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I read a piece recently that stopped me in my tracks. It basically said: the people who feel most lost in midlife aren’t the ones who failed… they’re the ones who succeeded. Ouch. Also, yes. Because here’s the uncomfortable truth: a lot of us were very good at building a life before we really knew ...
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The Atlantic’s recent piece, “The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You’ve Heard — It’s Worse,” argues that global fertility rates are slipping more steeply than official models predicted, threatening
October 15, 2025
Thanks to all of you who send me great articles and Substack columns including this one from my friend Sandy LaBelle called “Here’s One Thing About Getting Older.” I’ve excerpted
October 14, 2025
Not for long — just long enough to understand that life is a temporary address. I went flatline nine times over 90 minutes due to an allergic reaction to an
October 13, 2025
On my 61st birthday, I found myself not in celebration, but in a deep process of listening, reflection and self-repurposing for the next phase of my professional life. I had
October 12, 2025
I mistook the doubts for failure—the cracking skin, the restless ache,the slow unraveling of plans once heldlike gospel in my clenched fists.This wasn’t the script I was promised. Midlife, they
October 11, 2025
Drive five minutes south of our MEA Rising Circle Ranch campus and you’ll find yourself entering Galisteo, a small, 400-year-old village that seems to hum with creative frequency. It’s the
October 10, 2025
MD Anderson says it’s in remission. UCSF says it’s not. That’s confusing, especially when my most recent blood test showed a doubling of my PSA score. Furthermore, a year ago,
October 9, 2025
Recently, I started thinking about what music could accompany each of these stages, not as background noise but as a score — the way filmmakers use sound to guide our
October 8, 2025
According to this Yahoo article, many people report age 70 as their emotional peak. The reasons aren’t mystical. They’re human, practical, and deeply reassuring to anyone navigating the third quarter
October 7, 2025
Anne Lamott has this gift of making aging look less like a slow erosion and more like a stand-up set we all get drafted into. I love her line: “Almost
October 6, 2025
Around 40, an outdated operating system kicked in. You probably know the one — clunky, fear-based, strangely contagious. It whispers (or shouts) that getting older is a problem to solve,
October 5, 2025
“Wasn’t it death that taught meto stop measuring my lifespan by length,but by width?” — Andrea Gibson And so here I am, sixty-seven years wide,cradled in branches, the sky just
October 4, 2025
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