SPIRITUAL AGING EVENTS AND OFFERINGS
2025: A YEAR OF REFLECTION
CURRENT AND UPCOMING
SPIRITUAL AGING STUDY AND SUPPORT GROUPS FORMING WORLD-WIDE
Like-minded and life stage-related old souls from around the world have access to the Spiritual Aging Study Guide that is published here on Substack exclusively on a week-by-week basis through 2025. Members are invited to post comments, ask questions and raise related issues stimulated by each week’s guide, synchronized to that week’s reading in Carol Orsborn’s new book Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life.
At the same time, old souls from around the world are spontaneously forming Spiritual Aging Study and Support including both affinity and facilitator-led groups gathering in-person, on Zoom and online throughout 2025 to discuss the reflections in the book using the study guide. To join the online home-base Spiritual Aging and Support Group on Substack, join as a paid member.
ONLINE ZOOM GROUP
SAGE-ING INTERNATIONAL’S MONTHLY STUDY GROUP ON ZOOM WITH CAROL ORSBORN (11 am-12:30 pm EST the first Tuesday of every month through December 2, 2025.) Author Carol Orsborn and Certified Sage-ing Leaders guide participants through Sage-ing International’s year-long immersive “A Year of Reflection” synchronized with the readings from her new book Spiritual Aging.
To register for individual sessions, click HERE
March 4: Taking the Leap from Anxiety to Enthusiasm
Adopting the stance that aging is not a problem to be solved but a spiritual choice.
April 1: Why is it So Hard to Love Unconditionally?
Reflecting on the many challenges giving and finding unconditional love in the real world.
May 6: Regret: “The Ghost of Aging”
If/when and how to engage in the divine wrestle with your past.
June 3: Joy in the Margins
Shifting from fear of invisibility and loneliness to the heartfelt embrace of self-chosen individuation and solitude
July 1: Why Aren’t I Enlightened Yet?
After all these years of spiritual practice, how to finally get what you came here for.
August 5: Has Any of it Mattered?
Reviewing your life’s meaning through the lens of God’s call versus indulging your ego, one of the many pitfalls of spiritual aging.
September 2: Grieving our Losses
Faith’s summons: Coming to know you’re beloved, no matter what.
October 7: Age as Culmination
There can come a time when you stop yearning to retrieve or replace the old illusions of identity and control—and that’s when life gets really good.
November 4: Warrior or Saint?
Aging presents us with one dilemma after another. When and how long do we push to overcome the obstacles—when to let go?
December 2: Cause for Celebration
Another year of spiritual aging under our belts. Regardless of our circumstances, we pause to honor what matters most: the growth of our consciousness, authenticity and freedom.
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CONRAD GREBEL COLLEGE AT UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO: EMBRACING AGING AS CULMINATION (June 6, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm EST) Carol Orsborn: Keynote Speaker at Annual Spirituality and Aging Seminar. For information and registration, click HERE
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SPIRIT OF SOPHIA
WOMEN’S CIRCLE: A GATHERING OF OLD SOULS (First Thursday of every month 12:00 pm-1:30 pm EST) Interactive monthly spiritual aging study and support circle for women hosted by Spirit of Sophia, a women’s spirituality center. The monthly group, led by author Carol Orsborn, Ph.D., will meet on Zoom through May 2025. For more information, click HERE