The Mindful Approach to Wellness: Exploring the Science of Mindfulness

Chip is a three-time TED speaker and the New York Times bestselling author of Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder and Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age. As founder of the second largest boutique hotel chain in America and “modern elder” to the young Airbnb founders, Chip is a globally-recognized thought leader on the future of work and the competitive advantages of a multi-generational workplace.

Inspired by his experience of intergenerational mentoring at Airbnb – where his guidance was instrumental to the company’s extraordinary success – Chip founded MEA in 2017 to help other people in midlife find their own meaningful way to keep learning and sharing the wisdom gained from their lived experiences to create fulfilling and exciting second adulthoods. Since then he has dedicated much of his life to reframing the concept of aging and helping people navigate midlife with renewed purpose and possibility.

Ellen J. Langer is considered the “mother of mindfulness” and the first woman tenured in psychology at Harvard and author of eleven books, including the international bestseller Mindfulness and her latest work, The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health. She has received numerous prestigious awards, has authored over 200 research articles, and her pioneering experiments in social psychology have been featured in The New York Times Magazine’s “Year in Ideas” issue. She is a member of Harvard University’s psychology department and resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.