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Openly Aging: 4 Pillars to Keep Control of Your Aging Journey
Openly Aging is the best book for tackling the topic of how successful aging involves proactively pursuing a plan that takes into account your financial situation, your family relationships, and your health. Openly Aging helps adult children of aging parents navigate the many options available to arrive at the best solution for everybody.
Allison addresses the elephant in the room by taking you on an eye-opening journey where the complexities of aging are clarified and embraced with wisdom and foresight. In a world where aging often comes with unforeseen expenses and emotional turbulence,
Allison presents her 4 Pillars of Aging as she serves as a lighthouse of knowledge and empowerment for both seniors and their loved ones. Delving into the four pillars of aging, Allison adeptly educates readers by equipping them with the knowledge they need and essential tools to stay independent longer and maintain control of their aging journey.
From confronting ageism to fostering intergenerational relationships, Openly Aging offers a comprehensive roadmap for a successful aging journey. By encouraging a proactive mindset, Openly Aging empowers individuals to anticipate and plan for their evolving needs while fostering independence and autonomy along the way.
Whether you are an aging parent seeking guidance or an adult child of an aging parent, Allison provides comprehensive aging education based on her experience and expertise. She shares many stories from her own experience as she tackles the aging journey head on with compassion and foresight.
Openly Aging will help you and your loved ones embrace the journey of aging with confidence as Allison arms you with the knowledge, insight, and options found within these pages.
What Readers Are Saying
“Thanks for bringing to light such an important topic as it relates to our parents and ourselves eventually as we age and how we can best address the circumstances that we will all face at some point.”
Jessica Garcia
"Allison has a wealth of knowledge on senior services, and in this book, she's taking that knowledge and sharing it in a digestible and often entertaining way. I know this is a topic that many of us have a hard time facing - it's the elephant in the room - but Allison and this book make facing hard truths a bit easier. I'd recommend it to anyone who has aging loved ones!"
Dr. Rachel Jerozal
"This small book is packed with so much wisdom and practical advice for a topic that is really tough to think about, but one that we will all universally have to face. Allison shares not only her wealth of knowledge on the topic of aging, but also sprinkles in a lot of personal stories, examples of various choices, and empowers us with the tools to help make those decisions for and with our loved ones. Most of all, it helped me view long term planning for my aging loved ones as an act of kindness. I highly recommend this book to anyone aging or knows someone who is (which of course, is all of us!). Thank you, Allison, for sharing your knowledge with us! "
Ginna Neel
For more information and to contact Allison to talk about your aging plan or to speak to your
Allison.oshea@openlyaging.com
Allison addresses the elephant in the room by taking you on an eye-opening journey where the complexities of aging are clarified and embraced with wisdom and foresight. In a world where aging often comes with unforeseen expenses and emotional turbulence,
Allison presents her 4 Pillars of Aging as she serves as a lighthouse of knowledge and empowerment for both seniors and their loved ones. Delving into the four pillars of aging, Allison adeptly educates readers by equipping them with the knowledge they need and essential tools to stay independent longer and maintain control of their aging journey.
From confronting ageism to fostering intergenerational relationships, Openly Aging offers a comprehensive roadmap for a successful aging journey. By encouraging a proactive mindset, Openly Aging empowers individuals to anticipate and plan for their evolving needs while fostering independence and autonomy along the way.
Whether you are an aging parent seeking guidance or an adult child of an aging parent, Allison provides comprehensive aging education based on her experience and expertise. She shares many stories from her own experience as she tackles the aging journey head on with compassion and foresight.
Openly Aging will help you and your loved ones embrace the journey of aging with confidence as Allison arms you with the knowledge, insight, and options found within these pages.
What Readers Are Saying
“Thanks for bringing to light such an important topic as it relates to our parents and ourselves eventually as we age and how we can best address the circumstances that we will all face at some point.”
Jessica Garcia
"Allison has a wealth of knowledge on senior services, and in this book, she's taking that knowledge and sharing it in a digestible and often entertaining way. I know this is a topic that many of us have a hard time facing - it's the elephant in the room - but Allison and this book make facing hard truths a bit easier. I'd recommend it to anyone who has aging loved ones!"
Dr. Rachel Jerozal
"This small book is packed with so much wisdom and practical advice for a topic that is really tough to think about, but one that we will all universally have to face. Allison shares not only her wealth of knowledge on the topic of aging, but also sprinkles in a lot of personal stories, examples of various choices, and empowers us with the tools to help make those decisions for and with our loved ones. Most of all, it helped me view long term planning for my aging loved ones as an act of kindness. I highly recommend this book to anyone aging or knows someone who is (which of course, is all of us!). Thank you, Allison, for sharing your knowledge with us! "
Ginna Neel
For more information and to contact Allison to talk about your aging plan or to speak to your
Allison.oshea@openlyaging.com
85 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 3, 2024
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About the author
Allison O'Shea
10 books4 followersAllison O'Shea has been writing stories, poetry, and plays from a young age, and has always been an avid reader. Her deep love of books led her family to have a "no reading at the table" rule to make sure she would stop reading long enough to participate in the dinner conversation!
In 2017, she self-published her first novel, 'Big Sky Heart', and has added an additional five books since. She writes women's fiction and contemporary romance, focusing on the personal, emotional journeys women encounter on their way towards finding love.
If you're looking for stories with a supernatural twist, you might enjoy the Layna Wood series, beginning with 'Petrified Wood'. This series follows country singer Layna as she balances a career and the interest of a hunky cop, all while discovering and managing powers within herself that she'd never known.
For stories focused on women working through personal struggles on their way towards finding love, you should check out 'A Path Between Dreams', which follows the director of a dog shelter who can't seem to fully escape the nightmares of her past. 'Big Sky Heart' is another emotional story about Emma Ward, a woman trying to find the courage to follow her dreams.
Follow Allison on Instagram, Facebook and Bookbub
Check out her website for special offers and new releases!
In 2017, she self-published her first novel, 'Big Sky Heart', and has added an additional five books since. She writes women's fiction and contemporary romance, focusing on the personal, emotional journeys women encounter on their way towards finding love.
If you're looking for stories with a supernatural twist, you might enjoy the Layna Wood series, beginning with 'Petrified Wood'. This series follows country singer Layna as she balances a career and the interest of a hunky cop, all while discovering and managing powers within herself that she'd never known.
For stories focused on women working through personal struggles on their way towards finding love, you should check out 'A Path Between Dreams', which follows the director of a dog shelter who can't seem to fully escape the nightmares of her past. 'Big Sky Heart' is another emotional story about Emma Ward, a woman trying to find the courage to follow her dreams.
Follow Allison on Instagram, Facebook and Bookbub
Check out her website for special offers and new releases!
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October 19, 2025
As life goes on and we keep aging
Allison O'Shea is right. Having a plan for the winter years provides peace of mind, reassurance for thise closest to us, and prevents loneliness and isolation - two killers. When it is possible to independently prepare for our "last tango", we avoid most if the common problems of aging.
Dr. Ethelle Lord
Int'l Caregivers Assoc.
Allison O'Shea is right. Having a plan for the winter years provides peace of mind, reassurance for thise closest to us, and prevents loneliness and isolation - two killers. When it is possible to independently prepare for our "last tango", we avoid most if the common problems of aging.
Dr. Ethelle Lord
Int'l Caregivers Assoc.
December 4, 2025
I thoroughly recommend
What a wonderful resource. Simple, understandable steps to ensure you take care of yourself through the entire cycle of life.
What a wonderful resource. Simple, understandable steps to ensure you take care of yourself through the entire cycle of life.
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