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CONSCIOUS AGEING BE INFORMED
CONSCIOUS AGEING
‘There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents,
the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love.”
Conscious Ageing is a process and out-dated. Conscious Ageing -Sophia Loren
that enables us, among other speaks to the rising sense “This could be the most exciting and
things to see how our beliefs of untapped potential in our satisfying time of your life”
That’s the message of Conscious
and assumptions about growing generation, assisting people to Ageing!
older either hinder our growth find positive, proactive solutions
and happiness or contribute to to the challenges of ageing as ◊ Access your own inner wisdom
our ability to thrive as we age. well as new ways of embracing ◊ Recognise your potential
It is part of the Positive Ageing opportunities for continual growth. ◊ Connect with others and
movement that has been growing
share insights, opportunities
for over a decade as the largest Being involved in the community and solutions to some of the
generation ever to age at one time that is Active Retirement Ireland
reaches retirement age. brings a widening of horizons, challenges of ageing.
Not only are we living longer, new friendships and a new lease “It’s very simple. As you grow, you learn
many of us can expect to remain of life in our older years. We can more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d
physically and mentally vital well build on these positive qualities always be as ignorant as you were at
into old age. As a result, some of by engaging in conscious ageing twenty-two. Ageing is not just de-
our culturally held assumptions and finding more meaningful ways cay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more
and beliefs about “older people” to leave our mark on the future. than the negative that you’re going to
We can build upon the foundation die, it’s also the positive that you un-
derstand you’re going to die, and that
and the lifestyle choices available of enduring values and create new you live a better life because of it.”
to us as we age are inadequate ways to share them going forward. -Mitch Albom ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’
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CONSCIOUS AGEING
‘There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents,
the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love.”
Conscious Ageing is a process and out-dated. Conscious Ageing -Sophia Loren
that enables us, among other speaks to the rising sense “This could be the most exciting and
things to see how our beliefs of untapped potential in our satisfying time of your life”
That’s the message of Conscious
and assumptions about growing generation, assisting people to Ageing!
older either hinder our growth find positive, proactive solutions
and happiness or contribute to to the challenges of ageing as ◊ Access your own inner wisdom
our ability to thrive as we age. well as new ways of embracing ◊ Recognise your potential
It is part of the Positive Ageing opportunities for continual growth. ◊ Connect with others and
movement that has been growing
share insights, opportunities
for over a decade as the largest Being involved in the community and solutions to some of the
generation ever to age at one time that is Active Retirement Ireland
reaches retirement age. brings a widening of horizons, challenges of ageing.
Not only are we living longer, new friendships and a new lease “It’s very simple. As you grow, you learn
many of us can expect to remain of life in our older years. We can more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d
physically and mentally vital well build on these positive qualities always be as ignorant as you were at
into old age. As a result, some of by engaging in conscious ageing twenty-two. Ageing is not just de-
our culturally held assumptions and finding more meaningful ways cay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more
and beliefs about “older people” to leave our mark on the future. than the negative that you’re going to
We can build upon the foundation die, it’s also the positive that you un-
derstand you’re going to die, and that
and the lifestyle choices available of enduring values and create new you live a better life because of it.”
to us as we age are inadequate ways to share them going forward. -Mitch Albom ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’
186 Active Retirement Ireland www.activeirl.ie
