Hi. I am Stephanie. I’m a middle-aged, straight woman, and I’m obsessed with reading gay male romantic fiction. My obsession
Guest Post: “I’ll Have What Their Having: How MM Romance Rewrote My Midlife Script on Intimacy”
Stephanie Blair
May 3, 2026
Guest Post: Entering Nepantlán: Reframing Midlife as a Sacred Threshold
There comes a moment—often in midlife—when the life we carefully constructed no longer holds. A career unravels. A relationship shifts.
Rafael Adon Cordova
May 2, 2026
Our 100th Midlife Chrysalis Episode Goes Live Today
In less than 11 months, we’ve produced 100 episodes of our Midlife Chrysalis podcast with nearly 2 million downloads (today’s
Chip Conley
May 1, 2026
Doing to Becoming to Being
During my life, I’ve been an expert translator of “doing” into “becoming.” Becoming is doing with a purpose and soul,
Chip Conley
April 29, 2026
When a Trip Becomes a Turning Point
Researchers recently created something called the Psychedelic-related Major Life Changes Questionnaire (P-MLCQ) to track what actually happens after the experience.
Chip Conley
April 28, 2026
Are Women Aging Into Power?
At first glance, they seem like separate trends. They’re not. They’re part of the same quiet revolution. Let’s start with
Chip Conley
April 27, 2026
Guest Post: Are We Seeking the Meaning of Life… or the Meaning in Life?
Carolina has become an insightful teacher in our MEA Purpose Fellowship as well as in other MEA workshops. She’s one
Carolina Lasso
April 26, 2026
Guest Post: Crafting Your Future—Wherever You Are in Life
Imagine a world… What happened for you when you read that line? Where did your brain go? Did your thinking
Laurentz Gilmore
April 25, 2026
Guest Post: Why More Women Are Looking at Intentional Co Living, and Why It Makes Perfect Sense
Given MEA’s growing interest in Golden Girls housing, we’ve been scanning the web for great content on the topic and
Golden Girls Network
April 24, 2026
Welcome to Q3: Halftime Is Over
In the new book I’m writing with Scott Bryson, we argue it’s time for a new metaphor: life as a
Chip Conley
April 23, 2026
What Promises Can You Make to Yourself?
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost) Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is
Chip Conley
April 22, 2026
Older Moms, Fewer Babies—and a Different Kind of Adulthood
I read this recent New York Times piece about declining birthrates, and what struck me wasn’t just that fewer babies
Chip Conley
April 21, 2026
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