Podcast 1091: Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age with Chip Conley

Welcome back to another episode of Inside Personal Growth! We have New York Times bestselling author Chip Conley joining us today eager to share about his new book Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age. Chip is on a mission to reframe our relationship with aging. He is the founder of Modern Elder Academy (MEA). Inspired by his experience of intergenerational mentoring as a ‘modern elder’ at Airbnb, where his guidance was instrumental to the company’s extraordinary transformation from fast-growing start-up to the world’s most valuable hospitality brand, MEA is the world's first ‘midlife wisdom school’ with regenerative communities. And as its founder, Chip is disrupting both the idea of higher education and senior living. 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. He's also been a disruptor and expert on entrepreneurship and business leadership. Chip has been here with us in Inside Personal Growh for twice before. The very first one is way back May 2012 on our 359th episode for his book Emotional Equations; then we also featured him and his book Wisdom @ Work on our 684th episode. Now, he's returned to for his 7th and latest book Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age. It is about rebranding midlife to help people understand the upside of this often-misunderstood life stage. As Chip aims to inspire readers to embrace midlife, he offers an alternative narrative to the way we commonly think of our 40s, 50s and 60s. You may learn more about Chip and his works by visiting his website here. Thanks and happy listening!

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