Do you believe that, despite having been alive many years, you still have important things to do, more to learn? Maybe you even feel that your best years are still ahead. You’re not done yet.

Various schools of thought, including western psychology and eastern spirituality, view human life as being divided into phases (infancy, early childhood, adolescence, etc.) that are defined by different primary tasks and developmental focus. In modern times with longer life spans, people might spend as much as several decades in the phase of known as older adulthood.

In this class, we will look at older adulthood as a distinct phase of life with its own meaning and purpose. Questions we will address in this class series include: What is the purpose of your later years? What are the primary developmental tasks of this phase of life? How can you become your full, unique self?

We’ll explore…