Notes from April: Bringing ThriveSpan Into the World
April has been one of the busiest months I can remember. After years of thinking, writing, researching, revising, and refining, I finally signed off the manuscript for ThriveSpan: Walking Gently Into What Matters Now. Reaching that point felt significant, though perhaps not in the dramatic way people sometimes imagine. More than anything, it brought a […]
Notes from March: Olderhood, Ideas, and Spring Reflections
Much of my writing this month explored themes that sit alongside my forthcoming book, ThriveSpan: Walking Gently Into What Matters Now. Through a series of essays and reflections, I examined some of the assumptions that often shape discussions about ageing, particularly the tendency to view later life through the narrow lenses of work, productivity, and […]
Something Shifts: Rethinking Later Life Through the ThriveSpan Framework
There are moments when a piece of work arrives not as a sudden idea, but as something that has been quietly forming over many years. I’m pleased to share that my peer reviewed paper, Reframing later life: The ThriveSpan framework for ages 60–80, has now been published in the Journal of the National Institute for […]
ThriveSpan – from the wood
Something I’ve been noticing ThriveSpan has been seven years in the making. Seven years of thinking, reflecting, and slowly allowing the ideas to take shape. It will be published in June. When I look back at the very first draft, written during lockdown alongside my doctorate, it would have been a very conventional book. I […]
Glowing Older Podcast
Episode 24:6 Dr Denise Taylor Dr. Denise Taylor on Embracing Aging with Purpose, Nature, and Reflection. Discover how Dr. Denise combines her background in psychology, deep connection with nature, and innovative research to redefine aging well. This inspiring conversation explores meaning, community, and slowing down to truly live later life. Key Takeaways: When psychologists talk […]
Notes from February: Writing, Woodland, and Book Progress
February has been a steady and focused month, largely shaped by work on my forthcoming book, ThriveSpan: Walking Gently Into What Matters Now. Early in the month I worked through the copy-edited manuscript, reviewing revisions carefully before returning it on 11 February. Since then, my attention has shifted to cover development and the early stages […]
Seven Years in the Making: Introducing ThriveSpan
An introduction to the thinking behind ThriveSpan The question of how we live between 60 and 80 has been with me for around seven years. Long before it had a name, I was already thinking about what I have always called the “young-old” years, not as a neat category, but as a distinct stretch of […]
January: Writing, Research, and Speaking into the Moment
January marked a quieter but more concentrated phase of work for me. After a sustained period focused on ThriveSpan, I was able to step back from the book itself and turn my attention to the academic article that underpins it. That work matters to me. My writing on later life is not simply opinion or […]
How People Step Into Later Life
People step into later life in different ways When paid work ends or loosens its grip, something opens up. Not always freedom. Sometimes uncertainty. Sometimes relief. Sometimes boredom. We often talk about “retirement” as if it’s one experience, but in reality people step into later life in very different ways. Not better or worse, just […]
A Statement for This Decade
I was born in 1957.In August I will be sixty-nine. Next year, I will turn seventy. I don’t experience this as a distant milestone.I experience it as an entry point. I am already in the period of preparing for my eighth decade.From now until my eightieth birthday, I see this as a deliberate span of […]