Six Films You Ought to Watch

As I wrote in my post last week about the MEA Film Fest, I haven’t been so excited about a

Chip Conley

September 12, 2025

Six Films You Ought to Watch

Midlife’s Messy “Rumble”

That in-between stage has been nicknamed “the rumble.” Brené Brown uses that phrase to describe the messy, uncomfortable work of

Chip Conley

September 11, 2025

Midlife’s Messy “Rumble”

From Burnout to Blueprint: Turning a Midlife Wake-Up Call into a Second-Half Comeback

Last year, while celebrating both Thanksgiving and my 40th birthday, I had what I now call a quiet collapse. It

Philip Blackett

August 31, 2025

From Burnout to Blueprint: Turning a Midlife Wake-Up Call into a Second-Half Comeback

As Mrs. Dalloway Turns 100, It Gives Us a New Perspective on the Midlife Crisis

Her wild run of creativity in her 40s included writing her masterpiece on the terrors and triumphs of middle age.

Chip Conley

August 27, 2025

As Mrs. Dalloway Turns 100, It Gives Us a New Perspective on the Midlife Crisis

You Deserve a Few Laughs on Hump Day

Wisdom is all about learning lessons. This fisherman isn’t very wise as he got hit by lightning twice and finally

Chip Conley

August 20, 2025

You Deserve a Few Laughs on Hump Day

Awakening at Midlife

One of my favorite reads of this year, written 30 years ago, was Kathleen Brehony’s “Awakening at Midlife: A Guide

Chip Conley

July 15, 2025

Awakening at Midlife

I Just Realized I’m a Cartographer

While they rarely traveled, their work guided entire fleets and shaped worldviews. During Christopher Columbus’ time, barely 10% of the

Chip Conley

June 17, 2025

I Just Realized I’m a Cartographer

The Gift from the Sea

Since “The Gift from the Sea” is really about Lindbergh’s musings on midlife and beyond, it’s a perfect coaching companion

Chip Conley

June 13, 2025

The Gift from the Sea

“The Midlife Chrysalis” Podcast Has Launched

For years, I’ve resisted launching a podcast. I felt I was too late to the party. Who needs another podcast?

Chip Conley

June 4, 2025

“The Midlife Chrysalis” Podcast Has Launched

The Quiet Revolution of Becoming

Turning 50, Gabrielle started the trend of MEA alums celebrating their birthdays in Baja and Santa Fe with friends, either

Gabrielle Pelicci

May 31, 2025

The Quiet Revolution of Becoming

The 24 Sentences That Define “The Midlife Manifesto”

Midlife isn’t a crisis—it’s a chrysalis.  It’s the most transformative time of your life, a marathon that spans decades, from

Chip Conley

May 21, 2025

The 24 Sentences That Define “The Midlife Manifesto”

Carl Jung’s Midlife Crisis Led to MEA

At the time, he was very successful professionally as the president of the International Psychoanalytic Association, a lecturer at the

Chip Conley

May 8, 2025

Carl Jung’s Midlife Crisis Led to MEA