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Ever wondered how to age well? How about aging better? Wonder no more! Essential Skills for Growing Old with Grace offers suggestions for adopting a flexible approach to aging in the 21st century. This book shares skills and attitudes needed not only to be happy growing older but also to live a rich and fulfilling life. Truly essential knowledge that will make an impact on you for years to come. Recognizing unavoidable changes come with aging, this collection of essays offers examples of skills needed to adapt to the changes aging brings and find ways to change your environment to support your independence. You'll get tips for adapting to changes and learn how to have the hard conversations that come with aging. No matter how old you are, you can always experience aging with grace. Mary L. Flett, PhD is an author who used to be a psychologist. In addition to her writing, she is a nationally-recognized speaker and has led seminars on aging across the country. In this third book in her series, Aging with Finesse, she shares her insights and wisdom gleaned from over 30 years of working with elders as a psychologist and a lifetime of mentoring by older friends and relatives. She is the Executive Director of the Center for Aging and Values and is the founder of Five Pillars of Aging, where she offers seminars online and in-person on aging better and aging well.

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Mary L. Flett, PhD, is a writer, educator, and retired psychologist with over 30-years' experience working with aging adults. She currently resides in Sonoma, CA. She grew up in the mid-West, graduated from college in upstate New York, and came to California to find herself. All of which has offered her opportunities to share her insight and wisdom with new audiences.She has a background in theatre and music, and has used these talents on stage, film, and in living rooms around the world. She has taught everything from swimming and whitewater canoeing to psychopathology and mindfulness. She has written music, plays, academic and professional books, and has recently published a three-book series of essays. She credits her seventh-grade science teacher (who also taught typing) with getting her jobs doing the most amazing things such as creating computer programs for drafting wills and trusts and working for companies like SRI International.After five years working for the State Bar of California and another five working for a large private firm in San Francisco as an estate planning paralegal, Mary decided she wanted to go back to school. She returned to graduate school after attending a seminar given by John Gray, of Men Are from Mars fame, where John answered a question from another participant. My friends all tell me their problems, said the fellow, I don't know how to respond. John paused and said, Well, why don't you become a therapist? At least you would get paid! A light bulb when on and instead of going to law school, Mary applied to the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Six years later, she graduated having completed a Masters in Counseling Psychology and received her doctorate.As a clinical psychologist, she has worked in crisis residential facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and for local county government. Additionally, she conducted quality improvement at both county and federal levels. Dr. Flett has taught psychology and counseling to both graduate and undergraduate students in state and private colleges in California. She was a nationally recognized presenter on diagnosing psychiatric conditions and on issues related to treating aging adults, and is the author of seminal work, Mastering the DSM-5.Now retired after 20 years in private practice as a licensed psychologist, Mary is turning her energy to writing and producing workshops. She offers seminars on aging through Five Pillars of Aging, and publishes through Five Pillars of Aging Press.

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