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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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These modern fictional characters all embark on the Hero’s Journey, the archetypal story framework first illuminated by Joseph Campbell in his seminal 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
Around a decade ago, my company, Age Wave, oversaw a national study about leaving or receiving an inheritance. In focus groups, participants were uncomfortable with talking about inheritance. Feeling stymied,
If you’re curious to learn more about hummingbirds (and are ready for a little jolt of joy this morning), I invite you to watch this short video featuring our new
There are two elements in today’s organizational world that feel like they’re missing something:Seasoned Wisdom – Fellow employees with greater cumulative work/life experiences – navigating the good and bad, the
A new study about online dating published in the journal Science Advances based upon reviewing 200,000 online dating users found that men’s sexual desirability (to women) peaks at age 50.
And more often than not, those breakthroughs happen in nature. It’s been so lovely here in Galisteo, where I have a home in this 400-year-old village not far from our
Something happened to me at 50. I found myself inhabiting my interiority more; in other words, I became more of an introvert. Simultaneously, I transformed into a “first-class noticer” of
Playa Cerritos was gorgeous. I felt like I was in paradise. I dove into the ocean, submerging to the floor when the strong waves approached so that I could get
In giving so freely, I rarely took the time to understand what it was I sought in return. And while I didn’t expect reciprocation, deep down, I realize now, I
Many of my proudest accomplishments have come from facing the most challenging situations. I’m a big fan of the book “The Progress Principle,” which suggests that we need to celebrate
Just as a car depreciates with time, so does your body. It’s gradually reclaimed by nature as you grow older. Nature asserts her right to decompose you. Yet, this isn’t
In 2019, Arthur Brooks’ essay with the scary title, “Your Professional Decline is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think,” was a preview of his bestselling book, “From Strength to Strength,”
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