Connie Zweig

Connie Zweig, Ph.D., is a retired therapist and coauthor of Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow and author of Meeting the Shadow of Spirituality and a novel, A Moth to the Flame: The Life of Sufi Poet Rumi. Her new bestselling book, The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul, extends her work on the Shadow into midlife and beyond and explores aging as a spiritual practice. It won the 2022 Gold Nautilus award, the 2021 American Book Fest Award, and the 2021 Best Indie Book Award for best inspirational non-fiction. Connie has been doing contemplative practices for more than 50 years. She is a wife, stepmother, and grandmother. After all these roles, she’s practicing the shift from role to soul.

Participation on Humanity Rising

Day 566 Mon 10/24/22 Day 1: Ageism from the Inside Out and from the Outside In

Day 567 Tue 10/25/22 Day 2: What Can One Person Do? The Moral Voice of the Elder in Tumultuous Times

Day 568 Wed 10/26/22 Day 3: Retirement from the Inside Out and from the Outside In

Day 569 Thu 10/27/22 Day 4: Reimagining the Elder for Our Cultural Moment

Day 570 Fri 10/28/22 Day 5: The Spiritual Purpose of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul

Day 585 Fri 11/18/22 COP X: Inner Work/Outer Work for the Climate Crisis: From Anxiety to Activism

Day 717 Mon 6/12/23 Meeting the Shadow on the Spiritual Path