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When: Tuesday, July 28, 10:30 a.m.
Where: Zoom - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84240257886
Open to: Members and volunteers
Our Wisdom Years:
Growing Older with Joy, Fulfillment, Resilience and No Regrets
Dr. Charles Garfield
In his just-published book, Our Wisdom Years: Growing Older with Joy, Fulfillment, Resilience, and No Regrets - which was selected by Amazon as their #1 new release in gerontology and social sciences – Dr. Charles Garfield weaves together his training as a psychologist, his work as the Founder of the Shanti Project and his personal experiences of aging. The book’s central theme, and the focus of his, is that the most profound growth of our lives can happen in the home stretch, the years after age sixty or so. It’s a time when we can finally crystallize the meaning of what we’ve been and done and fully expand into the self we’ve always intended to be. But, Dr. Garfield suggests that can only happen if we first loosen the grip of the life we’ve led so far, the one that’s been focused outwardly―on activity, achievement, and the idea of success―and let our souls lead the way.
For more info: www.charlesgarfield.com
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Dr. Charles Garfield, Ph.D. is the founder of Shanti Project, an internationally honored volunteer organization dedicated to the care of the aging, dying, and those living with cancer, AIDS, or Covid-19. For his work with Shanti and for originating the Shanti model of peer support, Dr. Garfield was named National Activist of the Year – one of America’s highest awards to individuals making voluntary contributions in public service. For more than four decades, as a clinical professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco, Garfield continued his work in the care of patients and families facing life challenging illness. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, he is currently a research scholar at the Starr King School of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. His many honorary speeches include the Clinton White House, the U.S. Olympic Committee, and the leadership of Oklahoma City following the bombing of the Federal Building.