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There’s a certain pride in knowing you still can. You can still climb that ladder, still work 60-hour weeks, still lead the meeting, still power through. But should you?One of the great gifts of aging is discernment—the ability to recognize that just because something is possible doesn’t mean it’s wise. The young lion fights every ...
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“Incredulous.” I heard that word three times last week when it’s rare to hear it three times in a year. I also heard the phrase “moral injury” (the opposite of
March 19, 2025
I had a plan, it was set in stone,A steady job, a mortgage loan.But life just laughed and shook its head,And sent my comfort zone to bed.The market crashed, my
March 18, 2025
We haven’t seen this kind of U.S. economic inequality in the past 100 years. Since 1979, the top 1% of earners saw their wages grow by 182%; the bottom 90%
March 17, 2025
I was recently teaching a week with poet and author Mark Nepo on friendship. I took pages of notes and had dozens of ideas and inspirations about the practice of
March 16, 2025
Here I sit, in rural Vermont, at age 58—enjoying the “messy middle” and plotting my next act.At 58, my father retired. I’m lucky enough to still have him and my
March 15, 2025
MY SOUL HAS A HATI counted my yearsAnd realized that I haveLess time to live by,Than I have lived so far.I feel like a child who won a pack of
March 14, 2025
Based upon this premise, it means the older you are, the more raw material you have to be wise. But, that doesn’t always mean the older person is the wiser
March 13, 2025
As our Baja shaman tells us each week, to an outsider, a ritual may look strange. Why do those Catholics eat a bread wafer and wine? And, yet, to those
March 12, 2025
This belief suggested we might not have enough food to go around and that Mother Earth will be irreparably damaged by all these billions of people feasting on scarce environmental
March 11, 2025
The best lens to use in approaching any decision in your life is to choose based upon whether we want to discover who we’ll become. Midlife isn’t about managing your
March 10, 2025
In our 50s and 60s, many of us find ourselves in a unique phase of life. The demands of raising children often recede, careers shift or wind down, and the
March 9, 2025
On my 63rd birthday, I reflected on three things I wish my older self could have shared with my younger self.Self-Awareness I can’t stress this enough. Do whatever it takes to
March 8, 2025
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