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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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To own one’s wisdom means to have enough insight and self-awareness to see that your painful life lessons are the raw material for your future wisdom. When you own your
A recent article – “When Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More Than Ever” in the New York Times – amplified this message. The basic message is
What percentage of your adult life is still ahead of you? According to my book “Learning to Love Midlife,” when does midlife start and end (hint: midlife is the long
“You are not dead yet, it’s not too late to open your depths by plunging into them and drink in the life that reveals itself quietly there.” – Rainer Maria
It’s a common adage: “Never meet your heroes.” Yet, here is my story that challenges this myth. In 2012, after moving to Los Angeles and spending over a year learning
Thanks to MEA alum Bob Cavnar for turning me onto this story of how one Mexican community is now creating “Quinceañera de Oro” events for older, working-class women who never
Our Santa Fe Rising Circle Ranch opens in May and so many of you are telling me that you’re going to come early for a workshop or stay later to
I heard these words at an MEA retreat last year from a 68-year-old man who had been hyper-successful in business and was in great shape. For so many of us,
As many of you know, I do love this Satchel Paige quote: “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was?” It’s a timeless quote based
This philosophy resonates deeply with me. For those familiar with the Bible, Luke 12:48 echoes a similar sentiment: “Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required,
I was walking past the mirror in the main bathroom of our new house that we’d just moved into after losing everything to the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey. The months
The thing about a transitional year is that by its very definition it can’t be planned. A framework can be laid but there has to be the expectation that things
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