3 Questions to Ask at Each of the 3 Stages of Transition

As we write about in our Anatomy of a Transition free ebook, most personal or professional transitions can be mapped

Chip Conley

April 17, 2025

3 Questions to Ask at Each of the 3 Stages of Transition

Relish and Release

Rather than feeling befuddled or stuck, maybe it’s time to relish and release. Both of these words come from the

Chip Conley

April 16, 2025

Relish and Release

“I Want to Complicate My Life”

And, yet, our modern tendency is NOT to simplify, but to complicate. When we’re younger, we might have thought that

Chip Conley

April 15, 2025

“I Want to Complicate My Life”

When Your Body Slows Down, Your Soul Finally Speaks

Thanks to MEA alum Anne Auburn shared this wise 22-minute video about the whispering soul. This Buddhist insight about how

Chip Conley

April 14, 2025

When Your Body Slows Down, Your Soul Finally Speaks

Curiosity As a Pathway to Wisdom

18th Century Philosopher Edmond Burke noted that “The first and simplest emotion we discover in the human mind is curiosity.” 

Barbara Kreisman

April 13, 2025

Curiosity As a Pathway to Wisdom

A Call to Action: Memory and Resistance

I admire Jerry’s courage in publishing this Call to Action and look forward to co-leading a workshop with him in

Jerry Colonna

April 12, 2025

A Call to Action: Memory and Resistance

“I Belong Here”

“I belong here’ means that I belong here on this planet, where I have seldom felt safe or normal. It

Chip Conley

April 11, 2025

“I Belong Here”

How Are You Investing in Your “Inner Elder”?

We live in a time and society in which we warehouse wisdom in nursing homes and retirement communities. We’ve lost

Chip Conley

April 10, 2025

How Are You Investing in Your “Inner Elder”?

Boomers, the National Archives has a Job For You

Boomers flow like ink on a page, Loops and swirls, wisdom with age. Letters dance, a personal touch, A signature

Chip Conley

April 9, 2025

Boomers, the National Archives has a Job For You

Bad News & Good News for Gen X

Let me summarize both, but first let’s clarify terms: Gen Xers were born between 1964 and 1980. In a grossly

Chip Conley

April 8, 2025

Bad News & Good News for Gen X

Who Knew 200 Pounds Would be an Aspiration?

As I moved into my 20s and 30s, I worked out regularly (I came out as a gay man at

Chip Conley

April 7, 2025

Who Knew 200 Pounds Would be an Aspiration?

Still Upright (Mostly): Dispatch from Midlife – My Reckoning in Austin

Sometimes life offers up a perfectly timed—if painful—reminder that midlife is less about crisis and more about resilience, reinvention, and

Annette Mason

April 6, 2025

Still Upright (Mostly): Dispatch from Midlife – My Reckoning in Austin