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As you probably know, Taylor Hawkins, the 50-year-old drummer of the Foo Fighters, died suddenly last Friday. Despite the heartbreaking loss, the story of how Hawkins decided to leave a gig with chart-topper Alanis Morissette to play with the Foos in 1997 is both inspirational and instructive. Here’s what Hawkins said: I got hold of …

Financial planning is tough. And by tough, I mean at this point in history in general and for people our age in particular. Beyond the pandemic, rising inflation, and the invasion of Ukraine, our generation has faced some serious economic disruptions. And while younger people have been hit with the same events, there’s the understandable …

Lots of interesting stuff out there this week, and since we haven’t done a roundup issue in a while, let’s do it. Enjoy! I’m Batman Well, there’s yet another Batman movie out, so the nerds at Nerd Fitness have a new workout that asks the question: How would Batman train in real life? The Batman …

We have met the enemy, and it is us. More specifically, the enemy of your desire for midlife reinvention is your self. It’s the voice in your head that says you’re already one thing, and you have no business trying to be something else. Your thoughts say you’re being ridiculous. That you’re a fraud. An …

Join us in Well + Wealthy, the new Further community aimed at midlife reinvention through credible training, sustainable habits, and supportive accountability. Get the details here. I recently hit the wall at work. By that I mean I burned out … almost to a crisp. There were definite warning signs: Dr. Jessi Gold, a psychiatrist …

Well + Wealthy is now open and off to great start! Join us here, or watch the replay of Krista Stryker’s fitness presentation first. When we’re young, we set off to conquer the world. That involves education and employment. Then career, cars, houses, children. There’s always the next achievement and the next milestone to pursue. …

Hey there, Trudi here. Since we’re kicking off our Further fitness challenge today with an exclusive presentation by Krista Stryker of 12-Minute Athlete, I thought I’d share a bit about the topic of short-term challenges and whether they actually work. A few days before the end of January, I asked a friend if he and …

No, the headline is not a misremembering of that famous line from The Terminator. Instead, it’s about a new study that adds to the mountains of existing research about the longevity benefits of exercise. If you want to live longer — and more importantly, better — you need to get moving, even if it’s just …

The most satisfying lives are those that involve challenge and struggle, says psychologist Paul Bloom. After all, people “willingly climb mountains, run marathons, or get punched in the face in gyms and dojos.” That’s because despite being humans who are wired to seek pleasure, we have a strong competing desire for meaningful pursuits. If this …

Being controlled by your emotions sucks. What does that even mean? After all, emotions are going to rise up in you whether you want them to our not. You can’t stop the physical sensation and resulting thoughts from happening. We’re only controlled by our emotions when we react to them in an unhelpful way. Instead …

Further’s mission is simple: To help people live longer, become who they want to be, and prosper. Those of us currently at midlife are very different from previous generations. Even in our 40s and 50s, we still feel young and think young, and there’s a good chance we’ll be around a lot longer. That means …