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Thoughts on the art of living
Authentic purpose-led leadership is only fully available to a leader brave enough to confront their own finitude. This statement is the “executive summary” of this “long read” over the next two days, in which I share a new level of awareness in me, and that brought forward this learning that I feel is valuable for ...
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Authentic purpose-led leadership is only fully available to a leader brave enough to confront their own finitude. This statement is the “executive summary” of this “long read” over the next
May 9, 2026
Not loud— but faithful. A metronome beneath the ribs since my mother’s breath went quiet and mine learned its own uncertainty. I used to move with ambition. Now I move
May 8, 2026
Then I read Rumi whisper, “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” Radiant, there, meant cosmic— not polished, but burning. And William Wordsworth gave us
May 7, 2026
The first was at 47, during a near-death experience that cracked open my sense of time and identity. The second is now, as I face a metastasizing cancer that has
May 6, 2026
Some come to MEA as a student and then become a facilitator or guest faculty member as Elizabeth White has done. I was so honored to feature her on my
May 5, 2026
There’s a moment in an interview between Jerry Seinfeld and Howard Stern where Seinfeld offers a line that has been rattling around in my head ever since author Dan Pink
May 4, 2026
Hi. I am Stephanie. I’m a middle-aged, straight woman, and I’m obsessed with reading gay male romantic fiction. My obsession started in 2022 when I discovered BookTok, a community of
May 3, 2026
There comes a moment—often in midlife—when the life we carefully constructed no longer holds. A career unravels. A relationship shifts. A sense of identity dissolves. What once felt stable becomes
May 2, 2026
In less than 11 months, we’ve produced 100 episodes of our Midlife Chrysalis podcast with nearly 2 million downloads (today’s episode with Elizabeth White is dynamite!). For those of you
May 1, 2026
During my life, I’ve been an expert translator of “doing” into “becoming.” Becoming is doing with a purpose and soul, but it’s still a lot of activity. Poet David Whyte,
April 29, 2026
Researchers recently created something called the Psychedelic-related Major Life Changes Questionnaire (P-MLCQ) to track what actually happens after the experience. Not just symptom relief, but real-world consequences. And the results
April 28, 2026
At first glance, they seem like separate trends. They’re not. They’re part of the same quiet revolution. Let’s start with the dating article. We’re seeing a shift where younger men
April 27, 2026
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