The Elder Journey site is a place for reflective inquiry into aging, meaning, and the stories that shape who we are.
It is where elderhood is understood as a threshold of integration, wisdom, and possibility.
Because we are living in a moment when longevity has outpaced our language, a distinct and newly defined life stage is needed
Not an extension of midlife and not a prelude to decline —but a period of agency, authorship, and deeper becoming.
This is an invitation to explore narrative identity, life review, and meaning-making through classes, books, and guided narrative practices.
The Elder Journey
The Elder Journey
coming soon
The Narrative Arc of Aging: How Stories Shape the Lives We Live
Offering a fresh, research‑grounded perspective on aging as a distinct life stage of coherence, contribution, and deeper becoming.
Soul Notes: A Guide to Eldering Through Reflection, Story, and Meaning
A guidebook for the elder journey
Soul Notes offers gentle guidance for exploring the inner landscape of a life. Through reflective prompts, psychological insight, and accessible narrative practices, this companion book supports you in remembering your story, making meaning of your past, and deepening your sense of legacy.
Designed for personal journaling, legacy writing, or use in elder groups, Soul Notes invites a slow, curious, and compassionate approach to life review. Whether used at your own pace or within a guided program, it helps you notice the threads that have shaped you and the wisdom that continues to unfold.
Narrative Prompts and Practices
About Kathryn Skrabo
Kathryn Skrabo, MSW is an educator and guide in the narrative dimensions of aging, meaning, and life integration. With decades of experience in human development and lifelong learning, hospice volunteering, and reflective life-story work, she brings both personal insight and grounded depth to the question of how we make sense of our lives.
Her years as a hospice volunteer deepened her conviction that elderhood is not a time of decline, but a threshold of meaning — a passage into coherence, legacy, and deeper becoming.
Kathryn is the author of Soul Notes: A Guide to Eldering Through Reflection, Story and Meaning, a journaling companion that supports individuals in exploring life narrative with curiosity and care. Her forthcoming book, The Narrative Arc of Aging, offers a new scholarly framework for understanding aging as an emergent, integrative, and vital phase of human development.
She is committed to reflective inquiry and the quiet power of growing older with awareness.