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This week’s MIDLIFE CHRYSALIS episode features a soulful conversation with writer and global nomad Pico Iyer, whose reflections on stillness, solitude, and the inner journey have inspired readers for decades. In a culture obsessed with movement and reinvention, Pico offers a gentler invitation: to go nowhere, and discover everything. At the same time, he talks ...
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I grew up in Turkey in a culture that reveres its elders. When I was 20 yrs old, I ran away from that culture under the guise of studying abroad
December 11, 2022
Today, December 10th, marks our 1000-day milestone. We have been transformed – physically, emotionally, relationally, spiritually – a transformation rooted in the once unimaginable, now completed 1000-day commitment.Carol S., a
December 10, 2022
Moments of laughter,chatter,tearsand joyousness –All replaced by waves,ocean,the trickleof a fountainwarm,gentle airthat lightly touches my skin,the banter of a winged friendthat I cannot see,the flitof a hummingbirdthat moves past my
December 9, 2022
Last year, Doree Shafrir wrote a memoir, “Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer,” as a “gentle corrective to the idea that we’re supposed to
December 8, 2022
People seemed to resonate with my newfound term, which makes sense in our age of gender fluidity. After leaving the stage, I did a quick Google search. I found “age-fluid”
December 7, 2022
Of course, midlife was barely a life stage a century ago, as the average life expectancy was 47 in 1900. In 1900, there were 13 million people in the United
December 6, 2022
So, what are your options? Yep, you could keep doing what you’ve done all these years or try something entirely new. Based on what we’ve witnessed at MEA, here are
December 5, 2022
He looked up at me and said “Honey, women don’t belong in this industry. Pick something else.” Um, excuse me? The woman I was at 25 politely demurred and thanked
December 4, 2022
However, the solution was found in a tiny book called “The Healing Magic of Forest Bathing” by Julia Plevin. Chapter by chapter and a bit over halfway through the book,
December 3, 2022
Statistically speaking, I’m on the right path. A recent study by the executive recruiting firm Russell Reynolds found that in the past two decades (see graph above), there’s been a
December 2, 2022
He laughed and explained that after age 50, we need to start clarifying how much money we’ll save for retirement. That’s when I asked him how to create the magic
December 1, 2022
Knowledge speaks, and wisdom listens. There’s a reason the owl is perceived as the wisest animal or bird in the forest. It has the most attuned hearing and is particularly
November 29, 2022
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