Wise Women Caregivers Share Their Stories

The Emotional and Physical Toll of Caregiving By the time Rene makes her morning coffee, she’s already answered the same question from her husband five times. Once her best friend ...

Wise Women Caregivers Share Their Stories

Why Confidence Comes From Doing

I just got back from Miami Beach from our first Midlife Male Excellent Adventure.This is about the single biggest takeaway from the weekend: that confidence comes from doing.What struck me ...

Why Confidence Comes From Doing

How’s Your Relationship Fitness?

 Look around and you’ll see people – maybe even yourself – working on their physical fitness. But when was the last time you saw, or heard about, someone working to ...

How’s Your Relationship Fitness?

Leaving Fingerprints on Eternity

Dr. Huel Perkins was my Humanities professor in my junior year of college. He was also one of the most captivating human beings I had ever met. He was tall, ...

Leaving Fingerprints on Eternity

How the Arts Save Us

Exploring the power of art on our health and wellbeingArtistic expression is deeply ingrained in our biology and evolutionary development and is a crucial aspect of human existence. Breakthroughs in ...

How the Arts Save Us

Why I’m Walking 200 Miles

I keep two invisible columns in my head, and you probably do also. One is labeled IGID — I’m Glad I Did. The other is IWIH — I Wish I ...

Why I’m Walking 200 Miles

The Power of Storytelling: From Hiding to Liberation

Twenty years ago, I was working the graveyard shift at a homeless shelter for mentally ill women in Santa Monica. My paycheck was $740 every two weeks. I took the ...

The Power of Storytelling: From Hiding to Liberation

Not Too Late to Live

Rilke, Longevity Literacy, and Full Force Living Not Too LateYou are not dead yet, it’s not too lateto open your depths by plunging into themand drink in the lifethat reveals ...

Not Too Late to Live

What’s Ok, What’s Not Ok

There are times in one’s life, many if you are lucky, when the journey takes you to an abrupt right-angle turn in the road. A decision is made. An insight ...

What’s Ok, What’s Not Ok

How Much is Enough? Less Than You Think

Everyone craves pleasure, but few know how best to obtain it, and at what cost. Surprisingly, some of the most useful advice comes not from modern psychology but from a ...

How Much is Enough? Less Than You Think