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“I Have Cancer” is an Amazon #9 Best Seller Today, But What About Tomorrow?

Stan Goldberg
December 1, 2014
Cancer, Thoughts of the Day
My new book “I have Cancer” 48 Things to Do When You Hear Those Words, has a Kindle #9 rank in cancer today—the day of it’s release. So why...

Bill Cosby and Cancer: The need to believe

Stan Goldberg
November 21, 2014
Cancer, Thoughts of the Day
Living with cancer
aging and death

Aging and a Shrinking World

Stan Goldberg
November 20, 2014
Aging, Thoughts of the Day
When friends die death comes closer to us
taking life as you find it

Life Lessons From Roadside Wood

Stan Goldberg
November 19, 2014
Aging, Thoughts of the Day
06/23/14  A few months ago I began doing wood sculpting. The first few pieces were done from blocks of kiln-dried wood. The desired object was...

Aging: Others But Not Me

Stan Goldberg
November 19, 2014
Aging, Thoughts of the Day
06/04/14   I recently met a friend who I hadn’t seen for 10 years. Looking at him I thought, “My God, he’s gotten old!” Of course in my...
aging and adaptation

Aging and Self-Image

Stan Goldberg
August 5, 2014
Aging
8 Comments
Many people pretend they bathe daily in the Fountain of Youth. While the delusion may be soothing for those who are aging, the gap between self-image...

Joyful Aging—Adapt, Don’t Fight

Stan Goldberg
June 24, 2014
Aging
19 Comments
When I see commercials on how to recreate the body I had at 20-years-of-age by applying a magical cream that isn’t sold in any regulated stores and...
being contented as one ages

Aging and Identity Part III: We’re Not Dead Yet

Stan Goldberg
May 12, 2014
Aging
24 Comments
We may be changing, but we’re not dead yet. I think people who are younger than us—like our adult children—are often confused about how to react to our diminishing abilities.

Aging and Identity Part II-When the Ground Shakes

Stan Goldberg
April 15, 2014
Aging
9 Comments
In 2009 I wrote, When the Ground Shakes, an article in which I described finding my mother coming out of a forested area holding a bunch of sticks...
being contented as one ages

Aging and Identity: Part I-The Perfect Storm

Stan Goldberg
March 12, 2014
Aging
11 Comments
In 2010, I wrote Top 10 Insults for Old People, a tongue-in-cheek article about an insensitive young couple I watched making fun of an older man as...
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Few Insights Drinking Mai Tais on the Beach

Stan Goldberg
January 29, 2014
Aging, Workshops and Presentations
For more than 30 years I've been brought, kicking and screaming, to the sharp points of life. What I've learned is instead of running away, bring them closer and you'll enrich your life and ease your death

End of Life: Terminal Sedation and Politically Correct Words

Stan Goldberg
November 13, 2013
End of Life
6 Comments
In 2011 I wrote Shoot Me Please: The Right to Die, where I described my reactions to a patient who asked me to help him die. I recently received a...

Now the Bad News:Living With Chronic Illness

Stan Goldberg
June 10, 2013
Chronic illness
18 Comments
I was asked to join Thich Nhat Hanh, Jane Goodall, Norman Fischer, and other writers I have long admired in contributing to Shambhala Sun’s July...

Why “Truth” is Always Relative: A Lesson on Understanding

Stan Goldberg
November 28, 2012
Aging, Grieving and Recovery, Life
16 Comments
We move in a world created by our history and often pretend the past and present aren’t connected. A partner becomes annoyed at what we do or say,...

Understanding Aging: We’re Not Children

Stan Goldberg
July 18, 2012
Aging
22 Comments
The good news is we are living longer. The bad news is it’s taking us longer to die. Soygul Rinpoche, the Tibetan monk and philosopher said that “Death is no big deal. You breathe in, you breathe out, and then you don’t breathe in anymore.”

Leaning Into Sharp Points: Practical Guidance and Nurturing Support (Video)

Stan Goldberg
April 3, 2012
Interviews
Simon Singh and Stan Goldberg have a conversation about...

Want Enlightenment? Think Less, Do more

Stan Goldberg
March 30, 2012
Grieving and Recovery, Life
12 Comments
When I gave a workshop on change at a well-known retreat center, one participant told me that this was the tenth week-long workshop he attended in...

Feeling like a 1960 Edsel?-You’re Just Aging

Stan Goldberg
March 1, 2012
Aging
14 Comments
When I was in college I would take whatever I was driving and offer it and $50 to a used car dealer for anything that ran on his lot with a current...

I’m Different: Illness-based Identity

Stan Goldberg
February 15, 2012
Chronic illness
24 Comments
How we view ourselves—our identity—is based on what we do, the roles we play, activities we enjoy, affiliations we have, the values that...

Saying Goodbye to Your Dying Loved One: A Tribute Party

Stan Goldberg
February 1, 2012
End of Life
22 Comments
Excerpt from Leaning Into Sharp Points" Practical Guidance and Nurturing Support for Caregivers. One of the first things Dean did when I entered his...
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