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I was fortunate enough to give the opening keynote for Stanford’s Lifestyle Medicine “Healthy Aging” conference earlier this month. Lifestyle medicine is a burgeoning field that strives to optimize physical and mental health through seven lifestyle pillars as defined by Stanford’s program: Healthful Nutrition, Restorative Sleep, Movement and Exercise, Stress Management, Social Enhancement, Cognitive Enhancement, ...
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I was fortunate enough to give the opening keynote for Stanford’s Lifestyle Medicine “Healthy Aging” conference earlier this month. Lifestyle medicine is a burgeoning field that strives to optimize physical
May 20, 2025
This TIME magazine article with today’s title caught my eye last week given that I’m spending more and more time with my 87-year-old parents. Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, founder of End
May 19, 2025
The US just fell out of the top 20 countries for happiness in research by Oxford University. Why aren’t we happy all the time? The short answer is that our brains
May 18, 2025
I’m excited to be co-leading a silent meditation retreat, Landscapes of Silence, August 25-30 on MEA’s Rising Circle Ranch with Teddi, our cowboy yogi Lee (the Dalai Lama meets the
May 17, 2025
KOINOPHOBIA: the fear that you’ve lived an ordinary life While you’re in it, life seems epic. Fiery, tenuous, and unpredictable. But when you look back over your story, or try to
May 16, 2025
AMBEDO: A Momentary Trance of Emotional ClaritySometimes when you’re alone and everything is quiet, you feel a certain placeless intensity that drifts in like a fog. It’s subtle at first,
May 15, 2025
OPIA: the ambiguous intensity of eye contactSo much can be said in a glance. You feel such ambiguous intensity, looking someone in the eye—it’s somehow both intrusive and vulnerable. Their
May 14, 2025
I continue this week’s exploration of made-up works in The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows that deserve to be popularized.ALAZIA: the fear that you’re not longer able to changeWhen you were
May 13, 2025
Many friends have told me about John Koenig’s Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, but it wasn’t until recently that someone gave me a copy of the book. You can get a
May 12, 2025
Mother’s Day 2023 didn’t look the way I imagined.Unusual circumstances left me alone not with my mom, not with my child. Even my husband was in the hospital that day.
May 11, 2025
My story is not unique. Like many people who find their way to the Modern Elder Academy, I too had a midlife crisis–or what I now call a “chrysalis,” thanks
May 10, 2025
Something that EXCITES you: passion is a great fuel for purposeSomething that AGITATES you: Reed Hastings started Netflix because he was pissed off at Blockbuster Video’s late chargesSomething that makes
May 9, 2025
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