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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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I learned so much from the group and gained some wisdom nuggets I will never forget; gems like “you make an impact wherever you land” and my favorite from one
Perhaps this is the dynamic of spiritual growth: we close enough to heal and are worn open to grow. Perhaps our human flaw is that we close more than is
The mother’s lament hints at the awkwardness of adolescence—the way young adults are poised precariously between childhood and maturity, a time when none of their clothes fit anymore. Middlescence is
First of all, what’s the problem? Eighty percent of American federal spending growth since 1980 has gone to Social Security and health care (much of it for Medicare). In ten
He “vowed to take that big, upsetting number 60 and remake it into something positive” by deciding to do 60 things he’d never done before. Here were his filters for
Such simple yet profound guidance highlighting the value of humility, vulnerability, sorrow, and reconciliation. How might you apply one or two of these four short sentences as tools for bridging
This exquisite quote articulates why MEA’s two campuses – one in a sea-level peninsula desert (Baja) and one in a high desert at 6,500 feet (Santa Fe) – are located
By 40, I’d created a rigid identity equation that looked like this: Youngest + Job Title = Jen And then it stopped. Younger folks started coming up all around me.
How can we give a gift that truly keeps on giving for years and one that is given out of love, not obligation? This year, I’m giving a gift of
Why can’t we do both: save and savor? There are so many false dichotomies in the world: good and evil, real and imaginary, extrovert and introvert, optimistic and pessimistic, yin
Here’s a recent video of her talking about what gets better with age. Maybe she ought to be teaching at MEA? What a fashionable week that would be! When will
Recently, I was reading Adam Grant’s new book in which he also explored this topic, defining impostor’s syndrome as “I don’t know what I’m doing. It’s only a matter of
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