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Midlife has a way of renegotiating those terms. It’s the time our primary operating system moves from the ego to the soul, yet no one gives us operating instructions for this middle-aged shift. Somewhere along the road, life began offering me what my dear friend and teacher Richard Rohr once described with a mischievous smile: ...
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Midlife has a way of renegotiating those terms. It’s the time our primary operating system moves from the ego to the soul, yet no one gives us operating instructions for
February 4, 2026
A wailing siren and a soft, reassuring hand. That is all I remember from my ambulance trip in suburban St. Louis during a sticky, humid summer day. My heart had
February 3, 2026
But, this morning, I will submit to another PSMA PET Scan machine, a very expensive, noisy, technological donut that politely judges my cells. After two surgeries (including a radical prostatectomy),
February 2, 2026
Barb Waxman is our longest-serving guest faculty member and one of our most popular teachers. Her upcoming workshop Your Longevity Life Plan: Live Better, Longer March 1-5 in Santa Fe
February 1, 2026
Tomorrow is my final day of owning The Phoenix, my first boutique hotel (really a motel) that I created nearly 40 years ago. Some remarkable lyrics have been penned in
January 30, 2026
There’s a picture that sticks with me: a room in a New York apartment where books line every surface, leaned against the walls, piled on tables, stacked in corners —
January 29, 2026
Today, it’s edging into the mainstream — unevenly, imperfectly, but with unmistakable momentum. A recent New York Times article on psilocybin (“magic mushrooms”) makes clear that while the rollout of
January 28, 2026
We hold George Floyd in heartfelt memory, and send love to the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. May courage and care carry you through with hope, resilience, warmth,
January 27, 2026
But as the Wall Street Journal recently highlighted, most of us never plan for how we will continue to matter once work ends — and that oversight can be more
January 26, 2026
When I was in my 50’s and traveling on a group tour in India, I met a woman on the trip who inspired my future travels. I had always had
January 25, 2026
That, however, was not at all how I felt when I first approached this vast unknown. Rather I was filled with a huge array of conflicting emotions. I loved my
January 24, 2026
Longevity has quietly shattered that model. As MEA alum Avivah Wittenberg-Cox notes in this Forbes article, we’re now living multi-chapter lives — and higher education is finally beginning to catch
January 23, 2026
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