The Gifts in Aging:
It’s Not All Downhill from Here
A Thriving as Your Authentic Self Book
A wise and emotionally honest guide to help you lean into your later years with confidence, self-acceptance, and joy.
What if aging could be a path to greater peace, deeper meaning, and even surprising joy?
The Gifts in Aging: It’s Not All Downhill from Here by Ann Weiser Cornell
Aging is one of the most natural things in the world, yet many of us worry about what it will bring. If you want to face the changes of aging with confidence, draw strength from your life experiences, and discover the hidden gifts of this stage of life, this book can help.
Note: This is a book format of an on-demand course we also teach (previously called It’s Not All Downhill).
Do You Struggle with the Challenges of Aging?
Aging brings both joys and losses. You may notice changes in your body or memory and feel uncertain about what lies ahead. You may already be living with the realities of later life—health shifts, changing roles, or even unexpected freedoms. You may also be caring for an aging loved one, trying to balance compassion for them with care for yourself.
No matter your stage, The Gifts in Aging offers reassurance, practical wisdom, and gentle practices to help you navigate this chapter with more peace, clarity, and even a little more hope.
This book meets you exactly where you are and walks with you, step by gentle step.
Feel More Empowered As You Age
You’ll Learn How To:
21 Daily Practices
Explore Positive Perspectives and Helpful Topics Like:
“Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”
― Betty Friedan
A Look Inside The Gifts in Aging
Order Your Copy and Embrace Aging with Confidence
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eBook $7.99
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Other Books in the Thriving as Your Authentic Self Series
Coming soon: You Can’t Run on Empty: Create More Rest & Self-Care
Prefer Paperbacks? We’ve got you covered…
The Gifts in Aging is also available as a lovely book you can hold in your hands.
122 pages, 5.5″ x 8.5″ | $12.99 (plus any applicable taxes, shipping, and handling)
What People Are Saying
(these endorsements are for the on-demand course version of this book)
“Before the It’s Not All Downhill course, my biggest challenge was collapsing into discouragement about aging and that left me feeling depressed and sad. I am a different person after taking this course. It feels like a whole new Me is here now, seeing things in a more expansive and hopeful way. It was so lovely to find others to share with in this process and Ann’s choice of topics was wonderfully helpful.” C.L.
“Before the course, I was worried about reaching the point where living was harder than dying. Now, I feel energized by how well I am actually doing, once I calmed down, went through the exercises, paid attention to my insides, and journaled it all. During this course, I realized I have a much better support network than I realized. What a relief! I’d like to add a great big THANK YOU to Ann and Team for putting this on so effectively, and to all the participants for enriching the online community.” Barbara D.
“Before this course I didn’t realize I had gotten myself into a rigorous daily schedule of things that had once been fun but had eventually become just ‘to do’s’. That left me feeling trapped and overwhelmed. Anything that interrupted my ‘schedule’ was at best an annoyance and at worst an unwanted intrusion. After the course, I realized what was happening and found ways to reclaim my time. I do things now because I want to, not because I have to. It’s so wonderful to look at my list each morning and then ask myself, ‘What do I WANT to do today?‘” Tom F.
About the Author
Ann Weiser Cornell created Inner Relationship Focusing with her long-time colleague, Barbara McGavin, to help people learn to listen compassionately to all the inner voices, including the self-blaming ones. It changed their lives, and it became their mission to help others transform as well.
Since 1985, Ann’s been teaching this practical, revolutionary process to people all over the world. With The Gifts in Aging, you get the benefit of Ann’s expertise and the chance to practice a clear way of setting boundaries with her gentle, compassionate guidance.
Ann is the author of Focusing in Clinical Practice: The Essence of Change, The Power of Focusing, The Radical Acceptance of Everything, and Untangling: How You Can Transform What’s Impossibly Stuck. Today she is internationally recognized as one of the leading innovators and theoreticians of Focusing.
