Are You At Peace With Yourself?

Thanks to all of you who send me great articles and Substack columns including this one from my friend Sandy

Chip Conley

October 14, 2025

Are You At Peace With Yourself?

The Day I Died, and What Stayed With Me

Not for long — just long enough to understand that life is a temporary address.  I went flatline nine times

Chip Conley

October 13, 2025

The Day I Died, and What Stayed With Me

Guest Post: The Space Between

On my 61st birthday, I found myself not in celebration, but in a deep process of listening, reflection and self-repurposing

Paul Coletta

October 12, 2025

Guest Post: The Space Between

Guest Post: An Inspired Poem: From Crisis to Chrysalis

I mistook the doubts for failure— the cracking skin, the restless ache, the slow unraveling of plans once held like

Tony Martignetti

October 11, 2025

Guest Post: An Inspired Poem: From Crisis to Chrysalis

Galisteo: A Village Where Land, Light, and Art Converge

Drive five minutes south of our MEA Rising Circle Ranch campus and you’ll find yourself entering Galisteo, a small, 400-year-old

Chip Conley

October 10, 2025

Galisteo: A Village Where Land, Light, and Art Converge

When Time Becomes Precious—and Precarious

MD Anderson says it’s in remission. UCSF says it’s not. That’s confusing, especially when my most recent blood test showed

Chip Conley

October 9, 2025

When Time Becomes Precious—and Precarious

Soundtracking Life’s Transitions

Recently, I started thinking about what music could accompany each of these stages, not as background noise but as a

Chip Conley

October 8, 2025

Soundtracking Life’s Transitions

Seventy Is the New Happy: Why Life Gets Better with Time

According to this Yahoo article, many people report age 70 as their emotional peak. The reasons aren’t mystical. They’re human,

Chip Conley

October 7, 2025

Seventy Is the New Happy: Why Life Gets Better with Time

The Joke’s on Aging

Anne Lamott has this gift of making aging look less like a slow erosion and more like a stand-up set

Chip Conley

October 6, 2025

The Joke’s on Aging

Aging Is a Consciousness Upgrade

Around 40, an outdated operating system kicked in. You probably know the one — clunky, fear-based, strangely contagious. It whispers

Kat Miller

October 5, 2025

Aging Is a Consciousness Upgrade

The Wild, Wide Now

“Wasn’t it death that taught me to stop measuring my lifespan by length, but by width?”  — Andrea Gibson And

Tom Cosgrove

October 4, 2025

The Wild, Wide Now

 I’ve Discovered a New Religion: Thoughtfulism

Out of this reflection, I’ve stumbled onto a new faith of my own: Thoughtfulism first coined by Steve Yastrow. Thoughtfulism

Chip Conley

October 3, 2025

 I’ve Discovered a New Religion: Thoughtfulism