Caffeine for the Soul with Michael Neill Getting Older
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Jan 5, 2026 Explore personal reflections on aging and milestone birthdays. Discover how a lighthearted midlife crisis can reshape your relationship with age. Realize that age isn't a barrier, as illustrated by performers over fifty. Learn from Mavis Karn’s wisdom that your thoughts define your aging experience. Drop harmful opinions that restrict your mindset, akin to avoiding a hot stove. Embrace a Zen perspective to release negativity and celebrate learning and fun without the fear of getting older.
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Personal Midlife Realization
- Michael Neill describes feeling low approaching his 50th birthday and assuming life was downhill from there.
- He shares a quirky history of having delayed expectations and a half-hearted midlife crisis to illustrate his odd relationship with age.
Festival Shifted His View Of Age
- Michael Neill recounts attending BottleRock where headliners Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Wonder, and Earth, Wind & Fire were all over 50.
- Watching their performances shifted his view that age number equals decline, showing elders can still perform brilliantly.
Mavis Karn's Eighties Perspective
- Michael Neill tells about his friend Mavis Karn in her eighties who replied that getting older 'is kind of like any other age.'
- The exchange illustrates that experience of aging depends largely on how one thinks about it.
