Burnout among faith leaders is at an all-time high with 56% of those choosing to quit citing immense stress, 43% quitting due to loneliness and isolation, and 38% citing intense

January 13, 2026

David Brooks offers a helpful framework when he describes three kinds of snobbery that quietly organize modern life: dominance, success, and virtue. The uncomfortable truth is that almost all of

January 12, 2026

This morning, coffee in hand and watching the light change outside my window, I found myself thinking about alchemy—that ancient pursuit of transforming base metals into gold. Most dismiss it

January 11, 2026

There’s a moment in midlife when the old maps stop working. All the strategies that got us here (striving, accumulating, proving, optimising) don’t seem to point us anywhere meaningful. We

January 10, 2026

Meditating in the sun after swimming laps in Baja. “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – Blaise Pascal As our first

January 9, 2026

I came face-to-face with my passionate ambition last month. When I love something, I throw all of my being into it – whether that be my dog, a political belief,

January 8, 2026

Today, we published the 44th episode of my podcast The Midlife Chrysalis with one of our Wisdom Wednesday conversations with me and MEA’s CEO Derek Gehl (my interviews with thought

January 7, 2026

But, today, it seems every Tom, Dick, and Sally have taste-tested mindfulness with a side of psychedelics. And, yet, where and how we reside is still stuck in the time

January 6, 2026

This photo in Baja was taken nine years ago when Oren and I’d just finished renovating our hacienda home and the idea of MEA wasn’t even in my consciousness. You

January 5, 2026

It was a treat getting to know Adriana at the Liz Gilbert and Tererai Trent workshop in 2024 and I appreciated her vulnerability in this post. Liz and Tererai are

January 4, 2026

Hell, I barely thought I was allowed to. I’m not famous. I haven’t cured cancer. I haven’t built a Fortune 500 company (yet). I’m just a regular woman who’s survived

January 3, 2026

I recently attended the celebration of life for a high school friend, Jim. He was the kind of person who made rooms brighter—warm, lovable, laughing, courageous. Everyone had a “Jim

January 2, 2026