Tag Archives: Paul Tournier

Doing and Being in Elderhood

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Bob Ritzema

In his book What are Old People For?, Dr. Bill Thomas says: “Simple observation has led me to see life as a dynamic and unfolding interplay between the states of doing and being.” According to Thomas, doing occurs “when we … Continue reading →

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Retirement: “Do we have to do what we want to again today?”

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Bob Ritzema

I’ve recently been reading Learn to Grow Old, published in 1971 by Swiss physician Paul Tournier. Dr. Tournier practiced what he called the medicine of the person, an integrative approach to care of body, mind, and spirit that now would … Continue reading →

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