What if we framed midlife not as a crisis but as a transformative chrysalis—a liminal period where profound awakenings unfold?
What if we saw it as an opportunity to shed old layers, unfurl our wings, and share the pollen of our wisdom with the world?
Guiding us from pupa to butterfly, we have the Monarch himself, Chip Conley.
Returning to the show for the ... Show More
Yesterday
ROLL ON: American Tiger, Adventures Abroad, & The Art of Showing Up
Roll On is here! Adam Skolnick and I catch up after a month of nonstop travel. Tokyo for the Track & Field World Championships, New York, and DC multiple times. Big news: Adam announces his debut novel American Tiger—20 years in the making, with the audiobook recorded right here ... Show More
1h 40m
Sep 29
Psychotherapist John W. Price Unpacks Ancient Wisdom For Modern Healing
Dr. John Price is a depth psychotherapist and co-founder of The Center for Healing Arts & Sciences. This conversation explores why men have 50% fewer friends than twenty years ago, the crisis of modern masculinity, shadow work, and John's concept of "sacred refusal" —honoring the ... Show More
2h 48m
Feb 2024
Chip Conley: How to Thrive in Midlife
Do you want to make your midlife the best years of your life? Joining Sarah Grynberg this week is hospitality visionary and bestselling author, Chip Conley. Chip is the founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, and Modern Elder Academy, and the former Head of Global Hospitality and S ... Show More
1 h
Apr 2024
Chip Conley on Learning to Love Midlife
Chip Conley is a bestselling author and co-founder of the Modern Elder Academy, the world’s first “midlife wisdom school”. After an impressive career in the hospitality industry, first as the founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, then as Airbnb’s Head of Global Hospitality and St ... Show More
42m 52s
Jan 2024
Making Peace with Your Midlife, Mid-career Self
Research shows that happiness bottoms out for people in their mid to late 40s. We might struggle with mid-career slumps, caring for both children and aging parents, and existential questions about whether everything has turned out as we'd planned. But Chip Conley says we can appr ... Show More
29m 27s
May 2023
What’s It All For? Loss and Meaning In Midlife with Chip Conley
Midlife has a lot of messy stuff in it: divorce, the death of your parents, menopause, health scares, empty nests, career changes, feeling increasingly irrelevant - “midlife” has terrible branding, according to author, modern elder, hospitality expert, and CEO and co-founder of M ... Show More
47m 30s