Art of Aging

Dr. Alice Scannell
Author of  Radical Resilience
Wednesday, April 10 | 3:00-5:00pm
Admission: $5
Hoffman Center for the Arts | Manzanita

 

Dr. Alice Scannell author of Radical Resilience:
When There’s No Going Back to the Way Things Were,
to discuss resilience skills and obstacles to resilience for the
Art of Aging Series

Dr. Alice Scannell will talk about resilience skills and obstacles to resilience, drawing from her book Radical Resilience: When There’s No Going Back to the Way Things Were, for the Art of Aging Series at Hoffman Center for the Arts, in Manzanita, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, from 3-5pm. There is a $5 fee.

Do you want to be able to come through hard times, difficult experiences, or your own aging without losing your verve for life? With your sense of self intact? As we age, we face inevitable changes to our lives, changes outside our control. We have to learn to live with a new normal, to bounce back. Scannell will talk about obstacles to resilience as well as several ways we can practice resilience in our daily lives.

“There are other books on resilience, but they imagine returning to life as it was. This book offers ways to think, plan, and act to get to a solid new yet familiar ‘you.’” –  George Ivan Smith

“Far from being a simple examination of the emotional and relational disruption that results from life altering events, Radical Resilience offers an extensive menu of transformative actions that any individual can take to find new ways of responding to life’s challenges, whether those challenges emerge gradually through time or arrive unexpectedly in what may seem shattering events.” – Douglas Scott, MD

“Easy to read, easy to apply! Great examples of people who have chosen to overcome life’s obstacles. As a clinical social worker, I recommend this book to anyone in life changing circumstances, whether temporary or permanent.” – Elizabeth M. Moss

Scannell’s doctoral studies were in Gerontology. She’s interviewed many older people, their caregivers, and family members and led workshops on communication skills, successful aging, and transitions in later life. As a priest in the Episcopal Church, she served as a board-certified healthcare chaplain and pastor in a small parish. With years of research and interviews, she’s identified 10 skills that help us practice resilience.

This presentation is being sponsored by the Art of Aging series as a program of the Hoffman Center for the Arts and will be held at the Hoffman Center (across from Manzanita Library at 594 Laneda Avenue.) For more information contact Tela Skinner at [email protected].

 


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