Jewish Wisdom for Growing Older: Finding Your Grit and Grace Beyond Midlife

Introduction
Births Out of Brokenness: Growing Whole as We Grow Older

Part I
Facing Shatterings as We Grow Older
1. Seeking Wisdom: Transcending Destructive Ageism
2. One Big Hole: Confronting the Broken Heart
3. The Ultimate Shattering: Embracing Our Mortality
4. Finding Wholeness as Our Bodies Break Down
5. Wandering in the Wilderness: Caring for Our Fragile Dear Ones
6. Making Sense of Dementia's Brokenness

Part II
Searching for the Sparks: Beginning Again (and Again)
7. Softening to Reality: Finding Sweetness amid Suffering
8. A Time to Heal: Liberation through Forgiveness
9. Declaring Interdependence
10. Making Wise Choices about Medical Care at the Edge of Life
11. New Ways of Loving: Growing Up as We and Our Parents Age
12. Traveling Lighter: Winnowing "Stuff "
13. A Sanctuary in Time: Spending Our Precious Time Mindfully

Part III
Basking in the Light: Honing and Sharing Wisdom
14. Answering the Call: Saying "Here I Am" (Hineini)
15. Drawing from the Well: Developing a Blessing Practice

Afterword
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Using This Book: A Guide for Book Groups and Wisdom Circles
Notes
For Further Learning