Workshop:
Exploring the Opportunities and Possibilities of Getting Older
This is an introductory workshop for many of the other workshops I offer.
I realized as I began to run workshops for older people that there is a lot we wish to avoid and ignore about ageing, and things we worry about at night. But whether we like it or not we are ageing, so we might as well explore our options and the possibilities of what be some of the best years of our lives.
Because I remember asking an Aunt when she was happiest (I was in my early forties and expected her to say her twenties,) and she gob smacked me by replying “Sixty- five – eighty-five. I had enough money and my health and I didn’t have to work. I had a wonderful time!”
If we aren’t 85 yet, or even if we are, we could have the best time of our lives – it’s a possibility.
So, in this workshop we use a mix of questions, handouts, reflection, stories and conversation to uncover some of the possibilities that are ahead, and also some of the opportunities. From this we can decide to live into our later years with more intention.
Time: 3 hours
Cost: US$95