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November 17, 2025
Jeff Hamaoui on Why we overcomplicate friendship—and how to make it easy
TEDxMedellin | Learn about friendship. Learn how we make friends and some of the amazing tricks and mindset changes you need to become better at your own friending practice. Jeff shares how in a world getting lonelier, building your own friendship practice offers you a way to a thriving life. Jeff Hamaoui is a world renowned teacher and thinker in the wellness world. Co founder of MEA the worlds first midlife wisdom school and developer of Baja Sage a regenerative community. Jeff has learned a lot about friendship. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED
February 7, 2024
Modern Elder Academy expanding into Santa Fe
NEWS 13 | Chip Conley’s Modern Elder Academy expands to Santa Fe in the spring 2024, offering guidance through midlife with online programs and workshops.
January 17, 2024
Is the best yet to come? This author offers tips to grow after midlife
TODAY SHOW – NBC | “Learning to Love Midlife” author Chip Conley joins Hoda & Jenna and opens up about how he realized his “midlife crisis” was really a “midlife chrysalis” — and how anyone can continue to grow and change later in life.
January 15, 2024
Chip Conley talks new book, 'Learning to Love Midlife'
GOOD MORNING AMERICA | Chip Conley talks new book, ‘Learning to Love Midlife’ on ABC’s Good Morning America.
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Podcasts
January 28, 2026
Christine Sperber: Tools for Transformation
Christine Sperber joins us to unpack how we navigate the murky in-between of life transitions, especially during midlife. She shares practical tools for becoming more self-aware and talks about the importance of curiosity, internal listening, and community when stepping into unfamiliar territory. Christine challenges us to embrace the awkward, the goofy, and the uncomfortable as necessary phases in personal growth. If you’re looking to break out of your comfort zone and rethink your identity, this conversation is your map—or better yet, your toolkit.
November 27, 2025
Flourish After Fifty - Kari Cardinale - "A roadmap for Navigating Transitions"
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.
October 30, 2025
"Midlife Crisis" is a Myth with Chip Conley | Dan Buettner Podcast
“Stop calling it a “”midlife crisis””! Join us with bestselling author and Modern Elder Academy founder, Chip Conley, as he completely reframes the second half of life. Chip explains why the term “”midlife crisis”” is an ancient concept that holds us back and reveals the three essential ingredients for transforming anxiety into purpose. Discover how to cultivate curiosity, leverage your experience, and build the social connection (Tribe) necessary to find fulfillment and longevity after age 50.
October 9, 2025
On Living a Life That Brings Us Truly Alive | Lee Johnson
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 …
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Articles
February 18, 2026
Modern Elder Academy MEA– Santa Fe
Modern Elder Academy Santa Fe — also known as Rising Circle Ranch — is a private high-desert sanctuary designed for reflection, reinvention, and next-chapter clarity. Set across four square miles of secluded New Mexico landscape, the campus blends Pueblo-inspired architecture with wide skies, mountain vistas, and profound natural silence that immediately calms the nervous system. This is not a traditional destination resort . MEA Santa Fe is a wisdom campus — a place where structured learning meets embodied experience. Intimate workshop cohorts, guided community circles, and facilitated inquiry unfold alongside restorative time outdoors. Hiking trails, equestrian experiences, and starlit
February 9, 2026
Need a new path in midlife? There's a school for that and a quiz to kickstart it
If you find yourself asking “what’s next?” in your life, there’s a boom industry of personal growth retreats and curricula to help navigate midlife transitions, big or small. The first step requires some introspection: “Who am I now? Or who do I want to become?” These are incredibly common questions, especially at key transitions in life, whether that’s launching children and becoming an empty-nester, walking through a career disruption or navigating the loss of a partner through divorce or death.
December 3, 2025
Inside Modern Elder Academy, Where People 50+ Go For a Midlife Reset
MEN’S HEALTH | What the author learned at Modern Elder Academy, aka a ‘midlife wisdom school’ where people go for a reset.
December 1, 2025
Chip Conley Nominated on The Worthy 100
The Worthy100 celebrates 100 individuals using their talent, resources, and platforms to create meaningful change. In 2025, they come from every corner of public life—art, business, finance, science, policy, media, and social impact.
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