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Joyce Wolpert

Aging Matters
Joyce Wolpert, licensed counselor and movement therapist, looks backward and forward at our life's journey.

“...and now, let’s go for a swim.”
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    Aren’t we all so glad to take a dip in the pool when we’re hot and miserable?  Not everyone. One says he never learned to swim as a child. Another emphatically states she will not don a bathing suit.  These resistances speak to the twin perils of aging—being acutely aware of gaps in past development and assessing where one lines up now on a societal standard that is deemed impossible to meet.     So perhaps past learning was ineffective or teaching was incorrect or the experience was a frightening one. Now there are pedagogic and psychological methods to overcome these, if one is open. We’re not talking Michael Phelps or diving; we’re trying to increase a comfort level.     The bathing suit issue.  Tell me one woman who is completely satisfied with how she looks. … read more

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