Five Gifts of Pro-Aging
Honoring Maturity in a Culture That Could Use It
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The maintenance of my darkened hair became a vehicle of personal control and equilibrium. When my sister died, and years later going through a divorce, I needed a sense of stability in my life. I attempted to use my youthful (darker) hair and body fitness to reflect to others and the outside world that “I’m fine. Everything is OK”. My Ph.D. could have been in Image Management. I was cleverly cheating the passage of time (or so I thought). I continued to color my hair because I wasn’t ready to look my age, yet. Also, at the time I didn’t see any healthy alternatives. Looking around, I witnessed the floundering of many of my gray-haired elders. They appeared to be caught like a trapped fly in a thick web of the victim-decline model of aging. So I chose to stay married to what I knew best--my youth. When I finally made the decision to no longer mask my white hairs, my salt and pepper hair became a new visual cue to the world. I was no longer young. Growing up as the “baby” of four children, it was a shock to realize that I was actually getting old. Even certain family members reacted negatively to my un-dyed hair since they were more comfortable seeing me a certain way (younger). Fortunately, I come from a Midwest farm family where most of the multi-generational women (and men) didn’t see a need to color their hair. According to farmer logic, if you’re lucky enough to be aging it means you’re still alive and above ground. And that’s a good thing.
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About the Book
In her timely guidebook, Boomer therapist Marcia Newman brings a fresh response to an anti-aging American culture that targets women to find their value in remaining youthful looking. Five Gifts of Pro-Aging was born out of Marcia’s own aging crisis and her three decades of working with women who increasingly find themselves obsessed with the insatiable practice of nip, tuck, highlight, laser, and fill. Through humor and her no-nonsense style, Marcia provides valuable tips, motivational questions, and personal stories to help you age more consciously and comfortably.
Five Gifts of Pro-Aging will help you to:
• Take stock of your own age phobia
• Uncover and recover from prolific social stigmas about growing older
• Learn about feminine carry-over behaviors and how to transform them
• Clear up unfinished business and bring honor to your maturity
• Feed your seasoned inner animal with the gift of wildness
• Join with other pro-aging women who are bringing the humane back into humanity
Marcia Newman is dedicated to helping Baby Boomers pioneer healthier aging attitudes and actions. In Marcia’s own words, “We are the perfect ones to revolutionize the aging freedom movement. It is my joy and privilege to bring this labor of love into the mix. My vision holds a brighter, more mature culture where women are able to receive full human dignity, no matter one’s chronological age.”
About the Author
Marcia Newman is a pro-aging coach, speaker, and seminar leader. She has been a licensed psychotherapist who has practiced in Wisconsin, Florida, and California. She has counseled individuals, couples, and families for nearly three decades. She resides in the Los Angeles area with her Canadian partner, James Barrass, DC.