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There’s a moment in an interview between Jerry Seinfeld and Howard Stern where Seinfeld offers a line that has been rattling around in my head ever since author Dan Pink mentioned it in a recent MEA workshop: “The blessing in life is when you find the torture you’re comfortable with.” It’s funny. It’s uncomfortable. And ...
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There’s a moment in an interview between Jerry Seinfeld and Howard Stern where Seinfeld offers a line that has been rattling around in my head ever since author Dan Pink
May 4, 2026
Hi. I am Stephanie. I’m a middle-aged, straight woman, and I’m obsessed with reading gay male romantic fiction. My obsession started in 2022 when I discovered BookTok, a community of
May 3, 2026
There comes a moment—often in midlife—when the life we carefully constructed no longer holds. A career unravels. A relationship shifts. A sense of identity dissolves. What once felt stable becomes
May 2, 2026
In less than 11 months, we’ve produced 100 episodes of our Midlife Chrysalis podcast with nearly 2 million downloads (today’s episode with Elizabeth White is dynamite!). For those of you
May 1, 2026
During my life, I’ve been an expert translator of “doing” into “becoming.” Becoming is doing with a purpose and soul, but it’s still a lot of activity. Poet David Whyte,
April 29, 2026
Researchers recently created something called the Psychedelic-related Major Life Changes Questionnaire (P-MLCQ) to track what actually happens after the experience. Not just symptom relief, but real-world consequences. And the results
April 28, 2026
At first glance, they seem like separate trends. They’re not. They’re part of the same quiet revolution. Let’s start with the dating article. We’re seeing a shift where younger men
April 27, 2026
Carolina has become an insightful teacher in our MEA Purpose Fellowship as well as in other MEA workshops. She’s one of the new generation of thought leaders on the topic
April 26, 2026
Imagine a world… What happened for you when you read that line? Where did your brain go? Did your thinking expand into the wide open future? Did you feel a
April 25, 2026
Given MEA’s growing interest in Golden Girls housing, we’ve been scanning the web for great content on the topic and the Golden Girls Network Substack is one of our best
April 24, 2026
In the new book I’m writing with Scott Bryson, we argue it’s time for a new metaphor: life as a four-quarter game. Not because it’s clever, but because longevity has
April 23, 2026
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost) Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping
April 22, 2026
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