Los Angeles. A missing girl. A private detective in a dark suit behind the wheel of a vintage Corvette. His name is John Sugar. He knows how to follow someone without being seen, how to spot a lie and what's next when a conversation becomes a
Memory, faith, doubt, regret, imagination and earlier versions of ourselves all inhabit the life within. What can Proust, spiritual traditions and psychology teach us about this inner world as we grow older? I'd use “The Inner Life: What Grows Within Us as We Age” for the
What happens when the strength we expected to have is gone? The Finnish concept of sisu offers a surprising way to think about perseverance, surrender, and the reserves we discover in later life.
A single fall can change the course of an older person's life. That was the sobering conclusion of a study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. Researchers followed 2,454 adults age 65 and older for two years and found that
Christopher Nolan's upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey has sparked renewed interest in Homer's ancient masterpiece. But why has this story endured for nearly three thousand years? Perhaps because, beneath the monsters and adventures, it tells the story of every life searching for home.
A new film adaptation of The Odyssey has once again brought Homer’s ancient hero into the public eye. That raises an interesting question. Why do we keep returning to a story nearly three thousand years old? Perhaps it begins with the Cyclops, the Sirens, and the
“May my thoughts, words, and actions be in harmony.” — Traditional Sanskrit prayer It is an aspiration most people immediately recognize, even if we rarely put it into words. Many of us spend years trying to become someone—building careers, raising families, meeting responsibilities, and fulfilling expectations. There is
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” — Carl Gustav Jung It is an unusual way to think about relationships. We often measure relationships by time. How many years have we known someone? How
There are mornings when the lower back wakes us before the first cup of coffee has a chance to help. Most of us treat these moments as minor irritations—one more reminder that the body is no longer as forgiving as it once was. And yet, every so
What an ancient Jewish teaching suggests about faith, change, and seeing what was there all along In the Jewish tradition, there is a passage in the Talmud, a collection of ancient teachings and discussions, that describes Moses watching the Torah as it is being written. He