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The Adult Years

The Adult Years: Mastering the Art of Self Renewal

Mastering the Art of Self Renewal

Author: Frederic M. Hudson

A Compelling Guide To Continual Self-Renewal

$42.00


The Adult Years is an inspiring look at adulthood as an opportunity for continual revitalization, reorientation, and positive change. In this revised edition, Frederic Hudson updates and refines his vision, reflecting the extraordinary challenges we all face in today's fast-paced, ever-changing society. Whether you are eighteen or eighty-eight, this classic best-selling guide will inspire you to unlock the power of personal renewal.

"If you want to sustain personal empowerment throughout your adult years, read this book.. Whether you are young or old, up or down, married or divorced, you will be inspired and informed by this book."
Harville Hendrix, author of Getting The Love You Want

"The most compelling book ever written on personal transition and transformation. If you are concerned about your own renewal and the renewal of our planet, you must read this book."
John W. Gardner, Consulting Professor, Stanford University; former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Table of Contents

Part One: The Emerging Adult
1. In Over Our Heads
2. Finding Fulfillment in Cyclical Lives

Part Two: The Renewal Cycle: Life Chapters and Life Transitions
3. An Overview of the Renewal Cycle
4. Life Chapters
5. Life Transitions

Part Three: The Adult Life Cycle
6. Meaning and Mission Across the Life Cycle
7. The Twenties, Thirties and Midlife Transition Breaking Out, Staking Out, and Making It
8. The Forties and Fifties: Taking Stock, Individuating and Enjoying Life
9. The Sixties, Seventies, Eighties and Nineties: The Longest and Least Defined Life Pha
10. Getting from Here to There: Six Principles of Developmental Change

Part Four: Adults and Global Change
11. Valuing the Global Context: The Adult Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
12. The Self-Renewing Adult, the Resilient Society: Ten Qualities of Self Renewing Persons
13. A New Profession of Adult Mentors and Coaches

Paperback: 288 pages
Dimensions (in inches): 0.88 x 8.98 x 6.02
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN: 0787948012
Revised edition, 1999

Published originally by Jossey-Bass in 1992, Revised, 1999. This book is available in most bookstores, Amazon.com, through the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, and Jossey-Bass in San Francisco.