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You know someone is a connoisseur of hot springs when they plan whole vacations around “taking the waters.” I’ve done an onsen tour in Japan and traveled to Iceland and
May 26, 2025
Most people aren’t. Curious? Rate the following two questions on a 10-point scale (1: Very Low – 10: Very High). 1. What is the current level of achievement in your life? 2.
May 25, 2025
“I wish I could slow AI development, but I can’t,” admitted the CEO of one of the world’s leading AI companies during a video call we had. A few months
May 24, 2025
And, then, in midlife, I stumbled upon Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” written 800 years ago as an early precursor to MEA’s curriculum: “In the middle of our life’s journey, I found
May 23, 2025
DJ DiDonna who teaches at Harvard and Annette Mason. Someone in the MEA community recently asked me how she should best approach her sabbatical so, off the cuff, in a
May 22, 2025
Midlife isn’t a crisis—it’s a chrysalis. It’s the most transformative time of your life, a marathon that spans decades, from 35 to 75. After years of accumulating, it’s time to
May 21, 2025
I was fortunate enough to give the opening keynote for Stanford’s Lifestyle Medicine “Healthy Aging” conference earlier this month. Lifestyle medicine is a burgeoning field that strives to optimize physical
May 20, 2025
This TIME magazine article with today’s title caught my eye last week given that I’m spending more and more time with my 87-year-old parents. Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, founder of End
May 19, 2025
The US just fell out of the top 20 countries for happiness in research by Oxford University. Why aren’t we happy all the time? The short answer is that our
May 18, 2025
I’m excited to be co-leading a silent meditation retreat, Landscapes of Silence, August 25-30 on MEA’s Rising Circle Ranch with Teddi, our cowboy yogi Lee (the Dalai Lama meets the
May 17, 2025
KOINOPHOBIA: the fear that you’ve lived an ordinary life While you’re in it, life seems epic. Fiery, tenuous, and unpredictable. But when you look back over your story, or try
May 16, 2025
AMBEDO: A Momentary Trance of Emotional Clarity Sometimes when you’re alone and everything is quiet, you feel a certain placeless intensity that drifts in like a fog. It’s subtle at
May 15, 2025
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