MEA in the Press

Whether you’re navigating an empty nest, rethinking your career, or simply facing a season of change, life after fifty is full of pivotal moments. In this episode, Kari Cardinale of the Modern Elder Academy offers a roadmap for embracing what’s next with clarity and intention. She explains the idea of “transitional intelligence” or TQ, and shares empowering strategies so you can meet transitions with curiosity and actively design a future that excites you.

I first met Lee Johnson on a retreat at the Modern Elder Academy in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Academy, which has been called “The World’s First Midlife Wisdom School,” sits on the beautiful Rising Circle Ranch where Lee serves as steward, and facilitates various experiences for guests. A former Course Director for the Colorado Outward Bound School, Ranch Manager in Nebraska, Tennessee, and New Mexico …

First, Chip Conley built a hotel empire, not around square footage or thread count (though it had both); he built it around joy. Then he helped Airbnb navigate its awkward adolescence and mature from scrappy start up to a company with soul. And now, in the Modern Elder Academy, he’s built something entirely different: a place to pause, reflect, and reimagine what midlife can be.