Hello there. I'd like to share a story about a big change that happened in my life some years ago. Ten years ago, after 15 years of work in academic research and policy, I did a big pivot: I left my university management job to start a tiny online business as a content creator. My education and project management skills would now be applied to deciding what's for dinner for people. Big change! Spoiler alert: my business doesn't pay as much as my previous job! But the downshift allowed me to...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hello there, how do you feel about the meaning of life? Seriously! When was the last time you thought about this question? Hit reply and let me know. Might the stuff that makes our lives easier also hurt us? Has human ingenuity gone too far for our own good? Criticism of technology isn't new, starting in Antiquity with the myth of Prometheus - punished by Zeus for giving humans fire - and living on with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. More recently, Yuval Noah Harari explored of the failure of...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hello there, what's one thing that's going well in your life at the moment? Play your way to a healthier summer Let's have some FUN! Healthy living doesn't have to be a chore. Download your healthy summer bingo card, pick one habit that attracts you, and try it today! Get your bingo card! Tomorrow, pick another one and see what happens! Try 10 or more habits over the course of summer (I know with 100% certainty that you can do it!) and get entered to win some fun draw prizes! (No cash value.)...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Hello there, thanks to everyone who sent me reading recommendations for my summer deep dive into healthy and purposeful living in the second half of life! Look for an updated list of suggested resources soon. This week, to celebrate the legacy of the amazing and sadly departed John Robbins, who just passed away, I'm going to reconnect with his book Healthy at 100: How you can at any age dramatically increase your life span and your health span. In Healthy at 100, published in 2007, John...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hello there and thank you for being an early reader of my Greens Forward newsletter. Through the summer, I will be sharing what I learn about the not-so-secret ingredients needed to show up strong in the second half of life. Aging can be a blessing, and our second half can be our best half! Except that practically everything in our modern society conspires against nurturing our health and wellness. Happy and healthy people aren't great contributors to the GDP, quite the contrary. For example:...
3 months ago • 2 min read