Out Of The Woods : A Guide to Life for Men Beyond 50

This book is a guide for the maturing man: complete with route-finder, service areas, scenic highlights and emergency callout advice. It gathers the best wisdom and experience of many men on enjoying your best years to the full, on the skills you need to handle the losses and shipwrecks, and on how to grow through them. It offers insights, inspiration, practical advice and resources for further help. The aim is simple: enjoy life now! The book offers wisdom from the unexpected, like a Wiltshire wood, football, Sufi mystics, car maintenance, and heroic myth. Topics in the book include: change and renewal; a fresh look at relationships; work, money - and fulfilment; tackling health issues; family dynamics: ageing parents and lots more; last chance saloon: addictions, anger, depression, and alternatives; dreams, dawns, dying, and inspiration; giving and receiving: friends, groups, and communities; sex: yes you can!; maturing organically: sustaining your happiness, and giving back. The book offers an easy, entertaining read to guide men through this new stage of life. It's also helpful for partners, family and friends who want to understand and support them. To handle new needs and challenges there are self test exercises, and further resource guides. "When the roles that define men dissolve - work, marriage, fatherhood - it's a time of huge possibility and freedom, and it's easy to feel lost, with nowhere to turn. This is a guide for the maturing man. It gathers the best wisdom and experience on enjoying these finest years to the full, and the skills you'll need to handle the losses, shipwrecks and crises - and find your way out of the woods. ..."--Back cover Out Of The Woods gathers the best wisdom and experience of many men on enjoying your best years to the full, on the skills you need to handle the losses and shipwrecks, and on how to grow through them. It offers insights, inspiration, practical advice and resources for further help.The aim is simple: enjoy life now!