I'm Loren Crawford. And I've been where you are.

For over 20 years, I taught yoga and ran a yoga studio. I guided people through purpose and transformation work. It was real, meaningful work. I had a day job with one of Canada's largest unions for 25 years, so I know about social change work. When COVID hit, the studio closed. I wasn't a great businessman. I went bankrupt. And I found myself doing what I'd spent decades helping others avoid: white-knuckling through loss alone, performing wellness instead of actually healing.

Then something cracked open.

When I stopped pretending everything was fine and started telling the truth—about aging, loss, purpose, and what I actually needed—everything shifted. I found my people. I rebuilt my life. And I felt, for the first time in years, like I was becoming someone I actually recognized.

That's the moment I'm talking about. The awakening that happens when you stop surviving and start living.

In recent years, I've turned that same lens toward men—specifically gay men navigating the second half of life. This is the work I was always moving toward. And if you're reading this, it's for you. Let's create a movement. Let's change the narrative an aging in the gay community.