Our next meeting is Thursday, March 21st.
Please join us for our monthly meeting Thursday, March 21st, where we’ll welcome Scott Quinn. He will be speaking on “Spirituality and Older Adults: Doing, Being and Beyond.”
- Description: In this discussion, we will look at what spirituality is and how that can evolve over a lifetime. We will look at the gifts and challenges of spirituality in one’s later years and explore ways to engage individually and communally with aging adults and their spiritual paths. While each path is unique, there are some typical patterns and milestones that we will discuss as related to the aging process and how we can be supportive. We will also hold questions of identity, being vs. doing, and mortality as core questions for every phase of life, but particularly for aging adults.
- Scott Quinn is Executive Director of the Marin Interfaith Council. He was ordained a Lutheran minister and Interfaith minister, and was an educator and spiritual director at an interfaith spirituality center in Austin that was part of a Catholic healthcare system. He is Core Faculty for the Spiritual Direction Program at The Chaplaincy Institute, an interfaith seminary/community in Berkeley, and part of the supervision staff for the spiritual direction program at San Francisco Theological Seminary. Scott lives in San Rafael where he has a spiritual direction/supervision practice. www.scottquinn.net.
February’s Spotlight was Jacob Brown from Therapy for Aging and Grief, Thank You for sharing your time with our Group!
Jacob Brown from Therapy for Aging and Grief spoke on the subject of,
“The emotional impact of aging.”
Bio for Jacob Brown
- Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
- Graduate of The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California
- Primary areas of focus:
- Therapy with older adults
- Grief counseling (includes end of life and caregiver burnout)
- Facilitate grief groups at the Institute on Aging in San Francisco
- Office in Corte Madera
- I also see clients at their homes at The Redwoods in Mill Valley
Overview of Presentation
Navigating the 3 M’s of Aging: Meaning, Mourning, and Memory Loss.
The world likes to think of seniors as happy and carefree retirees. But in reality, aging is very stressful. Every aspect of an individual’s life is undergoing change. Activities that used to be easy are now a challenge. People they loved and relied on are no longer there. Many of the things that gave their life joy and meaning have been lost.
In this presentation we’ll look at the emotional impact of aging. We’ll examine some of the challenges our clients face as they navigate an ever-changing landscape of cognitive abilities, physical limitations, and a cascade of losses. We’ll discuss strategies for helping seniors successfully adjust to these difficult transitions.
Many thanks to AlmaVia of San Rafael for generously hosting our monthly meetings.
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Here are our 2018 Food Sponsors:
- January: Senior Settlers
- February: Seniors at Home
- March: Compass Realtors
- April: Mom’s New Pad
- May:
- June:
- July:
- August:
- September:
- October:
- November:
- December: Alma Via Holiday Sponsor
2018 Directory is here! Download