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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 little burst of curiosity and excitement? This is the power dreaming carries in our lives—to create an exciting story of the future, different and better ...
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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
I read this recent New York Times piece about declining birthrates, and what struck me wasn’t just that fewer babies are being born—it’s who is (and isn’t) having them. Births
April 21, 2026
Even writing that sentence feels surreal. And yet, in the quiet moments—lying in her bed for the first two nights after her passing in that very bed, feeling the echo
April 20, 2026
Like many people, when I first became aware of the longevity movement, the digital content landscape was filled with stories about the “tech bros” and what they were doing to
April 19, 2026
Kelly and her business partner Holly, both MEA alums, have written a terrific workbook for my book “Learning to Love Midlife,” and they’re leading a Santa Fe weekend workshop on
April 18, 2026
Are we not well? We are Ego. Be prepared for a Chip Conley cultural rant. It was 2008 when Gwyneth Paltrow fused beauty and health into a lifestyle brand called
April 17, 2026
What’s confusing is this: I don’t feel numb. I feel a lot – both good and bad. But the tears just won’t come. For years, I’ve believed that crying is
April 16, 2026
I’m lying in Mom’s bed. It’s 5 a.m. on Sunday morning. Exactly 48 hours earlier, I was on an early morning treadmill before our Philosophy workshop at the MEA Santa
April 15, 2026
I recently came across a word I wish I’d known 30 years ago (thanks Rand Stagen): Coddiwomple — to travel in a purposeful manner toward a vague destination. In other
April 14, 2026
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