David Stewart

Purpose sometimes comes to us out of the blue, like a lightning bolt showing us where we need to go and what we need to do. In Caroline’s case, it was the decision to take on a huge issue: foster care on a global scale. This is one of...

Physician, heal thyself! And he did. One way to judge a physician is to understand the health challenges they personally faced, how they dealt with them, and how they have changed their thinking. If a doctor can’t manage their health or has never had an issue of their own,...

We are humans; we are physical, emotional and spiritual beings, and without attention to each of these parts of ourselves, we will become unbalanced. Csaba believes that if we are in tune with our bodies, with nature, and with the changing of seasons, so many of the issues we...

Jeff Hamaoui is one of the three powerhouse founding partners of MEA, the wildly impactful first-of-its-kind Midlife Wisdom School. Along with Chip Conley and Christine Sperber, he has created a place of 360-degree regeneration — of not only how people view their future, but land and community.  Why would a...

How about becoming the go-to authority on a new technology when you're often the oldest person in the room? Social media is often thought of as a young person’s world, but why? There is some thinking around people being born digitally native, and there are advantages to having grown...

If loneliness is a disease, Curtis Estes is a cure.  Life can take us to unexpected places and surprising people. Curtis’ vocation is insurance and financial planning, both of which intersect with mortality: How long do we feel we will live and what do we want to do with that...

The Modern Elder Academy (MEA) is unique. More than a destination, it is an ethos of positivity and possibility around the re-invention of both people our age and, equally, the land we live on. The people who created MEA and continue to drive its mission forward are equally special....

One of the proven ways of reducing stress is spending time in nature. Another way is sharing our long-accumulated knowledge with others. Michael Ridolfo has been working for years in a career that does both. Located in the majesty of the Hudson Valley of New York State, his job...

At age 12, Picabo Street saw the Olympics for the first time on television and declared she wanted to be part of that, and to win it. This would be similar to any other 12-year-old saying they wanted to be an astronaut and go to the moon. The difference...

Paul Miller is a mind expander. We often write that our greatest handicap is our lack of imagination of what is possible; Paul is the sort of person who will, after just a few minutes' conversation, have you perceiving and imagining in a way that you had never before...