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I saw a new study showing 70% of adults reject midlife stereotypes—and I thought, “Only 70%?” Because from where I sit, midlife looks less like a breakdown and more like a breakthrough with better taste. Even more telling: 71% say their best years are now or ahead. That tracks. Most people I know in their ...
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When I launched my first book, Closer Together, in Vancouver this spring, my friend Dr. Gabor Maté began our conversation on stage by asking, “Sophie, is this book your love
July 20, 2024
The online marketplace would vet the modern elders regarding their expertise and availability. Are these folks in their 50s, 60s, and beyond interested in being a fractional CMO, providing strategic
July 19, 2024
MEA is honored that Arizona State University (the largest four-year university in the U.S.) reached out to us to create a “Thriving in your Empty Nest Chapter” program for ASU
July 18, 2024
What if aging wasn’t a descent into obsolescence, but it’s an ascent into wisdom and clarity? Just as altitude in flight offers a broader view of the landscape below, age
July 17, 2024
She was young, no more than late 30s, but she was hardened. I could feel passion underneath the surface, but she did her best to control her emotions the first
July 16, 2024
And, then, I had a Near Death Experience (NDE). I died multiple times after giving a speech in St. Louis due to an allergic reaction to an antibiotic (oh yes,
July 15, 2024
At 34 years old, I became a partner in a strategy consulting firm that we sold to a fast growing venture capital-funded company. If everything went to plan I could
July 14, 2024
Retirement is profoundly transitional. It’s a major life event and can be complex, confusing and unsettling. It’s equivalent in life disruption to the teenage journey to adulthood, except on that
July 13, 2024
I’ve long been enamored with the quote attributed to Gandhi, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” It suggests throwing caution
July 12, 2024
So, I marched on up to the TED stage last year and gave this talk on an alternative term, the “midlife chrysalis,” a time of metamorphosis and rebirth. It’s only
July 11, 2024
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year in 2023 was “Authentic” and I think the dark horse candidate for winning their “word of the year” in 2024 might be “Bedwetters.” The Biden
July 10, 2024
Dear Joe, There comes a time when you have to disrobe your identity and realize the folly of clinging to power and what you know. Who might you be if
July 9, 2024
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