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A New York Times story about MEA two days ago explores a growing trend: older adults reimagining retirement not as isolation, but as intentional community—what some are calling modern co-living
April 1, 2026
The barriers to entry are low. The barriers to endurance? Sky high. Every era of entrepreneurship has its storms, but lately it feels like we’re living through a perfect storm
March 30, 2026
There is a study just published that you need to know about. It stopped me in my tracks, and made me smile. Researchers at Yale, led by Becca Levy and
March 29, 2026
It happens time and time again. There’s a secret handshake in a club I didn’t even know I belonged to. Since attending a workshop at MEA Baja in 2023, I
March 28, 2026
As you read this, I’m on a flight to Charleston, South Carolina to participate in a four-hour program with bestselling author Arthur Brooks on stage as he launches his new
March 27, 2026
In our recent MEA “What Now?” workshop co-led with Edward Sullivan, he introduced the idea that life is less about traveling somewhere (in which we’re often fixated with the destination)
March 26, 2026
It says, “What you already know doesn’t matter anymore.” That experience is a liability. That the people who’ve been around longest are the most in danger. I’ve watched this story
March 25, 2026
When I became CEO of Modern Elder Academy, roughly two-thirds of the people in our workshops were women, and lots of the men who were showing up kept saying some
March 24, 2026
Doing 65 is a calendar.Being 65 is a consciousness. Doing 65 asks, What’s next?Being 65 asks, What matters? Doing 65 counts accomplishments.Being 65 savors meaning. Doing 65 fills the day.Being
March 23, 2026
The idea of We-sdom was born during a recent reunion call Leslie facilitated for the “7 Faces of We” cohort from the Discovering Wholeness workshop led by MEA faculty member Ben
March 22, 2026
We occupy a unique, fleeting position in history. If you are old enough to remember the distinctive screech of a dial-up modem, the weight of a physical encyclopedia, or the
March 21, 2026
Judgment is the human capacity to arbitrate among competing values, to weigh things that all matter but can’t all be satisfied at once. It’s what we use when there’s no
March 20, 2026
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