Radiant

Then I read Rumi whisper, “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”   Radiant, there, meant

Chip Conley

May 7, 2026

Radiant

From Success to Succession

The first was at 47, during a near-death experience that cracked open my sense of time and identity. The second

Chip Conley

May 6, 2026

From Success to Succession

Are You a “Big-Age Woman”?

Some come to MEA as a student and then become a facilitator or guest faculty member as Elizabeth White has

Chip Conley

May 5, 2026

Are You a “Big-Age Woman”?

The Blessing of Your Chosen Torture

There’s a moment in an interview between Jerry Seinfeld and Howard Stern where Seinfeld offers a line that has been

Chip Conley

May 4, 2026

The Blessing of Your Chosen Torture

Guest Post: “I’ll Have What Their Having: How MM Romance Rewrote My Midlife Script on Intimacy”

Hi. I am Stephanie. I’m a middle-aged, straight woman, and I’m obsessed with reading gay male romantic fiction. My obsession

Stephanie Blair

May 3, 2026

Guest Post: “I’ll Have What Their Having: How MM Romance Rewrote My Midlife Script on Intimacy”

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

Guest Post: Entering Nepantlán: Reframing Midlife as a Sacred Threshold

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

Our 100th Midlife Chrysalis Episode Goes Live Today

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

Doing to Becoming to Being

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

When a Trip Becomes a Turning Point

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

Are Women Aging Into Power?

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: Are We Seeking the Meaning of Life… or the Meaning in Life?

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: Crafting Your Future—Wherever You Are in Life