Ageist Contributor

The best way to predict the future is to create it. For most of us, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a horrific awakening, exposing weaknesses in societal, economic, and governmental systems around the world. For those of us who are deeply involved with the environmental movement, this pandemic has highlighted...

See All the Happy Hour Shows HERE Thank you for sharing in what Chip called, ‘A Soul Ache,’ last Thursday evening. We were all feeling it and came together to listen and ask ourselves what can I do to stop racism? Many perspectives were shared. Deep appreciation to our MEA...

By Bija Bennett  We’re in the midst of a nerve-wracking pandemic, but tearjerkers are hot. In the past few weeks, I’ve gotten “best sad movie lists” from Esquire, GQ, POPSUGAR, Thrillist, Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and more. I find it fascinating that people love to watch movies to feel something...

By Diane Cashin, 58    When adversity is your "normal,” growing up in the inner city as a poor child, you don’t even realize you’re experiencing adversity. And, over the course of my young life, adversity became my teacher. I related to it like a pendulum swinging from dark to...

Roaming Retreats: Small Footprint, Big Connection Sometimes the architecture that fosters the deepest connection to the natural world is the structure with the lightest touch on Mother Earth. Throughout the years, we have been asked by multiple clients for a semi-temporary, tiny-cabin solution that would give them freedom to house...

Why, at a certain age, do we shift our views on aging? Aging is a privilege denied to many; our youth-centric society has diminished the value once bestowed upon elders. With babies, we count the days, then weeks, then months as they grow, but somewhere we cross an invisible line...

See All the Happy Hour Shows HERE We had a great crowd attend last Thursday's Happy Hour Show featuring our ultra-human conversationalist, Paul Hynek, a Radical Longevity Expert, Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University, CFO for a number of businesses, Project Blue Book consultant and so much more. For those of...

Sian-Pierre has made a remarkable film about his mom, Rebecca Danigelis, 78, and the difficulties they are overcoming together, called Duty Free.  My mom grew up in Liverpool. When she immigrated to the US in her early 20s, she landed in Detroit where she began her career working in hotels....

By Gretchen Zelek I was a fitness class nomad and tried everything including boxing, goat yoga, Pilates, tabata, indoor rowing, and yin yoga. Then, I discovered Exhale Barre. The first time I took a barre class, I was awkward but I was hooked. I loved the graceful intention of every move....

What is Qigong? Qi means life-force energy; Gong means skill or practice. Qigong is an ancient healing modality from China which can unlock your body’s natural ability to heal and maintain health and vitality. Qigong teaches an understanding that there is energy that emanates through all things – seen and unseen....