The Best is Yet to Come by Dr. Leahcim Semaj

The Best is Yet to Come by Dr. Leahcim Semaj A Psychologist Guide to Thriving in Retirement.

Redefining Retirement: This book challenges traditional notions of retirement and offers a fresh perspective on aging.

There is a contradiction I have noticed over the years, and I am not sure we talk about it enough. Some of the most inte...
08/16/2026

There is a contradiction I have noticed over the years, and I am not sure we talk about it enough. Some of the most intelligent, educated and accomplished people I have known are not particularly happy. Not miserable necessarily. Not clinically depressed. Just... not happy. They have done well by almost every conventional measure. Degrees on the wall. A respectable career. A business. A nice home. A reasonably healthy bank account. Recognition. Status. The children are doing well. People look at their lives and say, “You have done well for yourself.” And they have. Yet something appears to have gone missing somewhere between achievement and arrival. They learned how to succeed. Nobody necessarily taught them how to enjoy succeeding. That may be one of the quieter psychological traps of intelligence.

There is a contradiction I have noticed over the years, and I am not sure we talk about it enough. Some of the most intelligent, educated and accomplished people I have known are not particularly happy. Not miserable necessarily. Not clinically depressed. Just... not happy. They have done well by al...

There is a particular kind of goodbye that happens at airports across the Caribbean. A woman stands at the barrier, her ...
08/16/2026

There is a particular kind of goodbye that happens at airports across the Caribbean. A woman stands at the barrier, her partner's suitcase already checked, and she watches him walk toward a gate that leads to months, not hours, of absence. She will go home to a house that suddenly feels larger than it did that morning. Children across our region grow up knowing this rhythm — a parent present in photographs and phone calls, sometimes for years at a stretch, while the family carries on in their physical absence.

There is a particular kind of goodbye that happens at airports across the Caribbean. A woman stands at the barrier, her partner's suitcase already checked, and she watches him walk toward a gate that leads to months, not hours, of absence. She will go home to a house that suddenly feels larger than....

“Feelings, Thoughts, Words and Action –The Four Elements of the Life We Create" By Dr. Leahcim SemajPsychologist | Autho...
08/15/2026

“Feelings, Thoughts, Words and Action –

The Four Elements of the Life We Create" By Dr. Leahcim SemajPsychologist | Author | Social Philosopher…...

The Four Elements of the Life We Create” By Dr. Leahcim SemajPsychologist | Author | Social PhilosopherThe Semaj MindSpa — Where Mind, Spirit, and Science Meet I have spent a good part of my …

From Michael James to Leahcim Semaj and BeyondOn August 17, 2026, I complete my 75th cycle ’round the sun. Seventy-five....
08/15/2026

From Michael James to Leahcim Semaj and Beyond

On August 17, 2026, I complete my 75th cycle ’round the sun. Seventy-five. I have been sitting with that number. It is strange. When you are 25, seventy-five sounds ancient. At 40, it sounds distant. At 60, it becomes imaginable. And then one morning you realize it is no longer somewhere out there. It is here. And, more importantly, I am here.

From Michael James to Leahcim Semaj and Beyond On August 17, 2026, I complete my 75th cycle ’round the sun. Seventy-five. I have been sitting with that number. It is strange. When you are 25, seventy-five sounds ancient. At 40, it sounds distant. At 60, it becomes imaginable. And then one morning ...

Dear Leahcim at 85,If you are reading this, we made another ten cycles. Well done. I hope you're still walking. Maybe th...
08/15/2026

Dear Leahcim at 85,

If you are reading this, we made another ten cycles. Well done. I hope you're still walking. Maybe the 5K has become 3K. That's fine. Keep moving. I hope you're still lifting something heavier than the television remote. I hope you're reading, Thinking, Writing and Laughing.

Dear Leahcim at 85, If you are reading this, we made another ten cycles. Well done. I hope you're still walking. Maybe the 5K has become 3K. That's fine. Keep moving. I hope you're still lifting something heavier than the television remote. I hope you're reading, Thinking, Writing and Laughing.

As I complete my 75th cycle ’round the sun, I find myself reflecting not only on events, but on lessons distilled from l...
08/15/2026

As I complete my 75th cycle ’round the sun, I find myself reflecting not only on events, but on lessons distilled from living. These are not theories. They are not borrowed ideas. They are understandings shaped by experience - sometimes gently, sometimes painfully. Here are seventy-five lessons from seventy-five cycles ’round the sun.

As I complete my 75th cycle ’round the sun, I find myself reflecting not only on events, but on lessons distilled from living. These are not theories. They are not borrowed ideas. They are understandings shaped by experience - sometimes gently, sometimes painfully. Here are seventy-five lessons fr...

Everywhere we turn, from politics to corporations, from schools to community organizations, the cry is the same: We have...
08/14/2026

Everywhere we turn, from politics to corporations, from schools to community organizations, the cry is the same: We have a leadership crisis. But what exactly do we mean by that?

Some individuals eagerly present themselves as leaders, stepping into positions of power with ambition. Others find themselves placed in leadership roles by circumstance, seniority, or necessity. Yet in both cases, the glaring truth emerges: most have never truly invested in learning the Art and Science of Leadership

Dr. Leahcim SemajPsychologist, Helping People & Organizations Transform Everywhere we turn, from politics to corporations, from schools to community organizations, the cry is the same: We have …

I have spent much of my professional life working with people and organizations facing problems. Sometimes the problem i...
08/13/2026

I have spent much of my professional life working with people and organizations facing problems. Sometimes the problem is money. Sometimes it is morale. Sometimes it is a relationship that has deteriorated, a company culture that has become toxic, or an institution that seems incapable of changing direction. And, of course, sometimes the problem is a country. After more than four decades of watching people wrestle with problems large and small, I keep coming back to one proposition:

With good leadership, ANY problem can be solved.

Now, I know that sounds absolute. Perhaps too absolute. Some problems cannot be made to disappear. Death cannot be negotiated away. A hurricane cannot be persuaded to change course. We cannot undo yesterday. And there are problems so deeply embedded in history, culture and economics that anybody promising a quick solution is probably selling something. So when I say any problem can be solved, I am not suggesting magic. I mean something more practical.

Good leadership can always move us from where we are toward somewhere better.

And sometimes that is what solving the problem actually means.

I have spent much of my professional life working with people and organizations facing problems. Sometimes the problem is money. Sometimes it is morale. Sometimes it is a relationship that has deteriorated, a company culture that has become toxic, or an institution that seems incapable of changing d...

There is a particular kind of silence that can creep into your life as you get older. The phone doesn’t ring as often. N...
08/13/2026

There is a particular kind of silence that can creep into your life as you get older. The phone doesn’t ring as often. Nobody is calling to ask, “Can you handle this for me?” There is no emergency at work requiring your particular expertise. The children no longer need a ride, money for school, help with homework or permission to stay out late. Even the grandchildren may have reached the stage where they have their own friends, their own phones and, apparently, very little time for you. At first, you may enjoy the peace. Then, perhaps, another thought slips in.

Nobody seems to need me anymore. And behind that thought is a much more unsettling question: If nobody needs me, who am I now? That question is more important than we sometimes admit.

There is a particular kind of silence that can creep into your life as you get older. The phone doesn’t ring as often. Nobody is calling to ask, “Can you handle this for me?” There is no emergency at work requiring your particular expertise. The children no longer need a ride, money for school...

"We’re no longer trying to be cute. We’re trying to be real."That’s what Melani said.And it’s exactly what many men over...
08/12/2026

"We’re no longer trying to be cute. We’re trying to be real."
That’s what Melani said.
And it’s exactly what many men over 60 are living.
They’re walking their own version of the hot girl walk - into sunsets, simplicity, and self-acceptance.

Dr. Leahcim SemajPsychologist | Author | Speaker | Management Consultant | Spiritual Guide | Social Philosopher “I don’t care what people think. I’m free.”Those words …

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