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This seems like an odd quote for the day after Labor Day, but it’s one I’ve always believed in. Work can either be a job, a career, or a calling. If we’re diligent and fortunate, it can feel as if you’ve been called by the heavens to answer your vocation. I’ve had three callings in ...
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From nearly a century ago, Carl Jung’s quote is even more relevant today. It highlights our need for a new kind of educational institution that allows mid-lifers to revisit their
The simple line on my tombstone ought to be, “Nothing left to prove.” That said, when a big idea channels through me, it’s hard to ignore. It’s called a “calling”
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy cites the health risks of loneliness are as lethal as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day and even greater than those associated with obesity and
For too many of us, our intuition is buried deep under that accumulated knowledge. It’s like a paradise paved over by the skyscrapers of learning and intellect. We become so
A routine is a habit without a soul. The difference between a routine and a ritual is the meaning we ascribe to it. Or as African author Malidoma Somé suggests,
In my mid-50s, I had hit the bottom of the U-Curve of Happiness. A late bloomer Boomer, I married at 39 and had my daughter at 41. Midlife joy! Yet
Recently a friend said he couldn’t believe I was sixty years old. Let’s be clear – this was not about whether I looked my age – I do. His astonishment
Here are the 3 big ideas (3 months after my most recent book was published) that came to me after I’d submitted the “Learning to Love Midlife” manuscript, which I
One of my mentors, Buzz McCoy, told me that the first thing he noticed upon entering a room of people in a meeting was whether they needed depth or humor
Then, I realized throughout my career (and life) that people have said that to me in various ways. They expressed shock when, at 26, I bought a bankrupt, pay-by-the-hour motel
These new findings are not wholly surprising. Gen Z’s well-being and mental health have been a concern for a few years now, and a wide variety of new issues—pervasive social
Writer Maria Popova suggests, one has entered the Middle Passage when the demands of the true self press restive and uprising against the acquired persona, eventually colliding to produce untenable
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