Let’s Learn to Love Midlife! Join us for a series of live conversations about topics around this terrific time of life!
We now live an extended period of midlife from our 40’s to our 70’s. While some see this as a Season of Winter, we have the chance to see this time as a Season of Harvest. All our experiences and challenges and wisdom have led us to this time where we can use all the wisdom accrued to truly thrive. In this Midlife time we are best equipped to give back, share knowledge, make important contributions, and flow through this time with less drama and more sound emotions.
In this series of live conversations we will use Chip Conley’s book Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better With Age as our guide. You can get your copy ON AMAZON and find out more at Chip’s WEBSITE.
Join Tim Hinton, the Beast of the Marching Arts, and his co-host Dr. Mary White for these conversations every-other Tuesday starting in January 2025. This is part of the series of Live Conversations “Call Me Beast.”
Conversation 1: Tuesday, January 14 at 7 pm eastern
Loving Midlife 1: Challenging Stereotypes
The time of life in our 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s is a time to harvest all the wisdom and experience and make real contributions to our community and our world. We challenge the old stereotype of the “midlife crisis” as well as the cultural idea that this time of life is just a sad downhill slide. We invite everyone to join us and share their own experiences and outlooks on this time. Together we can learn and grow and move through our midlife with energy and hope and accomplishment. GET THE LINK TO JOIN
Conversation 2: Tuesday, January 28
Loving Midlife 2: The Physical Life
It can be a profound relief to stop being defined by our body and all the expectations there. Let’s discuss ways to relate to our body as a vehicle to help us travel through this time with health and joy. Let’s learn to let go of unhelpful ideas of what we must look like to be acceptable and instead reframe the conversation around feeling good and traveling through the world with ease.
Conversation 3: Tuesday, February 11
Loving Midlife 3: The Emotional Life
We have better control of our emotions, with less mood swings, as we get older. This is because we have more compassion and are less emotionally reactive. We’ve been there, done that, got the t-shirt, have perspective. How nice to not take things too personally and understand the value of our relationships. Let’s talk about this and share our experiences.
Conversation 4: Tuesday, February 25
Loving Midlife 4: The Mental Life
In the book, Chip Conley points out that Knowledge is in your phone, but Wisdom is in your gut. “Knowledge is objective, neutral, and emotionless, but wisdom has a heart.” (Chapter 6). We’ll talk about how to share our wisdom, develop our intuition, and understand how our life story serves us. Let’s talk!
Conversation 5: Tuesday, March 11
Loving Midlife 5: The Vocational Life
“Midlife is when we outgrow our pursuit of happiness and start our practice of joy.” (Chapter 9). We can learn to redefine our definitely of success, step out of the rat race of expectations, and often decide to start something new. There is great joy and adventure in being a beginner at something, and many people take on this challenge to make their midlife enjoyable. Could you take all that you have learned and use it in an unexpected way? Join us for this conversation!
Conversation 6: Tuesday, March 25
Loving Midlife 6: The Spiritual Life
“I’m here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.” – Anne Lamott (Chapter 12). Conley says that we live horizontally, then begin to live vertically. Reaching upward to consider our soul and give ourselves grace can be a real gift of reaching this time in our lives. “Growing and aging are the same thing.” I can get excited about that! Join the conversation.