It Feels Different Than 8 Years Ago
I enjoyed reading travel writer Paul Theroux’s recent NY Times piece, “The Hard Reality American Expats Quickly Learn” about what it’s like being alone and far away. Theroux says the
Re:Pair: Healing the Parental Wound (Part 2)
She wanted me to unpack my feelings about his sporadic, largely absent role in my life. I refused; as a child I had created an entire mythos around him, and
Re-pair: Healing the Parental Wound
My mother, with whom I have always had a troubled and difficult bond, recently texted out of the blue asking if she could ask my 26-year-old son, who works for
Four Modern Elders Discussing Modern Fires and Modern Grief
When I listened to Tuesday’s NY Times Daily Show podcast on Could the L.A. Fires Have Been Stopped Sooner?, I realized there are people in our modern elder community who
Are We Most Present At the Beginning and End of Life?
Babies and older adults share several similarities in consciousness, particularly in terms of how they experience the world including:Present-Moment Awareness: Healthy babies and old elders live in the now. Curiosity
2025 is the Year You Expand Your Horizons
You don’t know your limits until you’ve exceeded them. I’ve learned that as an entrepreneur who flirted with bankruptcy, as a blogger sharing my very personal revelations that some in
Wisdom and Love
Wisdom whispers of our smallness, dissolving the walls of the self. Love sings of our boundless essence, uniting us with all that is. Wisdom unveils the fleeting nature of form,
Investing in Your Leadership
Context impacts your vision. Sonny Bono was Cher’s short husband and he had a hard time shaking that identity when he became a U.S. Member of Congress. I’m not sure
When Serendipity Has Her Way With You
You can learn a magic trick, but you can’t will Serendipity. Five years ago, I wrote a blog post in the form of a fable about three sisters: Serendipity, Synchronicity,
The Revolutionary Truth About Longevity
I cherish the month of January because after years on this planet it’s become written in my DNA—while September feels like a fresh start after years of schooling (mine and
The Case for the “Emerging Elder” (Part 5)
Our well-being depends upon our aging psycho-hygiene, how we cleanse ourselves of mindsets and belief systems that rob us of joy, discovery, and possibility during this unique period of our
The Case for the “Emerging Elder” (Part 4)
One of my favorite parts of the white paper about the Emerging Elder that I’ve cited this week is the stories the academics present. Here are a couple of stories