Alan OHashi

Aging Gratefully in Good Company (eBook, ePUB)

Brewing with happiness, purpose, and connection adds life to our years and years to our lives.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this blend of memoir, social commentary, and practical guide, author Alan O'Hashi explores how living in community-what he calls cOMmunification-extends not only to our lifespans but also to a sense of purpose, joy, and belonging. cOMunification is more than collaboration. It's the conscious practice of weaving personal stories into a shared social fabric, of turning proximity into relationship and difference into dialogue.

Drawing on a lifetime of lived experience, O'Hashi shows how the seeds of community can sprout in surprising places. Growing up in a large extended family in post-World War II America, he witnessed both the wounds of racism and the healing power of kinship. Later, his sense of belonging took many forms. He lived in a college dorm filled with restless curiosity, bought his first home with two "wild and crazy" housemates, slummed it above a small-town hardware store, and became a mixed-use fan. He eventually joined a Buddhist-centered cooperative household that taught him the art of mindfulness and shared living.

These seemingly unrelated chapters of his life converged when he moved into Silver Sage Village, one of the first senior cohousing communities in the United States. There, O'Hashi discovered what decades of experience had been leading him toward understanding that community doesn't just happen. It's created, nurtured, and sustained through intention. Cohousing, at its best, is a living laboratory for social evolution. It's a place where democracy meets compassion, where privacy coexists with interdependence, and where human messiness gives way to moments of grace.

Through stories gathered from his neighbors and from other communities across the U.S. and abroad, O'Hashi examines how cohousing and similar models are redefining what it means to grow old in a fragmented world. From Germantown Commons in Nashville, where residents link social connection to good health, to neighborhoods in South Africa where communal living is woven into the culture, he highlights the universal truth that people thrive when they are seen, needed, and valued.

Aging Gratefully in Good Company is both a reflection on one man's journey and a roadmap for anyone yearning for a deeper sense of connection in an age of division. O'Hashi's insights, drawn from his five Aging Gratefully documentaries and decades of community building, show how intentional living can bridge cultural divides, foster empathy, and remind us of our shared humanity.

With humor, humility, and hard-earned wisdom, O'Hashi urges readers to see aging not as a decline, but as an invitation to engage more fully with life, with others, and with ourselves. In a society obsessed with independence, Aging Gratefully in Good Company celebrates the radical act of interdependence. It is a testament to the simple, powerful truth that when we care for one another, we don't just live longer - we live better.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Best Chance Media
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798989421367
• Artikelnr.: 75866153

Autorenporträt

Alan O'Hashi is a filmmaker, writer, and social entrepreneur whose work bridges storytelling, community, and social change. A lifelong "do-gooder," he has spent decades exploring how people connect across cultural and generational divides. Alan founded Best Chance Media Publishing and Boulder Community Media (BCM), which, in addition to five PBS documentaries, he and BCM have produced a series of documentaries under the Aging Gratefully banner, capturing how intentional communities nurture resilience, belonging, and joy.A journalist, nonprofit leader, and civic engagement consultant, Alan blends humor and insight in his reflections on what it means to live meaningfully and together. From his home in Boulder, Colorado, he continues to experiment with "cOMmunification," the art and practice of turning neighbors into community.