An Assortment of the Latest Blog Posts

An Inspiring Story of Death in the Desert

When The Husband and I moved to the desert a few years ago, we had a rude awakening—and it had nothing to do with the 109º July days. It had to do with persistent proclamations of...

The Unheralded Comfort of Stuffed Animals… for Grownups

Do you have a stuffed animal at home? One that belongs to you and not someone who’s teething? If the answer is yes, we have so much in common! You, me, and most American adults....

In Defense of Quitting Your Goals

Hello February, you month of reckoning, you. You’re the calendar month when New Year’s resolutions tend to look less like commitments and more like indictments on our permanently flawed and derelict selves. The gym bag...

A POWERFUL LATIN PHRASE

“Memento Mori” translates to “remember you must die.”

“Death is very likely the single best invention of life” (so said Steve Jobs), and it's the number one motivator we have to live like we mean it—to live regret-free lives.

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We’re all going to die, and we all know it.

We get about 4,000 weeks in our lives, and it's up to us how we spend them. How much life do we want in our lives?

LET'S NOT JUST LIVE LONGER

Let’s live wider and deeper—full of vitality and meaning.

The non-creepy contemplation of death can jolt us out of autopilot, and help us fall in love with our lives again. My research-backed programs can help.

The Facts of Life (and Death)

Let’s get real with the stats, facts, and figures of our pending demise. Remember… death can be the animating condition that motivates us to live both wider with vitality and deeper with meaning. It doesn’t have to make us shit our pants.

4000MONDAYS
78BIRTHDAYS FOR MEN
83BIRTHDAYS FOR WOMEN
100% WORLD DEATH RATE
60% Believe in AFTERLIFE
90% HAPPINESS IN BHUTAN
25% LIVING WILLS IN PLACE
12SECONDS BETWEEN U.S. DEATHS
48% LESS DEATH WITH MORE HUMOR
6EXTRA YEARS FOR FLOSSING
7LESS YEARS IF (-) ABOUT DEATH
12% LESS DEATH IF CREATIVE
50% LONGER LIFE IF SOCIAL
20% OF DEATHS FROM POOR DIETS
50% LIKELIER DEATH IF >4 HRS TV
8EXTRA YRS IF QUIT SMOKING BY 35
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