An Assortment of the Latest Blog Posts

05Jun2023
How “Psychologically Rich” Are You?

Once upon a very long time, well-being scientists agreed that “the good life” was comprised of both a happy life and a meaningful life. And then a few of those psychologists went off and did...

29May2023
How to Build a Better Bucket List

We all know about the Bucket List—the wish list of things we long to do before we kick the bucket. It’s the considerably more fun version of the will, which is our to-do list after...

22May2023
I Got a Book Deal!!! (And Here’s the WIFM for You…)

Did you feel a tremble in the earth the other day? Sort of like an earthquake but way less ominous? That was probably from me, gawkily jumping up and down and making the high-pitched “squeeee”...

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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