[045] The Most Important Thing Wisdom Keepers Can Do Right Now
What an extraordinary time to be alive! Pause and notice what arises in your mind from reading that statement. Crisis? Innovation? Both? In this essay, I explore why wisdom keepers have a vital role to play in these unprecedented times—and it’s not what you might think.
[044] The Finish-Line Fallacy
The Wall Street Journal just named the retirement crisis everyone’s missing: the loss of mattering. While Western culture treats retirement as a finish line, you can reclaim your role as wisdom keeper—starting today. No cultural revolution required, just a shift in how you show up.
[023] Awareness: The Hidden Portal to Thriving in Your Third Act
Acceptance is often served up as a quick fix for life’s struggles — just accept it and you’ll find peace. But true acceptance isn’t a shortcut. It’s a process, often the last stage of grief after denial, anger, bargaining, and depression. In this article, Max J. Miller shares how mistaking fake acceptance for the real thing led him through a personal crisis, and how discovering authentic acceptance opened the path to peace — even in the Third Act of life.
[022] – Thriving in Our Third Act: The Aspirations Series Begins
We’ve faced the struggles. Now we’re naming the ideals that pull us forward. Join a new series on Third-Act aspirations—and add your voice to the conversation.
[016] – Unretire Your Soul
We’ve been sold a lie about retirement. In this week’s Ideas Worth Shredding, we tear up the old script of escape and reveal the deeper calling of your Third Act: to return with purpose, presence, and wisdom.
[012] – Why I’m grateful for my 20-year detour
Your past is negotiable, buried callings transform beautifully, and my mother’s blended wisdom needs shredding