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Thoughts on the art of living
It’s been a joy getting to know one of my childhood heroes over the past six months and recognizing that we all have challenging lives, even if they look good on the surface (and, of course, Greg’s NY Times bestselling book from 30 years ago was called “Breaking the Surface”). As we prepare for the ...
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When I was in my 50’s and traveling on a group tour in India, I met a woman on the trip who inspired my future travels. I had always had
January 25, 2026
That, however, was not at all how I felt when I first approached this vast unknown. Rather I was filled with a huge array of conflicting emotions. I loved my
January 24, 2026
Longevity has quietly shattered that model. As MEA alum Avivah Wittenberg-Cox notes in this Forbes article, we’re now living multi-chapter lives — and higher education is finally beginning to catch
January 23, 2026
Life is one big noble experiment. When you experiment, you don’t fail…you learn and, boy, did I learn in our first “Golden Girls, Santa Fe Style workshop” this past weekend.
January 22, 2026
A recent Wall Street Journal essay about longevity highlighted something profound: the people who live healthiest and longest aren’t those who obsess over diets or gadgets, but those who stay
January 21, 2026
When we first crossed paths in the mid-1990s, he was 28 and I was 35—both of us ambitious, caffeinated, and convinced we were running late for our destinies. His sister
January 20, 2026
Here are a couple of ways MLK’s views developed and deepened over his career: from Southern civil rights to systemic injustice, saying “What good is having the right to sit
January 19, 2026
As I’ve continued reflecting on my time at MEA Santa Fe in September 2025, one realization keeps surfacing: midlife wisdom schools aren’t just a timely idea; they’re becoming an essential
January 18, 2026
D.H. Lawrence’s views survive. Charles R. Wolfe photo I think that New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I have ever had. It certainly changed me
January 17, 2026
As I mentioned last week, I was astonished to find our guest faculty member Pico Iyer as an essential supporting actor in the new film “Marty Supreme.” He hadn’t mentioned
January 16, 2026
Most of us were trained in the art of self-editing. We learned early which parts of ourselves earned approval and which invited rejection. So we curated. We emphasized competence over
January 15, 2026
In a culture obsessed with growth, visibility, and constant forward motion, winter offers a countercultural lesson: pause is not failure. Dormancy is not decline. The trees aren’t lazy—they’re conserving wisdom.
January 14, 2026
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