Blair Glaser 10/15/26 Blair Glaser 10/15/26

Seeing the Odyssey Made Me Realize I was a Calypso. PROVOKED MAGAZINE

PROVOKED MAGAZINE

I, too, tried to save a man who washed up on my shores. Not once, but twice. Here’s what I learned and how you can break the pattern, too.

Blair Glaser 8/31/26 Blair Glaser 8/31/26

It Took Moving to An Ashram To Realize I was Jewish. JUDITH MAGAZINE

JUDITH MAGAZINE

I didn’t think much of my Jewish identity. I was “spiritual”, not religious. But ironically, living in a Hindu ashram changed all that.

Blair Glaser 8/3/26 Blair Glaser 8/3/26

My Madonna-Byrd Complex: One Fought Time. One Didn’t. PROVOKED MAGAZINE

PROVOKED MAGAZINE

Two sex-positive icons of my youth, now 67 and 70. Watching them age sent me looking for a third option.

Blair Glaser 6/30/26 Blair Glaser 6/30/26

How to Know When You’ve Finished a Piece of Writing. OPEN SECRETS MAGAZINE (CRAFT)

OPEN SECRETS MAGAZINE

Sometimes, when you think you’ve finished a piece of writing, you’ve just begun. In my first craft essay for writers, I discuss how to know when a piece is really done. But do we ever really know?

Blair Glaser 3/24/26 Blair Glaser 3/24/26

Abuse in the Ashram: The Predatory Cult of Baba Muktananda. LIT HUB

LIT HUB

Seeing Deepak Chopra’s name in the Epstein files inspired me to revisit what went down in the organization connected to my spiritual path. Why do men who have everything need to sexually abuse women?

Blair Glaser 3/3/26 Blair Glaser 3/3/26

Molly Was My Gateway Drug to Meditation. OPEN SECRETS MAGAZINE

OPEN SECRETS MAGAZINE

How taking the illicit 1990s psychedelic pill paved the way for me to get Zen

Blair Glaser 2/25/26 Blair Glaser 2/25/26

Three things I learned — and now tell CEOs — about toxic leadership. FORTUNE MAGAZINE

FORTUNE

When CEOs act like all-knowing gurus, it’s not good. Here’s what I recommend to my leaders instead.

Blair Glaser 2/8/26 Blair Glaser 2/8/26

My Ex Wrote Friends. Watching From an Ashram Basement Turned My Life Upside Down. PEOPLE MAGAZINE

PEOPLE MAGAZINE

Watching the characters on Friends try to figure out life together was like looking in an alternate path mirror. Why was I at an ashram, and not on TV?

Blair Glaser 2/2/26 Blair Glaser 2/2/26

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Vocational Promiscuity. MEMOIR LAND

FIRST PERSON SINGULAR / MEMOIR LAND

Having many careers that build on each-other has been one of the great things about my life. But there are some serious consequences. Maybe you relate?

Blair Glaser 1/7/26 Blair Glaser 1/7/26

The Struggle is Reel: Marketing Without Social Media. JANE FRIEDMAN BLOG

JANE FRIEDMAN BLOG

I’ve been getting a lot of pressure to use video to grow my audience for my book and clients for my leadership consulting business. Instead, I’ve decided to give in-person networking a try.

But deep down I wonder. Is it also avoidance?

Blair Glaser 12/9/25 Blair Glaser 12/9/25

I’m a Woman in my 50s. Why am I Obsessed With My 20s? PROVOKED MAGAZINE

PROVOKED MAGAZINE

I began to wonder what really drives this midlife fixation on our 20-something selves. Nostalgia? Survival? A need to reconnect with the woman we left behind? Maybe it’s all of that—and something deeper.

Blair Glaser 11/21/25 Blair Glaser 11/21/25

L.A. Affairs: Los Angeles chewed me up and spit me out. Did my husband really want us to move there? LOS ANGELES TIMES

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Was this a test? I remained silent while my mind reeled. L.A. was never a place I imagined myself thriving.

Blair Glaser 9/17/25 Blair Glaser 9/17/25

Looking for Mr. Good Enough: DOROTHY PARKER’S ASHES

DOROTHY PARKER’S ASHES

Sometimes, a “sign” is just the universe laughing at you.

A deeply personal essay about being alone on vacation after a break up.

Blair Glaser 10/2/24 Blair Glaser 10/2/24

Decreasing Drama Through Higher Ed. CHANGE MAGAZINE OF HIGHER LEARNING

WHITE PAPER in CHANGE: THE MAGAZINE OF HIGHER LEARNING

When students, professors, and faculty understand the tasks associated with their institutional roles, it can help them more easily negotiate power differentials and take conflict less personally.

Joanna Holden 9/3/24 Joanna Holden 9/3/24

The Mockingbird and Me. THE MANTLEPIECE

THE MANTLEPIECE

During Covid, although I was a woman in my 50s, I regressed to my 20s in search of the spiritual ecstasy from that time in my life. A pandemic journey from isolation to community. (p.5)

Joanna Holden 9/3/24 Joanna Holden 9/3/24

How to Sort Out Actual Jerks from those Doing Their Jobs. QUARTZ MAGAZINE

QUARTZ

When a worker's behavior is annoying, the framework of role-to-role relationships can help us make sense of our reactions so.

Joanna Holden 9/3/24 Joanna Holden 9/3/24

Changing campus protests from disruptions to learning opportunities. TIMES OF HIGHER ED

INSIDER HIGHER ED

When college protests become campus wars, everyone misses out on learning how to be an effective activist. Richard Nodell and I share what to do instead.