• Workshops
    • All Workshops All Workshops
    • Guest Faculty Workshops Guest Faculty Workshops
    • Navigating Transitions Navigating Transitions
    • Cultivating Purpose Cultivating Purpose
    • Awakening Wisdom Awakening Wisdom
    • The Power of Friendship The Power of Friendship
    • Who Are You Now? Who Are You Now?
    • Silent Retreat Silent Retreat
    • Purpose Fellowship Purpose Fellowship
    • Alumni Homecoming 2026 Alumni Homecoming 2026
  • Online
    • View our Digital Campus View our Digital Campus
    • Emerging Elders On-Demand Emerging Elders On-Demand
    • Midlife Career Transitions Midlife Career Transitions
    • Midlife Mastery On-Demand Midlife Mastery On-Demand
    • Purpose Masterclass On-Demand Purpose Masterclass On-Demand
  • Baja Retreat
    • Baja Summer Immersion Baja Summer Immersion
    • Baja Winter Refresh Baja Winter Refresh
  • Private Groups
  • Campuses
    • Santa Fe Campus Santa Fe Campus
    • Baja Campus Baja Campus
    • Digital Campus Digital Campus
  • Free Wisdom
    • The Midlife Chrysalis Podcast The Midlife Chrysalis Podcast
    • Midlife Pathfinder Quiz Midlife Pathfinder Quiz
    • What's Calling You Next Quiz What's Calling You Next Quiz
    • Wisdom Well Blog Wisdom Well Blog
    • Midlife Compass Blog Midlife Compass Blog
    • Live & On-Demand Sessions Live & On-Demand Sessions
    • Stories Of Midlife Stories Of Midlife
  • Homes
  • About
  • Contact

Plotting coordinates to your best decades yet

Curated stories, resonant insights, and practical guidance from renowned voices and pioneers who are navigating midlife's rich landscape firsthand.

Explore our latest stories below

Reinventing Midlife: Embracing Your Shadow to Find Your True Self

Midlife can be a time of profound transformation—a moment when the persona we’ve carried for decades feels heavy, exhausted, and no longer authentic. After achieving tremendous success, I found myself ...

Greg Louganis

Reinventing Midlife: Embracing Your Shadow to Find Your True Self

Anti-Aging Points You Backward. Life Design Points You Forward

You’ve heard these data points before: we’ve added more than 30 years to life expectancy in little over a century. The prevailing narrative alongside this demographic gift is that you ...

Barbara Waxman

Anti-Aging Points You Backward. Life Design Points You Forward

A Story for a World That Honors All of Life

They gathered in a circle and asked a question that mattered: How do we play together to awaken a world that honors all of life? They closed their eyes and ...

Gail Larsen

A Story for a World That Honors All of Life

Our Story of Happiness

I have long reminded struggling students in my college writing course how much of human happiness is affected by where our minds dwell. For those of us well beyond college ...

Cole Lefavour

Our Story of Happiness

Spark Team Creativity by Embracing Uncertainty

Focusing on getting the creative process just right can hamper your team’s innovation. As an artist who also works for a business school, I often talk with managers about how ...

Aithan Shapira

Spark Team Creativity by Embracing Uncertainty

Reinvent Yourself: Step Into Your Next Chapter & Live Your Greatest Story

Do you have a North Star that’s guiding your future? Every successful organization I’ve consulted with shares one common thread: a powerful vision articulated in seven words or less. Why ...

Robin Fisher Roffer

Reinvent Yourself: Step Into Your Next Chapter & Live Your Greatest Story

Welcome to F*ck Yes! Living

Everything you’ve lived has been leading you here. The disappointments and detours. The identities you tried on, mastered, and eventually outgrew. The relationships you shaped… and the ones that shaped ...

Bonnie Wan

Welcome to F*ck Yes! Living

First Principles of The Midlife Cyclist 

“We are bending the arc of ageing – we are pathfinders. Subsequent generations will learn from our triumphs and tragedies. That is our privilege.” Youth is Wasted on The Young The ...

Phil Caviell

First Principles of The Midlife Cyclist 

The Power of Stepping Outside

Hi, I’m Rebecca Rusch. I’ve spent decades as a professional adventure athlete, pushing my limits on bike, foot, and paddle. As the founder of Athlete Operating System™, I help people ...

Rebecca Rusch
Jaimie Lusk

The Power of Stepping Outside

Zingerman’s 12 Natural Laws of Business

The creation of the 12 Natural Laws of Business is a lot like the story about gravity. Apples had been falling off trees and hitting the ground long before Sir ...

Ari Weinzweig

Zingerman’s 12 Natural Laws of Business

Page [tcb_pagination_current_page] of [tcb_pagination_total_pages]

First

Previous

Next

Last

What’s Your Midlife
Pathfinder
Type?

Take the Quiz Now

Welcome
to MEA’s

Digital
Campus

Learn More

Explore our topics

acclimate accomplishments accountability action adulthood adulthoof adventure Affinity Group AGE Foundation aging alive allies aloneness altered Alzheimer's ancestors anti-aging anxiety attrition Authenticity awakened awe Baja Balance belonging Ben Katt biology bonds bothness breakthrough breath Camp Days career caregiving challenge chapters children closure coaching cohesion commitments community compassion competence composed concentration conflict confusion connection consciousness consistency consistent contribution contributions creative creativity credibility crisis crossroads culture curiosity Daniel Booz dementia dependent depression desire destructive detour detours diagnosis disappointment divorce dogs downhill dreams elder emerging emotional emotions empty energy entrepreneur entrepreneurs Epicurus epidemic epiphany equipped eternity executives experimentation exploration failure faith family financially fingerprints FIRE movement fitness flexibility flexible friends friendship fulfillment gathering genomics gift gifts giving gratitude gravity growing old growth guilt health Hero's Journey home honesty iceberg identity imagination impermanence independent innovation inspiring integration intimacy investment invitation isolated isolation Jeff Krasno job loss journey joy judgement kids kind leadership learning LGBTQ+ life life lessons lifequakes listen listening literacy live living loneliness longevity loop loss love lovers loving maintenance malaise manifestation meditate meditation message metabolomics microbiome middle Middlescence midlife midlifee mindset mirror molecular moments motivation nature navigation nesting networking numbing nurture online programs ordeals organization outgrow pain parenting passion pathway pattern perimenopause phenomenon physical planning play pleasure potential power powerful prayer prayers prestigious process professional proteomics psychology purpose pursuit quarter life quest question questions reawakening reflection Reframing Retirement reinvent reinvention rejection relationship relationships relief reorder resilience resonate Retirement rhythm riches safety Schuyler Grant seeker self self care service sexy shame shifts signs social solution spiritual stages stories story storyteller strength structure success successfuk successful surface surviving syndrome teams technology testosterone thoughts time toll traditional transformation transition transitional intelligence transitions truths urgent veil vital Vital After 50 vitality voice wild wisdom wise women wonder work workshops

Popular Posts

Guest Post: The Trip That Made Me a Different Kind of Leader

Guest Post: The Trip That Made Me a Different Kind of Leader

Guest Post: Two Poems from Janet Shlaes

Guest Post: Two Poems from Janet Shlaes

The Living Funeral: Hearing the Eulogy Before It’s Too Late

The Living Funeral: Hearing the Eulogy Before It’s Too Late

My 10 Favorite Interview Questions

My 10 Favorite Interview Questions

From Saber to Conocer: What AI Knows – yet Humans Live

From Saber to Conocer: What AI Knows – yet Humans Live

The Surprise of Aging

The Surprise of Aging

Get Weekly Wisdom that Just Might Change Your Life

Subscribe to our free Wisdom Weekly newsletter and receive insightful articles and news related to thriving in midlife.

Programs

  • Workshops
  • Online
  • Baja Summer Immersion
  • Private Groups
  • Corazón

Free Resources

  • Midlife Pathfinder Quiz
  • The Seven Longevity Levers Assessment
  • Wisdom Well Blog
  • Live & On-Demand Sessions
  • Friending Assessment
  • Transitional Intelligence eBook
  • The Longevity Manifesto eBook
  • The Anatomy of a Transition eBook
  • The Emergence of Long Life Learning eBook
  • Living & Working on Purpose eBook
  • Why We Gather eBook
  • Why Successful Leaders Value Wisdom eBook
  • Baja Discovery Guide
  • Santa Fe Discovery Guide

About

  • About MEA
  • Academic Applause
  • Press
  • Partial Scholarships
  • Job Openings
  • Help Center
  • Contact
  • Press Inquiries
  • Collaboration Inquiries

Books

  • The Midlife Manifesto
  • Learning to Love Midlife
  • Emotional Equations
  • Wisdom @ Work
  • Peak
  • The Rebel Rules

pop

[ifso id="15007"]

Privacy Policy     Cookie Policy     Terms & Conditions

© 2026 Modern Elder Academy  |  Photographs © Cookie Kinkead

What are you interested in?