Sunday’s reflection began with a man who stayed in one place for nearly his entire life.   But remaining in later life is not only a

Some people spend a lifetime searching for where they belong. Others simply remain.   Questions of belonging in later life rarely surface all at once. They tend

There is a difference between pushing and staying.   Pushing strains toward a goal. Staying remains with what is here.   An 82-year-old runner may inspire headlines, but

Last week, we explored individuation—the inward movement toward wholeness that Carl Jung believed marks the second half of life. Jung was clear about one

There comes a point in life when growth no longer means adding more—more knowledge, more roles, more certainty.   Instead, growth begins to look like gathering.   Experiences

In the first half of life, much of our energy goes outward. We build. We prove. We establish roles that help us survive and

The reflection we shared on Sunday—10,000 Ways—spoke of something easy to overlook: that a community is not made of sameness, but of differences, embraced

Dear Spiritual Senior,   We have achieved a milestone that I want to share: nearly 10,000 readers now receive Spiritual Seniors.   I’ve thought about that number more

One of the quiet shifts of attention in later life is not what we can no longer do, but what we no longer tolerate.   Attention

A Different Conversation About Aging   There is a problem with the way we talk about aging.   Public conversation about later life is mostly about managing decline.