If there’s one thing the stomping ground of middle age and beyond offers us, it’s a renewed perspective.

This is the time to plan a quest for answers, to ready ourselves for a trek into the wilderness, braving life’s big questions.

It is as much an inward journey as it is an outward one—boots on the ground, prepared to confront some tricky terrain. Preparing for this trek means taking back control of your health and prioritising self-care.

It is a time to question the socially engineered structures that have been the tapestry on which we paint our lives.Perhaps you begin to notice the rotten foundations in our culture that disconnect us from ourselves and each other. Midlife brings a growing wisdom that deserves to be nourished, along with a wealth of research we can apply to discover new ways of living and connecting.

How often have we read a book that moves us to change something about our lives, only to find it difficult to follow through?

In Lost Connections, Johann Hari wrote:
“Once you understand that depression is to a significant degree a collective problem caused by something that has gone wrong in our culture, it becomes obvious that the solutions have to be—to a significant degree—collective too. We have to change the culture so that more people are freed up to change their lives.”

In this age of information, perhaps what truly matters is acting on what resonates with you personally and applying it to your own life.

Let’s turn down the volume on stories of war, crime, and horror, and focus instead on what’s possible within your own story.

Developing your own daily self-care ritual is an essential step toward exploring your full potential, both creatively and spiritually, as true and lasting wellness lies in the everyday.