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“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 truth in my heart long before we talked; I had anxiously noticed our mother’s rapid cognitive decline for months. I wanted to believe that her memory lapses ...
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“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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
Reflecting on my experience last year as guest faculty for the Modern Elder Academy’s Reframing Retirement course, I’m reminded of the profound transitions we all face. Whether it’s leaving behind
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
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
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
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
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