The Big 10 Take Aways One hundred podcasts on Aging Like a Guru! There must be a lot of great and wise tidbits of information in this series, eh?! I know I've grown a lot in creating these podcasts. Listen in to hear the big 10 take aways of Aging Like a Guru - Who Me? . . . and then share your perspective on my Facebook page ! - - - - For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com #aginglikeagu...
Jan 24, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 108
I Don’t Like Being Told What to Do As we age we don’t want to give up our freedom and independence, which often means that we make choices that perhaps are not in our best interest. Here's an example: I haven’t been doing my daily energy routine, and even after only two days I can feel the effects. Damn it!!! I hate doing things I don’t want to do! I’ve been like this my whole life! This is probably a foundational element, not only to the way I live my life but the way I coach my clients - to fu...
Jan 22, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Simplicity of Living Comes with Practice I love the sparkles of snowflakes falling. I love the wonder of the stars in the sky. I love watching the sunset and the sunrise, if it's not too early. These have always been aspects of life on Earth with which I've found bliss. There are also many aspects of life that with age have become not so fun, not so interesting, and I just can't be bothered by any more. This intention of this podcast is to all the question, W ho Am I , to inform me of what's of ...
Jan 17, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Crisis of Meaning, Crisis of Faith Though I've experienced a lot of major accomplishments in my life, I live as if I've not really accomplished anything important or of merit. Though I've finished my PhD, sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, written 13 books, and done lots of other stuff, and, though I've loved a lot and made some really hard choices in the name of love, my inner world, as I experience it, says that I've not amounted to anything. It may sound incredulous, but I feel as if I've not ...
Jan 15, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Why Stick Around? Human life is so complex. The truth is that we exist in so many dimensions. We have past lives, parallel lives, emotional lives and spiritual lives. So who the hell are we, and why do we do this thing called Life on Earth? Each of us have our own answers to those questions. Each of us have our own curriculum. No two of us are on the same trajectory. We are alone on our personal quest, along with eight billion others. That's funny, though mostly, it doesn't feel funny at all. It...
Jan 13, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 104
What Have I Got to Show for My Life? I have no doubt that each of us face the existential question of: What Have I Got to Show for My Life? It's a big question that goes along with: Have I fulfilled my heart's desires? Have I made a difference in the world? Was I loved? Did I love enough? Taking inventory of one's accomplishments, one's failures, one's apathy, one's hurtful attitudes, can bring any one of us to a place of valuing the exquisite life adventure we've brought about by our own choice...
Jan 10, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Be True to You!! I’ve been asking myself some really hard questions lately: What is the ultimate motive underlying everything I do? What is the purest intention of my life? What is my heart’s desire? How did I come to choose to see myself and the world around me the way I do? These are questions we all ask ourselves in some way or another. And, these are questions few of us actually answer for ourselves. It takes time and presence of mind, body & spirit to discern the deepest truth that lies...
Jan 08, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Doing is the Undoing of Me As I get ever closer to creating 100 podcasts, I wonder if I'm done with these podcasts on Aging Like a Guru. Is it time to stop? Do I want to stop? Should I stop? Should I continue? There are a lot of emotions that arise as I face this arrival at 100 podcasts. And, additionally, I see myself distracting myself with doing something that takes me out of the discomfort that currently is the state of being for me. As I witness myself distract myself with any number of thi...
Jan 06, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 101
The Essentials of Humor in the Aging Process The process of aging brings with it so many opportunities to experience embarrassing and humiliating events. There's no way around it. So we might as well learn to laugh at ourselves. Listen in for some laughs! - - - - For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com #aginglikeaguru #agingpodcast #aging #agingprocess #agingwisdom #agingwithwisdom #aging...
Jan 03, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Where are the Elders Among the Elderly? We generally expect that as people age they would cultivate character, wisdom, maturity, right But, the fact of the matter is, most of us don't. Most of us are as we were in our adolescence. Shocking? We may cultivate more ways to avoid, ignore, distract and deny life as it is, so that we don't have to really grow and stretch ourselves, which means that we can’t truly be elders for the younger generations. It's not that we don't want to be elders. We just ...
Jan 01, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Not Everyone Wants to Be Responsible for Their Lives Without taking responsibility for your own wants, needs, feelings and thoughts, you, me, and us, end up being told what to do, what to have, what to think, to feel and to want. Life will not show up the way you want, or the way I want, unless we take responsibility for the level of self-awareness we are currently at. We have to willingly step into the practice of observing, witnessing, experimenting, and experiencing life as it is , not life a...
Dec 30, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 98
How Empowered am I to Choose to Choose How I Age? If I want to age my way, what do I need to be aware of, conscious of, mindful of, to make that happen? Tune in to find out! - - - - For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com #aginglikeaguru #agingpodcast #aging #agingprocess #agingwisdom #agingwithwisdom #agingguru #consciousliving #spirituality #spiritualityawake #spiritualitycoach #spiritu...
Dec 27, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Cultivating Self-Awareness, Who Me? Self-awareness, according to research, only 10-15% of the population have it. What?! The other day a question came to me: When did I become aware that I exist within this body, this personality, this life? I haven’t come up with the specific age, though I can see clues along the way. Listen in to this podcast and answer the question for yourself! - - - - For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check o...
Dec 25, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 96
What to Do When Someone Dies This podcasts is a great summary of what we need to consider before we die, and perhaps before our beloved parents, partners, or children die. No one wants to think about this topic, however when death arrives, someone will have to make choices - tough choices, sometimes hugely expensive choices. To consider and choose now can bring about more peace when the inevitable death does arrive. Through this exploration I realized that there are many choices available to all...
Dec 23, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Deconstruction of the Life after Death Living in a small community, on an Island no less, we're constantly aware of the passing of people. And with the passing of my friend Virginia and others, I’m aware of what it takes to deconstruct the lives of others. For children, for family members and friends, the task is inevitable - what to do with stuff! It’s like someone threw a party and then left without cleaning up! I’m not one to enjoy cleaning up other people’s messes. I believe that’s part of w...
Dec 20, 2019•9 min•Season 1Ep. 94
People's Death Affects Us More than We Imagine We are affected by people’s departure more than we know. We are often surprised, even though we know that everybody dies. And often we experience regrets and guilt for not engaging with the deceased more while they were alive. Anytime I hear about someone’s passing I’m moved to experience the reality that every one of us dies. Compassion, reverence, and significance of each person’s presence on this planet brings a moment of awareness if you will. I...
Dec 18, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Get Organized Before You Die - Who Me? My friend Virginia passed about a week ago. She was a great contribution to people’s lives in so many ways. She’d been a psychologist and advocator for people’s well-being on so many levels. She certainly was a gift of joy, love and generosity of spirit until the very end. For the past number of years, after the passing of her partner, Virginia lived alone. One of the cool things about Virginia was that she realized that in the end she’d need to count on he...
Dec 16, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Fear of Living, Fear of Dying - Maybe Both! I find it an interesting question to ask people, "Are you afraid of living?" When we adventure forward in life, we will undoubtedly face many things we have no interest in facing. Facing loss, annihilation, humiliation, rejection are some of the biggies. Courageously living in your truth, though phenomenal to experience takes a lot of strength and conviction. Why the heck did we come into these Earthly forms in the first place? Good question. Joseph Ca...
Dec 13, 2019•12 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Regardless of Age, I Don't Know How to Do Me! I've never known how to be me. And now that I have a whole repertoire of experience that points to who I've been and who I've tried to be, it doesn’t really help. Because I choose to do these podcasts I keep having to attend to the truth of me and how it's been working for me. I’m not by any means a guru. I do practice what I believe gurus might practice, though. Why? Well, I believe essentially that they have trained themselves to have a pretty good...
Dec 11, 2019•13 min•Ep. 90
It’s Not If You Die, It’s How You Face the Inevitability of Your Death It is said that Japanese Samurai warriors reminded themselves of the inevitability of loss by using the phrase, “Die before going into battle.” This practice allows a warrior to enter combat without fear of death because he has brought himself to the acceptance of death ahead of time. Because death is an inevitable outcome, and by accepting the absoluteness of that inevitability, the warrior fully gives himself to his mission...
Dec 09, 2019•11 min•Ep. 89
When Other People Are Suffering At any age in life, we will see or hear about other people who are having a rough time with their own aging process. It might be friends, family, or our partners. How do we respond? How do we support or help people in need? I think this is a really big question: How do we help others without endangering our own well-being? How willing are we to throw ourselves under the bus for other people? And how are we possibly doing that without even realizing that it's happe...
Dec 06, 2019•12 min•Ep. 88
Solitude or Isolation? Does it matter? YEP! Big Time!! They may sound similar, but there's a big difference between solitude and isolation, and the difference is what motivates a person to be alone. The bottom line is that quite often as we age we can do with a lot less people time. We need more "Me Time." We can get kind of bored with all the social pageantry that use to be so important to us. We'd rather binge on a Netflix series, a good book, or a knitting project that we can't wait to finish...
Dec 04, 2019•11 min•Ep. 87
What's Really Happening When Life Gets Scary? Most of us spend probably 80% of our time being afraid, to one degree or another. We've been trained to be afraid of change, of risk, of loss, of success, of failure, of love.... You name it! All because someone, somewhere, has declared that that is something to be afraid of. There's another group that says we should embrace change, success, failure and the rest of it . . . but you and I both know that that's so much easier to say than actually do. S...
Dec 02, 2019•11 min•Ep. 86
What Should I Want? What Do I Want? Given that there is so much information that tells us what we should want as we grow up and morph through our "Golden Years," you'd think we knew how to do this better! Many times, though, all the options available to us actually create more confusion rather than clarity. The question: "What should I want?" comes up in a lot of my coaching sessions with my clients. My answer is always, "What do you want?" So many of us are afraid to truly know what we want, an...
Nov 29, 2019•12 min•Ep. 85
Should I Be Afraid of Aging? Being aged 67 now, I know I could live well into my 90’s. That could be a good 30 years! Yet when I imagine myself in this process, I realize the degree to which I worry and wonder if I should be afraid of aging. At the same time, I don't want to spend the next 30 years living in fear. That's not the way I want to live this last third of my life. Living in Fear I've talked to quite a few people lately about aging, and I was surprised with the number who expressed tha...
Nov 27, 2019•12 min•Ep. 84
Don't Worry - Life is Good As I've mentioned in previous podcasts, worrying and other negative patterns of thinking contribute little to the idea that life is good. People roll their eyes when they hear me say that life is good. They think I'm being flaky. However, I've been doing a lot of work on my human-spirit self so that I can have a good life, and more importantly, experience the good life that I am having right now. Worrying contributes little or nothing to my well-being. It's taken me de...
Nov 25, 2019•14 min•Ep. 83
When in Doubt, Drink Water Regardless of our age, most of us do not drink enough water, so therefore we may be feeling symptoms of dehydration that we ignore, because it feels normal. And all too often people end up at the doctor's office for symptoms of dehydration. One of the intentions of these podcasts is to tap into wisdom and intelligence that is always with us. When we become more aware of what's happening physically and in all other ways, we become more empowered to make choices that kee...
Nov 22, 2019•12 min•Ep. 82
What is Your Highest Value: Health, Wealth or Wellbeing? The longer I'm on this planet in this Earth-suit, the more I see the potential to really create the life I want to have. I'm always at choice, but what values are the values most important to me? Does wealth take precedence over health? Does fulfillment and happiness come before wealth? Each of us have our own priorities. The more clear we are with those priorities, the greater capacity we have to choose based on those priorities. Do I hav...
Nov 20, 2019•12 min•Ep. 81
Stuffed Animals Aren't Just for Kids For some people, having a stuffed animal has gotten them through the toughest times. Online searches brought up studies and stories of the values inherent in keeping a stuffed animal very close by. I've had William for 37 years. Through thick and thin, that bear has been there for me like no one else! - - - - For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are interesting in coaching or training with Dr. Rosie, check out her website: www.theparadigmshifts.com...
Nov 18, 2019•10 min•Ep. 80
Living Through Darkest Hours - There's No Hope Until There Is I have no idea why we are never prepared for the inevitable darkest hour of life. It always comes: Annihilation of what seems to matter most; Homes destroyed; Jobs lost; Loss of loved ones. There seems to be no salve for this gaping hole. Nothing matters in those times. Why are we so unprepared for the worst of the worst? When there's no hope in sight, how do we be in it all? - - - - For more blogs, books and videos, or if you are int...
Nov 15, 2019•11 min•Ep. 79
