Embracing Elderhood with Purpose and Passion: A Conversation with Ron Pevny
Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser
Dr. Ron Kaiser
5.0 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of REJUVENAGING with Dr. Ron Kaiser," we are joined by Ron Pevny, a pioneer in the field of active aging and the founding director of the Center for Conscious Eldering. With over 45 years of experience, Ron has dedicated his life to assisting individuals in navigating life transitions and fostering lives filled with purpose and passion. He discusses his newest book, "Conscious Living, Conscious Aging," a 10th-anniversary update of his previous work, which delves into the essence of conscious elderhood and how it can be achieved. Ron's insights provide a roadmap for finding purpose and meaning in their older adult years.
Throughout the conversation with Dr. Ron, he shares his journey into the aging field, starting from his early work with wilderness rites of passage to his current focus on conscious elderhood. He emphasizes the importance of intentionality in transitioning into elderhood, highlighting how it is a gradual process that involves inner work and a commitment to growth and service. Ron explains the significance of rites of passage in various cultures and how they can be adapted to help individuals embrace elderhood. He also addresses the challenges posed by the modern world's focus on decline and illness during older adulthood. Instead, he offers a refreshing perspective on the potential for emotional and spiritual growth even when there are physical diminishments.
Listeners will learn about the retreats and workshops offered by the Center for Conscious Eldering, which provide a structured environment for individuals to explore and claim their elderhood. Ron's definition of an elder as someone who prioritizes growth and service, which sets the stage for a fulfilling and impactful later life. He encourages midlife individuals to begin preparing for elderhood early, ensuring that they cultivate habits and attitudes that will support them in their journey. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in redefining aging and finding purpose in their later years.
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| 0:00.0 | the dynamics that are commonly understood as being the dynamics of major life transition. |
| 0:07.0 | And we wove them into a program that served a lot of people well of different ages who were in transition. |
| 0:17.0 | And fast forward a whole bunch of years and I got to be in my early 50s and I was thinking of the kinds of people that could be served with |
| 0:27.2 | right of passage programs. |
| 0:30.3 | Welcome to Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser. This is a podcast designed to help you lead your life enthusiastically, today, tomorrow, and every other day. |
| 0:44.0 | I am your host Ron Kaiser, |
| 0:45.8 | Positive Health Psychologists and coach, |
| 0:48.1 | also keynote and TEDx speaker, |
| 0:50.0 | and author of the Triple Award winning book, |
| 0:52.8 | Rejuvenaging the art and science |
| 0:55.3 | of growing older with enthusiasm. |
| 0:58.5 | As listeners the podcast know, my goal |
| 1:00.8 | is always to bring you interesting, informative guests who lead their own lives |
| 1:06.7 | with enthusiasm and have different ways of helping us to become better versions of ourselves. |
| 1:13.0 | And today's guest really fits that definition to a T. |
| 1:18.0 | Ron Peveny is someone who has worked in the active aging field for a long, long time. |
| 1:27.6 | So you can see the attraction that I have for his work and why I wanted him to be a guest. |
| 1:34.0 | He has for 45 years been dedicated to assisting people |
| 1:39.2 | in negotiating life transitions |
| 1:42.0 | as they create lives of purpose and passion. |
| 1:47.0 | He is an author and I'm happy to report |
| 1:51.2 | that his newest book, |
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