body, but author David Lereah says these changes are at worst inconveniences that won't prevent living a fulfilling life. Based on life lessons learned during Lereah's successful battle against cancer, The Power of Positive Aging gives readers a practical program of mental and spiritual exercises teaching mindfulness and acceptance, plus strategies for pursuing a balanced life and seeking and accepting social support. Based on timeless spiritual (but completely practical) principles, The Power of Positive Aging presents a concrete program of specific actions to put these principles into use in everyday life.

Sourcebook on Violence Against Women
Sourcebook on Violence Against Women

Author: Claire M. Renzetti

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2017-01-30

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1483378128

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The Third Edition of this comprehensive volume covers the current state of research, theory, prevention, and intervention regarding violence against women. The book’s 15 chapters are divided into three parts: theoretical and methodological issues in researching violence against women; types of violence against women; and, new to this edition, programs that work. Featuring new chapters, pedagogy, sections on controversies in the field, and autobiographical essays by leaders in grassroots anti-violence work, the Third Edition has been designed to encourage discussion and debate, to address issues of diversity and cultural contexts, and to examine inequalities of race and ethnicity, social class, physical ability, sexual orientation, and geographic location.

Getting Real about Getting Older
Getting Real about Getting Older

Author: Linda Stroh

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2018-11-06

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1492666998

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The first book to open up a real conversation about aging. What has the experience of getting older felt like for you? It seems that life's milestones pass by in a flash: graduating from school, landing your first job, getting married, having kids. Most people look forward to these events and have some expectations about what each life milestone will be like. But what about when you get older? How can you continue to live fully in your sixties, seventies, and beyond? Linda K. Stroh and Karen K. Brees asked nearly one thousand older people about the challenges and joys of growing older and compiled their collective wisdom into this must-have book, focusing on important topics such as: Changing self-identities Friendships and romantic relationships Health, fitness, and self-image Loss Relationships with adult children, grandchildren, and siblings And much more! Full of advice and stories from a wide variety of older people, Getting Real about Getting Older examines love, loss, and changing identities, and will help you take control of your concerns about aging and experience wisdom and joy as an older adult.

A Reformation Sourcebook
A Reformation Sourcebook

Author: Michael W. Bruening

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2017-04-05

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1442635703

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During the Reformation, Europeans were engaged in a debate that would alter the course of European history. This debate was about how to understand and practice the Christian faith. Never before had so many people weighed in on a topic of such importance. This book presents the debates of the Reformation era through over eighty primary sources. Some of the documents present formal debates. Others represent informal debates or disputes, with one text responding directly to the other. Still other sections present texts that offer divergent approaches to or perspectives on specific ideas. These too were part of the century-long debate that characterized the Reformation. The author provides an essay on how to read primary sources. Each chapter opens with a brief introduction, and each group of primary sources is preceded by information on historical context as well as focus questions. Further readings are provided at the end of each chapter, and a map of Europe divided by religions is included.

The Age of Synthesis
The Age of Synthesis

Author: Carl W. Hall

Publisher: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Studies)

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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This century is widely recognized as the Age of Analysis. A posteriori evidence is accumulating to demonstrate that the next century will be the Age of Synthesis. Synthesis will supplement analysis as a major thrust in our technological society. Synthesis requires a vision to project into the future, and demands a more holistic approach. Synthesis can help reduce the «two cultures» syndrome. Both natural and unnatural or human-made systems, involving the arts, sciences, the professions, and the applied fields, are discussed, as well as the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and many other recognized philosophers.

Aging Sourcebook, 2nd Ed.
Aging Sourcebook, 2nd Ed.

Author: James Chambers

Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc

Published: 2021-03-01

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 0780818946

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Consumer health information about aging and associated diseases and medical conditions. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.

Aging Sourcebook
Aging Sourcebook

Author: Dan R. Harris

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 910

ISBN-13:

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Perspectives regarding the role of the elderly in American society continue to change as older Americans continue to live longer, healthier, and lead more active lives. The Aging Sourcebook speaks directly to this growing population, covering such topics as Social Security, Medicare, legal and financial issues, health care and safety, long term care, and end of life issues. This volume contains useful information for the general reader concerned with the issues that affect the lives of older Americans.