How to Find Liberation Through Acceptance: The Power of Embracing Midlife

“I just talked to the neurologist,” my brother, a doctor, said in a crackly voice. “She’s got Alzheimer’s.” His words hit me like a truck, even though I knew their

How to Find Liberation Through Acceptance: The Power of Embracing Midlife

A 77-year-old at a Midlife School?

On the final day of my five-day workshop at a ranch in Santa Fe on the new MEA campus, a midlife wisdom school, I looked around the room at my

A 77-year-old at a Midlife School?

Climate Change and Lifetime Range – We’re Not Ready for Either!

For all kinds of reasons – immediate vs. delayed rewards, collective action problems, faulty social and political structures – we don’t prepare well for the inevitable. Our hope of adaptation

Climate Change and Lifetime Range – We’re Not Ready for Either!

New Mexico is Short for Nomadic Mavericks

In this past weekend’s NY Times Magazine there was a gushing story called “New Mexico Is Where the Outlaw Artists Live” which became a mecca for artists a century ago

New Mexico is Short for Nomadic Mavericks

5 Essential Questions to Ask in Your 50s

“Ten years from now, what will you regret if you don’t learn it or do it now?” Anticipated regret is a form of wisdom and can be a catalyst for

5 Essential Questions to Ask in Your 50s

Is it Better to be an Early Bird or a Night Owl?

I’m not alone. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Disney’s Bob Iger get up at the same time. According to one survey, two-thirds of the chief executives of large American companies

Is it Better to be an Early Bird or a Night Owl?

“What Did You See When You Died?”

A wailing siren and a soft, reassuring hand. That is all I remember from my ambulance trip in suburban St. Louis during a sticky, humid summer day. My heart had

“What Did You See When You Died?”

A 10,000-mile Journey in Search of Self and Kindred Spirits

Imagine embarking on a whimsical odyssey, almost like Frodo, the famous character from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, but with less hairy feet and no ring to

A 10,000-mile Journey in Search of Self and Kindred Spirits

Discover the Pace of Nature

We had a miraculous workshop cohort in Santa Fe this week with Jerry Colonna leading a group of 27 compadres in “Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up.” One

Discover the Pace of Nature

What are the Top 5 Factors to Healthy Aging?

The McKinsey Health Institute developed a test with 53 factors that could lead to great health as we age and then they asked thousands of older folks which factors they

What are the Top 5 Factors to Healthy Aging?

Are You Ready for Your Golden Gap Year?

And, then I stumbled upon this detailed article in The Guardian (UK) newspaper about how to take a midlife work sabbatical. The trend is fuelled by workers aged 50-plus who

Are You Ready for Your Golden Gap Year?