I focus in this essay on the ways in which turbulence can be transformed to engagement, and contradiction can be transformed to integration.

William Bergquist and Gary Quehl In essence, we are all actors living on the stage of life–a common metaphor used by many writers, including William Shakespeare. Yet it continues to be a useful metaphor, given what many of us experience on a daily basis as mature adults. We live on a stage populated by many actors – all of whom …

We begin our investigation of generativity with child-rearing and project-building because of the lingering impact these early forms of mature caring have on our lives.