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Meet Dish Stanley
Hi! I’m Dish, the Master of Ceremonies at PrimeCrush. Hello and welcome! I’m so happy you’re here.
Like everybody at this stage, I’ve lived through many phases of life.
After my husband passed away I found myself dating at the very same time that I left a big career, my father’s health was failing and friends were divorcing, moving and adjusting to life without kids at home. I began to see that midlife is a period of profound transition for everyone and in no area more than in our connections with others. Not just who and how, but often the very structures of our lives and relationships. I began to ask: When you’re no longer getting your thrill from building (a family, a career, a house, status), what makes you high? I believe it comes in the form of relationships, friendships and community. Love is the drug. It’s exciting as well as complicated, this stage.
At the same time, I found that I had more time to make friends, to take on new challenges, to go on journeys, to read more books, take up new games and sports. That said, I found a severe lack of attention to these topics - certainly for or from the viewpoint of people in our phase of life - so I built a stage to create what I was hoping to find.
While I know and trust myself more deeply than ever, I am still as confused as anyone by the chaotic unfolding of life and love. I'm working through that with The Crush Letter, by sharing the best of what I find and we create together. I am grateful for all of you who have joined.