Second wind
Subtitle: navigating the passage to a slower, deeper, and more connected life
By: Dr. Bill Thomas
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781451667561; 9781451667578; 9781451667585
Subjects: Longevity; Social conditions; Conduct of life; Old age; Older people; Social Conditions; Baby boom generation
Description: Dr. Bill Thomas, one of the most innovative thinkers in medicine, explains that a new life phase is beginning to emerge within our society. When the Baby Boom generation came of age in the 1960s and 1970s, they jump-started a cultural revolution that shaped today's society. Now, many feel they are living a life of frenzied disharmony. This out-of-balance feeling is a signal that you are ready for your second coming of age, your life beyond adulthood. This title illuminates how to recognize and navigate the most challenging and fulfilling developmental stage of life. --Publishe's description.

"A new life phase is beginning to emerge within our society. When the Baby Boom generation came of age in the 1960s and 1970s, they jump-started a cultural revolution that shaped today's society. Now, many feel they are living a life of frenzied disharmony. This out-of-balance feeling is a signal that you are ready for your second coming of age, your life beyond adulthood. [This book] illuminates how to recognize and navigate the most challenging and fulfilling developmental stage of life"--Dust jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Something's happening; title: Watson versus Spock ; 1961 ; Youthquake ; 1971; title: The rise to power. The cult of adulthood ; Efficiency porn ; Greed and God ; The time machine ; 1991; title: The Second Crucible. Koyaanisqatsi ; Denialism ; Realism ; Enthusiasm ; What if; title: ? ; Age war ; Rust never sleeps ; In the balance ; 2011; title: Life beyond adulthood. I am; title: ; The first grandmother ; Sage-ing ; Slow ; Deep ; Connected ; Uncommon sense ; Croning ; Eldertopia ; 2021; title: A brief history of the First Crucible.