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The first thing we should value in midlife and beyond is Time and the question to consider is: Ten years from now, what will you regret if you don’t learn it or do it now? Time is the one asset we keep underestimating. This question cuts through procrastination and fantasy and asks us to get ...
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Do you know the top reasons why people both go to the doctor AND seek alternative medicine? Pain of the joints or spine. Pain is the leading cause of disability
November 22, 2025
This year, my Christmas present to both you and me is something that feels less like a gift and more like a calling: curating the second MEA Film Fest December
November 21, 2025
Last week, I was part of MEA guest faculty member Michael Clinton’s launch of the Age Is Not Just a Number video and public service campaign celebrating what it means
November 20, 2025
Look at the trend line for these countries when it comes to what improvements have been made in longevity and how limited the U.S.’s growth has been compared to other
November 19, 2025
As Ashley Evancho, a 32-year-old financial-services professional in suburban Buffalo, illustrates in this NPR story, she and her husband chose to have one child and stop there, in part because
November 18, 2025
A new white paper, Humans Peak in Midlife: A Combined Cognitive and Personality Trait Perspective, offers a surprise: you’re not over the hill at 50. According to researchers Gignac &
November 17, 2025
I am not sure anyone can understand the magic of MEA until they experience it themselves. It’s the hospitality, the campus, and the sincere commitment to the curriculum. I had
November 16, 2025
Jack had been working as a trademark attorney ever since graduating from law school. “But honestly, I’m kind of bored with it,” he said. “I don’t want to do this
November 15, 2025
But as I read, for the second time, MEA faculty member Dacher Keltner’s “Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life,” I found myself
November 14, 2025
As I prepare to teach with writer Anne Lamott and her husband Neal Allen next week in Santa Fe, I’ve gotten a chance to ruminate about all the well-known guest
November 13, 2025
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,the courage to change the things I can,and the wisdom to know the difference.” Simple. Timeless. Deeply American. As
November 12, 2025
One of the sweetest joys of midlife is realizing that the wisdom you’ve gathered along the way isn’t meant to be stored—it’s meant to be shared. Over the years, I’ve
November 11, 2025
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