cardinal francis george of chicago called her "a woman of deeply held principles." >>> the actress bette davis once said that "old age ain't no place for sissies." aging may be a universal quality of being human, as the author lewis richmond puts it, but that doesn't mean it's easy. his book, "aging as a spiritual practice," tells how buddhist principles can help with life's transitions. richmond leads meditation workshops on the subject of aging, and we attended one at the shambhala center in new york city. >> buddhist wisdom begins with a very simple principle - everything changes. aging is really about time, and our experience of time, the things that we love and cherish will change, will get old, including us, and pass away. a big challenge for us is to see aging as it really is. not as we imagine it, not as the society or advertisements say it is, not as our friends say it is, but what is it really for us? all of buddhist spiritual practice is a kind of great re-framing. seeing all of human life differently, much more positively, and deeply. so buddhist mindfulness practices, as it

at one point, she served on an advisory board to chicago's cardinal francis george. she brought the issue of domestic violence to his attention, forcefully, she recalls. >> your eminence, we don't talk about it in our churches, we are not supporting women, and our church would be nowhere if it weren't for women. >> reporter: about 25 people showed up for a meeting on domestic violence at yokie's church after father dahm spoke at the masses. yokie believes churches are one of the best settings in which to address the problem. >> it's the one place where you have the perpetrator, the victim, and the witnesses, the kids, hearing the message that it's wrong, that god loves you, we're here to support you, you don't have to put up with it. >> reporter: men can also be victims of domestic abuse, often in same-sex relationships, but that number is small compared to women. and domestic violence can be other than physical. >> emotional or psychological violence is much more difficult to detect, but it's also more frequent, the belittling, demeaning, the insults. >> that was th