Chip Conley

It's about your relationship to your very core.

So my friend Chip Conley, the creator of the Modern Elder Academy, had a wonderful quote, which I am not remembering exactly, but it's something like, it's about the power of questions.

And it says something like, the right question can lighten and enlighten a conversation, a room, or even a lifetime.

And the questions I'm gonna ask you to consider in this episode are, And I'm going to answer some of these for myself too, for you, to kind of give an example, can enlighten your intimacy journey and your life.

And now, just imagine opening your arms and you and this inner mentor you that you're meant to be get to hold each other.

Because this is a primary relationship.

It's a love relationship, a friendship, and a mentor relationship.

And the more you become friends with this part of you, the more amazing, the more meaningful, and the more love-filled your life is going to become.

This is the Midlife Chrysalis.

Welcome to Wisdom Wednesdays with Chip Conley and Derek Gale, your weekly conversation about thriving in midlife.

Together, we explore the questions, insights, and practices that help you live this chapter with more purpose, vitality, and joy.

Welcome to Wisdom Wednesday here at the Midlife Chrysalis podcast.

My name is Derek Gale, CEO here at MEA, and I'm with our founder, Mr.

Chip Conley.

Chip, welcome back.

Hey, welcome to September and

Someone still has to discern what matters here.

What does this situation need? What does this person need? What's the wise response? You know, my friend Chip Conley, who I've talked about here on the show and interviewed, I think my very first episode of the show more than 10 years ago now was with Chip Conley.

And he's written a bunch of great books.

And he started something called the Modern Elder Academy.

Another moment, she needs reassurance.

This is true with employees.

This is true with friends.

There might be another moment where they need some accountability.