When people lock their doors and hide inside, rumor has it, it’s the end of paradise.
Changing Lanes Blog: Personal resources
Jul
29
Work Hard. Be Nice.
A passion for our kids.
This is part IV in a series about remarkable lane changers who are making a difference in one of society’s most intractable problems—educating our kids. In earlier pieces on Marco Petruzzi, Allan Rudnick, and Liza Bercovici, I wrote about successful professionals who at midlife discovered a…READ MORE »
Jan
13
Leaving a Legacy
A Passion for Education Reform through the Arts
Changing lanes is tough enough when it’s your personal choice to explore a new road to a more meaningful life. Overcoming the sense of inertia and self-doubt to choose a way forward can be daunting work. But as we know, some people don’t have a…READ MORE »
Sep
08
Find the Cure to Midlife Inertia—Part II
A Passion for Teaching
This is Part II in a series of blogs about reclaiming the passion in your life by making a particular lane change—getting engaged in education. I’m not talking about writing checks—admirable and needed, but it isn’t going to have the impact you’re looking for to…READ MORE »
May
04
Men in Tights: Real Men’s Stories about the Impact of Ballet on their Lives (Part 2)
Inspired by learning that Rahm, aka “Rahmbo” Emanuel was a ballet dancer, I wrote a piece about other macho men whom we know in our community as lawyers, doctors or Indian chiefs who have also been ballet dancers. These are lane changers who have incorporated…READ MORE »
Feb
24
Men in Tights: Real Men’s Stories about the Impact of Ballet on their Lives (Part 1)
Have you ever walked into an appointment with your pediatrician, lawyer, or builder and been surprised by the lean, muscular body that moved so authoritatively yet gracefully to greet you? You’re dying to know how he manages to look so erect and loose-limbed at the…READ MORE »
Feb
10
Sundance Film Festival: Renewed Rebellion
Get Back to Where You Once Belonged
Susan and I returned to Sundance this year. We had taken a year off from our annual pilgrimage to Park City because the experience had become such a giant hassle that we could no longer justify the expense and time away from our families to…READ MORE »
Jul
08
Passing The Torch Hand to Hand
Ballet Lessons for Real Life
Teaching has enormous appeal to Boomers as an antidote to careers that have come to feel soul-less. In Changing Lanes, I wrote about conducting an unscientific poll, asking male friends in their fifties and sixties what they might have been but for the pressure to…READ MORE »
Apr
23
Aiming Wall Street Brains at Skid Row
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes.
OK, let’s get it out of our system. All the pent up rage against the finance industry for impoverishing the country, not to mention our own individual portfolios and retirement accounts.Retirement??? Ha! Remember when your biggest concern was what you would do with your leisure…READ MORE »
Oct
27
Gross Personal Happiness
Lessons from Bhutan.
My husband, Bill, and I just returned from a trip to India and Bhutan where we celebrated our milestone birthdays—his 80th and my 60th, respectively. It was a sensory overload experience beyond compare, and I’m just starting to sort out some of the key takeaways…READ MORE »
Oct
20
How do you change lanes if health insurance is an issue?
Divided We Fail
Have you thought about making a change in your life—either to retire, slow down, or pursue new interests—but the issue of health care and health insurance rears its ugly head? If so, you’re not alone.I personally have dealt with the problem of affordable health care…READ MORE »
