Ageing with Joy and Purpose

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About Course

There are many stereotypes of what being ‘old’ looks like in our current civilization and our presenters have each faced these stereotypes within their own lives. What did that look like? What have they learnt? How have the Ageless Wisdom Teachings supported each of them to live their lives in full even, in some cases, when faced with the prospect of dying?

If we are to appreciate that even though the body is changing, the inner life can be rich and purposeful at any age, we are on our way to ageing with joy, understanding, confidence, responsibility and purpose.

This course explores and discusses the various changes, cycles and practical areas we face during our elder years. Taking the opportunity to contemplate these changes and cycles, we can begin to value the qualities of wisdom and experience that we, as elders bring to others and to humanity in general. With this new awareness and acceptance comes an enrichment of our inner life. In turn, the deeper understanding brings us the potential to not only live the ageing process but to enjoy it whole-heartedly.

Delivery:

Originally presented as a live 4-part webinar series each lesson is now available to enrolled students indefinitely, to complete at your own pace.

Cost

AUD $25

Course Content

Lesson 1 – Exploring the Ageing Process

Ageing, Self-Care and Wellbeing

01:26:27

Lesson 2 – Life after Retirement

Lesson 3 – Quality of Life in Retirement

Lesson 4 – Living Life with Enrichment Until Our Last Breath

This Course is Presented by:

Bernadette Curtin

Bernadette Curtin

Bernadette has worked in secondary and tertiary education sectors as an art educator, as well as holding exhibitions of paintings in Melbourne and the Northern Rivers NSW. She is currently engaged in writing, editing and illustrating for various projects, as well as mentoring, and conducting art workshops. Bernadette lives with her husband in a shared household with others. She is passionate about redefining ageing, and enjoys sharing her experience¬ of living with vitality, purpose and joy as an elder.

Gayle Cue

Gayle Cue

Gayle is a retired business owner, former radio presenter, current administrator in a small business, who also enjoys being an editor and proofreader, blogger, and esoteric yoga practitioner. In addition, she babysits a number of children in her community. For the last few years, Gayle has been in ‘shared living’ with other independent adults. She has a passion for travelling her most recent trip being to Egypt, UK and Europe.

Ingrid Langenbruch

Ingrid Langenbruch

Ingrid was the founder and director of a healing centre in Sydney. She holds a Diploma in Cranio Sacral Therapy, Remedial Massage, nutrition and other manual therapies and a range of esoteric healing modalities. She has been living with breast cancer since 2002 which was diagnosed ‘terminal’ in 2016. During those years she facilitated a breast cancer support group. Ingrid has learned how to live well and joyfully with a chronic disease. She is currently working in the aged care and disability sector. She loves working and sharing a big house with other people of all ages.

Judy Felix

Judy Felix

After 57 years of working life, Judy retired in 2021. She has held positions in a range of different fields, from education and training, to broadcasting and management consulting. Judy’s passion has always been in connecting with people and supporting their development. Her last job was teaching communication and counselling skills to students at university. As well as counselling, she is a practitioner of Chakra-puncture and esoteric healing therapies. She has a deep appreciation for this later stage of life as it offers the space for reflecting on our purpose and what truly matters, knowing that the qualities we live by are more important than any identification we have with what we do or who we are.

Lynne Paull-McLeod

Lynne Paull-McLeod

Lynne is a practitioner in a range of esoteric healing modalities and is currently studying a Diploma in Counselling. She has broad administrative experience across corporate, not-for-profit and boutique organisations, along with managing her own small businesses. Lynne has no intention to retire from the workforce, or life, and is passionate about volunteering in the community. She has been happily married to her beautiful husband for 20+ years, sharing an ever-deepening connection with him. Bringing integrity to all her relationships is very important to Lynne, she values building solid foundations.

Ruth Anderssen

Ruth Anderssen

Ruth spent 55 years in education as a teacher, principal and a former university lecturer in the Faculty of Education. Although not entirely retired from a career in education (she is still marking university papers), she has retrained as a practitioner in massage, chakra-puncture and esoteric healing therapies. Ruth is committed to living a life full of purpose, vitality and joy and enjoys being involved in a range of community groups and activities including volunteering as a massage therapist in her local hospital. Ruth and her husband have been in a loving relationship for over 50 years.

Sandra Newland

Sandra Newland

Sandra has had many careers ranging from academic researcher to farmer plus over 30 years as a complementary health practitioner. One of Sandra’s greatest delights is to support people to nurture and care for themselves. She currently has a part-time job as a dental assistant which gives her the opportunity to engage with people from all walks of life. She also manages her macadamia farm which requires intimate observation of nature and response to the seasonal cycles as well as collaboration with other farmers. She enjoys interacting with people and is keen to keep working as long as she physically can.

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