AgeWell is for anyone over forty who wants the second half of working life, and the chapters after it, to be lived with intention, purpose and wellbeing. It suits the person moving into new roles, the one taking stock in mid-career, and anyone who wants to approach the years ahead with clarity, courage and vitality.
How you think about growing older shapes how you age, and research on positive ageing brings good news about these years. The course helps you notice the beliefs about ageing you have absorbed, weigh the evidence for and against them, and replace them with balanced ones. Self-paced, secular and private, it also honours the spiritual dimension for those who want it.
Change the Narrative opens with Challenging Unhelpful Beliefs about Aging and Overcoming Ageism. Know Yourself Across Time includes A Timeless Sense of Self and From Doing to Being, which uses the image of a tree to move from an identity built on productivity to one grounded in values. Make Peace with Your Story brings self-compassion and gratitude to the whole arc of your life, with the Appreciation Timeline and the Wisdom Interview. Live with Purpose helps you shape a Legacy Project and The Positive Aging Plan, and Thrive Every Day closes with The Vitality Wheel and Rediscovering Playfulness.
On WorkSmart4Life it sits under Sustain, the move about energy and recovery. I suggest you begin with the first module, Change the Narrative, and the tool Challenging Unhelpful Beliefs about Aging. There are no deadlines and no marks, and you can try the whole course free for 24 hours.
Dr Alten du PlessisFounder, WorkSmart4Life