Welcome to Elder Pathways
Our Vision is to model and champion Elder values and be actively involved in making a positive difference in our world.
Our Mission is to engage Elders in meaningful areas of service, to act on our individual and collective responsibility for the well being of future generations, and to support one another on a path of emotional maturity, spiritual awareness, and deepening community.
Here you’ll find articles written by Elders for Elders.
Featured Articles
From Dad's Toolbox
by Randall Rogers, Reprinted with Permission There's a wrong I'd like to right. The man I wronged is dead, so I am asking you to hear my truth in this regard. If it resonates, so be it, or, share your truth. I was 48 when I first heard of a Warrior Weekend and the...
Miracles
by Vince Chafin, Flying in to Rapid City SD I see a dusting of snow sprinkled across the barren landscape. In my minds eye I can see them, millions of Buffalo that roamed freely over this plain before us, the wasi’chu’s, (the whites), flooded in and wiped the...
What is Transformation?
Guest post from Jim Mitchell A group of fellow facilitators of transformation and I just 'wrote' this article thru a live 'conversation' here of FB. Fascinating. Thank you Carl Foster, Dr. Linda Larkey, Daniel McCoy and George Daranyi for your contributions....
Real Men Feel: Ep. 88, Masculine Emotional Intelligence is Not an Oxymoron with Owen Marcus
Masculine Emotional Intelligence is Not an Oxymoron with Owen Marcus Episode 88, April 3, 2018 This week Andy Grant and Appio Hunter are joined by author, speaker, and coach, Owen Marcus, to talk about men and emotions, men’s groups, and other tools for men to build...
Male Encounters with the Feminine
by Mothiur Rahman Reprinted with permission from 'The Feminine and the Seeds of the Future Series' There has been an absence of male role models in my life, ones I felt I could connect with and be inspired to follow into and through adulthood. That absence, I have...
This is my Journey – Bruce Noll
by Bruce Noll This is the short version of what I hope to document fully in the near future. I choose not to compare my life with that of any other human being though I acknowledge having done so (wittingly or unwittingly) for most of this life. At this stage in my...
How Empowerment Leads to Engagement
by Alain Hunkins, originally published on Pioneer Leadership If it were you, which would you most prefer? No choice Someone else’s choice for me My choice The answer is obvious: In general, we prefer to make our own choices. There’s a freedom that comes from making...
The Armor That Sinks Men
Guest post by Snake Bloomstrand I accidentally discovered armor when my Father died. I’d been unaware until a confrontation with a neighbor revealed how guarded I’d become. She’d learned of my Father’s death and asked, “How are you?” “Fine,” I replied. “Fine?” She...
The Part of Your Brain That Can Make Work A Joy…or a Hell
by Alain Hunkins There’s a small part of your brain called the RAS: Reticular Activating System. The RAS is the gateway for nearly all sensory input entering the brain. The RAS works like a bouncer outside a nightclub. It decides what information to let in, what...
Lessons I Learned from Nightfall
by Keith R. Jarvis When I first learned about the solar eclipse of August 2017, I immediately thought of Asimov's short story Nightfall, and the later novelization with Robert Silverberg. Of course the total eclipse that arrives on Monday won't affect us in the same...
