From Crisis to Chrysalis:
Cultivating Pathways to Wisdom
with MODERN ELDER ACADEMY
3 Essential Workshops
February 25th, April 28th, June 9th
Successful hospitality entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author Chip Conley is on a mission to reframe our relationship with aging. As the founder of MEA, the world's first midlife wisdom school with regenerative communities, Conley is disrupting both the idea of higher education and senior living. He has both a BA and MBA from Stanford University and an Honorary PhD in Psychology from Saybrook University. He’s been a TED speaker at the prestigious annual conference multiple times. MEA is the world's first ‘midlife wisdom school.’
Join Chip, MEA, and Saint Matthew as we seek to explore wisdom that can guide us through life.
Saint Matthew will be hosting three community-wide workshops focusing on the central themes of the Modern Elder Academy.
Navigating Transitions
Cultivating Purpose
Owning Wisdom
Each of these workshops will be on Sundays at 5 pm. The workshops will be co-facilitated by Kari Cardinale, SVP of MEA Digital and Alumni Strategy.
Feb. 25th- Navigating Transition
This workshop will help you recognize and embrace change and thrive in times of transition. We have so much change in our lives. We will explore the top 40 transitions in life and the emotions that go with them. Together WE will build transitional intelligence to help us get better in transitions.
Apr. 28th- Cultivating Purpose
This workshop will help equip you with the tools to ignite your life with purpose. What are the things that bring meaning to your life? The purpose of your life is to discover your gift. The work of your life is to develop it and the meaning of your life is to give the gift away. Join us as we build a purpose portfolio for the next step of life.
Jun. 9th- Owning Wisdom
This workshop invites you to unearth your wisdom and unlock your hidden potential. How can you become a modern elder no matter how old you are? How do you own your gifts? Explore how to develop curiosity to build your wisdom and share your gifts in profound and meaningful ways. Own your wisdom.
Sponsors
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Saint Matthew
Saint Matthew seeks to equip and empower a courageous community of deeply formed lives; to foster well being, reduce stigma, and impact our neighborhood through allyship.
We center ourselves in 5 core values: Belonging, Inclusion, Integration, Renewal and Transformation
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MEA
The world’s first midlife wisdom school, a community built on spreading wisdom and navigating transitions together. From online courses to workshop retreats on the beach in Baja, or on the newest campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Modern Elder Academy blends midlife wisdom and social science-based knowledge to help adults find—and focus on—their calling.
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Midlife Era
Free in-person events that provide access to valuable information about healthy and happy aging. Together, we will continue conversations aimed at improving the quality of our lives, exploring midlife, growing wiser and older, and transitioning between the many phases of life.
