“The Spaces Between Us” explores how the meaning of family and belonging has shifted—from the intimate bonds that once defined our lives to the vast, impersonal systems that shape them today. Through personal reflection and insights from Yuval Noah Harari and Adam Grant, Chris Monnette asks what real connection still looks like in a connected but lonely world.

Reflections on aging, accepting what is while discovering what still can be, and finding purpose in life’s second act.

I never set out to be a writer. In fact, I did everything I could to avoid it. But life has a strange way of teaching us through the paths we resist most. Sometimes the real gift isn’t the devil you know, but the angel you don’t.

What does it mean to be "useful” once the career milestones are behind you? For most of my life, my value was measured in numbers — revenue, deals closed, jobs created. These days, my usefulness shows up in quieter ways: walking with my wife through life’s changes, encouraging a friend, or sharing words that spark reflection. This post explores learning to fill my own well first so I can keep giving to others, and discovering that purpose can be found in small, intentional ac

In my October 22 post I shared that I had started working on a new novel,  Begin Again . Ninety days later the key characters in my story have come to life in my mind, and they are slowly making their way to the page. Unlike in my memoir, Seeing Clearly , where I knew the characters in real life, in my novel, I had to create them from thin air, or at least that’s what I thought I was doing. With each iteration of the central characters in my novel I found that they became mor

Beginning Again has been a theme in my life. That is true for us all, isn't it? What in this world is truly permanent other than change?

Here is another #StoryWorth question and answer that took me down memory lane. Some of these questions have been fun, but all have been enlightening for me. I would recommend StoryWirth to everyone! What is one of the most significant physical challenges you have ever had to go through? What gave you strength? My rat year at Virginia Military Institute. It was unquestionably one of the most physically, emotionally, and mentally demanding things I have done in my life. I had h