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The Midlife Field Guide

One year. Two Gen X friends. Countless personal experiments. Can they figure out the meaning of midlife? (A project from The Creativity Guild)

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  1. Issue · Aug 23, 2026

    I Wrote an Entire Book on Standing Out. Ketamine Showed Me I’m Still Trying to Fit In. (opens the original)

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    Welcome to the Midlife Field Guide.Two Gen X friends.Countless personal midlife experiments.Subscribe for free!Subscribe nowIt’s several months after my last high-dose ketamine experience. I’m on a Zoom session with Sadaf, my integration therapist. We are talking about my people-pleasing and my desire to fit in. On the screen, in the background of my little video square, I see a copy of my own book on a booksh

  2. Issue · Jul 21, 2026

    A Brief Visit with Death and Eternity (opens the original)

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    Welcome to the Midlife Field Guide.Two Gen X friends.Countless personal midlife experiments.Subscribe for free!Subscribe nowThis is Part 2 of my experiment with Ketamine-Assisted Therapy. You can check out Part 1 here to find out how and why I manifested running into Gabor Maté in a ferry line-up, and how that encounter led m

  3. Issue · Jul 6, 2026

    I Asked the Universe to Manifest Gabor Maté So I Could Do Ketamine Therapy. It Worked. (opens the original)

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    Welcome to the Midlife Field Guide.One year.Two Gen X friends.Countless personal midlife experiments.Subscribe for free!Subscribe nowAs soon as Geoff and I decided to conduct all these personal experiments on ourselves to try and figure out midlife, I knew that I wanted to try psychedelics.I have been a really straight-edge nerd when it comes to drugs and,

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