Occasionally, someone enjoys a week at MEA in Baja and says it was life-changing, but in the next sentence, they say, “But, how do we change the workplace to embrace the need for modern elders?”

1975 was quite the year. I was nervous about starting high school in the inner city, where I became the "curious white boy." And the country was having a passing fancy with sticks (Styx and Space Food Sticks) and stones (Pet Rocks and Mood Rings).

I approached turning 70 with mixed emotions. On the one hand, sadness. On the other, curiosity.

Chip’s February 24th Wisdom Well post “How Wise Are You?” about the work of Dilip Jeste triggered this response from me:

We are so proud to be hosting Matthieu Ricard at MEA this spring. He is a beloved Buddhist monk, author, and photographer.

Nearly a century ago, social psychologist Kurt Lewin suggested that great organizations need both locomotion and cohesion. In other words, cohesion leads to the formation and maintenance of groups, while locomotion facilitates the normal operation and functioning of groups.

The word mindfulness is profoundly contradictory. I suffer from mind-fullness. Apparently that will get better if I practice mindfulness.

I see sleeplessness and worry; she is, by her admission, weary under the weight of questions and fear around her decision to close down her business.

Recently, I saw this poem by Arden Mahlberg in the newsletter for The Center for Conscious Eldering.

Can assessing one's wisdom be distilled down to a 5-minute test?