NOTE FROM THE CEO
This month’s Growing Bolder Digital Digest celebrates the importance of passion and purpose, two of the most important keys to active longevity. The good news is that it’s never too late to find both. Doris Bloodsworth shares the inspiring story of chef Trina Gregory-Propst, whose midlife reinvention was a fearless act of Growing Bolder. Trina created a life she loves and along the way became a Champion of Flavortown. Bill Shafer catches up with renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Burns made his first documentary 46 years ago and is more passionate and purposeful than ever. “I am 68 now, and I’m greedy,” Burns tells Shafer. “I'm working on eight projects right now, and that's more than ever. One is on Benjamin Franklin, which goes into the history of the American Revolution. Another covers the U.S. and the Holocaust. As I get older, I see so many stories I want to tell. I am as enthusiastic now, maybe more, as I was when I was working on my first film.” What will it take for you to find your passion and purpose? How about a midlife identity crisis? Developmental psychologist Erik Erikson created the term more than 60 years ago and suggested it’s not a bad thing. Erikson was among the first psychologists to believe that the later stages of life could be filled with growth and significance. His work helped change the way we view aging and led to the now commonly held belief that mid-life transformation, personal reinvention, mid-life identity crisis, or whatever you choose to call it, can be a powerful pathway to health, happiness, and significant growth.
...mid-life transformation, personal reinvention, mid-life identity crisis, or whatever you choose to call it, can be a powerful pathway to health, happiness, and significant growth.
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