Guest Post: A Mark Nepo Poem Exclusively for the MEA Community

It All Depends Eventually, each of us isasked to put all we knowinto what’s before us. It might be helping

Mark Nepo

December 25, 2025

Guest Post: A Mark Nepo Poem Exclusively for the MEA Community

Four Poems from Gloria (spelling PAST)

P is for Presence (and Presents) I’ve lived my life in pursuit of…                           wealth                                  health                                           joy                                               beauty                                                      power                                                              peace planning,

Gloria Jy-In Synn

December 24, 2025

Four Poems from Gloria (spelling PAST)

Guest Post: Season’s Grieving

My classmates voted me “Most Likely to Succeed” in high school. Optimism, a passion for language, and a strong work

Lisa Nirell

December 23, 2025

Guest Post: Season’s Grieving

Guest Post: The Art of Dismantling Fear

Recently, I’ve started to wonder how my experience of life would change if I embraced aging as an invitation to

Jennifer Wade

November 24, 2025

Guest Post: The Art of Dismantling Fear

What’s the Reaction When You Enter a Room?

You know how you felt every time “what’s his name” entered the room. What’s he going to bitch and moan

Jim Flaherty

October 18, 2025

What’s the Reaction When You Enter a Room?

Of Softness and Strength

The raggedness of this post reflects the raggedness of mind that comes with acute grief. The piece below is written

Christopher Ede-Calton

August 30, 2025

Of Softness and Strength

Joy is Trending

For years, I’ve quoted J.D. Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye: “Happiness is a solid. Joy is a liquid.”

Chip Conley

July 24, 2025

Joy is Trending

The Beatles Got It Wrong

“All you need is love…” sang the Beatles, and we all swayed along, starry-eyed and hopeful, convinced that love was the

Arielle Ford

July 20, 2025

The Beatles Got It Wrong

How to Be Courageous When Things Get Crazy: Find Your (Maybe Quiet) Lion’s Roar!

Remember the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz? Nervous, fearful, tail-between-his-legs… until he realized he had courage all along.

Moshe Engelberg

July 6, 2025

How to Be Courageous When Things Get Crazy: Find Your (Maybe Quiet) Lion’s Roar!

Scared. Scarred. Sacred.

I was scared. Afraid of what’s next, of what’s been lost, or of finally confronting the questions I was avoiding.

Chip Conley

July 2, 2025

Scared. Scarred. Sacred.

Guest Post: How Humans Thrive

The US just fell out of the top 20 countries for happiness in research by Oxford University. Why aren’t we

Paul J. Zak

May 18, 2025

Guest Post: How Humans Thrive

How Do You Curate a Well-Lived Life?

KOINOPHOBIA: the fear that you’ve lived an ordinary life  While you’re in it, life seems epic. Fiery, tenuous, and unpredictable.

Chip Conley

May 16, 2025

How Do You Curate a Well-Lived Life?