The Blossoming of Women: A Workbook on Growing from Older to Elder

Opportunities
to discover new purpose in our later years are abundant when we learn to meet
challenges as gateways to growth. During a life crisis in her seventies, author
Karen Roberts discovered that voices of encouragement were difficult to find
among the popular paradigms of aging as decline, withdrawal, and disengagement.

To begin
to understand our restlessness-a yearning for deeper awareness and connection
in our later years-the Blossoming book opens with a provocative discussion of
aging that examines the frameworks of gender, culture, and human development.
By reframing a life crisis in one's later years as a catalyst for insight and
transformation, we can approach old age as a time of profound personal and
interpersonal growth. Women, in particular, embark on this passage into
elderhood with unique life experiences to guide them.

The
journey begins once we identify that we have arrived at a pivotal crossroads. The
Blossoming of Women invites you to embark on later life explorations with
confidence and enjoy the process of self-discovery. Engaging questions follow
each chapter to assist you on the path to a rewarding new life stage motivated
by personal purpose.

The
Blossoming of Women
includes interviews with eight women who confronted daunting challenges, yet
their perseverance and inner faith led them to pursue incredible late-life
passions. Their stories, told with intimacy and grace, will open you to new
possibilities. You will be encouraged to follow the lessons for living beyond
loss and growing from crisis and transformation to a deeper self.