Until just recently, global life satisfaction showed a predictable curve such that after a peak of happiness in one’s early 20’s, there’s a long, slow decline that bottoms out in

May 28, 2025

Navigating Transitions (June 2-7 in Baja) with Thérèse O’Neill: This starts a week from today and is our most popular recurring workshop. It’s pretty full, partly due to the fact

May 27, 2025

You know someone is a connoisseur of hot springs when they plan whole vacations around “taking the waters.” I’ve done an onsen tour in Japan and traveled to Iceland and

May 26, 2025

Most people aren’t. Curious? Rate the following two questions on a 10-point scale (1: Very Low – 10: Very High). 1. What is the current level of achievement in your life? 2.

May 25, 2025

“I wish I could slow AI development, but I can’t,” admitted the CEO of one of the world’s leading AI companies during a video call we had.  A few months

May 24, 2025

And, then, in midlife, I stumbled upon Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” written 800 years ago as an early precursor to MEA’s curriculum:  “In the middle of our life’s journey, I found

May 23, 2025

DJ DiDonna who teaches at Harvard and Annette Mason. Someone in the MEA community recently asked me how she should best approach her sabbatical so, off the cuff, in a

May 22, 2025

Midlife isn’t a crisis—it’s a chrysalis.  It’s the most transformative time of your life, a marathon that spans decades, from 35 to 75.  After years of accumulating, it’s time to

May 21, 2025

I was fortunate enough to give the opening keynote for Stanford’s Lifestyle Medicine “Healthy Aging” conference earlier this month. Lifestyle medicine is a burgeoning field that strives to optimize physical

May 20, 2025

This TIME magazine article with today’s title caught my eye last week given that I’m spending more and more time with my 87-year-old parents. Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, founder of End

May 19, 2025

The US just fell out of the top 20 countries for happiness in research by Oxford University. Why aren’t we happy all the time?   The short answer is that our

May 18, 2025

I’m excited to be co-leading a silent meditation retreat, Landscapes of Silence, August 25-30 on MEA’s Rising Circle Ranch with Teddi, our cowboy yogi Lee (the Dalai Lama meets the

May 17, 2025