Why do you think people in midlife may seek this out? What have you seen in your work?

What I have seen in my own directives and amongst my age group is a lot of things change in the 50s to 60s, right? All of a sudden, your roles change.

It could be you're going to be working less or not at all.

Kids are now out of the house.

You may have some personal losses.

in your own direct family, in a larger group.

There's a lot of things that fundamentally change.

So what would you say for someone who has been so focused on doing, whether it was building a career, raising their children, managing a household, how do you begin the actual practice of listening to your inner life again? Where do you start?

... the- the sheets and the towels and everything go on sale and everybody's looking for a reset, and, uh, and this is- this is a good time to do that, w- especially with, uh, like you said, the, not just the, it's not just the baseboards that need a good scrub, right?

No, so I have a thing that I do, and it's a great time to do it at the new year.

I have this rule.

Think about this.

If you bring in one new thing a day, in one year, you've brought in 352 new things, or 356 new things.

So, I, at the end of the year, say, "Now I have to take out how many things I think I brought in." And it's amazing to see how that exercise can really keep you from getting overfilled with stuff.

So that's one thing I do practically so that my physical home is not overwhelmed.

We tend to our family commitments, our work commitments, you know, the things that we have, our responsibilities, the thing- the things we've got to do in life, and a lot of times, that crowds out any extra space to think about, okay, well, what- what would actually make me happy? What is something I enjoy doing that I just don't do anymore or don't think I have time to or the money to or whatever? How can you work the joy back into your life?