Spiritual Aging Events, Offerings and Media Coverage
2025: HIGHLIGHTS OF A YEAR OF REFLECTION
RECENT ARTICLES
Next Avenue. Jann Freed interview with Carol Orsborn. “Aging Spiritually from the Grassroots Up.”
Inner Self Magazine. Article by Carol Orsborn: “Growing Older with Purpose” https://innerself.com/personal/attitudes-transformed/31437-growing-older-with-purpose.html#google_vignette
Daily Posts inspired by Carol Orsborn’s Work posted by spiritual teacher and author Cynthia Lee Breadner
Daily on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/cynthia.breadner/
Multiple times a week on Substack
https://substack.com/home/post/p-158516735
CURRENT PODCASTS
SPIRIT MATTERS—CAROL ORSBORN IN DISCUSSION WITH PHIL GOLDBERG
https://mindbodyspirit.fm/shows/spirit-matters-with-philip-goldberg/
And a direct link for easy sharing: https://megaphone.link/MBSLLC7598911467
AMERICAN THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY—STREAMING MAY 8
This program will be streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and our website on Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m. CT.
Richard Smoley interviews Carol Orsborn “Spiritual Aging: A Conversation on Embracing Life” https://www.theosophical.org/program/lectures/spiritual-aging-a-conversation-on-embracing-life?highlight=WyJjYXJvbCIsIm9yc2Jvcm4iXQ==
NEW DIMENSIONS RADIO—CAROL ORSBORN INTERVIEWED BY JUSTINE TOMS—”Embracing Life’s Changes as We Age”
11:11 Radio
“A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species.”-Carl Jung
"Spiritual aging argues that the primary task of development in the second half of life is to achieve some degree of detachment from all the busyness, frenzy, and overactivity that defines success in earlier life stages to make space for new life to emerge. We regret less and appreciate more. And there are moments when we dissolve completely into a state of joy for no reason, feeling in the very marrow of our bones that all is well in the world." -Carol Orsborn, Ph.D.
Dr.Carol Orsborn is the author of 36 books about life stage and spiritual development and the guiding force behind the Spiritual Aging Study and Support Group movement, small in-person and online gatherings of old souls meeting around the world. She is an internationally-recognized thought leader on the fulfillment of the human potential through all life stages. carolorsborn.com
Listen to podcast HERE
EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
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
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
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