Shared Wisdom
How Do I Want to Age and Thrive?
The Where Wisdom Meets Wonder workbook emerged from answering that question.
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As a woman, aging presents specific challenges in our youth-oriented society. We chase long lives, but we are supposed to stay forever young. The hypocrisy can lead to very conflicted emotions.
After research, therapy, and countless conversations, I created this method for myself, and now, I am pleased to offer it to you!
The ​​Where Wisdom Meets Wonder workbook is available on Amazon or write me directly!
The Where Wisdom Meets Wonder approach is a living process.
This workbook offers you a framework to personalize as you curate your life and navigate your third chapter.
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Whether you choose to embark on this journey alone, with a close friend, or in a small group, the pace is entirely up to you.
After all, this is your next chapter--a chapter that you are writing with intention, wisdom, and the richness of your lived experiences.
Resources
There are numerous books, articles, and websites out there for crones, mature women, and aging.
Here are a few of my favorites.
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Books and Articles
Applewhite, Ashton. This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism. Self-published 2016.
Blackie, Sharon. Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life. Tantor Media, September 2022
… If Women Rose Rooted. September Publishing, 2020.
… The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the Magic of the Everyday. September Publishing, 2018.
Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women (Inspiration for Mature Women, Aging Gracefully, Divine Feminine, Gift for Women). Conari Press, 2021
…Goddess in Older Women. Harper Paperbacks, 2014.
Curran, Thomas. The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough. London, 2023.
Estés, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola. The Power of the Crone: Myths and Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype. Sounds True, May 2011.
Maran, Meredith. The New Old Me: My Late-Life Reinvention. Blue Rider Press, May 2014.
Morrison, Dorothy. In Praise of the Crone: A Celebration of Feminine Maturity. Llewellyn Publications, March 1999.
Ott, Joanne Sienko, The Crone Archetype: Women Reclaim Their Authentic Self by Resonating with Crone Images. https://sophia.stkate.edu/ma_hhs/17. 2011
Thomas, Ann. The Women We Become: Myths, Folktales, and Stories About Growing Older. Volcano Press, January 2004.
Walker, Alice. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Press, October 1983.
Walker, Barbara G. The Crone: Woman of Age, Wisdom, and Power. Harper & Row, February 1988.
Worth, Valerie. The Crone’s Book of Wisdom. Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd., January 1993.
Poems
Clear, James. Be Ruthless about What You Ignore. https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/november-16-2023
Jeannette Encinias. Silver (For Suzy). https://medium.com/mindful/a-poem-to-ease-aging-cfaa560d9cb8
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