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There’s an old story I first heard from the mythologist Michael Meade, one that begins in a place many people recognize. In the early years of the world—“back in the first days,” as the story begins—people began to get sick. Not just physically, but in their dreams, in their spirits, in their sense of how ...
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Are lucky streaks more common during transitions? I believe they are. That’s very good news for those of us going through periods of change, which are more often known for
September 7, 2025
I went to MEA in Santa Fe to embrace change, lean into truth, and take a long, honest look at what still runs me and what I’m finally ready to
September 6, 2025
We live in a world where “ruin” is everywhere—lost jobs, trampled reputations, broken hearts, shrinking bank accounts, gray hairs arriving uninvited. But here’s the kicker: none of those things touch
September 5, 2025
When Lizzy Gilbert experienced her first MEA workshop a year ago, she told me, “Chippy, you need to bring my soul brother Rob Bell to lead a workshop.” To be
September 4, 2025
While it never won any Oscars, the film “The Intern” reminded us that experience never gets old. Robert DeNiro plays a 70-year-old retiree who wants to spice his life up
September 3, 2025
When I was a kid, I wrote movie reviews of everything from “The Wizard of Oz” to “The Exorcist.” While I had a few sports heroes as did my friends,
September 2, 2025
At the Modern Elder Academy, we learn that transformation rarely comes in a tidy package. More often, it arrives in the form of the messy middle—that liminal space where the
September 1, 2025
Last year, while celebrating both Thanksgiving and my 40th birthday, I had what I now call a quiet collapse. It wasn’t dramatic. No headlines, no breakdowns. Just a moment —
August 31, 2025
The raggedness of this post reflects the raggedness of mind that comes with acute grief. The piece below is written from a few fragments of my journal during this time.
August 30, 2025
Driven by rising retirement costs (11 million older households—up from 8.8 million in 2011—spend at least 30% of their income on housing), shared housing is a smart way for older
August 28, 2025
Her wild run of creativity in her 40s included writing her masterpiece on the terrors and triumphs of middle age. In the September issue of The Atlantic, you’ll find an
August 27, 2025
In my 20s and 30s, I had abs you could bounce a quarter off and the metabolism of a hummingbird on espresso. But did I walk around like the Greek
August 26, 2025
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