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Meditative Story

The secret to aging well, by Chip Conley

Meditative Story

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Mental Health, Society & Culture, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Meditation, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Stories, Health & Fitness, Storytelling, Society And Culture

4.63.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

A California native, Chip Conley founded Joie de Vivre Hospitality, which pioneered the boutique hotel concept in over 50 properties for 25 years until he sold the company in 2010. After a stint as Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy for AirBnB, Chip founded the Modern Elder Academy, the first school dedicated to helping people navigate midlife and beyond. An author, blogger, and teacher, his most recent book is Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder.

Listen to Andrew Bird's Meditative Story "Listening to the space around you": https://listen.meditativestory.com/AndrewBirdPIO

Visit Chip's website: chipconley.com

Visit the Modern Elder Academy's website: modernelderacademy.com

Read Wisdom Well: https://wisdomwell.modernelderacademy.com/

Read Chip’s book, Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder: https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Work-Making-Modern-Elder/dp/0525572902

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey listeners, it's Dorothy, one of the producers on Meditative Story, with some really wonderful

0:05.5

news to share.

0:07.3

Meditative Story has again been recognized in multiple categories at this year's Webby

0:12.5

Awards.

0:13.7

The Webby Awards are a bit like the Grammys of digital media, so it's a proud moment and

0:19.2

a testament to all our listeners who support the show.

0:23.3

In fact, as a listener, you can go to meditativestory.com forward slash vote to cast your vote in the

0:31.4

awards and contribute to the final outcome.

0:35.1

Voting is open until Thursday, April 20th, so you'll want to weigh in soon at meditativestory.com

0:42.5

forward slash vote.

0:44.3

Again, that's meditativestory.com forward slash vote.

0:49.6

Thank you for all of your support and now on to the show.

1:06.4

There's a particular cactus I like to walk to.

1:09.9

It's an old cardone.

1:12.5

It's gangly.

1:14.3

It's so old that it barely has spines on it.

1:18.0

And here's the thing.

1:19.9

The ones it has are soft, not spiky.

1:25.1

I reach my hand out.

1:27.6

I want to touch this old cactus.

1:30.5

I pet the soft spines, feeling the tickle in my palm.

1:36.3

I step in closer.

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