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Take your midlife journey to the next level. Enjoy Live and On-Demand Sessions – meaningful conversations, and heartfelt interactions with today’s most inspiring and influential thought leaders as you navigate life transitions, seek renewed purpose, and contemplate your legacy.

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Finding Your Center: Building Resilience to Withstand Any Storm

Pico Iyer & Kari Cardinale
June 17, 2025 2:00 PM PT 05:00 PM ET

Join us for an immersive live conversation with Pico Iyer, bestselling author and one of our most trusted voices on finding peace in turbulent times.

Kari Cardinale and Pico will explore how to transform life’s inevitable chaos into unshakeable inner calm. Pico’s decades of study with spiritual masters like the Dalai Lama and immersion in cultures across 80+ countries has revealed timeless practices for staying centered when everything around us feels uncertain.

In this live chat, learn how to:

  • Access deep calm: no apps or lengthy rituals required, just tools that work when you need them most
  • Transform chaos into your teacher: learn to see disruption as an opportunity for growth rather than something to fear
  • Find your authentic center: not the calm you perform for others, but the unshakeable peace that becomes your foundation

This is about becoming so grounded in yourself that external storms can’t shake your inner foundation.

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You Are Enough: The Courage to Feel Complete

Blake Mycoskie & Derek Gehl
July 8, 2025 12:00 PM PT 03:00 PM ET

What if success isn’t about doing more but finally feeling enough?

Blake Mycoskie – entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, and founder of TOMS – joins us for an unfiltered conversation about what happens when chasing achievement stops working.

After building a $600M brand and giving away millions of shoes, Blake hit a wall that success couldn’t fix. What followed was a personal reckoning and a complete rewrite of what it means to live a meaningful life.

In this candid live session with MEA CEO Derek Gehl, Blake shares the hard-won lessons behind his shift from relentless striving to grounded self-worth. You’ll hear how he helps other high performers step off the hamster wheel and reconnect with who they are beyond the résumé.

If you’ve ever asked yourself, Is this it?, this conversation is for you.

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Rewilding: Reclaiming Your Self-Agency in a World That Wants to Tame You

Kelly Wendorf & Derek Gehl
July 16, 2025 1:00 PM PT 04:00 PM ET

What if the parts of you that feel “too much” or “not enough” are actually the truest signals of who you are?

Join author, horse whisperer, and founder of the EQUUS Experience®, Kelly Wendorf, for a live, warm conversation with MEA’s Derek Gehl on reclaiming the voice you muted, the instincts you second-guessed, and the self you edited to fit in.

This is a callback to the wilderness within – a space where ancient earth wisdom meets modern neuroscience, and the animals still know something we’ve forgotten: how to live in full alignment with our nature.

Here’s some of what might rise to the surface:

  • The hidden ways your body remembers old survival strategies and how to teach it new, more expansive ones.

  • What harmonious assertiveness looks like in real life (and why it’s not the same as people-pleasing or powering through)

  • Ways to dissolve the inherited roles, rules, and survival masks that keep you small

  • How to reconnect with your body’s deep intelligence through nature-based and equine-guided practices

Come if you’re ready to shed the scripts and step back into the wild wisdom of your true self.

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Discovering the Hero’s Journey in Midlife

Kari Cardinale & Ben Katt
July 30, 2025 12:00 PM PT 03:00 PM ET

Join us for an intimate talk with Ben Katt, meditation teacher, former minister, and author of The Way Home: Discovering the Hero’s Journey to Wholeness in Midlife, as we explore how ancient wisdom traditions can guide us through the challenging transitions of midlife and beyond.

Hosted by MEA’s Kari Cardinale, this session offers a unique opportunity to learn from Ben, whose compassionate approach has helped countless individuals transform their lives and discover deeper joy, purpose, and meaning.

In this live chat, you can learn how to:

  • Identify where you are on your own Hero’s Journey
  • Embrace vulnerability as a pathway to personal power
  • Connect with your inner wisdom even during times of uncertainty
  • Incorporate simple contemplative practices to gain clarity and direction

This is more than just a discussion – it’s an invitation to embark on your own Hero’s Journey toward wholeness and fulfillment.

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Life Reimagined: Unlocking the Power of Purpose

Richard Leider & Kari Cardinale
August 6, 2025 12:00 PM PT 03:00 PM ET

What if purpose isn’t something you chase but something you live, one moment at a time?

World-renowned purpose pioneer Richard Leider joins MEA’s Kari Cardinale for an inspiring conversation about how to move from asking “What’s next?” to “What really matters?”

Drawing from decades of coaching, research, and his own lived experience, Richard shares how everyday choices — what he calls “little p” purpose — can lead to big shifts in how we live, age, and connect. You’ll hear why purpose is essential not just for meaning, but for well-being and longevity, and how to begin reconnecting with it now, no matter your stage of life.

If you’re standing at a crossroads and craving clarity, this conversation is your invitation to start living on purpose.

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Setting Your Intentions for an Incredible 2025

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Friendship as a Practice: For Your Wellbeing and Longevity

Jeff Hamaoui, Christine Sperber & Derek Gehl

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Aging Awesome: Finding Your Longevity & Legacy Sweet Spot

Barbara Waxman, Tim Parr & Lisa Taylor

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Spying on the Divine: Through Everyday Moments of Awe

Chip Conley & Dacher Keltner

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Chip Conley & Seth Godin

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Jo LaMarca Mathisen, Tamsen Fadal, Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz & Christine Sperber

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Harvesting the Seeds of Change: Embracing Reinvention

Cecily Mak, Soren Gordhamer, Robin Fisher Roffer & Jill Nykoliation

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Chip Conley & Lesley Jane Seymour

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Chip Conley

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