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Seekers of Meaning 6/9/2023: Berit Lewis, author of “Ageing Upwards: A mindfulness-based framework for the longevity revolution”

June 9, 2023 Webmaster 0

Berit Lewis discusses her book, “Ageing Upwards: A mindfulness-based framework for the longevity revolution,” Lewis is owner of Thriving Life, a leading mindfulness provider based in the Netherlands. Her firm offers customized mindfulness based training programs with the intention to enhance individuals and organizations ability to thrive and perform. [Read more…]

United States Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

The Supreme Court Decision and A Call to Mindfulness and Action

July 3, 2022 Lee Richmond 1

Acting in a decisive manner while practicing active meditation to ensure wise choices are both necessary and essential as we pursue justice, writes contributor Lee Richmond. [Read more…]

Rabbi Jill Berkson Zimmerman, leader of “Path with Heart” and “Hineni,” An Online Spiritual Mindfulness Community

June 11, 2021 Webmaster 0

Rabbi Jill Berkson Zimmerman creates welcoming, inclusive spiritual experiences that open hearts and build community. In 2011, she founded Path With Heart (formerly the Jewish Mindfulness Network) as well as an online subscription-based community, Hineni: The Mindful Heart Community. [Read more…]

Contemplative Practice

August 26, 2019 Rabbi Richard Hirsh 0

Rabbi Richard Hirsh discusses mindfulness-based stress reduction as an entry point into retirement. [Read more…]

"Serenity Now Moment at Lake Tahoe," Photo by Keegan Houser on Unsplash

Mindfulness and Caregiving

March 29, 2019 Alyssa Smith 0

A guest blog post by Alyssa Smith, MSW, LSW, a meditation instructor, leadership coach, and IJS-trained Wise Aging facilitator. [Read more…]

The Blessings of Aging, a New Yorker Magazine Video

December 8, 2018 Webmaster 1

The Blessings of Aging is a video appearing on the New Yorker magazine’s video website.

BGR 7/26/16: Stress Reduction, Mindfulness, and Spirituality in Medicine and Health

July 26, 2016 Webmaster 0

On the July 26, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio program, the guests are Dr. Diane Reibel, who directs the Stress Reduction Program at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Jefferson Health; and Dr. Don [Read more…]

Boomer Generation Radio 7/12/16: Music, Memory, and Seniors, and Mindfulness Meditation

July 13, 2016 Webmaster 0

On the July 12, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio program, Rabbi Address speaks with Sarah Matas, Resident Services Administrator at Barclay Friends, a Kendal Corporation senior living facility in Chadds Ford, PA, and Dan Cohen, founder [Read more…]

Writer Stefanie Levine Cohen, left, and Harvard psychologist Dr. Ellen Langer are this week's BGR guests.

BGR 2/3/2015: Writer Stefanie Cohen on mid life career changes and Dr Ellen Langer, social -psychologist from Harvard on Mindfulness

February 5, 2015 Webmaster 0

In the February 3, 2015 episode of Boomer Generation Radio, Rabbi Address hosts a conversation on mid-life career changes with Cherry Hill writer Stefanie Levine Cohen in the first half of the program. In the [Read more…]

Guest contributor Agnes Herman discusses ‘Mindfulness’

February 10, 2014 Agnes Herman 0

Editor’s Note: Agnes Herman is a nationally known writer and contributor to many publications. This is her first contribution to JewishSacredAging.com. Mindfulness was originally conceived as a way to ease suffering and cultivate compassion. The [Read more…]