LIFE-STAGE CONNECTIONS

The Village Barn

The Village Barn, BN1 8YU, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom

Adam Duncan

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Adam Duncan went to Goldsmiths College. He wrote scripts for various broadcasters and has designed training courses for large organisations and universities around the world. He is a trained facilitator with IONS and as a leader for the ABOB charity provides Rites of Passage for young men in the Criminal Justice System .HERE'S WHY I STARTED LIFE-STAGEIn my sixties I retired. I got a bus pass. My mother died. I got a state pension. I had a knee op. More relatives died. I had a hip op. I lost teeth. Lost hair. Friends died. … and yet I was not old. Not old old. There was some left-over time to live. Everyday I found new evidence of my vulnerability and mortality. I wondered about the loneliness of old age. It made me very sad.Eventually the flood gates opened. I cried for my past . I wept for my future. I grieved until I could no longer hold onto the losses and disappointments of life. This grief was my rite of passage . Eventually I emerged into a new stage of life. It was as though I had finally come into my own. My vulnerability was now a strength. I felt a sense joy and of inner freedom.But this wasn’t just about me. It was about new connections. New conversations. In 2019, we started running our first Life-Stage workshops. A small group of us opened up some brave dialogues. And just as Life-Stage was getting under way, Covid struck. So, during the pandemic I wrote The Power in Ageing which asks 10 fundamental questions about who we are on this ageing journey. Last year around 300 people came to Life-Stage events. We had some great reviews and we ran our first grief ceremony.We’re now running regular ageing well sessions throughout 2025. I hope you’ll join us.Find out more at www.life-stage.org