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From the August 30, 2023 issue of Further I’m about to assert something that might make you uncomfortable: You are a hero. We all can be if we take a page out of Joseph Campbell’s book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Long-time Brian Clark fans should recognize the construct, as he’s taught marketers about …

From the August 16, 2023 issue of Further A friend lost everything he owned in the Maui fires. Cancer, now prevalent in younger people, has landed another friend’s 45-year-old spouse in hospice. Even a quick drive around my suburban LA town takes me past a picket line, a homeless encampment, and a slew of boarded-up …

From the August 16, 2023 issue of Further When you want to push the reset button, there’s perhaps no better way than to leave the comfort of your home and travel. Going to exotic foreign places can be a terrific mechanism of personal growth that expands your mind, perspective, and resilience. But in our tumultuous, …

From the August 9, 2023 issue of Further It wrote that better than I did. I didn’t want to admit it, but it was true. An artificial intelligence app composed a stellar back cover copy for my latest novel, better than I could’ve imagined. I’ve churned out dozens of novels since 2009 — 2 million …

From the August 2, 2023 issue of Further The present is all we have. As a meditation teacher, that’s our most common refrain — let go of thoughts past and future, and you’ll find the power of now. Awesome in theory but complicated in practice. You’re working against a combo platter of human nature and brain …

From the July 26, 2023 issue of Further Recently, while walking back from the park, I recorded a voice note with a few to-dos. On playback, I couldn’t make out a word. All I could hear was the whoosh of traffic. We’re increasingly exposed to elevated sound levels in our environments, sometimes without realizing it. …

From the July 19, 2023 issue of Further Having healthy boundaries is self-care 101. It’s about setting limits and rules for how interpersonal relationships work best for you and sticking to them. While that’s easy enough in some situations, it can get tricky when dealing with challenging family members — as we midlife folk often must …

From the July 12, 2023 issue of Further “Summer vacation” when you were a kid was music to your ears. “Summer vacation” as an adult can sound more like a cruel oxymoron — especially when weather and travel are unpredictable, your travel companions are demanding, and inflation makes even a staycation costly. Still, we’re in the …

From the July 5, 2023 issue of Further I am a robot. Step near me, and you won’t hear gears whirring, and my tumbledown face bears no resemblance to today’s beauty bots, but know me by my robot ways: Wake workdays at 5:45 am, summoned by the automatic coffee beans grinding Meditate for 20 minutes, …

From the June 28, 2023 issue of Further Do you ever feel empty, even though you’ve achieved success and have much to be grateful for? Have your well-ordered days been shaken by divorce, your kids leaving home, or other life quakes? If so, you’re likely stuck in what New York Times columnist and bestselling author …

From the June 21, 2023 issue of Further In Gretchen Rubin’s classic book, The Happiness Project, first published when my daughter was seven, she wrote a line that always got me: The days are long, but the years are short. Cut to today, when I’m headed to my daughter’s college graduation, and I realize those …

From the June 14, 2023 issue of Further Over the past few years, the world has become particularly cruel (and not to be kind) thanks to the global pandemic, societal turmoil, and political divisiveness, among other nastiness. It’s no coincidence, then, that popular TV shows like Ted Lasso suggest it’s time to bring human kindness …