How Did I Get to Be 70 When I'm 35 Inside? - by Linda Douty (Paperback)

About the Book

Discusses the challenges and surprises of aging by talking about how you actually feel, not what you're supposed to feel. Warm and down-to-earth; offers a spiritually grounded method to adjust to the unexpected and live each day with more purpose and joy.

Book Synopsis

Discusses the challenges and surprises of aging by talking about how you actually feel, not what you're supposed to feel. Warm and down-to-earth; offers a spiritually grounded method to adjust to the unexpected and live each day with more purpose and joy.

Review Quotes

"Kudos for Linda Douty! She has written the most engaging, honest, rollicking, helpful book on aging I've seen in a long time-quite possibly ever, in fact."
-Phyllis Tickle, compiler, The Divine Hours

"An honest, wise and practical user's manual for 'growing into age, ' brought to you by experienced guides who are personally making the passage. It's a book that's long been needed: deeply spiritual but never sentimental or agenda-driven."
-The Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, author, The Wisdom Way of Knowing, Mystical Hope and Love Is Stronger Than Death

"Takes unflinching aim at some potentially scary territory-the unspoken fears, challenges and joys of aging.... Will provide robust guidance for the later years and be a source of compassion in dealing with the elders in your life."
-J. David Forbes, MD, president, American Holistic Medical Association

"With engaging, witty and refreshingly unvarnished prose ... guides us through the psycho-physical-spiritual challenges of life's later years.... A profoundly wise book that satisfies both mind and heart."
-Marjorie J. Thompson, pastor; author, Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life

"Candid, clear and full of surprising wisdom about the things we dread or deny. I'd buy it for any friend over fifty."
-Marjory Zoet Bankson, author, Creative Aging: Rethinking Retirement and Non-Retirement in a Changing World

"Thoughtful, insightful, helpful and timely-exactly what I expect from Linda Douty."
-Robert Benson, author, The Echo Within

"Delightful.... [This] book has inspired and motivated me to continue my aging journey with confidence and optimism."
-Molly Srode, author, Creating a Spiritual Retirement; coauthor, Keeping Spiritual Balance As We Grow Older

"You don't need to be seventy to treasure this book!"
-Nancy L. Bieber (www.nancybieber.com), teacher, retreat leader and spiritual director; author, Decision Making & Spiritual Discernment: The Sacred Art of Finding Your Way

"Authentic, down-to-earth, inviting-this book helped me regard my own aging process and that of family members with grace, dignity, humor and tenderness. Hats off to Linda Douty for a fresh, honest, spiritually based perspective on aging!"
-Margaret Benefiel, author, Soul at Work and The Soul of a Leader