Instead of just learning how to grow old, we're learning how to grow whole.

When you hang out with someone who has presents and is 75, 85, 95 years old,

what you notice about that person is that they are alchemically whole.

They are not compartmentalized. In being present, they feel like they have somehow

taken all of these constituent parts of who they are and who they've been and

how they've lived their life and woven them into this potent mix of this human.

You get to that stage. there's a radiant being that you have become.

So imagine a world where midlife isn't some crisis to endure but an invitation even a sacred initiation

into your deepest wisdom and most vibrant potential and genuine happiness and

peace of mind. For many that vision feels a bit like a mirage. Oh sure nice

in theory but completely out of reach and out of touch with the real world

experience of that season of life. But what if it wasn't? What if no matter how our bodies and our

health and our relationships and our work and environment change, we still had the capacity and the

tools to make what has now become the longest season of our lives

the best. That's where I'm headed today with my guest and friend Chip Connolly,

who is a bit of a midlife visionary and best-selling author of learning to love

midlife, 12 reasons why life gets better as we age.

So as a successful entrepreneur who founded the Joadevieve Boutique Hotel brand and more recently the Modern Elders Academy

with campuses in Baja in Santa Fe. Chip experienced his own radical midlife metamorphosis.

And this journey it sparked a deeper calling to

explore and share insights about the profound transitions of midlife and so many

of the things that we get wrong but could get right.

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