Creative Aging: Discovering the Unexpected Joys of Later Life Through Personality Type

by Nancy B. Millner

Book Overview

Why are some people full of vitality and passion for life, while others are bound by fear and regret? Applying Jung's model of personality type and the tools of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891061118
• ISBN13: 9780891061113
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent -- and perhaps only -- book on age 60+ and MBTI

First, let me admit that I'm a bit biased, as I'm an acquaintance of the author and obtained a pre-publication copy.... But, if you are interested in the relationship between Jungian psycholgical type/MBTI type and the aging process, Millner's book is a must read, if only because it's the first book on the subject! :-) "Creative Aging" is an easy read, best for someone with a basic familiarity with psychological type, but readable by those without such familiarity. Nonetheless, it is illuminating for those with a high level of knowledge about type. The book is based on a selected group of people identified as aging creatively. It's their stories of how they did it, and how psychological type affects this process. It appears that some of the limitations of type are overcome by those who age creatively, and it is the exploration and acceptance of the less-preferred functions that makes for a successful old age.