A Special MEA workshop with Chip Conley
Discovering The Hero’s Journey in Midlife
Sep 1 - Sep 6, 2025 in Santa Fe, USA Led by: Chip Conley, Amie Tullius
Financial aid is available. Apply Here.
Chart your next exciting chapter with the map that makes you the hero of your journey
Midlife can be the start of an exciting new chapter – but it doesn’t always feel that way at first.
The changes that come at this stage can shake your sense of identity and direction, leaving you unsure of what’s next.
But whether you feel stuck, lost, or simply ready for something more, there’s a proven framework that can help you find your bearings, see the road ahead, and take your next steps toward a future filled with purpose, adventure, and fulfillment.
The Hero’s Journey: a universal guide to transformation
The Hero’s Journey is a pattern found in myths and stories across every culture. As Joseph Campbell observed, nearly all wisdom traditions describe a hero who:
→ Leaves the familiar world behind
→ Faces trials and adventures that test and transform them
→ Gains the "treasure" needed to overcome a final challenge
→ Returns home with gifts to share with the community
This arc appears in ancient tales – Gilgamesh, Odysseus, Moses, the Buddha, King Arthur – and in modern stories like Luke Skywalker’s quest or Frodo’s mission in The Lord of the Rings.
When you understand where you are on this journey, your next step comes into focus – and you can move forward with clarity, confidence, and momentum toward the life you’re ready to create.
In this five-day workshop facilitated by MEA founder Chip Conley, you will explore how the Hero’s Journey can help you chart your path through midlife and achieve your quest of living a joyous, meaningful, and deeply fulfilling life.
Exclusive Bonus: Your Personal Wisdom Session with Chip
As part of this intimate workshop, every participant will receive a private 30-minute one-on-one session with Chip Conley. This is your chance to dive deeper into your own Hero’s Journey, explore personal questions, and gain tailored insights from one of the world’s leading voices on midlife transformation. Whether you’re seeking clarity on your next chapter, guidance through a current challenge, or inspiration for bold new possibilities, this is a rare opportunity to receive Chip’s undivided attention and wisdom—just for you.
What you’ll gain
Through a combination of experiential activities, discussion, and inspired reflection, you will:
By the end of your five days with Chip, you will be bursting with clarity and renewed purpose and feel energized and inspired to take the next big step on your Hero’s Journey in midlife.
Meet your faculty
Chip Conley
MEA Co-Founder and Author of Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
Bestselling Author | Entrepreneur | Innovator | Disruptor | Speaker
A three-time TED speaker on the big stage, Chip Conley is one of the world's leading experts at the intersection of business innovation, psychology and spirituality.
As one of the creators of the boutique hotel movement and the "modern elder" to the young Airbnb founders, Chip's been a disruptor and expert on entrepreneurship and business leadership. He’s a globally-recognized thought leader on the future of work and the competitive advantages of a multi-generational workplace.
Inspired by his experience of intergenerational mentoring as a “modern elder” at Airbnb – where his guidance was instrumental to the company’s extraordinary success – Chip founded MEA and has since dedicated his midlife years to reframing the concept of aging and helping people navigate midlife with a renewed sense of purpose and possibility.
This workshop is for you if...
You feel adrift and long to live a life with deeper meaning and purpose
You’ve “won” at the outer game of life, yet something essential still feels missing
You’re facing endings, losses, or big midlife shifts – and need a way to navigate toward your next chapter
You’re ready to release what no longer serves you and make space for what’s calling you forward
You sense an adventure ahead – but aren’t sure where to start or what you’ll need for the road
You’re curious about life’s deeper mysteries and open to exploring your spiritual side
You want tools to stay grounded, resilient, and connected to something greater than yourself
You’d like to cultivate a steady mindfulness practice that keeps you aligned with your inner compass
Bonus One-on-One with MEA’s Shaman, Saul
As part of Chip’s Hero’s Journey workshop, you’ll receive a private session with Saul—MEA’s longtime shaman, guide, and teacher. Saul has supported our community with wisdom that resonates across backgrounds and beliefs. Normally a $150 add-on, this experience is included at no extra cost.
Santa Fe, USA
Rising Circle Ranch
An upscale regenerative ranch featuring traditional Pueblo architecture and spanning nearly 2,600 acres of wildlife, hiking trails in the arroyo, with ancient petroglyphs, and awe-inspiring beauty. Close to historic Santa Fe, an artisan’s mecca.
When you answer the call, you discover who you are and what you’re capable of achieving
Embarking on the Hero’s Journey requires you to leave the familiar, get help from others, befriend the darkness, wander in the wild, face your death, defeat the villain, and return home with a gift to share with others.
This is the archetypal journey that all heroes experience when they answer the call to rise to their potential and find their path forward to wholeness. Now it’s your turn.
