

The Midlife Chrysalis
Chip Conley
The Midlife Chrysalis is a one-hour podcast hosted by Chip Conley, bestselling author of Learning to Love Midlife and founder of MEA (Modern Elder Academy). Chip and his high-profile guests – including Maria Shriver, Hoda Kotb, Elizabeth Gilbert, Michael Franti, and more – dive into raw, vulnerable conversations about the profound transitions they’ve experienced in midlife.
Listeners get a rare look at how even the most successful individuals have to navigate life’s pivotal changes – and gain practical wisdom they can apply in their own lives for a more fulfilling and purposeful next chapter.
Listeners get a rare look at how even the most successful individuals have to navigate life’s pivotal changes – and gain practical wisdom they can apply in their own lives for a more fulfilling and purposeful next chapter.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The Midlife Chrysalis podcast:

#1 Mentioned in 7 episodes
Learning to Love Midlife

#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Awe
The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life

#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
From Strength to Strength
Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Flourish
A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
This Might Work

#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Fourth Turning
What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A hidden wholeness
the journey toward an undivided life

#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Power of Regret
How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Free Agent Nation
The Future of Working for Yourself

#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Unleashing the Idea Virus

#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Varieties of Religious Experience

#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Carbon Almanac
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Business Rules of Thumb

#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Book of Awakening
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Language of the soul

#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
I Am Maria
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Soul Boom Workbook

#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The artist's way
a spiritual path to higher creativity

#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Finding Ultra
Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Top Ultrarunners

#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference


















