In this episode of the Being Well Podcast, Rick and Forrest explore what to do when things end, including how we can relate to the past, integrate learning, turn toward the future, and age well through life.
Life includes many major culminating moments: we finish the big work project, receive the award, watch the kids leave home, go on the vacation, win the title, or enter retirement. These experiences can come with enormous fulfillment…for a while. And then, we might ask ourselves: Now what? Today Rick and Forrest explore what to do when things end, including how we can relate to the past, integrate learning, turn toward the future, and age well through life.
Key Topics
- 1:15: Context for the episode
- 4:20: Our culture’s constant focus on “what’s next?”
- 9:30: Cognitive bias, and the brain’s “anticipation machine”
- 13:45: Developmental stages of life
- 17:40: Stages of integration and disintegration
- 25:30: Respecting the learning of age
- 28:30: The opportunities of old age
- 31:45: Rick’s reflections on aging
- 35:15: Bowing to past selves
- 41:40: Giving our full effort
- 44:00: Being a mentor, and having things to care for
- 47:45: Recap on what to do when things end
