87% of Americans fear getting old. Our top worry seems to be losing our physical abilities, followed by mental, financial, and chronic illness, the fear of dying, and burdening others. Oy vey, that's a lot to worry about.

Six years ago, Stanford Medicine became the first major healthcare organization to create a Chief Wellness Officer (CWO).

Yes, we become more physically frail as we age, but is that the only field we should play on? What if our playing field moves from the body to the mind, heart, and soul in the second half of our adult life?

"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things." - Rainer Maria Rilke

It's not pretty! All those degrees and awards that you've worked your entire life for, get packed away. All that research, academic papers, lecture or presentation notes get tossed...or put in the attic if you're lucky.

As I was soaking up the last minutes on MEA’s Baja campus just before writing The Pause (the poem I shared last month on Wisdom Well) waiting on my shuttle for the airport to arrive, I was taking in the beauty of my surroundings-soaking it all up.

What if I told you that you could add 10 good years to your life? Chip Conley and Dan Buettner on the MEA campus

I’m a bit of a New York Times addict. Among other things, I love that they can have two seemingly contradictory articles in the same year: one outlining the aging loneliness epidemic and the other extolling the virtues of solitude as we age.

The new year is a booming time of year for preventative medicine. With everyone awash in noble resolutions and good intentions, the gyms are packed and yoga studios are tight with sweaty mats.