Growing An Elder Community with David Goff, Ph.D. and Alexandra Hart

MP3 Download Community is humanity’s natural social habitat. Now more than ever we suffer from the loss of connection and belonging that community provides. Sitting in circle with a community of elders provides an enormous opportunity to explore, out loud, the process of aging. Many participants express a surprising freedom to truly become themselves as they age. Dr. David Goff and Alexandra Hart discuss their experience of facilitating a local “elder salon” and encourage others to start one in their community. Goff and Hart touch on the differences between growing old and becoming an elder, and offer ways to make the process more meaningful and to empower and help an aging populace discover some positive opportunities that come with age. (hosted by Justine Willis Toms) Bio Alexandra Hart and David “Lucky” Goff, Ph.D. are the co-hosts of the radio series Growing An Elder Culture. Since 2010, they have been conveners of Transition Sebastopol, Elders Salon in Sebastopol, California. Goff