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In adolescence, it’s natural to outgrow your shoes. In middlescence, it’s natural to outgrow your friends. Just because it’s natural doesn’t mean it’s comfortable. Recently, an MEA alum who was glowing after her third workshop said the four words that are the title of today’s post. She sounded both resigned and frustrated. She’d tried posing some ...
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Yesterday, I fell in “bathtub love” with Elisabeth Egan, an editor at the Times who wrote this exquisite piece, “Reflections on a Porch, and a Life.” The subheading says it
The one who graduated from college. And who had interned here (or there). But “life after diploma” kickstarted your way-too-messy business journey. In the early years, you didn’t get to
“The first one (first half) you’re building your ego structure where you’re building your sense of self. You’ve got to have a few successes; you can’t just be defeated, especially
In short, we are frickin’ possessed by “de-aging.” There’s even a Rejuvenation Olympics, a “reversing age” competition launched by tech millionaire Bryan Johnson (who I wrote about earlier: Longevity Heroism
The timing was uncanny as we’d just published our Baja Discovery Guide which is perfect for those of you who either want to extend your time here when coming for
The article highlights her famous research about the fact that taking a positive mindset to one’s aging adds 7.5 years of additional life, which is more impactful than stopping smoking
Pico Iyer is one of those gifts—a beautiful human being with the perfect alchemy of head and heart, a philosopher’s eye for making the divine accessible, and a wanderlust spirit
But, there’s some great neuroscience to suggest that even more is at play, as outlined in this Scientific American article, “Brain Waves Synchronize When People Interact.” Here’s a quote from
Then in 2017, my health fell apart. I looked fine on the outside, but inside I felt like I was wearing cement boots. The energy it took each day just
Rather, my experience stems from having gotten started parenting relatively later than most, so I’ve only recently emptied my nest. I’m also self-employed in work that I love, which I
The daughter had asked a fit older woman with a lot of bags, “How old are you?” And, you’d think that the young girl had asked, “How’s your sex life,
The societal tendency in answering this question is to think of physical things (with the exception of men inexplicably adding the internet to this list)—the kinds of things you’d rush
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