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Tag Archives: life review
Life Review: My Hardest Work Experience
I recently talked with a young adult friend about difficulties she’s having at work, and ended up telling her about the most difficult experience I had in five decades in the workplace. I’ve decided to write out the story as … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged Christianity, faith, life review, life story, love, reminiscence, virtue
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Time’s Eunuch
What does it mean to be “time’s eunuch”? That phrase is found in a sonnet written by Gerard Manley Hopkins in March, 1889, just a few months before he died. The sonnet, which can be found here, was proceeded by … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche
Tagged aging, faith, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Jeremiah 12:1, life review, poetry, self-evaluation
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The Holy Fool
I recently read Harold Fickett’s 1983 novel The Holy Fool. Haven’t heard of it? Neither had I. It addresses some interesting issues concerning midlife, though, and that captured my interest. Fickett tells the story of Ted Marsh, a Baptist pastor … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche, Spirit
Tagged aging, Christianity, faith, Harold Fickett, life review, midlife, ministry, novel, purpose
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Becoming A Practicing Psychologist: How I Now View It
This post is a follow-up to one I wrote earlier about a transition during my early 30s—leaving my budding career as a college professor to work as a clinical psychologist in the Michigan prison system. I thought of this as a midlife transition. … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche, Spirit
Tagged adulthood, aging, faith, identity, life review, life story, midlife, psychotherapy
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My Life Story: Becoming a Practicing Psychologist
In a previous post about changes in midlife, I described several significant changes that I underwent. The first of these was that, at age 32, I decided that I wasn’t satisfied teaching what I hadn’t practiced, and sought part-time (later full-time) clinical … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, baby boomers, Calvin College, faith, life review, life story, midlife, psychology, Spring Arbor University, work
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My Midlife Crisis? Which One?
I wrote earlier about the First, Second, and Third Spiritual Journeys of life. The Second Journey—having to do with some sort of reorientation during middle adulthood—encompasses the “mid-life crisis” of common parlance. This post will describe the concept of the mid-life … Continue reading
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Tagged adulthood, aging, Daniel Levinson, life review, life story, midlife, midlife crisis
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A Five-Sentence Life Story
I wrote recently about the benefits of life review. Since I left full-time work in the summer of 2012, I have been thinking more about my past, that that seems to be leading to a time of life review for me. … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, elderly, faith, life review, life story, older adults, reminiscence, Richard Morgan
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Depression in Older Adults: Causes
Last week, I posted about the characteristics of depression in the elderly. I’m now following up with a discussion of the causes of depression in this age group. What causes depression in the elderly is quite similar to what causes depression at other … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, aging, depression, elderly, life review, older adults, schemas
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