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Thoughts on the art of living
There’s an old story I first heard from the mythologist Michael Meade, one that begins in a place many people recognize. In the early years of the world—“back in the first days,” as the story begins—people began to get sick. Not just physically, but in their dreams, in their spirits, in their sense of how ...
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There’s an old story I first heard from the mythologist Michael Meade, one that begins in a place many people recognize. In the early years of the world—“back in the
May 13, 2026
By midlife, most of us have learned something important: pushing harder doesn’t always help. We’ve powered through enough seasons to know that ‘toughing it out’ has limits. Life gets more
May 12, 2026
My cohort at MEA chose to call themselves: The Coddiewomplers. Chip shared its definition in one of his recent posts — to travel in a purposeful manner toward a vague
May 11, 2026
Why This Matters for Leaders I am writing and sharing my thoughts here for one reason, that I recognise now that the awareness Heidegger has brought to me around my
May 10, 2026
Authentic purpose-led leadership is only fully available to a leader brave enough to confront their own finitude. This statement is the “executive summary” of this “long read” over the next
May 9, 2026
Not loud— but faithful. A metronome beneath the ribs since my mother’s breath went quiet and mine learned its own uncertainty. I used to move with ambition. Now I move
May 8, 2026
Then I read Rumi whisper, “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” Radiant, there, meant cosmic— not polished, but burning. And William Wordsworth gave us
May 7, 2026
The first was at 47, during a near-death experience that cracked open my sense of time and identity. The second is now, as I face a metastasizing cancer that has
May 6, 2026
Some come to MEA as a student and then become a facilitator or guest faculty member as Elizabeth White has done. I was so honored to feature her on my
May 5, 2026
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
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