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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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But…when you see the future ahead of you as finite and uncertain, your focus shifts to the here and now, to everyday pleasures and the people closest to you. This,
“You just found out someone you love is terminally ill. The rush of emotion bombards you… You think: We are going to find a cure; he is not going to
I will turn 50 later this year, and for the first time, I’m ready to say, out loud, that I am glad. My hair is gray, and my belly is
The risk of running out of money in retirement rises for those with lower pay, longer lives or no partner. Millions of single women wrestle with all three. Consider these
Recently, author Lyz Lenz wrote this Washington Post piece entitled “Women are divorcing — and finally finding happiness,” which is an adaptation of her book “This American Ex-Wife: How I
Isabella is a role model for living life with gusto, especially in her recent years when she doesn’t give a damn what anyone thinks of her, nor does she retouch
I love author Liz Gilbert’s 2009 TED talk about genius coming from the ethereal genie (by the way, Liz and Tererai Trent are co-leading a workshop in October at our
Some say there is arguably no better time in history to be old. This is in part because the power between generations has been renegotiated and the aging have not
What???? This is contrary to all we’ve been hearing about longevity. Life is getting shorter, not longer, how could this be? Americans are indeed living longer, but spending less time
Five months into my six-month deployment as a Captain in the U.S. Naval reserves, I navigate an austere environment, residing in a container—an existence starkly contrasting with luxury. This odyssey,
But, more recently, we’ve found that “mea” means “growth” or “sprout” in Swahili, to “measure” in Sanskrit, and it has a relationship “to host” in Hawaiian, where they call a
A year and a half ago, I experienced such a poignant, powerful week at MEA Baja in which I was the only person in the room who didn’t have an
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