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Spirituality and Aging – Session 1 – Aging in the Big Wide World

Spirituality and Aging – Session 1 – Aging in the Big Wide World

by Peggy Flynn | Oct 31, 2023 | All, Dying and Dealth

On completion of this session the participant will: Have an increased awareness of the shift in demographics across the globe as various countries experience an increasing life span; Become aware of the challenges presented by an aging population: economics, housing,...
Spirituality and Aging  – #1: Course Overview (Proposal)

Spirituality and Aging – #1: Course Overview (Proposal)

by Peggy Flynn | Aug 30, 2023 | Aging, All, Spiritual Direction

On completion of this course, the participant will be able to: Identify the major factors that affect the person in the evening of life both as an individual and as a member of a larger world; Employ an expanded vocabulary enabling one to think beyond stereotypes;...
Spirituality and Aging  – Introduction: A Course I Would Like to Take

Spirituality and Aging – Introduction: A Course I Would Like to Take

by Peggy Flynn | Aug 30, 2023 | Aging, All, Spiritual Direction

Several times this past year when I mentioned Spirituality and Aging the discussion shifted to hospice care. At first, I was startled and confused. Had I missed some part of the conversation? A senior moment? Some kind of fugue state? But then I realized that many...
What Comes After – As Imagined by Peg Flynn #1

What Comes After – As Imagined by Peg Flynn #1

by Peggy Flynn | May 31, 2023 | Aging, All, Dying and Dealth

One of the most common topics of conversation around dying and death is what comes after. We can imagine that this kind of speculation goes back millennia, wherever humans gathered around someone who, in one moment, was there and, in the next moment, was gone. Gone...
What Exactly Happens in the Chrysalis

What Exactly Happens in the Chrysalis

by Peggy Flynn | May 31, 2023 | All, Dying and Dealth, Spiritual Direction

The metaphor of the butterfly is often used to illustrate the stages in the process of transformation: caterpillar→cocoon→butterfly. The caterpillar gets the signal somehow, someway, to begin to spin fiber around itself; creating a cocoon/chrysalis within which it...
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