About this episode

Connie Zweig discusses the transition to elderhood and the importance of shadow-work for finding purpose in later life.

Finding meaning and fulfillment in the second half of life requires us to make a conscious transition. We must explore “the unconscious denial and resistance that erupts around key thresholds of later life” if we are to be happy as elders. In this episode, psychotherapist and author Connie Zweig, PhD talks with Andrew about how to become an elder who is filled with purpose and vitality. She explains the concept of “shadow-work”, and how it can help you: ⚡️Repair the past and be fully present ⚡️Accept yourself as you are ⚡️Rediscover the creativity you may have lost along the way. ⚡️Move “from role to soul”. Connie Zweig, Ph.D., is a retired psychotherapist, writer, and Climate Reality Leader. Known as the Shadow Expert, she has written several books about shadow-work, as well as her newest best-seller on aging as a spiritual practice, The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul. The Inner Work of Age won both the 2021 American Book Fest Award and the 2021 Best Indie Book Award for best inspirational non-fiction. Connie has been doing contemplative practices for more than 50 years, and is a wife, stepmother and grandmother. After all these roles, she’s practicing the shift…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew G. Marshall

Guest: Connie Zweig

Topics covered

• aging
• shadow-work
• personal growth
• elderhood
• self-acceptance
• creativity

Keywords

• elderhood
• shadow-work
• personal growth
• self-acceptance
• creativity
• meaningful life
• aging

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Climate Reality

Books & works: The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul

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