01940cam a2200289 i 4500 361262485 TxAuBib 20190104120000.0 181011s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2018189112 9781631523793 16.95 1631523791 16.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Stewart, Susan Avery. Winter's graces [BOOK] : the surprising gifts of later life / Susan Avery Stewart, PhD. Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2018. 324 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-322). Filled with unexpected good news about growing older, Winter's Graces highlights eleven qualities that ripen with age-including audacious authenticity, creative ingenuity, necessary fierceness, self-transcending generosity, and a growing capacity to savor life and to ride its ups and downs with humor and grace. Drawing on decades of experience as a psychology professor and psychotherapist, Susan Stewart, PhD, weaves together inspiring folk stories that illustrate the graces of winter and recent research that validates them, along with a wealth of user-friendly tools and practices for amplifying these graces and bringing them to life. Written primarily for women over 50 seeking good news about growing older, Winter's Graces offers adults of all ages a compelling vision of aging that celebrates its many gifts, acknowledges its challenges, and reveals how the last season of life can be the most fulfilling of all. Provided by publisher. 20190104. Adulthood Psychological aspects. Aging Psychological aspects. Aging Social aspects.