I am a social gerontologist, writer, and founder of The Second Half Method.

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My work is built on a simple but radical premise: in the West, aging is treated as a problem to be solved. I believe it is a developmental threshold - one that, when met with intention, moves us naturally toward greater depth, meaning, and expanded awareness.

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The framework I draw on is gerotranscendence - a gerontological theory developed by sociologist Lars Tornstam that gives this shift a name, a structure, and a research foundation. I have taken that foundation further, into what I call Gero Awareness: a synthesis of gerotranscendence, transpersonal psychology, and contemplative practice that turns the theory into something a person can actually live and practice, not just recognize after the fact.  It offers something most people have never been given: a map for what comes next.

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I earned my degree in Social Gerontology from San Diego State University in 1996, where I worked alongside the UN and the White House Conference on Aging. What came after - three decades of navigating chronic illness, two near-death experiences, and a complete transformation of my understanding of what it means to be human - became the lived curriculum that no classroom could have provided. I built this framework because the people who need it most deserve something rigorous, honest, and rooted in real experience.

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