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From Age-ing to Sage-ing
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi • 1995
The spiritual curriculum no one teaches: how to turn your final decades from decline into meaning.
3.99
368
From Age-ing to Sage-ing Summary
From Age-ing to Sage-ing 96%
The spiritual curriculum no one teaches: how to turn your final decades from decline into meaning.
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi 1995
3.99
368 ratings
Living Your Unlived Life
by Robert A. Johnson • 2007
The self you abandoned returns at midlife. The crisis is your invitation, not your collapse.
3.89
534
Living Your Unlived Life Summary
Living Your Unlived Life 95%
The self you abandoned returns at midlife. The crisis is your invitation, not your collapse.
by Robert A. Johnson 2007
3.89
534 ratings
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
by James Hollis • 2005
Midlife dissatisfaction is not failure. It is the psyche's demand that you finally become yourself.
4.17
3k+
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life Summary
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life 95%
Midlife dissatisfaction is not failure. It is the psyche's demand that you finally become yourself.
by James Hollis 2005
4.17
3k+ ratings
Living an Examined Life
by James Hollis • 2018
What if adulthood only begins when you permit yourself to become who you actually are?
4.29
1k+
Living an Examined Life Summary
Living an Examined Life 95%
What if adulthood only begins when you permit yourself to become who you actually are?
by James Hollis 2018
4.29
1k+ ratings
The Grace in Aging
by Kathleen Dowling Singh • 2014
The later decades are a retreat. How to use the losses and the stillness.
4.08
303
The Grace in Aging Summary
The Grace in Aging 95%
The later decades are a retreat. How to use the losses and the stillness.
by Kathleen Dowling Singh 2014
4.08
303 ratings
The Middle Passage
by James Hollis • 1993
Your midlife crisis is not a breakdown. It is the psyche evicting the false self.
4.45
2k+
The Middle Passage Summary
The Middle Passage 95%
Your midlife crisis is not a breakdown. It is the psyche evicting the false self.
by James Hollis 1993
4.45
2k+ ratings
A Life of Meaning
by James Hollis • 2023
Midlife isn't a crisis. It's the moment your unconscious patterns demand a reckoning.
4.54
579
A Life of Meaning Summary
A Life of Meaning 94%
Midlife isn't a crisis. It's the moment your unconscious patterns demand a reckoning.
by James Hollis 2023
4.54
579 ratings
Still Here
by Ram Dass • 2000
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
4.21
2k+
Still Here Summary
Still Here 94%
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
by Ram Dass 2000
4.21
2k+ ratings
I've Decided to Live 120 Years
by Ilchi Lee • 2017
Post-retirement life spans decades. A body-mind-spirit plan to fill them with growth, not decline.
4.12
339
I've Decided to Live 120 Years Summary
I've Decided to Live 120 Years 94%
Post-retirement life spans decades. A body-mind-spirit plan to fill them with growth, not decline.
by Ilchi Lee 2017
4.12
339 ratings
Necessary Losses
by Judith Viorst • 1986
From your mother's arms to your own mortality, every step of growth requires a loss.
4.07
4k+
Necessary Losses Summary
Necessary Losses 94%
From your mother's arms to your own mortality, every step of growth requires a loss.
by Judith Viorst 1986
4.07
4k+ ratings
30 Lessons for Living
by Karl Pillemer • 2011
What 1,000 older Americans wish they'd known at your age. None of them said money.
4.11
3k+
30 Lessons for Living Summary
30 Lessons for Living 94%
What 1,000 older Americans wish they'd known at your age. None of them said money.
by Karl Pillemer 2011
4.11
3k+ ratings
Learning to Love Midlife
by Chip Conley • 2024
The dozen shifts that trade a midlife crisis for your most purposeful, emotionally rich years.
3.68
1k+
Learning to Love Midlife Summary
Learning to Love Midlife 93%
The dozen shifts that trade a midlife crisis for your most purposeful, emotionally rich years.
by Chip Conley 2024
3.68
1k+ ratings
AGELESS BODY, TIMELESS MIND (CLAS
by Deepak Chopra • 1993
How to unlearn biological age: the argument that your cells respond to thought, not just time.
4.05
11k+
AGELESS BODY, TIMELESS MIND (CLAS Summary
AGELESS BODY, TIMELESS MIND (CLAS 93%
How to unlearn biological age: the argument that your cells respond to thought, not just time.
by Deepak Chopra 1993
4.05
11k+ ratings
The Well-Lived Life
by Gladys McGarey • 2023
What a 102-year-old doctor knows: six secrets for staying vital, healthy, and happy for life.
4.26
4k+
The Well-Lived Life Summary
The Well-Lived Life 93%
What a 102-year-old doctor knows: six secrets for staying vital, healthy, and happy for life.
by Gladys McGarey 2023
4.26
4k+ ratings
The Wild Edge of Sorrow
by Francis Weller • 2015
Grief avoided deadens us; met with ritual, it opens a door to aliveness.
4.36
4k+
The Wild Edge of Sorrow Summary
The Wild Edge of Sorrow 93%
Grief avoided deadens us; met with ritual, it opens a door to aliveness.
by Francis Weller 2015
4.36
4k+ ratings
The Gift of Years
by Joan D. Chittister • 2008
Getting older is not decline; it is the stage where life's deepest gifts finally arrive.
4.22
2k+
The Gift of Years Summary
The Gift of Years 93%
Getting older is not decline; it is the stage where life's deepest gifts finally arrive.
by Joan D. Chittister 2008
4.22
2k+ ratings
How to Age
by Anne Karpf • 2014
You were born aging. The fear is cultural, not biological, and it can be unlearned.
3.66
477
How to Age Summary
How to Age 93%
You were born aging. The fear is cultural, not biological, and it can be unlearned.
by Anne Karpf 2014
3.66
477 ratings
What Matters Most
by James Hollis • 2008
The life you want lies beyond fear, ambiguity, and a real reckoning with death.
4.30
852
What Matters Most Summary
What Matters Most 93%
The life you want lies beyond fear, ambiguity, and a real reckoning with death.
by James Hollis 2008
4.30
852 ratings
Soulcraft
by Bill Plotkin • 2003
Your soul isn't found above. It waits in the dark descent most paths avoid.
4.26
2k+
Soulcraft Summary
Soulcraft 93%
Your soul isn't found above. It waits in the dark descent most paths avoid.
by Bill Plotkin 2003
4.26
2k+ ratings
Quarterlife
by Satya Doyle Byock • 2022
Between 16 and 36, a developmental crisis hits: meaning and security pull in opposite directions.
3.96
4k+
Quarterlife Summary
Quarterlife 93%
Between 16 and 36, a developmental crisis hits: meaning and security pull in opposite directions.
by Satya Doyle Byock 2022
3.96
4k+ ratings
New Passages
by Gail Sheehy • 1996
Thirty extra years of life have no map. Here is the terrain from 50 to 85.
3.71
356
New Passages Summary
New Passages 93%
Thirty extra years of life have no map. Here is the terrain from 50 to 85.
by Gail Sheehy 1996
3.71
356 ratings
Midlife
by Kieran Setiya • 2017
A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.
3.56
3k+
Midlife Summary
Midlife 93%
A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.
by Kieran Setiya 2017
3.56
3k+ ratings
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him
by Sheldon B. Kopp • 1972
Self-discovery is not finding a guru; it is outgrowing every guide you hoped would save you.
3.99
3k+
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him Summary
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him 93%
Self-discovery is not finding a guru; it is outgrowing every guide you hoped would save you.
by Sheldon B. Kopp 1972
3.99
3k+ ratings
Staring at the Sun
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2008
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
4.23
16k+
Staring at the Sun Summary
Staring at the Sun 93%
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2008
4.23
16k+ ratings
Belonging
by Toko-pa Turner • 2017
Unbelonging is an initiation, not an error. The path home goes through your exiled self.
4.36
2k+
Belonging Summary
Belonging 93%
Unbelonging is an initiation, not an error. The path home goes through your exiled self.
by Toko-pa Turner 2017
4.36
2k+ ratings
The Soul's Code
by James Hillman • 1996
Before upbringing, a unique destiny was placed in you. It still demands to be lived.
3.88
6k+
The Soul's Code Summary
The Soul's Code 93%
Before upbringing, a unique destiny was placed in you. It still demands to be lived.
by James Hillman 1996
3.88
6k+ ratings
From Strength to Strength
by Arthur C. Brooks • 2022
Your brain's peak mental speed fades early. The slower, wiser mind that follows is your edge.
3.94
17k+
From Strength to Strength Summary
From Strength to Strength 93%
Your brain's peak mental speed fades early. The slower, wiser mind that follows is your edge.
by Arthur C. Brooks 2022
3.94
17k+ ratings
Fulfilled
by Anna Yusim • 2017
Therapy fixed your symptoms but left you empty. The spiritual work that fills the gap.
4.15
197
Fulfilled Summary
Fulfilled 93%
Therapy fixed your symptoms but left you empty. The spiritual work that fills the gap.
by Anna Yusim 2017
4.15
197 ratings
Dark Nights of the Soul
by Thomas Moore • 2004
Before you medicate the emptiness, consider: your soul might be trying to remake you.
4.02
3k+
Dark Nights of the Soul Summary
Dark Nights of the Soul 93%
Before you medicate the emptiness, consider: your soul might be trying to remake you.
by Thomas Moore 2004
4.02
3k+ ratings
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
by Jon Frederickson • 2017
The armor you built to survive became the cage you live in now.
3.94
1k+
The Lies We Tell Ourselves Summary
The Lies We Tell Ourselves 93%
The armor you built to survive became the cage you live in now.
by Jon Frederickson 2017
3.94
1k+ ratings
Driving with Plato
by Robert Rowland Smith • 2011
What does learning to walk teach about freedom? A philosophical tour through life's milestones.
3.24
278
Driving with Plato Summary
Driving with Plato 93%
What does learning to walk teach about freedom? A philosophical tour through life's milestones.
by Robert Rowland Smith 2011
3.24
278 ratings
It's Not About You
by Tom Rath • 2019
Your life has a deadline. Everything that outlasts it was built for someone else.
4.02
9k+
It's Not About You Summary
It's Not About You 93%
Your life has a deadline. Everything that outlasts it was built for someone else.
by Tom Rath 2019
4.02
9k+ ratings
Hour of the Heart
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2024
A legendary therapist's final casebook: single sessions on Zoom, and the relationship is the cure.
4.46
2k+
Hour of the Heart Summary
Hour of the Heart 93%
A legendary therapist's final casebook: single sessions on Zoom, and the relationship is the cure.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2024
4.46
2k+ ratings
Aging Well
by George E. Vaillant MD • 2002
Harvard tracked lives for sixty years. Friends, purpose, and resilience beat cholesterol every time.
3.93
615
Aging Well Summary
Aging Well 93%
Harvard tracked lives for sixty years. Friends, purpose, and resilience beat cholesterol every time.
by George E. Vaillant MD 2002
3.93
615 ratings
Becoming Myself
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2017
At eighty-five, the master of existential therapy makes himself the last patient on his couch.
4.19
9k+
Becoming Myself Summary
Becoming Myself 93%
At eighty-five, the master of existential therapy makes himself the last patient on his couch.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2017
4.19
9k+ ratings
The Road Less Traveled And Beyond
by M. Scott Peck • 1997
When easy answers break, a psychiatrist maps the path through complexity, suffering, and paradox.
4.12
4k+
The Road Less Traveled And Beyond Summary
The Road Less Traveled And Beyond 93%
When easy answers break, a psychiatrist maps the path through complexity, suffering, and paradox.
by M. Scott Peck 1997
4.12
4k+ ratings
Transforming Fate Into Destiny
by Robert Ohotto • 2008
Your hardest circumstances are your soul's curriculum. The method for turning fate into purpose.
4.22
115
Transforming Fate Into Destiny Summary
Transforming Fate Into Destiny 93%
Your hardest circumstances are your soul's curriculum. The method for turning fate into purpose.
by Robert Ohotto 2008
4.22
115 ratings
Psychology of the Future
by Stanislav Grof • 2000
Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.
4.27
302
Psychology of the Future Summary
Psychology of the Future 93%
Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.
by Stanislav Grof 2000
4.27
302 ratings
WAKE UP!
by Chris Baréz-Brown • 2017
Break your autopilot with energy tricks, playful habits, and perspective shifts that actually stick.
3.66
425
WAKE UP! Summary
WAKE UP! 93%
Break your autopilot with energy tricks, playful habits, and perspective shifts that actually stick.
by Chris Baréz-Brown 2017
3.66
425 ratings
Psychedelics and the Soul
by Simon Yugler • 2024
Psychedelics open the soul. Myths show the way through what you find there.
4.57
102
Psychedelics and the Soul Summary
Psychedelics and the Soul 93%
Psychedelics open the soul. Myths show the way through what you find there.
by Simon Yugler 2024
4.57
102 ratings
Awakening the Heroes Within
by Carol S. Pearson • 1991
A dozen archetypes govern your life; a map for turning each lesson into a hero's journey.
4.21
861
Awakening the Heroes Within Summary
Awakening the Heroes Within 93%
A dozen archetypes govern your life; a map for turning each lesson into a hero's journey.
by Carol S. Pearson 1991
4.21
861 ratings
The Power of Coincidence
by David Richo • 2007
Your psyche speaks through coincidence. Learn to read the signs it sends to steer your life.
3.89
275
The Power of Coincidence Summary
The Power of Coincidence 93%
Your psyche speaks through coincidence. Learn to read the signs it sends to steer your life.
by David Richo 2007
3.89
275 ratings
Shadow Dance
by David Richo • 1999
Shadow work: how facing what you deny about yourself unlocks authentic power, creativity, and love.
4.22
367
Shadow Dance Summary
Shadow Dance 93%
Shadow work: how facing what you deny about yourself unlocks authentic power, creativity, and love.
by David Richo 1999
4.22
367 ratings
Bone
by Marion Woodman • 2000
When cancer strikes a Jungian analyst, she brings her dreams and goddesses into the treatment room.
4.15
182
Bone Summary
Bone 93%
When cancer strikes a Jungian analyst, she brings her dreams and goddesses into the treatment room.
by Marion Woodman 2000
4.15
182 ratings
Jung's Map of the Soul
by Murray B. Stein • 1998
Beneath your persona lies a shadow, an inner opposite, and a Self orchestrating your becoming.
4.25
3k+
Jung's Map of the Soul Summary
Jung's Map of the Soul 93%
Beneath your persona lies a shadow, an inner opposite, and a Self orchestrating your becoming.
by Murray B. Stein 1998
4.25
3k+ ratings
The Path of Transformation
by Shakti Gawain • 2000
The world is a mirror of your inner life. Change yourself, change the reflection.
4.14
167
The Path of Transformation Summary
The Path of Transformation 93%
The world is a mirror of your inner life. Change yourself, change the reflection.
by Shakti Gawain 2000
4.14
167 ratings
Lighter
by Yung Pueblo • 2022
You have carried the past long enough. The inner work that finally makes you lighter.
4.05
9k+
Lighter Summary
Lighter 92%
You have carried the past long enough. The inner work that finally makes you lighter.
by Yung Pueblo 2022
4.05
9k+ ratings
Good Chemistry
by Julie Holland • 2020
Your brain is built for belonging. Isolation rewires it. Mapping the neurochemistry of connection.
4.14
633
Good Chemistry Summary
Good Chemistry 92%
Your brain is built for belonging. Isolation rewires it. Mapping the neurochemistry of connection.
by Julie Holland 2020
4.14
633 ratings
AARP Falling Upward
by Richard Rohr • 2004
Life builds you up so it can break you open. The breaking is the point.
4.22
19k+
AARP Falling Upward Summary
AARP Falling Upward 92%
Life builds you up so it can break you open. The breaking is the point.
by Richard Rohr 2004
4.22
19k+ ratings
The Path of Synchronicity
by Allan G.G. Hunter • 2011
Meaningful coincidences are signposts, not noise. How to read them and follow where they point.
5.00
2
The Path of Synchronicity Summary
The Path of Synchronicity 92%
Meaningful coincidences are signposts, not noise. How to read them and follow where they point.
by Allan G.G. Hunter 2011
5.00
2 ratings
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