Three3rds of Life

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”In order to create a financial future it is essential to actually ignore any kind of future at all.” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] During your second third of life building a sound financial future is mostly about building sustainable healthy habit patterns. Ignoring the future is important because the sole focus of building

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”There is something about “the big 30” that scares some and energizes others. ” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] It seems like the future can be seen as unknown, a bit bleak, or full of opportunities that were hard to imagine moving through the decades of childhood, adolescence and being an emerging adult. Now

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”“I’m past 50. Why in the world would I need a mentor?”” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Have you ever heard someone say that—or something like it? It emanates from what we think is a skewed view of mentoring in our culture: mentoring is for children, adolescents and young people just starting out. This

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”Every time I read an article on helping the next generation, I’m excited to see new…” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] …new trends, new sociology, and new ways of thinking about the world.  But most of the time, it seems authors are particularly condescending towards the “new.” For example:  Most articles I read about

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”“We’ve tried everything. Don’t you have a program for them?”” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] This dreaded phone call is the newest trend I’m experiencing in my work with students.  It comes from parents who have 21-23 year old children living in the basement. I can hear the desperation in their voice from the

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”“If I had known how much fun grandchildren were, I would have had them first…”” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] An old joke, it remains in currency because each generation comes to understand it anew when entering the Grand-parenting scene as we did ten years ago.   Being a grandparent is a delight and

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”With this blog post we begin a series unpacking the Three3rds of Life. ” style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Here is a crucial question to ponder within the First3rd (see the previous blog post to capture all the age groups within the Three3rds), how are we educating those who will be the future leaders of

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_text animation=”none”] Just how far can the human eye really see? Just how far can the eyes of our inner spirit see? Just how far can we dare to dream about the unique future? In our recent blog posts we have set the tone and direction for what the best of mentoring, anywhere, any

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_text animation=”none”] Photo courtesy of Victor Bezrukov [/blox_text][blox_heading title=”If you believe life-long mentoring to be a valuable quest, how in the world do you mentor elderly people? Is that even possible? ” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] This is an excellent question and one we hear often when talking about life-long mentoring. “Elder mentoring” doesn’t

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”When is your life half done?” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] What if you do live from where you are into your 80’s or 90’s? Life, in past years, past generations, has often been defined in halves. The thought is there is a first half of life. Then somewhere down your road you enter