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Thoughts on the art of living
He’s such a resource when it comes to social science research. Recently, I was reading his recent The Atlantic magazine column and an article called “Dare to Act Differently and Be Happier.” Here’s an excerpt:“One 2023 literature review, in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, looked at 57 recent happiness studies and found that the most ...
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Beauty. We treat it like a pretty trinket, some delicate thing easily broken, best kept on a high shelf, and left for vacation or retreat after we’ve handled the real
November 10, 2024
Twelve months ago, I’d never heard of a “midlife wisdom school,” and now I’m the CEO of one. File this under “things I didn’t see coming.”Like many of you, I
November 9, 2024
Mind you, this was 1984 so this idea was pretty racy. It was called “Fourplay” and was set in Greenwich Village in the mid-1970s. Two closeted gay men who are
November 8, 2024
There’s no better screenwriter of your life story than you, especially in the messiness of midlife. While it may be hard to believe, you understand what brought you to this
November 7, 2024
Surveying the retirement landscape and acknowledging that he’d promised his wife that he would give more time to their marriage and grandkids, he sheepishly said in a compromised tone, “I’m
November 6, 2024
One of my favorite Presidential candidate policy proposals – that arrived late in the game – was Kamala Harris’ suggestion that Medicare benefits cover home health care for the first
November 5, 2024
Mrs. Graham grew up in an emotionally-remote, aristocratic home. She was insecure and stayed in the background taking care of her kids and aging parents while her husband built and
November 4, 2024
If you can clearly recall always making sure that on Wednesday nights you were somewhere you could watch Dynasty, then I bet you can’t count the times you’ve briskly walked
November 3, 2024
In the messy middle of my life, I went through a divorce, an empty nest (number four left for college), moved to a new city, downsized from a 5400 sq.
November 2, 2024
They only give you answers.” This is part of the reason I’ve loved going to Wisdom 2.0 conferences for more than a dozen years – I wander into some of
November 1, 2024
Thank you to MEA Shawn Garvey for creating this 2-minute song using AI based upon this poem I wrote for my birthday three years ago, based upon a friend of
October 30, 2024
Deep, thoughtful writer Maria Popova is one of those people for me. She celebrated 18 years of publishing The Marginalian last week (formerly Brain Pickings) and offered 18 pieces of
October 29, 2024
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