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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.
January 3, 2024
How to future-proof your career
BIG THINK | Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre and former Airbnb executive, reflects on the dynamics of age, wisdom, and curiosity in the ever-evolving world.
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Podcasts
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 …
August 14, 2025
Chip Conley on midlife, joy, and a return to play
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.
August 12, 2025
Soul Of Travel
Christine Sperber, Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer at MEA, is chief architect of the embodied, experiential aspects of its workshops and programs. She is a former World Cup snowboarder and serial entrepreneur who has launched and grown successful hotels, businesses, and industry-evolving ideas in the sports and hospitality worlds and beyond.
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Articles
June 29, 2025
You Don’t Need A Retirement Coach—Or Do You?
I met Kate Coughlin through the Modern Elder Academy where alumni can connect as a community. We are both coaches and having that kind of resource for accountability, reflection, and structure can be life changing. I had been following Chip Conley, founder of the MEA, since his 2017 article in the Harvard Business Review about age, wisdom, and the tech industry. Coughlin and I have attended courses online and at the Baja and Santa Fe campuses. We are co-leaders of the MEA Midwest Chapter Alumni.
May 10, 2025
The World’s Best Longevity Retreats: Where Science Meets Serenity
SUPER AGE – Across the globe, a new generation of longevity retreats is helping people transform their healthspan. Each retreat on our list was evaluated across five key dimensions to help you find the right fit.
January 29, 2025
Maybe being “over-the-hill” is a good thing?
INHABIT | The climb is over and the view is stunning. Being over-the-hill can be a rich time to grow, connect, and savour the next leg of the journey.
November 17, 2024
How I See It: Chip Conley - on Near-Death Experiences and founding MEA
MIDLIFE MALE – Getting to know Chip, having him on the podcast, and spending time at the Modern Elder Academy, was one of my favorite experiences—getting out of my comfort zone and coming out better on the other side.
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