The year I turned 43, I reached a major crossroad. A cliff jumper and one-time rescue swimmer, I had inexplicably
Guest Post: Embracing “Flawesomeness:” Our Force Multiplier In Midlife and Beyond
Kristina Paider
December 21, 2025
Guest Post: From Your Head to the Screen
A lifetime of being in and around the film, television and journalism worlds has made me appreciate both how difficult
Joe Seldner
December 20, 2025
The Neuroscience of “No More Fucks”
Given that I wrote about the evolving brain yesterday, I wanted to share some new brain science with you that’s
Chip Conley
December 19, 2025
Midlife Isn’t a Crisis — It’s a Brain Epoch
According to a sweeping 2025 study from Cambridge, our brains actually pass through five distinct life-stage epochs — childhood, extended
Chip Conley
December 18, 2025
How Will You Invest Your Wisdom?
The more complicated the world gets, the more wisdom we need. Knowledge is in your phone. Wisdom is in your
Chip Conley
December 17, 2025
“Don’t Die” vs. “Do Live”
The “Don’t Die” movement has a certain blunt appeal—optimize everything, control every variable, outrun mortality through metrics. Bryan Johnson is
Chip Conley
December 16, 2025
The Seduction—and Danger—of Shortcuts
When I was in high school, shortcuts showed up as Cliff Notes and Evelyn Wood speed-reading classes—promising smarter, faster versions
Chip Conley
December 15, 2025
Guest Post: Why a New Morning Routine is the Key to Living Your Best Life
If you’re in the second half of life, you’ve already earned a kind of wisdom that younger versions of you
Hal Elrod
December 14, 2025
Guest Post: A Few Days of Quietude in Baja
How we start the year and what rituals we welcome into our lives can have a profound influence on how
Teddi Dean
December 13, 2025
Making MEA More Accessible: Introducing 3- and 4-Night Workshops in Santa Fe
So we listened. This year, we’re launching a new format at MEA Santa Fe: powerful 3- and 4-night workshops designed
Chip Conley
December 12, 2025
The Case for Ending a Long, Mostly Good Marriage
On November 30, the New York Times offered an Op-Ed from Cathi Hanauer with the title of today’s blog post.
Chip Conley
December 11, 2025
Wisdom Is Evolution
If I had to distill midlife into a single insight, it’s this: wisdom is simply evolution put to work—the ability
Chip Conley
December 10, 2025
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