My book shelves are filled with a VOLUME of books about aging well and moving into the next chapters life. Here are some. ** are my favorites.
- ** Achieving a Good Death? A Practical Guide to the End of Life, by Chris Palmer, 2024. This guide is ESSENTIAL!!!
- ** Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age, by Bruce Feiler, 2020
- ** Who Do We Choose to Be? Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity, by Margaret Wheatley, 2017
- ** Herself to the End, by Fran Volkmann, 2025
- The Gift of Years: Going Older Gracefully, by Joan Chittister, 2008
- How to live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science and Practical Wisdom, by Jonathan Fields, 2016
- The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul, by Connie Zweig, PhD. 2021
- The Third Chapter: Passion Risk and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50, by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, 2009.
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Happens in the End, by Atul Gawande MD, 2014.
- I Will Not Die an Unlived Life: Reclaiming Purpose and Passion by Dawna Markova, 2000.
- Legacies of the Heart: Living a Life that Matters, by Meg Newhouse, PhD, 2016.
- Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging, by Roger Landry, MD, MPH, 2014
- What Really Matters: 7 Lessons for Living from the Stories of the Dying, by Karen Wyatt, MD, 2011
Each of these authors is worth checking out their current offerings. Many have websites and are prolific and wise contributors.
And check out…
CO-GENERATE.ORG The predecessor company, ENCORE, founded by Marc Freedman, has shifted its purpose from inviting elders into purposeful second careers, to uniting both older and younger generations to solve problems that affect us all.
ASHOKA.ORG If you have an idea for changing the world, visit this site. One example of social entrepreneurship in Western Mass is Dean’s Beans.