Loneliness Awareness Week invites us to pause and acknowledge something most people carry quietly: the ache of feeling unseen, disconnected, or out of rhythm with the world around us. It’s a week that doesn’t ask for grand gestures. Instead, it asks for honesty — the kind that lets us admit that even in a crowded […]
“Our first half is about how to make a living. And our second half has the promise of being about how to make a life.” So said Bob Buford in his book, Halftime: Moving from Success to Significance. Working for a Living was the title of our previous session, which introduced Chapter 4 of the […]
Are you working because you want to or because you have to? During our early careers we work to earn enough money to support ourselves and our families. As we journey into the second half of life, our feelings about work may change. In this chapter of the book, we explore working for a living […]
Is it time to transform your money mindset or rewrite your money story? Appreciating Money is the third chapter of the book, Midlife, New Life: Living Consciously in Midlife and Beyond. Living consciously requires us to be increasingly conscious about our money: making it, saving it, managing it, spending it, and leaving it behind. Read […]
Listening to a recent Modern Elder Academy Midlife Mastery recording, I was taken back a few years to my safari experience with purpose guru Richard Leider, walking across the Serengeti in East Africa. Richard talks about “fortuitous encounters.” I was introduced to Richard by my good friend Craig Neal. I certainly consider my introductions to […]
As we navigate the complexities of midlife and beyond, this question becomes increasingly important: What are we truly doing to live well in midlife and beyond? Living Well in midlife is your guide to health, purpose, and fulfillment. In this video of the Living Well chapter of Midlife, New Life, I talk about this profound […]
Our recent Midlife, New Life Mastermind and Wisdom Exchange programs were based on the book, Midlife New Life: Living Consciously in Midlife and Beyond. The introductions to each chapter of the book were recorded live during each session on Zoom. These recordings will be released monthly during this year. Please sign up for the Consciousness […]
During my recent visit to the Modern Elder Academy in Santa Fe, New Mexico, our cohort discussed the Exploratorium®, which is “a public learning laboratory where you can explore the world through science, art, and human perception.” Our continuing explorations led me to select “exploring” as my word for the year. My intention for the […]
I recently visited the Modern Elder Academy, the world’s first midlife wisdom school, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Chip Conley is the inspirational founder of the Modern Elder Academy and wrote the foreword for our book, Midlife New Life, that he is holding in this picture taken at the Rising Circle Ranch during the workshop. […]
Conscious Leadership, Conscious Living, and now Conscious Aging embrace my professional and personal journey over the past quarter of a century. Revising my conscious living manifesto recently reminded me of the importance of living our values. A major milestone for me was learning about the seven levels of conscious leadership from Richard Barrett, founder of […]