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

I just read a piece on some fascinating neuroscience: the single best way to keep your brain young isn’t supplements, puzzles, or obsessing over your sleep score. It’s creativity. Not

April 13, 2026

Somehow, and stop laughing out there, it’s different from 89. I mean, there I was “in my 80s”, embracing one project after another, with nary a thought that this might

April 12, 2026

I made a series of poor choices about money through the first forty-five years of my life. In saving for retirement, the key, as everyone knows, is to start early

April 11, 2026