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The Nonlinear Life
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The Healing Power of Family Gatherings
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Mick Jagger on the Nonlinear (Sex) Life
You Can't Always Get What You Want.
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How to Make a Memorable Family Tradition This Year
The Council of Dads Turns 18 Today: 3 Things I've Learned
"Everybody Dies. But Not Everybody Lives. I Want You to Live."
3 Things Taylor Swift Gets Right About Modern Weddings—and One Thing She Gets Wrong
What the Ritual of the Century Tells Us About the State of Our Union on Our 250th Birthday
The Science of Dad Jokes, Postpartum Depression for Men, and Other Father's Day Surprises
How Researchers Are Rewriting How We Think About Dads
Exclusive: Watch Esther Perel + Bruce Feiler on the Power of Connection
A Conversation about Relationships, Ritual, and A TIME TO GATHER
Pope Leo Calls for Human Gatherings to Counter AI
Papal Encyclical: Face-to-Face Rituals Essential to Help Defeat the Excesses of Big Tech
My CBS Mornings Interview about A TIME TO GATHER!
My Breakfast with Gayle King: 1 Green Dress, 2 Green Rooms, and 3 Great Hosts!
My NYT Oped on the Rise of New Rituals! See Me On Book Tour!
Read the First Excerpt of A TIME TO GATHER in the New York Times!
Me on NPR: "How to Master Lifequakes and Find New Meaning in Your Life"
Why Life Transitions Are a Skill That We Can and Must Master
It's Time to Gather! Watch Me on CNN, Preorder a Signed Copy, WALKING THE BIBLE Bundle
Join the Launch of My New Book and Help Make 2026 a Year of Connection.
A Sudden Loss, A Missed Goodbye, A Lesson on How to Gather in Crisis
An Impromptu Ritual Honoring the Life and Art of My Sister-in-Law
How Rituals Can Save Your Family—and the First Review of A TIME TO GATHER!
Debunking Internet Lies with Even Better Truths
Collective Transitions Are Growing. Here's How to Navigate Them.
Why Going Through Change with Others Can Help—and Why It Can Hurt
How to Bribe Your Way Into a Restaurant: My Most Notorious Article
You want to go to the hottest restaurant in town. You have no reservation. Here's What to Do.
The Secret to Surviving a Nonlinear Life
We have linear expectations, but nonlinear lives. That gap is responsible for much of our anxiety.
The Simple Question that Could Reshape Your Life
During Life Transitions, We Change How We View the Shape of Our Life
Forget Resolutions: Why We All Need a Year of Ritual
What Suleika Jaouad Teaches Us About How to Heal Ourselves by Being Vulnerable with Others