Important Research Looks at Emotionally Satisfying Experiences and Quality Relationships. No, pondering this question is not self-obsession. This is important self-knowledge about what makes us tick, connect and thrive in social settings. As we age our networks change and perhaps shrink; people in our lives move and die and our own physical capabilities to be […]
January Virtual Training – Sold Out!
** NOTIFICATION ** We are officially sold out for our first CircleTalk™ Virtual Leader Course! Please join us for our next CircleTalk™ Virtual Leader Course coming up in May 2020. Details can be found on our website at – https://www.circletalk.org/ This course is available as a 5 module virtual learning experience. Participants will be guided […]
Join the Next Generation of CircleTalk™ Leaders!
Dear Future CircleTalk™ Leaders, As you can see in the video of Lynn, we teach CircleTalk™ leaders to bring out the personhood in older adults through our evocative conversation program. Be the person who helps older adults reconnect with their life and create new relationships at the same time! With over 7000 hours of CircleTalk™ […]
Making Friends as a Lifelong Skill
We are all human beings. A short tutorial on making friends from Gerda Here is Gerda, one of the most fearless people I know when it comes to staying involved in what I call the social fabric of a community. Gerda, living at home until recently, typifies the person that we describe today as being […]
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Mental Health while Aging – New News, Old News and Good News
What’s New News? The New News is the convergence of prolific data through research studies that says social isolation and loneliness is bad for your heart. Social isolation, especially among seniors, can be used to predict cardiovascular health outcomes. Overall, lack of social support and connectedness was found to be the strongest and most consistent […]
The Cost of the Emotional Labor on the Senior Living Space
Could more be done to support frontline workers? Those who have worked in senior living communities know it can be both challenging and rewarding. With this in mind, one survey and one study conducted within the senior industry have recently caught my eye. The Distressing Worker Shortage in the Senior Living Industry In August 2018, […]
Rebranding Aging: How Ageism is a Problem That We Can Do Something About
I am observing that ageism is all around us. As a spirited boomer, I feel grossly misunderstood and misrepresented. Why am I looked at as a social liability? Why doesn’t society attach more value to my “cohort” – one that possesses valuable knowledge, perspectives and ideas that can strengthen our communities? Some of the less […]
Being Invisible to Each Other
Being invisible to each other – We can do better. Recently, we convened a CircleTalk™ circle at a large apartment building where many of the residents had been neighbors for a long time. After our second group, I observed two of the men (Circle members) waiting for the elevator to get back to their respective […]
What makes life significant?
In 2014 Atul Gwande published his seminal book on end of life values and perspectives by the medical establishment. Let’s return to this except from the introduction and ask: Are we making headway in the fight to disrupt what is referred to as “the terror of isolation”? At CircleTalk™, we believe that connection, belonging and […]
