Greetings Old Soul, and Welcome to Carol Orsborn’s Spiritual Aging
“How you age is not a problem to be solved but a spiritual choice.”
Spiritual Aging is situated at the intersection of spirituality, psychology and conscious aging, supported by my 36 books, 30 years leading retreats for leading global organizations like Sage-ing International and a doctorate in religion specializing in adult and spiritual development and masters of theological studies from Vanderbilt University.
Join us and as an early subscriber, you will receive Old Soul Study Guide Posts, new and classic blogs as well as access to the support group chat for free through the end of the year and monthly posts thereafter. If you choose to upgrade, a pledge entitles you to membership in the Spiritual Aging Study and Support group. Beginning December, we will assemble at Substack weekly to kick-off 2025 as a year of reflection working through my new book together: Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life (Inner Traditions, Dec. 2024.) Pledge now and you won’t pay until January while locking in the pre-publication membership rate forever.
Adapting a combination book club and support group model to Substack, we are currently working our way through my most popular book Older, Wiser, Fiercer. (Purchase of the book recommended but not necessary.) The first post of the monthly Old Soul Study Guide is The Paradox of Age. Subsequent posts will be emailed to you directly or can be found in the Spiritual Aging archives. Each post stands on its own so you can choose whether to start with this month’s post or go back to the beginning.
I have been waiting for a forum like Substack to finally make interactive online study and support easy after years blogging at Next Avenue, Huffington Post and my own website CarolOrsborn.com offering 15 years of research, resources and writing about spiritual aging including a free self-guided retreat and the Fierce with Age Archives. (You can learn everything you need to know about me there.)
In addition to online participation at spiritualaging@substack.com. it is my hope that you will want to invite your friends to join you to meet in-person using my posts as a study guide. You can also join in on-going groups for live study and support at organizations like Spirit of Sophia and Sage-ing International by going to the Events tab at my website.
May we grow not only old but whole—and may we do so in the company of the like-minded woman and men of our generation who are coming into age together.
Carol Orsborn, Ph.D.
