Does Your Computer Hate You? Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Aging, Thoughts of the Day06/10/14 I’ve finally accepted that my computer doesn’t hate me. Doesn’t try to make my life miserable. Doesn’t introduce new lines of code...
Aging: In Praise of Adaptation Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Aging, Thoughts of the Day06/09/14 As I age and read books on how I can recreate the body I had when I was 20 by just buying a jar of this newly developed elixer that...
The Importance of Ritual Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Grieving and Recovery, Thoughts of the Day3 Comments06/08/14 I had the wonderful experience yesterday of performing the marriage service for the daughter of my friend of 45 years. My contribution to...
Aging: Others But Not Me Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Aging, Thoughts of the Day06/04/14 I recently met a friend who I hadn’t seen for 10 years. Looking at him I thought, “My God, he’s gotten old!” Of course in my...
Aging and Self-Image Stan Goldberg August 5, 2014 Aging8 CommentsMany people pretend they bathe daily in the Fountain of Youth. While the delusion may be soothing for those who are aging, the gap between self-image...
Joyful Aging—Adapt, Don’t Fight Stan Goldberg June 24, 2014 Aging19 CommentsWhen I see commercials on how to recreate the body I had at 20-years-of-age by applying a magical cream that isn’t sold in any regulated stores and...
Aging and Identity Part III: We’re Not Dead Yet Stan Goldberg May 12, 2014 Aging24 CommentsWe may be changing, but we’re not dead yet. I think people who are younger than us—like our adult children—are often confused about how to react to our diminishing abilities.
Aging and Identity Part II-When the Ground Shakes Stan Goldberg April 15, 2014 Aging9 CommentsIn 2009 I wrote, When the Ground Shakes, an article in which I described finding my mother coming out of a forested area holding a bunch of sticks...
Aging and Identity: Part I-The Perfect Storm Stan Goldberg March 12, 2014 Aging11 CommentsIn 2010, I wrote Top 10 Insults for Old People, a tongue-in-cheek article about an insensitive young couple I watched making fun of an older man as...
Few Insights Drinking Mai Tais on the Beach Stan Goldberg January 29, 2014 Aging, Workshops and PresentationsFor more than 30 years I've been brought, kicking and screaming, to the sharp points of life. What I've learned is instead of running away, bring them closer and you'll enrich your life and ease your death
Caregiving: Why Change is Difficult Stan Goldberg May 18, 2013 Caregiving10 Comments(An Excerpt from Leaning Into Sharp Points). Change is analogous to a large boulder balanced on a precipice. It looks like it could tumble off the...
The Melody of Our Lives: A Lesson in Grieving Stan Goldberg March 31, 2013 Grieving and Recovery18 CommentsChoosing the appropriate instrument to stop grieving When I attended a workshop on the Native American flute (NAF), I didn't realize that the...
The Pope, Aging, and Me Stan Goldberg February 19, 2013 Aging12 CommentsMy Catholic friends are apprehensive about Pope Benedict’s resignation. Who will be the new Pope? Will he pull the church more to the right or...
Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work: And How to Change It Stan Goldberg January 1, 2013 Aging7 CommentsI look at my aging body and resolve to get in shape, lose weight, eat better, listen without judging, and practice my flute more often. They are the...
Why “Truth” is Always Relative: A Lesson on Understanding Stan Goldberg November 28, 2012 Aging, Grieving and Recovery, Life16 CommentsWe move in a world created by our history and often pretend the past and present aren’t connected. A partner becomes annoyed at what we do or say,...
Seeing Life Through Our Personal History: It’s a Gray World Stan Goldberg October 15, 2012 Aging, Grieving and Recovery, Life16 CommentsMost of us believe the world should be viewed as we see it. And when there is a discrepancy between the right way—ours—and the wrong way, we are,...
Understanding Aging: We’re Not Children Stan Goldberg July 18, 2012 Aging22 CommentsThe good news is we are living longer. The bad news is it’s taking us longer to die. Soygul Rinpoche, the Tibetan monk and philosopher said that “Death is no big deal. You breathe in, you breathe out, and then you don’t breathe in anymore.”
The Psychology of Pain: It’s Not What You Think Stan Goldberg May 30, 2012 Chronic illness26 CommentsWhat would you do if you learned from this moment until you died you would be in pain? Not something mild like an occasional headache, but something...
Want Enlightenment? Think Less, Do more Stan Goldberg March 30, 2012 Grieving and Recovery, Life12 CommentsWhen I gave a workshop on change at a well-known retreat center, one participant told me that this was the tenth week-long workshop he attended in...
Alzheimer’s: Awareness Isn’t Enough Stan Goldberg March 22, 2012 Alzheimer’s/dementia14 Comments“If we just could increase awareness,” some of my friends with Alzheimer’s say, “funding would rise and the illness could be eventually...
