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The Midlife Chrysalis — 159 episodes
From Role to Soul: Who Are You Without What You Do? | Connie Zweig
You Can’t Rush Grief: Learning to Feel What We’ve Lost
What Happens After You Achieve Your Biggest Dream? | Paul Harris
From Doing to Being: The Power of Presence | Teddi Dean
Curiosity Is the Secret to a Richer Life
We’re Living Longer. Why Isn’t Society Ready? | David Sinclair
From Achievement to Fulfillment: Building Your Life 3.0 | Seth Streeter
Could Living Together Be the Secret to Aging Better?
You Got Everything You Wanted. Now What? | Edward Sullivan
Follow the Energy, Not the Career Script | Arun Gupta
How to Discover the Gift That’s Uniquely Yours?
How to Talk to People You Profoundly Disagree With | Shamil Idriss
Why Retirement Is the Wrong Goal | Ken Dychtwald
Why Midlife Feels Stuck (And How to Break Free)
How Psilocybin Can Change Your Life After 40 | Neil Markey
Your Brain Is Lying to You About Happiness | Dr. Laurie Santos
Why High Achievers Still Feel Like Imposters
The Biggest Lies We've Been Told About Aging | Ashton Applewhite
Why Your 70s Can Be Your Most Meaningful Years | Dr. Philip Pizzo
Don't Save It for the Funeral: The Power of a Social Eulogy
The Hero’s Journey: Crossing the Threshold from Stagnation to Generativity | Pat Whitty
The Power of Play in Reinventing Your Life | Kristine Michie & JD Schramm
Can AI Ever Be Wise? Knowledge vs. Human Experience
The Science Behind a Better Midlife| Dr. Margie E. Lachman
How to Build a Life You Don't Want to Retire From | Stephen Herman & Evelyn Neaman
What Your Future Self Wants You to Know About Life
How Time Away Can Change Your Future | DJ DiDonna
The Soul of Money: Why Life Gets Better After 50 | Lynne Twist & Sara Vetter
How Wise People Handle Uncertainty
The Skills That Will Matter Most in the AI Era | Chris Shipley & Scott Barry Kaufman
The Biggest Myth We Believe About Aging | Dr. Michael Gurven
Stop Trying to Fit In: The Hidden Gift of Aging
Can Your Mind Change How You Age? | Ellen Langer
Why We Spend Years Chasing Things We Don't Really Want | Alain de Botton
The Real Problem Isn't Aging. It's Resisting It.
Science Says Aging Can Make You Happier | Laura Carstensen
Why So Many of Us Feel Like We Don't Belong | Pádraig Ó Tuama
When Success Isn't Enough: Finding Purpose in Midlife
What Comes After You've Achieved Everything? | Bill George
Stop Beating Yourself Up and Listen to This | Kristin Neff
Why Time Speeds Up as You Get Older (And How to Slow It Down)
What Research Reveals About America’s Midlife Crisis | Frank Infurna
The Truth About Becoming Miserably Successful | Debjani Biswas
The Millennial Midlife Crisis Won't Look Like You Think
The Decade Game That Can Transform Your Future | Carolyn Buck Luce
What 88 Years of Research Revealed About Happiness | Robert Waldinger
How to Turn Anxiety Into Wisdom, Clarity, and Resilience
Why Deep Listening is the Key to Transformation | Gail Larsen
Why Success Alone Will Never Fulfill You | Brad Stulberg
Why So Many Successful People Struggle With Retirement
Why Modern Life Is Terrified Of Death | Ben Yalom
Why Facing Mortality Changes How You Live | Dr. Kerry Burnight
What Keeps You Together When Everything Falls Apart?
Feeling Stuck at 50: How to Find Your Magic and Start Again | Matt Ross
What Horses, Death, and Nature Taught Me About Being Human | Kelly Wendorf
AI vs Humans: The One Skill AI Still Can’t Replace
The New Way Women Over 50 Are Choosing to Live | Elizabeth White
You Were Never Meant to Think This Way | Angus Fletcher
Why Success Stops Making You Happy After 40
You Did Everything Right… So Why Does It Feel Wrong? | Jill Nykoliation
The Real Reason You’re Aging Faster Than You Should | Dr. Florence Comite
Take a Month Off and See Who You Become
How to Heal Trauma in Your Body and Mind | Rebecca & Jaimie
Stop Living on Autopilot. Start Living for Real | Bonnie Wan
Knowledge Won’t Save You. Curiosity Will
She Quit a 30-Year Career to Help Others Rebrand Their Lives | Robin Fisher Roffer
Feeling Lost? Use Inner Tracking to Find Your Path| Lee Johnson
Stuck Between Aging Parents and Grown Kids in Midlife?
Leading in Chaos: How to Stay Grounded Under Pressure | Amy Elizabeth Fox
She Told 80,000 Employees the Truth She Hid Her Entire Life | Katherine Dudtschak
Why So Many Men Lose Friends in Midlife (And How to Fix It)
Death, Belonging, and What It Means to Be Human | Sebastian Junger
How an Anarchist Built One of America’s Most Unique Businesses | Ari Weinzweig
Men vs Women in Midlife: The Struggles No One Warns You About
Why Love Requires Skills Most People Never Learn | Terry Real
Pete Holmes on Psychedelics, God & Finding Meaning in Midlife
Midlife Pit Stop: Refuel Before the Next Chapter
Designing the Second Half of Life: Meaning, Curiosity, and Becoming | Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
Why You Keep Repeating the Same Conflict Patterns | Diana Chapman
From Ego to Soul: Rewriting the Second Half of Life
Mortality Was My Wake-Up Call | Dr. Brad Jacobs
Why Midlife Feels Like Exile And Why That’s a Gift | David Whyte
Letting Go in Midlife: What Has Run Its Course?
Greg Louganis: Olympic Gold, Public Masks, Private Truth
Midlife and the Moral Pressure of Limited Time | Kieran Setiya
What a Cancer Diagnosis Teaches You About How to Live
From Ambition to “I’m Enough” | Brian Chesky
Your Brain on Art: Why Midlife Needs Creativity More Than Ever | Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross
Why Midlife Friendships Stop Working & How to Fix Them
Why Midlife Men Struggle with Identity & Purpose Today | Greg Scheinman
Why Friendship Becomes the Most Important Skill in Midlife | Jeff Hamaoui
What Great Mentors Do Differently in Midlife
Why Wisdom Matters More Than Knowledge in Midlife | Eric Weiner
Losing Everything to Find Purpose: Aithan Shapira’s Midlife Shift
Stuck at 50? How to Make a Midlife Career Change Without Starting Over
How a Panic Attack Sparked a Midlife Awakening | Dan Harris
When Cancer Forces a Life Reset in Midlife | Caryn Lerman
Why Rituals Matter More Than Routines in Midlife
How Ritual, Awe, and Community Bring Midlife Back to Life | Christine Sperber
The Bonus Years: Midlife Is About Reinvention Not Retirement | Pam McLean
Midlife Isn’t Falling Apart – It’s a Transformation
Gavin Newsom on Leadership, Identity, and Becoming Yourself
He Had Everything. Midlife Broke Him Anyway | Blake Mycoskie
Could Golden Girls–Style Living Be the Future of Midlife Housing?
Aging While Black: Paying the Price of a Broken System | Ray Jetson
How Conscious Capitalism Changes the Way Leaders Think | Rand Stagen
Why Leadership Fails When Wisdom Walks Out
From Breakdown to Wholeness: The Hero’s Path Through Midlife with Ben Katt
Jeff Krasno & Schuyler Grant: What Midlife Health Really Requires
Stop Starting Over: How to Build Habits That Actually Last
Why Transitions Break Us and Heal Us | Kari Cardinale
From Skateboarding Icon to Modern Elder: Stacy Peralta
The Success Treadmill Is Real: Here’s How to Escape
The Hidden Cost of Playing It Safe in Midlife | Dr. Margie Warrell
Why Dating Feels Hard in Midlife (Even for Smart People) | Rachel Greenwald
Inside the Messy Middle: What Actually Drives Transformation in Midlife
Michael Clinton on Life Layering: How to Build a Richer Life After 50
Laird Hamilton & Gabby Reece on Love, Longevity, and Aging with Power
How Curiosity Fuels a Longer, Healthier Life
Marianne Williamson: The Courage to Age, Evolve & Challenge Power
Dan Buettner on Aging Smarter: The Real Secrets of Longevity
Growing Whole: Why Midlife May Be the Best Time of Your Life
Don Lemon: Breaking Free, Speaking Truth, and Owning Midlife
Meghan Jarvis on Grief, Growth, and Finding Purpose in Midlife
Why Retirement Is Failing Us And What to Do Instead
Why Introverts Hold Hidden Strength | Susan Cain on Quiet Power
From Goat Farm to Global Brand: Midlife Lessons with Brent & Josh
From Experience to Wisdom: A Midlife Conversation That Matters
Barbara Waxman: How to Flourish and Find Purpose in Midlife
Mark Nepo: How to Stay Creative, Awake, and Fully Alive in Midlife
From Hot Flashes to a Global Mission: Tamsen Fadal’s Menopause Journey
The Science of Awe: Rediscover Wonder with Dacher Keltner
Reborn at Midlife: How Ricky Williams Became Errick Miron
Rainn Wilson: Finding the Soul Beyond the Spotlight
BJ Miller: How Facing Death Taught Me to Live More Fully
Daniel Pink: The Power of Regret and the Freedom to Begin Again
Love, Loss & Caregiving with Bruce Willis’ Wife, Emma Heming Willis
Arthur Brooks on How to Break Free from the Striver’s Curse in Midlife
From Near Death to Super Age: David Stewart’s Bold Reboot
Midlife Awakening & Spiritual Growth with Anne Lamott & Neal Allen
How to Rewrite Your Story After a Life Quake with Bruce Feiler
Elizabeth Gilbert’s Untold Story of Love and Addiction
From Punk Rock Pastor to Spiritual Outlaw: Rob Bell’s Midlife Reinvention
How Intergenerational Living Creates Purpose & Joy | Marc Freedman
Aging Boldly and Living on Your Own Terms with Karen Walrond
Martha Beck on Psychic Gifts, Polyamory, and Finding Purpose
How Sara Blakely Built Spanx and Found Her Next Big Purpose
What 50 Years with the Dalai Lama Taught About Midlife | Pico Iyer
From Famous Father to Finding Purpose: Scott Eastwood at Midlife
Why Krista Tippett Walked Away at the Peak of Her Career
What Burning Man Teaches Us About Aging, Identity & Legacy | Marian Goodell
Psychedelics, Purpose & the Next Chapter of John Mackey’s Life
Rich Roll on Reinventing Yourself After Rock Bottom
Reinvention After 50 with Seth Godin: Make Life Your Best Work of Art
You Can’t Scare Me: Hoda Kotb on Starting Over and Fearless Living After 50
From Wall Street to Inner Peace: The Emotional Journey of Jerry Colonna
Break Up With What You Don’t Need: Michael Franti on Healing & Growth
Maria Shriver: Healing Old Wounds & Becoming Who You Were Meant to Be
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