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Wise Up – Road to Resilience Podcast<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Like many wisdom researchers, Dr. Ardelt\"A<\/a> concluded that we don\u2019t necessarily become wiser as we age. Many people even become less wise. It\u2019s a troubling thought, not only because wisdom is associated with resilience and life satisfaction, but also because if we\u2019re not becoming wiser, what exactly are we becoming? Dr. Ardelt explains why wisdom matters and offers thoughts on how to cultivate it, including in moments of adversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How wisdom, resilience and mastery work together to boost well-being in old age<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The study adds to research on subjective well-being in later life and emphasizes the importance of wisdom-related therapy in old age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wisdom to Age Well: A Conversation with Dr. Monika Ardelt<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In this episode of New People, New Ways<\/em>, we explore questions of aging in community, spiritual development across the life course, and how a Wesleyan imagination might embrace wisdom as a communal practice\u2014not just an individual virtue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisdom, flourishing, and wellbeing – HFEI Flourishing Talks<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Are wise people happier? How may life experiences inform and form different paths to wisdom? What do we mean by aging well and dying well? How can we make a wiser society?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linking Wise Organizations to Wise Leadership, Job Satisfaction, and Well-Being<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Drawing from her Three-Dimensional Wisdom model, Dr. Ardelt discusses the characteristics of a wise organization, from leadership and decision-making to the sharing of profits. She also explains why wise organizations might be the way of the future and how they can create a better, more sustainable world for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How businesses can cultivate wisdom<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How can institutions cultivate wisdom that benefits themselves and their communities? Dr. Ardelt’s research has established the essential components of wisdom and developed ways to measure the trait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you measure wisdom?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In this episode, we talk with Monika about how she came to study wisdom, what makes someone wise, and how wisdom can be cultivated across the lifespan. We explore the links between wisdom, well-being, resilience, meaning-making, spirituality, and responsibility\u2014and whether wisdom can be taught in educational settings. Monika also reflects on the challenges of measuring wisdom across cultures and why she believes that wisdom is ultimately not something found in books but embodied in the way we live our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is wisdom, and can it be taught?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Scientists are trying to name the qualities that make someone wise and figure out how to cultivate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conversations on Wisdom<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is the full video interview from the documentary film ‘The Science of Wisdom’. In this interview, Dr. Ardelt discusses how she came to study wisdom from the life span perspective, how life experiences may inform different paths to wisdom, and how the concept of wisdom may be influenced by context and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisdom is a choice<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What can we do to choose wisdom?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is wisdom the key to successful old age?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Being wise is the \u201cace in the hole\u201d to finding meaning, contentment, and acceptance in later life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Successful Aging<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ardelt was interviewed by Dr. Alex Bishop, Oklahoma State University, for the multimedia Open Educational Resource textbook \u201cIntroduction to Successful Aging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On wisdom and culture, the role of meditation, and ageing and dying well<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ardelt spoke with evidencebasedwisdom<\/a> about her experiences in the field of Wisdom Research and the growth of the field itself. She also talked about the role of wisdom in aging and dying well and discussed the possible role meditation might play in the development of wisdom.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1195,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/ardelt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/ardelt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/ardelt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/ardelt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/ardelt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/ardelt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/ardelt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/ardelt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}