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It took dying nine times in ninety minutes to make me reconsider that relationship. In my late forties, everything was falling apart at once. A long-term relationship ending. A foster son imprisoned wrongfully. The Great Recession swallowing my hotel company whole. And then, an allergic reaction to an antibiotic sent me into anaphylactic shock, and ...
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It took dying nine times in ninety minutes to make me reconsider that relationship. In my late forties, everything was falling apart at once. A long-term relationship ending. A foster
March 10, 2026
Both words come from the same old Proto-Germanic root thankō, which meant something like thought, feeling, or gratitude. In other words, a thousand years ago, if you thanked someone you
March 9, 2026
What happens when you keep riding that horse even though every cell in your body knows it’s time to get off the saddle? The horse still runs.The thing still works.The
March 8, 2026
I’m 63 years old, and my body just celebrated its birthday. Not the number. The body itself. For the first time in my life, I spent my birthday speaking directly
March 7, 2026
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy.I awoke and saw that life was service.I acted and behold, service was joy.” Three lines. Three eras. In childhood, life is joy.
March 6, 2026
In other words: do the deep work… and don’t Instagram it. We live in a culture that confuses visibility with value. If a tree falls in the forest and no
March 5, 2026
A company just launched a campaign called “Death to Midlife.” They literally want to bury the word. And honestly? I get it. For decades, “midlife” has been paired with one
March 4, 2026
“The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.” – Rainer Maria Rilke These words have become a lodestar for anyone navigating the
March 3, 2026
AI is astonishing. It can summarize, draft, compare, brainstorm, even simulate debate. But the danger isn’t that it’s wrong. The danger is that it’s convenient. Historically, learning required friction. You
March 2, 2026
One of my favorite weekends of the year so far was our inaugural Golden Girls weekend workshop in mid-January, which I wrote about in this blog post. Dana was one
March 1, 2026
I love that poetry abounds at MEA. We have Mark Nepo leading a sold-out workshop in Baja next week and David Whyte’s two workshops in Santa Fe in late March
February 27, 2026
Those with whom you feel soulfully connected, even though there’s no romance? I have a budding friend who I feel this kind of connection with. It’s a little awkward as
February 26, 2026
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