Guest Post

Chip’s Thought: It excites me when a friend has a new book coming out as I know how much work is involved so I wanted to share this guest post from Jodi as this is the kind of book we should all read.

Chip’s Thought: It takes a lot of work to create MEA since we’re winging it as there aren’t that many models for a midlife wisdom school. On a challenging day, I’ll pull out Rob and Angie’s guest blog post as a reminder for why we do this. Thanks.

Chip’s Note: What a joy it was to meet Cassius at our first Black Modern Elder workshop a year and a half ago. We’re honored that he’s become an MEA facilitator and I appreciated that he volunteered to write this blog post.

Chip’s Thought: MeiMei and I’ve been through the ups and downs of life. She’s like my kid sister so it’s hard to imagine she’s going through menopause.

Chip’s Note: I love my dear friend Wanda who was in our first MEA beta group more than six years ago. We’ve created reggae music festivals, ventured to Burning Man, and will soon be living near each other part-time in Baja as she’ll be a resident in my co-founder Jeff Hamaoui’s Baja Sage community.

Chip’s Note: Ellen is a joy to hangout with and I appreciate that she wrote this without any prompting regarding how amazing my friend BJ Fogg is. If you have a habit that needs some attention, I think you’ll like this guest post.

Chip’s Note: Caroline is a long-time friend and someone I’ve admired for her courage and authenticity. Her new book is awesome!

When you are young and healthy, you believe you will live forever. You do not worry about losing any of your capabilities. You are willing to delay gratification—to invest years in gaining skills and resources for a brighter future. You plug into bigger streams of knowledge and information. You widen your networks of friends and connections.

Chip’s Thought: This is the third in four installments of guest posts from Barbara Kreisman (the last one is tomorrow). If you missed her first two guest posts last weekend, go back and check them out.

Chip’s Note: Katie was one of the runners-up in the “Life Begins @ 50” essay contest and she’s a brilliant writer as you’ll see below. We still have a few spaces for our “Life Begins @ 50: Embracing Your Second Adulthood” April 29-May 4 workshop in Baja with my co-founder Jeff Hamaoui leading it. The workshop is for anyone 45-55 years old.