Writing, Aging and Spirit: Writing Down Our Years: Ellen B. Ryan Ph. D., McMaster University

Welcome to Writing Down Our Years!

My goal for later life is to Age with Spirit. Through daily or weekly writing we learn to attend to the present moment, reflect on our past, and make wiser choices for the future.

My monthly Blog Aging with Spirit will profile older adults who write as part of their vital aging, stories and poems by older adults (from Writing Down Our Years book series and elsewhere), the benefits of writing for self and others, and strategies for facilitating writing.

I invite you to learn more about writing in later life through the Writing Down Our Years book series, Resources, and Blog Archives on this website.

Ellen Ryan, McMaster University

WRITE TO OPEN YOUR HEART

January 13, 2012 Aging Brain, Creative Arts, Film, spirit

Profile: Sr. Joan Chittister, writer, speaker, social activist, community builder; author of Gift of Years: Growing Old Gracefully; Tips for Writing; Creativity and Aging; Book Review: Strauch’s The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind.

WRITE TO CLAIM YOURSELF

December 4, 2011 Film, Life Story Game, Memoir, Poet

PROFILE: Dr. Maya Angelou, 83, writer of memoir, poetry, music, film; REVIEW: LifeTimes-The Game of Reminiscence; Books, Websites and Quotations on Memoir.

WRITE TO HEAL

November 1, 2011 Canadian writer, Family Caregiving, Humour, Medicine

PROFILE: Sterling Haynes, MD, writer of nonfiction, humour, and poetry. Family Caregiving – analyzing 3 recent books by daughters caring for mothers with Alzheimer’s disease. Book Review: Robert Atchley’s Spirituality of Aging.

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WRITE TO OPEN YOUR HEART

WRITE TO CLAIM YOURSELF

WRITE TO HEAL

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