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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 mentioned it in a recent MEA workshop: “The blessing in life is when you find the torture you’re comfortable with.” It’s funny. It’s uncomfortable. And ...
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MEA alum Douglas Tsoi carried Henri Nouwen’s sentiment one step further when he recently offered me this exquisite question that anyone in their forties might consider, “How was the first
June 8, 2022
Too often we try to change our lives by pushing harder, judging ourselves and beating ourselves up when we don’t succeed. But research shows that shame and self-criticism don’t work
June 7, 2022
He posed four questions for each of us to answer in breakout groups: A person who died who impacted us positively. The song at our memorial. If you learned you
June 6, 2022
32. Change is situational or circumstantial. Transition is psychological or spiritual. Seek the latter, as doing the former means you’ll just complain about your next spouse or boss just like
June 5, 2022
Learn the difference between learning and memorizing. The former will serve you for a lifetime. The latter erodes with age. Don’t wait to tell someone you love them. Choose your
June 4, 2022
When my “Baja aha” of MEA was “mid-wifed” nearly 5 years ago, I recognized that a collateral benefit of creating the world’s first “midlife wisdom school” was all the interesting
June 3, 2022
And, of course, my other co-founder Jeff Hamaoui sets the standard for cool by being so warm. Recently, the three of us were intellectually jousting at one of our weekly
June 2, 2022
He was referring to the sentiment that Covid would only last two weeks, remember that? And as soon as it seemed the world was going to return to some semblance
June 1, 2022
Are you ready for your “final frontier?” Brené Brown seems to be ready. In this recent “Creating Space” blog post, she announced that she’s taking a 14-week sabbatical this summer.
May 30, 2022
For those of you who are devoted Wisdom Well readers, you’ve probably heard me talk about “My Wisdom Book” before, but we have a lot of newer readers, so I
May 29, 2022
“In my late thirties, my intuition had tried to warn me about the possibility of a midlife struggle. I experienced internal rumblings about the meaning and purpose of my life.
May 28, 2022
Everything was fine until we hit the streets of San Francisco. Of course, it was raining, and our tires gained no traction on the Hyde Street cable car line. I
May 27, 2022
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