Experience Talks 9/6: Annabelle Nelson, PhD

Posted on September 3, 2015 by EngAGE

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01 - KPFK ListenLiveButtonTune in to Experience Talks, our weekly “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener,” on Sundays at 5:00 PM PT on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online, and now syndicated on up to 100 Pacifica Network stations! Experience Talks is produced by EngAGE, Inc.

 

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Sunday, 9/6 @ 5 PM PT

Annabelle Nelson, PhD

with host Dr. Connie Corley

AnnabelleNelsonDr. Annabelle Nelson has a lifelong passion for understanding how humans learn.  She has practiced yoga, meditation, imagery, and storytelling, all in her quest to allow the spirit within to be unleashed to move into health and happiness. Nelson holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in Developmental and Child Psychology, is a Professor at Fielding Graduate University, and is the founder of the WHEEL Council:  WHEEL stands for Wholistic, Health, Education and Empowerment for Life.

Her work in diverse urban communities, Indian Nations, and teaching in India (where she was a Fulbright scholar) led her to create a multicultural learning model, documented in her book, The Learning Wheel.  Her latest book is: ARCHETYPAL IMAGERY AND THE SPIRITUAL SELF:  TECHNIQUES FOR COACHES AND THERAPISTS (Jessica Kinsgley Publishers).

Learn more at annabellenelson.com.

Music: David Newman – Get details about his albums and his performance schedule, including Bhakti Fest West, at  davidnewmanmusic.com.

 

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy Features EngAGE: “Seismic Changes Are Ahead for Charities as Americans Age”

Posted on September 2, 2015 by EngAGE

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Nicole Wallace has written an article for The Chronicle of Philanthropy entitled, “Seismic Changes Are Ahead for Charities as Americans Age,” which addresses a significant demographic change and how it affects nonprofits: “One in five Americans will be 65 or older by 2030, but too few nonprofits are taking their own pulse to see how fit they are for what’s ahead. . . .

“Charities that provide the basics, things like food, shelter, and health care, will definitely see the impact of the aging population. But all nonprofits will feel the reverberations. America’s graying demographics will upend both the services that organizations provide and how they seek support. . . .

“For baby-boomer nonprofit leaders who have long focused on aging issues, this is an especially interesting moment when personal and professional lives intersect.

“Tim Carpenter founded EngAGE, a charity that brings the arts to low-income seniors, with a single writing class in 1998. His goal was to prove to older adults — and the people around them — that aging is an opportunity, not a disease.”

Read the entire article, which includes more about EngAGE plus comments from Tim, here: 2015_0831-Chronicle-of-Philanthropy

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Dr. Oliver Sacks Left a Legacy That Encourages Personal Growth

Posted on September 1, 2015 by EngAGE

creative splash pencil with school icons set illustration. conce“Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and acclaimed author who explored some of the brain’s strangest pathways in best-selling case histories like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, using his patients’ disorders as starting points for eloquent meditations on consciousness and the human condition, died on Sunday at his home in Manhattan. He was 82.” [obituary]

On the eve of 2011, Dr. Sacks wrote an op-ed piece entitled, “This Year, Change Your Mind,” in which he discusses the marvelous ability of the brain to adapt and grow, under challenging circumstances and at any age:

“While some areas of the brain are hard-wired from birth or early childhood, other areas — especially in the cerebral cortex, which is central to higher cognitive powers like language and thought, as well as sensory and motor functions — can be, to a remarkable extent, rewired as we grow older.”

Is there something you’d like to learn — another language, a musical instrument, maybe even how to cook? Leap right in and change your brain!

 

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Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, 76, Tears Up the Stage

Posted on August 31, 2015 by EngAGE

“Beverly Watkins, 76, is a longtime fixture on the Atlanta roots music scene [50+ years!]. She is a guitarist and singer, still capable of commanding a rock club stage at an age when most people would have resigned themselves to singing in church (though she does that, too).” Check out her CNN interview and then see her 2013 performance at Rhythm Riot! in Camber Sands, East Sussex, in the UK. Guitar, vocals, and harmonica!

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Tim Carpenter and EngAGE Featured in “AARP California”

Posted on August 30, 2015 by EngAGE

Earlier this month, AARP California featured a story written by Anita Creamer called, “United in Community: Bridging the Gap Across Generations,” in which EngAGE is cited for our life-enhancing intergenerational programming. From the article:

A livable community nurtures people of all ages: It finds creative ways to connect people across demographic lines and keep older adults engaged in the world around them. Without those connections, people who are isolated can experience a cascade of potentially devastating symptoms as they grow older, including depression and dementia. And studies consistently show that almost 20 percent of older adults will experience problems with isolation as they age. 

EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter had this to say:

“I find it weird about senior living that it’s senior living,” said Carpenter. “I don’t think that’s natural. I don’t know anyone who thinks, ‘Well, I’m 70, so I want to hang out only with other 70-year-olds.’ We try to break down the walls and windows of senior living. We try to make those places part of the fabric of the community.”

Read more here.

 

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Worth Repeating: Why You Need to Think Like a Kindergartner

Posted on August 29, 2015 by EngAGE

“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 8/26/14:

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Advice that’s not just for artists, but for all creative people: think like a kindergartner. From the Atlantic article, “Everyone Was an Artist in Kindergarten:”

“It’s not just a fear of failure, [author Tom] Kelley said. It’s a fear of being judged. . . . Everyone is innately creative, [his book] posits; creators are just people who act. And, of course,  they don’t always succeed.”

Kelley’s book is entitled Creative Confidence.

And here’s a related article: “The Benefits of Failing at French” which addresses the difficulties so many older people have when trying to learn a new language. Guess what? We’ll do better if we think like a kindergartner!

 

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Baltimore Star-Gazer Shares the Sky on a Street Corner

Posted on August 28, 2015 by EngAGE

Night Sky“If you’ve ever visited the Fells Point neighborhood on the Baltimore waterfront, you may have noticed an older man standing on the street corner, telescope in hand. Herman Heyn [84], self-proclaimed ‘star hustler,’ has been setting up in the same place almost every night, offering passersby glimpses of the galaxy for close to three decades.” Get the delightful full story here.

 

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