The Highlights of Adulthood and Elderhood: A Special Write-up on DSC's Upcoming Workshops

Introduction:
Early Stages of Human Life (Physical and Mental Development) 

Ever wondered the gap of physical development between adulthood and elderhood? Ever since we were conceived, we have been developing continuously inside the womb of our mother. Once we were born, we spend around 18 years of our life adapting to the different changes our body evolves into (from Infant to Adolescent). Although we start socializing with people as early as pre-school, we mainly have to deal with the changes that happen to our body from that time until we become teenagers. Also, since we are usually enrolled in school, our main objective in these years is mental development, i.e. our academic and also honing of other skills or talents.

The adolescent years of a person is the most crucial of all, in terms of emotional development. As it is the transition to adulthood, which a person will be stucked with for about 50 years of our lives, whatever we do in this stage should be done with utmost caution. This stage maybe very exciting and most teenagers would want their own way but we still have to be guided by older people up to this point in our life.

What develops inside us? 
Between Adulthood and Elderhood (Emotional Development) 

What happens in between adulthood and elderhood? Unlike the early stages of human life, physical change is seen. We are being guided by our parents through those changes and our decisions before have to be under their approval. But when we enter the stage of adulthood, it is assumed that we are fully in control of our lives. We must have gained wisdom from the things we have been through early in our lives. Usually, people think that the main goal in this stage of life is to develop their careers or work hard for their retirement. However, it is also in this stage of life wherein we socialize more with different people. It is the part of our lives that we build connections, establish friendships and enter into serious significant relationships until, as they say, we meet “the one”. It is also in this stage of life wherein we choose our vocation in life. Since we are at the right age, as age is associated with maturity, it is understood that whether we marry, we get into priesthood or sisterhood or remain single, we already know that it is best for us.

They say that we are at the prime of our lives during adulthood and that we should live our lives to the fullest. We must realize our goals and dreams as what comes next in life is like the falling action of a story’s dramatic structure. Once again, we experience physical changes in our body and what we can do becomes limited. If we were living unhealthily in our adulthood, disease strike us back in the stage of elderhood. We are back to being dependent on other people for our needs. Still life’s wisdom is within us, which we can impart to other people who may just be walking through that path which we also walked before. Although we may be physically incapable of doing some things on our own at this time, people would still look up to us as they assume that we have lived a full life.


We can help you out
Da Seekers Cove Back-to-Back Seminars 

Indeed, Adulthood and Elderhood are important life stages. However, these are also the times when people are confronted with very challenging problems without the convenience of having someone we trust to look out at what we do. These are the times that we can’t find anyone suitable for us to confide into. If we let our guard down, people will criticize us. So to get over things with, we just continue with whatever we need to do, not carefully thinking of our decision.

In a fast-paced life, an adult barely has time to consult someone. People around us seem to have no time to hear us out to. We go on our daily routine not knowing that the struggles we encounter and ignore are piling up on our subconscious. When the time comes, these disregarded emotions and unresolved issues will haunt is back. In the case of an elderly person, everyone else has to do something except him. Once the person is left alone, having no one beside him to hear what he is going through, he starts to feel anxiety. He starts to look back at life and may feel empty or full of regrets, especially if he has not lived it well.

It’s not true, though, that people cannot seek help in their adulthood or elderhood. In fact, there are a lot of ways to seek guidance when one is old enough. In times like these, people may opt to seek someone in the religious field for advice, a psychiatrist or even a psychic. Oftentimes though, it seems that we hide ourselves from other people when we seek to consult any of the ones mentioned above. Even in consulting them, it seems that we don’t open up that much to these people to avoid embarrassment or judgement. We defeat the purpose of seeing our chosen counselor as we protect ourselves from their criticism. 

Here at Da Seekers Cove, we here out the grievances of each person who comes to us for advice. We guide them through their situation and leave the decision-making to our client. We also offer seminars and workshops so people can socialize with others who may be sharing the same plight as theirs. It’s a good way of letting them know that they are not alone. We will have  Afternoon with the Seniors on February 16, 2013 from 2-5pm (P500/person), tackling on how tackle on how an elderly person can cope up with changes in his life and still live his life satisfyingly. Loving Relationships will be on February 23, 2013 from 4-9pm (P700/person), which is a post-Valentine special topic.

Registration is ongoing. Here are the ways to reserve a slot:

1. Onsite: Visit us at Da Seekers Cove, Robinsons Galleria between 10am-9pm. You may have your regular consultation or reading first then register afterwards at the front desk. Fill up our seminar registration sheet with the seminar date, your name, e-mail and mobile number. Also make a non-refundable reservation fee of P250. The remaining balance shall be paid after the workshop itself. 

2. On the phone: Call us up at 637-1286 between 10am-7pm. Tell us the seminar name, your name, e-mail and mobile number. Also make a non-refundable reservation fee of P250 via LBC. The remaining balance shall be paid after the workshop itself.

3. Via text: Text us at 0915-5473743 with the following details:

Seminar name:
Name:
E-mail Address:
Mobile:

Also make a non-refundable reservation fee of P250 via LBC. The remaining balance shall be paid after the workshop itself. 

4. Via e-mail: E-mail us at daseekerscovetarot@gmail.com with the following details:

Seminar date:
Name:
E-mail Address:
Mobile:

Also make a non-refundable reservation fee of P250 via LBC. The remaining balance shall be paid after the workshop itself.

Photos from: 

http://sitwatwb.blogspot.com/2012/02/man-goes-through-8-life-stages.html

http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/modules/facilitators-guide/facilitators-guide.html

http://www.newdreamfoundation.com/quest-ceremonies.htm

http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/06/24/childhood-abuse-linked-to-headaches-in-adulthood/14975.html