Learning to Love Midlife

With Chip Conley

April 11 - 13, 2025

Workshop Schedule

Friday
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm*How to Drop into Esalen*
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Saturday
9:30 am - 12:45 pm
3:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Sunday
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

See general schedule information including arrival, departure and meal times.

  • Sleeping Bag Space – $560.00
  • Bunk Bed Space – $740.00
  • Standard Shared Space – $930.00
  • Standard Queen Room – $1,230.00
  • Standard Room Two Beds – $1,950.00
  • Premium Queen Room – $1,710.00
  • Premium King Room – $1,830.00
  • Premium Plus King Room – $2,070.00
  • Premium Wooden Yurt – $2,070.00
  • Premium Wooden Yurt Two Beds – $2,070.00
  • Rolf Suite – $3,930.00
  • Point House – $3,930.00
  • Fritz Point House – $3,930.00
  • South Point House – $4,800.00

Are you feeling bored, stuck, bewildered, or overwhelmed in your 40s, 50s, or 60s? You’re not alone. Welcome to midlife, a time when many of us feel restless and disenchanted. New studies show that after a temporary bottoming-out of life satisfaction, we often start feeling more content and alive in the core and latter part of midlife; the latest research in the psychology of aging reveals that when we shift our mindset on aging from negative to positive, we can add seven and a half years to our lives.

Chip Conley, founder of the Modern Elder Academy (MEA), the world’s first midlife wisdom school, and a leading midlife activist, is helping demystify and elevate midlife as a life stage of profound personal transformation.

During this workshop, we will:

  • Dive into the 12 reasons why life gets better with age. 
  • Explore navigating midlife transitions and growing your TQ (Transitional Intelligence).
  • Review your mindset when it comes to your physical, mental, emotional, social, and family health.
  • Cultivate a new sense of purpose in both your personal and professional life.
  • Learn tools and practices to cultivate, harvest, and share your wisdom.
  • Develop an action plan to consciously curate the second half of your adult life.

Today’s modern elder is always searching for greater meaning, deeper relationships, new experiences to explore, and ideas to imagine. Join Chip for a rare weekend opportunity to discover a new way of thinking about midlife, an invigorating time of re-imagination, re-creation, reflection, and true growth — on our own terms.

Recommended Reading: Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better With Age by Chip Conley

About the Leader

Chip Conley

Chip is a bestselling author and hospitality entrepreneur. At 52, he joined Airbnb, embracing the role of a new kind of elder, one who is as curious as they are wise. In 2018, Chip created Modern Elder Academy, the world’s first midlife wisdom school. www.modernelderacademy.com

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