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Thoughts on the art of living
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 uncertain, even unrecognizable. At MEA, this moment is not treated as a crisis to fix, but as an invitation to reexamine, to mine for wisdom, ...
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Sixty, I can tell already, might be a pretty big deal. It is the age after which, when things break, they don’t ever fix completely. It is the age after
January 20, 2022
The truth is, aging and speeding have much in common. I don’t know about you, but old age is always about 15 years older than me. And I don’t think
January 19, 2022
But once he realized that Shep wasn’t just a temporary visitor and that he was sticking around for good, his intrigue was replaced with overt jealousy and irritability, to put
January 18, 2022
I, like many of us, remember when this day was not a national holiday nor a day dedicated to public service.” Today while listening to any number of recordings of
January 17, 2022
But, Ezekiel Emanuel’s essay is worth reading even if you vehemently disagree with him. Here’s his position, in his own words: “Doubtless, death is a loss. It deprives us of
January 16, 2022
Let’s play a game. Start with this fill-in-the-blank sentence, “I _______, therefore I am.” Give me two answers. The first time you fill in the blank, you answer candidly about
January 15, 2022
Photo taken exactly 10 years ago with Michael’s wife Sara at my Hotel Vitale Singer-songwriter and activist Michael Franti has been in my life for more than thirty years since
January 14, 2022
Let’s make a list. Why should we say midlife crisis when at midlife we have an awakening as to who we really are after 45 years or more of living
January 13, 2022
Synthesizing the “Modern Elder” paradigm requires that we begin to define and illustrate this next chapter of our lives and careers. What is the power of creating and communicating our
January 12, 2022
Successism: “the societal worship of success in a manner that is damaging to the well-being and dignity of many citizens.” Of course, most modern elders wake up to the fact
January 11, 2022
While I understood his point, I also knew that genuine curiosity (frustrating as it may be to organizations) also leads to getting things done faster and more efficiently. Today, the
January 10, 2022
Once in a blue moon, we offer an MEA workshop exclusively focused on starting a business. Two years ago, my co-founder Jeff Hamaoui and I offered a Mastery Week on
January 9, 2022
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