Orchestrating Reinvention Archives - Aging, caregiving and the journey through the second half of life

New Publication: Middle Crossing

July 2, 2018

This is the cover of the first edition of a new publication I created for advisers about their client’s journey through middle age. I will be releasing it later on this month. Each edition will have a foundational article, two…

Lost the path that does not stray…

May 15, 2018

“When I had journeyed half our life’s way, I found myself within a shadowed forest , for I had lost the path that does not stray.” Dante…

Walls of time…

May 12, 2018

“All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow…

Control Assets

June 25, 2016

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust As aging boomers are quickly discovering, the end game of being old is a non-linear quest to preserve control against overwhelming odds.…

Transition Assets: The Boomers Arriving At 70

November 30, 2015

“We neither get better or worse as we get older, but more like ourselves” ……Robert Anthony Beginning in 2016, the boomers will be landing on the shore of seventy something. While turning 70 is still officially classified as “young-old,” there…

Do Not Go Gracefully…

October 30, 2015

Aging is complex and uneven. Not everyone is aging gracefully. Wendi Knox’s inspiring article reminds us that other styles are equally compelling, valid and necessary. To this end she declares: “I intend to age exuberantly. Colorfully. Creatively. Bravely. Boldly. Healthfully.…

The Young Old Decade: Just Enough Left To Make A Difference

October 20, 2015

“Just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in…” Kenny Rogers, The First Edition Spanning ages 65-74, young old is the first of four gradations of being old and serves as a transition zone in which the psychological…

Longevity Capital

October 14, 2015

By David Solie, MS, PA This is the age of longevity with a Tsunami of old flooding the social landscape. Initial curiosity by younger generations has quickly given way to alarm. The olds are coming they warn. Their burden will…

Boomers Still Haven’t Found What They’re Looking For

October 4, 2015

Is there a fourth way for Boomers to view being older in addition to: 1. Aging is to be dreaded 2. Aging is decline and detachment 3. Aging is a time off hyper-activity Carol Orsborn and Robert L. Weber, authors…

Navigational Thinking and Being Older

September 25, 2015

We see things not as they are, but as we are…H.M. Tomlinson Navigational Thinking is an effective strategy for recalibrating perspective. It offers aging adults a process to create a more useful attitude about being older. Navigational thinking mimics the…