"The unexamined life is not worth living,” Socrates said. That's the reason many people seek out a counselor, a wise mentor or a spiritual adviser. Tired of living in despair, not knowing what to do, but sure "… that I don't want to live like this anymore.”

The challenge is to learn what to do differently, and as anyone knows who has tried it, the older you are, the more difficult it is to change habitual patter...