Reach Out, Connect is the theme for Loneliness Awareness Week 2025 and is about fostering empathy and building a more connected society. It’s a chance to reflect on our own relationships and consider how we can support others who may be feeling isolated. Inspired and hosted by The Marmalade Trust, this Loneliness Awareness Week is…

Mindfulness teachers often refer to the power of the purposeful pause or a moment of mindfulness. David Steindl-Rast said, “Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect…

“Loneliness and isolation represent profound threats to our health and well-being.” So wrote U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy in his Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community. Loneliness and isolation can be detrimental to our mental, physical, spiritual, and social health and many people crave connection and community. Loneliness is a feeling…

Living consciously requires us to be increasingly conscious about our money: making it, saving it, managing it, spending it, and leaving it behind. Appreciating Money is the financial health chapter in our book, Midlife New Life: Living Consciously in Midlife and Beyond. In this chapter, we explore the inner and the outer work needed to…

Since my inventure in Tanzania in 2009, which was a walking safari adventure across the Serengeti combined with an inner journey of discovery, I have paid increasing attention to living purposefully. You may have read the story of my purpose discovery process in our book, Midlife New Life: Living Consciously in Midlife and Beyond or…