Guest editor, Janet M.
Hively, Ph.D., founded the Minnesota Vital Aging Network
and is the co-founder of a new organization, SHiFT,
“empowering midlife moves to meaning in life and work.”
Her career has also included school and community
planning, administration, and outreach for public and
non-profit organizations. What all of her efforts
have in common is that they are based on the philosophy
that communities and systems need to look at life
through a new paradigm consistent with planning for
personal growth all the way through life.