Mother’s Day 2023 didn’t look the way I imagined.Unusual circumstances left me alone not with my mom, not with my
Mother’s Day Without the Script: Learning to Mother Myself
Susan Hensley
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My Best Years…Right Now
My story is not unique. Like many people who find their way to the Modern Elder Academy, I too had
Heather McLeod Grant
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Lost in Transition? Why the Right Retreat Can Change Everything
In our fast-paced, always-on lives, it’s easy to lose touch with that quiet inner knowing—the part of us that nudges
Carlos Saba
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LinkedIn Mourning: Embracing the End of One Chapter to Begin the Next
Transitioning from a decades-long career to whatever comes next can be both disorienting and exciting. As MEA teaches, a productive
Paul Kadin
May 3, 2025
Becoming Un:Stuck
Why I Wrote “Un:Stuck: Helping Teens and Young People Flourish in an Age of Anxiety”‘What makes you feel most alive?’
Kate O’Brien O’Brien
April 27, 2025
The Liberation of Creative Potential: Exploring the New Frontier of the Bonus Round
Our cultural assumptions about creativity tend to lionize youth—think of Mozart composing at the age of five or how we
Pam McLean, Ph.D
April 26, 2025
Are You Having a Near-Life Experience?
I see them everywhere: people standing in elevators, at bus stops, in line at grocery stores—their eyes fixated on their
Karen Salmansohn
April 20, 2025
What Does It Mean to Truly Listen? It Means Listening With Our Eyes.
There’s an old story of a child who comes home and says, “mom, mom mom…” (for those of us with
Daniel Gropper
April 19, 2025
Curiosity As a Pathway to Wisdom
18th Century Philosopher Edmond Burke noted that “The first and simplest emotion we discover in the human mind is curiosity.”
Barbara Kreisman
April 13, 2025
A Call to Action: Memory and Resistance
I admire Jerry’s courage in publishing this Call to Action and look forward to co-leading a workshop with him in
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Still Upright (Mostly): Dispatch from Midlife – My Reckoning in Austin
Sometimes life offers up a perfectly timed—if painful—reminder that midlife is less about crisis and more about resilience, reinvention, and
Annette Mason
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No Confidence in Confidence
I’m not a big believer in confidence. You might say I have very little confidence in confidence itself.Probably like many
Stacy Peralta
April 5, 2025
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