New Year, Same You: Rethinking Resolutions In Your 60s
I read somewhere that if a habit keeps showing up on your annual resolution list—year after year—and it still hasn’t happened, it’s probably time to drop it. Maybe you’re not genuinely motivated. Maybe you only think you “should” want it. Maybe it’s not what you truly care about at all.
Designing a Life of Meaning and Balance in the Year Ahead
Much like the word “liminal” that I explored in an earlier blog, two other words have been on my mind since a recent holiday gathering: magnanimity and equanimity. I knew their definitions, but understanding what they mean in practice—to recognize them when I encounter them—is another story entirely. Can you spot magnanimity when it greets you in the checkout line? Does equanimity show up when you least expect it?
A Motherless Daughter: How My Mother’s Early Death Shapes My Choices Today
There’s an unspoken truth I hear from some friends: they love their mothers deeply but sometimes wish for release—not out of resentment, but mercy. The weight of caring for a mother in her later years is no small task, and it’s not unusual for them to experience conflicting feelings. In some ways, their suffering echoes my own grief of losing my mother so young, and yet, it’s different—a prolonged kind of loss that brings its own challenges.
Neuroplasticity and Buddhist Nuns: Finding the Power to Show Up
Neuroplasticity reminds us that we’re never stuck. Whether I live another year, another decade, or thirty more years, I can keep forging new pathways. With the luxury of being in my 60s, I’m choosing to use that power. Why? Because in a chaotic world, this is something I can control. I am capable of being a better human, and I intend to exercise that capability every single day.
How Changing Habits Is Like Recycling: Small Steps, Big Impact
Just as tossing a random plastic item into the recycling bin doesn’t make it magically recyclable, wishing for change isn’t enough to transform a habit. I’ve been there: “I’ll start eating healthier tomorrow,” or “Next week, I’ll finally get serious about exercising.”