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Our cultural assumptions about creativity tend to lionize youth—think of Mozart composing at the age of five or how we celebrate the disruptive energy of Silicon Valley’s “under 30s.” Yet this perspective overlooks a developmental stage in our later adulthood, one that the late psychologist and author Gene Cohen called the “liberation phase.” Through his books ...
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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
I sold my company Joie de Vivre in 2010 after two-dozen years of painstakingly growing it into one of the largest boutique hotel companies in the world. On the outside,
March 7, 2025
Getting older means learning how to juggle with intention. It’s no longer about avoiding dropping the balls or worrying about how many we’re holding. It’s about becoming comfortable with the
March 6, 2025
The week after next, I am leading two intimate three-day workshops at our MEA campus in Santa Fe. Everyone who comes to this workshop will get some quality 1:1 time
March 6, 2025
In a New York Times article, some therapists and relationship researchers share six questions that can bring couples closer during this life stage. Rates of “gray divorce” among adults over
March 5, 2025
But, for so many of us as we age into freedom, it’s the process of defining what’s important. I know for me, I’ve gone from caring about being desired (physically)
March 4, 2025
A recent Wall Street Journal article suggested that stress is making GenZ (in their 20s) feel older, with mounting concerns about job security, debt, child-care costs and caregiving. They’re even
March 3, 2025
Karen and Paula met at the MEA Alumni event in Santa Fe in May, 2024. They happily discovered they were neighbors in downtown Mountain View, California. Although they participated in
March 2, 2025
“Midway upon the journey of our life,I found myself within a dark forest,for the straight way had been lost.”— Dante Alighieri, Inferno, Part One of The Divine ComedyHere we are,
March 1, 2025
I was fortunate enough to go to the 1991 Oscars and snuck into The Governor’s Ball pretending to be Michelle Pfeiffer’s date and accidentally sat in Barbra Streisand’s chair at
February 28, 2025
According to LinkedIn research, one in five Gen Z employees hasn’t spoken directly with someone over 50 at work in the previous year, and around 40% of those over 55
February 26, 2025
Is this your life or someone else’s, and are you responsible for it? Whose permission is needed to truly know what you already know? Wisdom sounds so abstract, only available to
February 25, 2025
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