Barbara Kreisman

Barbara Kreisman is a seasoned guide through the emotional complexity of caregiving and aging.

Drawing on her experience founding and leading PurposefulAging.org, she helps caregivers navigate grief, guilt, and identity shifts with clarity and compassion.

A longtime MEA contributor and former business school professor, Barb blends personal experience, evidence-informed insight, and soulful connection to help participants reclaim their voice and values in the midst of life’s hardest transitions.

Emotional Wisdom Guide: Helps caregivers name, process, and move through the emotions that often go unspoken.

Community Builder: Creates safe, intimate spaces where truth-telling leads to healing and renewal.

Aging Visionary: Supports people in reframing later life not as decline—but as deepening.

Emerita Professor: Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging (KIHA)