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Sara Orem

What do I want to learn NOW: Exploring the space between acceptance and forgiveness.

I accept that my last experience in an organizational coaching project was hurtful and frustrating to me. I accept that my partner in this…

Feb 28

What do I want to learn NOW: Exploring the space between acceptance and forgiveness.

Feb 28

A Blessing

When my husband and I were first dating, he had a stent put in his heart and was overnight in the University of Michigan Hospital. As I…

Dec 8, 2023

A Blessing

Dec 8, 2023

Living life so that when I’m 80 I don’t look back on regrets.

As a young adult, I thought I owed anyone I met the true story of my life. I would meet someone at a cocktail party (yes, I went to…

Nov 8, 2023

Nov 8, 2023

On Being Almost 80

I am almost twice the age of Jack Gilbert in his poem, “It is Difficult to Speak of the Night,” where he bemoans the onset of middle age…

Jul 3, 2023

On Being Almost 80

Jul 3, 2023

Awakening

My first story was published in my elementary school creative writing anthology. As I remember, it was a story of a snail in my mother’s…

Apr 9, 2023

Awakening

Apr 9, 2023

Comfort Food in an Uncomfortable Age

I love to eat! Especially pasta. Especially with cheese. So it will be no surprise that after almost 80 years, I still turn to mac and…

Apr 9, 2023

Comfort Food in an Uncomfortable Age

Apr 9, 2023

The Feast that has been My Life

Because I grew up in a fancy suburb of New York City, I didn’t realize my privilege at the time. Many more families and friends had more…

Mar 2, 2023

The Feast that has been My Life

Mar 2, 2023

Someone from My Past

Larry and I were together from 1987 to 1995. We were married in 1989 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis by Larry’s best…

Feb 17, 2023

Feb 17, 2023

A Family Story

My maternal grandmother saved me from extinction when I was a teenager. She was a refuge of unconditional love during my dad’s worst…

Feb 17, 2023

Feb 17, 2023

Awe

I was reading an opinion piece in the New York Times Science section on Awe, a specialty of Dacher Keltner’s. He is director of the Greater…

Jan 6, 2023

Awe

Jan 6, 2023

Sara Orem

Sara Orem

Sara speaks about and facilitates workshops for older adults about vitality in the aging process . See more about Sara at www.saraorem.com.

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