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What is your opinion...and why do we care?

Wednesday Aug 25 2010

By Jim Selman | Bio
Someone said to me in a meeting yesterday that there are a billion blogs. The number seemed high, so I did what we all do these days. I went to Google and in about 30 seconds of looking at “How many Blogs are there”, I was assured there are closer to 100 million, with about 175 thousand new ones being created every day. So while the billion estimate was a bit exaggerated, it is obvious that there are a LOT of blogs. This got me thinking: why so many?[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: blog conversation difference opinion point_of_view writing

7 Reasons Why Elders Make Great Lovers (and have better sex)

Tuesday Feb 02 2010

   By Jim Selman | Bio
There is an old joke that says, “Sex after 60 is better than ever, but the mounting and dismounting aren’t so pretty.” If you’re laughing, you know what I’m talking about. If not, you’re still young enough to have something to look forward to. I attended a conference recently featuring Steve Pavlina, the number one blogger on personal development. The topic was about expanding traffic to your blog and one of his ideas was to write about something ‘timeless’, something that lots of people have in common and that breaks the mold of everyone’s expectations. Well, my writing has been about transforming our notions of growing older and to encourage intergenerational dialogue, so what better topic to muse on than SEX.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: aging being conversation development ecstasy elders feeling giving growing intergenerational judgement love lovers older patience pavlina personal present receiving relationships satisfaction sex sexual-satisfaction steve wisdom

Dreaming of a Dark Christmas

Wednesday Dec 23 2009

   By Jim Selman | Bio
I am one of the folks who love Christmas. I am not particularly sentimental, nor am I into elaborate decorating or gift-giving. I just like the music and the general shift in mood that seems to come with the season. I recognize, however, that not everyone is ‘happy’ around Christmas time. This is the season for lots of ‘relapses’ in 12-Step programs, a ‘blip’ in suicides, and (of course) the usual problems associated with too many parties and too much alcohol. Whatever the reasons, there is definitely a dark side to Christmas. As I’ve grown older, I see more clearly[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: christmas conversation eldering gift-giving grandparents listening

The Medium is the Message

Friday Aug 21 2009

  By Jim Selman | Bio
Forty-five years ago Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase “the medium is the message”. I wonder what he would have made of today’s media-on-steroids. Someone sent me a fascinating YouTube piece called “Social Media in Plain English” , which was followed up with a dramatic piece on the extraordinary impact of all that is going on in the Social Media Revolution. It includes a new term I had never seen before: socialnomics. It’s getting easier and easier to feel ignorant and out of touch. The general consensus is that the phenomenon of social networking/social media is as potentially revolutionary as the Industrial Revolution.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Learning

Tagged with: communication conversation future learning social_media social_networking time

Showing Up in Conversation

Thursday May 28 2009

   By Kevin Brown | Bio
In my previous post, I discussed showing up in conversation without pre-formed conclusions about the person we are entering into conversation with.  While the post was directed to conversations with those we provide care for, the article applies to any conversation that we find ourselves in.  Whether at home, work, in not-for-profit organizations, at Church, or just in casual conversation with friends; how we show up in conversation has a profound impact on our relationships.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: conversation intention possibility

Showing Up for Those We Care For

Thursday May 21 2009

   By Kevin Brown | Bio
There was a time when ‘showing up’ for a meeting, an appointment, or a family event left me thinking about being on time, what I must remember to bring, or what I should wear. Increasingly though, I have been thinking about how I ‘show up’ in conversation with the people I interact with. I am talking about conversations with my work colleagues, fellow churchgoers, friends, extended family members, my son, my wife, and even with my God. When I began to consider how I show up for others in conversation, I realized just how little attention I was giving to being responsible in my conversations.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: conversation ego intention showing_up

Care for the Caregiver - Part 2

Thursday May 14 2009

   By Kevin Brown | Bio
In last week's post, I discussed how care for family Caregivers, especially when the provision of care occurs over prolonged periods, can leave the Caregiver drained of energy and in need of care themselves. I noted that Caregivers should endeavor to maintain their own health, keep up their social network, stay involved with family and share the caregiving. One gentlemen responded with[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: caregiver conversation listening responsibility

The Little Voice

Monday Apr 27 2009

   By Jim Selman | Bio
For no particular reason, today I am more conscious than normal of my ‘little voice’—you know the conversation in our heads. I talk about this phenomenon a lot in my work. People laugh when I challenge the conventional view that they can control it: “Try to turn it off” or “Don’t think about what I am about to say”. Then I suggest that this conversation we are always having, what we call thinking, is in fact an endless stream of thoughts that may or may not be related to what’s going on and further, that this ‘voice’ is not ‘me’. This voice, like breathing, is an aspect of who we are but is definitely not the ‘I’ that we associate with being ourselves.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Personal Empowerment

Tagged with: conversation little_voice thinking thoughting

Worrying

Friday Feb 27 2009

    By Shae Hadden | Bio
It’s difficult these days to not worry about something—what with the economic crisis, pollution, climate change, species extinction, resource depletion and the melting polar ice caps, not to mention the innumerable human conflicts on the planet. Many of our conversations revolve around one or another of these topics, or at least are impacted by the larger global issues we all are facing. And much of what I’m hearing in what people are saying is that they are ‘worried’ about the future—both their individual future and our collective future. Considering the scale and the complexity of the issues we’re facing, it might seem that we should worry. I beg to differ.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: commitment concern conversation future worry

Family Conversation

Friday Jan 09 2009

By Jim Selman | Bio
Last evening we were having a lively family conversation about life in general and Eldering in particular. We talked about whether there is, in fact, a ‘generational divide’ and, if so, what can we say about it. To my surprise, my children and my son’s girlfriend all felt that there was less of a divide in the minds of people their age than in the minds of people my age. I asked the question, “What do young men and women talk to each other about that you would be reluctant to talk about with people our age?” What they said is that reluctance to have a particular conversation or to be open has more to do with the culture of the participants than with their age. They all agreed that they are more ‘open’ and authentic in urban West Coast types of circumstances than when they travel to the Midwest or the South.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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Tagged with: communication conversation eldering family generations

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