Friday 16th     11.00 a.m. —12.15 p.m.

Residence of  :         Roxanne Patel

STRESS AND AGEING IN WOMEN-HOW TO EMBRACE IT GRACEFULLY

In 1933, Carl Jung, the psychiatrist turned philosopher, wrote: “Are there perhaps colleges for the middle age which prepare them for their coming life and its demands as the ordinary colleges introduce our young people to a knowledge of the world? No, there are none.

Are we really older, wiser and less stressed than we were in our twenties and thirties juggling marriage, motherhood, career, and family demands?As we women hit our forties and fifties and so on…aren’t the challenges just swapped with the realities of menopause, empty nest syndrome, grandchildren, ageing spouses, medical health issues.

Alaokika Bharwani is a clinically trained psychotherapist and mental health consultant trained in India and US. She uses evidence based therapies designed to resolve emotional and psychological distresses and disorders.

So lets start  talking…and let us see how we can fearlessly embrace these changes with courage, understanding, humor and empowerment.

Samina Khorakiwala

Andrea Bruckhoff