E17. Life: Part 2 - a podcast by The Ricochet Audio Network

In the Western world, we have celebrations to mark life events in the first half of our lives—graduations, weddings, baby showers—but, we don’t celebrate becoming middle-aged. Instead, we often bemoan the “midlife crisis.” Turns out, that’s the wrong way of looking at middle age. In this episode, Arthur is joined by Chip Conley, founder of the Modern Elder Academy, who has dedicated his life to helping people through the transition to the second half of life. They discuss how “middlescence” can be a joyful and fruitful time, if managed well and share some advice for having an even happier second half of life than the first.

References and further reading:

Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder | Chip Conley

Emotional Equations: Simple formulas to help your life work better| Chip Conley  

 Wisdom Well: Chip’s Blog | Chip Conley  

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