When I planned my trip to Salt Spring Island, I envisioned solitude—a digital detox, quiet reflection, and space to uncover epiphanies. But as the time drew near, I realized something

January 26, 2025

According to Greenwald Research, 79% of Americans believe there is a retirement crisis, up from 67% in 2020. While my parents were safe and cared for, I couldn’t help but

January 25, 2025

As Steve Jobs suggested, “Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly

January 24, 2025

Inside your body, aging unfolds at remarkably different rates, all the way down to our cells. Academics now call this “organ aging,” which looks at how different parts of our

January 23, 2025

On a personal level, it gives me such joy to share the classroom with people I’ve long admired. Last year, Richard Rohr, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Michael Franti all taught me

January 22, 2025

This topic is so meaningful to me that chapter 7 of my book “Learning to Love Midlife” is dedicated to helping readers understand how their story serves them. For those

January 21, 2025

I enjoyed reading travel writer Paul Theroux’s recent NY Times piece, “The Hard Reality American Expats Quickly Learn” about what it’s like being alone and far away. Theroux says the

January 20, 2025

She wanted me to unpack my feelings about his sporadic, largely absent role in my life. I refused; as a child I had created an entire mythos around him, and

January 19, 2025

My mother, with whom I have always had a troubled and difficult bond, recently texted out of the blue asking if she could ask my 26-year-old son, who works for

January 18, 2025

When I listened to Tuesday’s NY Times Daily Show podcast on Could the L.A. Fires Have Been Stopped Sooner?, I realized there are people in our modern elder community who

January 17, 2025

Babies and older adults share several similarities in consciousness, particularly in terms of how they experience the world including:Present-Moment Awareness: Healthy babies and old elders live in the now. Curiosity

January 16, 2025

You don’t know your limits until you’ve exceeded them. I’ve learned that as an entrepreneur who flirted with bankruptcy, as a blogger sharing my very personal revelations that some in

January 15, 2025