I’m 63 years old, and my body just celebrated its birthday. Not the number. The body itself. For the first
Guest Post: The Wisdom Your Body Holds: Coming Home to Embodied Awakening
Master Mingtong Gu
March 7, 2026
Joy. Service. Joy.
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy.I awoke and saw that life was service.I acted and behold, service was
Chip Conley
March 6, 2026
Practice Intimately. Work Invisibly. (In a World That Won’t Stop Posting About Itself)
In other words: do the deep work… and don’t Instagram it. We live in a culture that confuses visibility with
Chip Conley
March 5, 2026
“Death to Midlife”? Not So Fast.
A company just launched a campaign called “Death to Midlife.” They literally want to bury the word. And honestly? I
Chip Conley
March 4, 2026
Welcome to “Goo U”
“The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
Chip Conley
March 3, 2026
Are We Getting “L-AI-ZY”?
AI is astonishing. It can summarize, draft, compare, brainstorm, even simulate debate. But the danger isn’t that it’s wrong. The
Chip Conley
March 2, 2026
Guest Post: The Living Butterfly Metaphor Inside the MEA Co-Living Housing Model: The Chrysalis, Imaginal Cells and the Butterfly
One of my favorite weekends of the year so far was our inaugural Golden Girls weekend workshop in mid-January, which
Dana Collie
March 1, 2026
David Whyte is Coming to MEA Santa Fe
I love that poetry abounds at MEA. We have Mark Nepo leading a sold-out workshop in Baja next week and
Chip Conley
February 27, 2026
Rethinking Love, Life, and Friendship: A Review of “The Other Significant Others”
Those with whom you feel soulfully connected, even though there’s no romance? I have a budding friend who I feel
Chip Conley
February 26, 2026
What I Learned From Airbnb’s Brian Chesky
Two days ago, my conversation with Brian Chesky went live on my Midlife Chrysalis podcast. It’s blowing up and going
Chip Conley
February 25, 2026
The Russian Nesting Doll of Midlife: What’s Really at the Core?
From the outside, it looks polished. Finished. Whole. But when you open it, there’s another layer. And another. And another.
Chip Conley
February 24, 2026
What’s Your Midlife Archetype?
Last year, we launched our MEA Midlife Pathfinder Quiz which has proven so popular that NPR’s “Morning Edition” recently profiled
Chip Conley
February 23, 2026
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