📢 New Book Release: You’re Not Too Old and It’s Not Too Late
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You’re Not Too Old and It’s Not Too Late
Weekly Practices for Meaning, Mindfulness, and New Possibilities at Midlife and Beyond
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An accessible, reader-friendly companion, this innovative book can help readers discover transformative new possibilities to make the most of their lives from midlife through elderhood. Published by MSI Press.
You can purchase Ilene’s new book on Amazon in the following formats: Audiobook (Free with Audible subscription), Kindle ($9.99), or Paperback ($19.95). Also available in Paperback on MSI Press and Barnes & Noble ($19.95).
Read 5-Star Reviews for You’re Not Too Old, and It’s Not Too Late
The book inspires and informs, offering readers transformative new possibilities to make the most of their life at any age.
A Note from the Author:
The second half of life is full of potential—but knowing how to step into it with confidence can be a challenge. You’re Not Too Old and It’s Not Too Late: Weekly Practices for Meaning, Mindfulness and New Possibilities at Midlife and Beyond invites readers to a life well-lived, remapping how they can see and live their transitions, challenges, and opportunities now and in the years ahead. Now more than ever we have greater opportunities to shape our own aging process. We can acknowledge the challenges we encounter at each life stage, while also embracing possibilities for renewing, reinventing ourselves, and creating more positive visions for our futures.
I hope this book offers readers an empowering companion. For readers who want to embrace the second half of life with energy and purpose—but aren’t certain how to start—You’re Not Too Old and It’s Not Too Late provides a clear, practical path forward. Filled with accessible methods and warmth, this 52-week guide helps strengthen resilience, boost well-being, and spark greater happiness.
As Baby Boomers and Gen Xers move into life’s next chapters, aging is being redefined. With illuminating stories, research-informed concepts, and practical strategies, the book lights the way to help readers re-imagine the changing seasons of adult life. Readers will find strategies and practices that can help them explore and invigorate their well-being, resilience, and happiness.
– Ilene Berns-Zare
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💬 Endorsements
“Engaging, insightful and transformative, You’re Not Too Old and It’s Not Too Late is a much-needed guide for aging well and flourishing in life, no matter what your age. This book lights the way to new joy, meaning, and possibilities.”
– Shauna Shapiro PH.D., Author, Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain
“With warmth and clarity, this book synthesizes life-giving wisdom and practical guidance, offering a bright and hopeful vision for the second half of life. It is a generous companion for rediscovering purpose, vitality, and joy in the years ahead.”
– Vladimir Miskovic, Ph.D., Author, Dreaming Reality: How Neuroscience and Mysticism Can Unlock the Secrets of Consciousness
“Wonderfully written, You’re Not Too Old, and It’s Not Too Late offers sage advice and practical exercises to enhance awareness, increase appreciation, bolster resiliency, and boost vitality as we navigate personal challenges and life experiences. Readers of all ages will undoubtedly find something useful in this collection of inspirational stories and research-informed findings.”
– Joseph P. Green, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Clinical Psychologist, Co-Author of Cognitive-behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, and Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation: A Scientifically Informed Intervention
“I have found that, as we get older, the challenges of personally navigating the maze of life can be enhanced with these weekly tips from the empathetic and savvy Ilene Berns-Zare.”
– Raymond Benson, author of James Bond: the Raymond Benson Years
“This is a delightful book to dip in and out of at leisure. Dr Ilene Berns-Zare has provided an abundance of evidence-informed practices to help manage stress, increase resilience, and cultivate wellbeing in mid-life.”
– Claire Higgins, Chief Operating Officer, Positive Psychology Guild
“You’re Not Too Old” is a warm and loving invitation to join the author in her daily immersion in and enjoyment of living. Readers will quickly realize that the book title belies an approach to self-care and development that is applicable to ALL stages of adulthood and that charting a path through life can be easier with the right companion. “You’re Not Too Old” can be that companion.”
– Stephen A. Lisman, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus (Psychology), Fellow of the Center for Learning and Teaching
“Aging gracefully requires facing many challenges. Fortunately, we do not have to face them alone. In this gem of a book Ilene Berns-Zare combines practical wisdom with insights from positive psychology to create weekly reflections and mindfulness exercises written in a succinct, accessible form. You’re Not Too Old is a welcome companion on the journey through midlife and the golden years.”
– Thomas R. Mockaitis, Ph.D., Professor of History, DePaul University
“Midlife through older adulthood presents each person with critical opportunities to invigorate their lives, seeking meaning and transformative change. Those choosing a path of more joy, resilience, and fulfillment will find a valuable companion in Dr. Berns-Zare’s deft integration of wisdom and science. I love the idea of 52 weeks. It makes the invitation to empower oneself feel so doable.”
– Gayle Scroggs, Ph.D., PCC, Women’s Paths to Happiness