Conscious Aging with John Robinson, Ph.D.

The World of Man is made up entirely of thought - thoughts that tell you what things are, how things work, what everyone should believe, and what's wrong with you. The latter category of thoughts - what's wrong with you - are the most damaging and controlling. All through childhood we learn the standards  Read More 

I concluded my recent webinar by sharing my interfaith ordination sermon. I was amazed at how reading it aloud still affects me. This short piece speaks of where this path has taken me. I share it with you to put my work into perspective.

The poet William Stafford says: (The Way It Is by  Read More 

I have been thinking a lot about love recently. Why it is that we don't love better, deeper, longer, wider. Why we can't love our enemies. Why the world is stuck in the cycle of violence rather than a cycle of love. How to unlock the heart? Everyday the evening news brings reports of  Read More 

Since my own retirement from the practice of psychotherapy some twelve years ago, I have been teaching a course on the psychology and spirituality of aging, I have presented this material in retreat centers, churches, book signings, men's gatherings, blogs, articles and books, and, especially fun, in endless conversations with good friends. In my  Read More 

I've been busy teaching this webinar called "The Magic of Aging" at www.CSourceWisdom.com. It's taken up a lot of time but what a cool experience. In the beginning, I felt like the Wizard of Oz - pushing buttons, pulling levers, and talking to an audience I could not see. Quite a challenge.  Read More 

A GoodReads giveaway of my book What Aging Men Want can be found at: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/56926-what-aging-men-want-the-odyssey-as-a-parable-of-male-aging
You can also read a recent review at http://www.sobabyboomer.com/2013/07/what-aging-men-want.html
If you havn't looked at my webinar The Magic of Aging, check out www.CSourceWisdom.com.

A strange experience has entered my consciousness in recent weeks, a distinct feeling that this world and the next are somehow the same or overlapping or unexpectedly close or even merging. It feels as if that the boundary between the two worlds - my present human reality and the "world" awaiting us after death  Read More 

I recently consulted the I Ching on aging. The I Ching (Book of Changes), as many of you know, is an ancient Chinese divination system predating recorded history. As an oracle, it is both profound and easy to use. My copy of this book with its instructions had been gathering dust on a top  Read More 

We are in the midst of making a contingency offer to buy a much smaller house. It's about time. The knees don't like the stairs, there's too much yard to look after, and the dogs gone blind. And I don't want to leave my kids with the mess my mother left me after slipping  Read More 

At its deepest level, the aging revolution comes not from "out there" - not from medical advances, social attitudes and living arrangements, it comes from within. It comes as elders who, living longer, begin to discover that a change is already underway. It happens naturally, subtly, and spontaneously as we release worn out belief  Read More