In this dynamic and immersive workshop, you’ll learn how to:
Ready to explore your deepest gifts, unlock your hidden potential, and establish meaningful connections that will ripple through generations? Welcome to the Owning Your Wisdom Core Pillar workshop, where you’ll embark on an archeological journey to unearth your innate wisdom. In an era when knowledge is increasingly commoditized, wisdom shines as an invaluable treasure—the key to unlocking your true essence and transforming life experiences into profound compassion and insight.
Guided by the beacon of wisdom, you’ll confidently step into the next beautiful chapter of life, ready to share your precious gifts with the world. Let the wisdom flags fly high!
What you’ll do
- Metabolize experience into compassion and wisdom that enrich your life
- Discover your unique gift, nurture its growth, and generously share it with others
- Cultivate the art of being a "motivational listener" and a perceptive "first-class noticer"
- Build wisdom-centric practices that benefit both you and your teams or groups
- Develop “crystallized intelligence” to become a holistic thinker
- Recognize that the longer you’ve lived, the greater your capacity for wisdom
- Embody the belief that “wisdom is not taught; it’s shared”
- Foster stronger intergenerational connections through the power of mutual mentorship
- Distinguish between Generativity and Stagnation, propelling yourself towards growth
- Join a collective movement dedicated to co-creating a wiser world
These workshops unearth your innate wisdom, transforming your authentic essence and life experiences into profound insights that will unlock your hidden potential as you embrace the next beautiful chapter of life.
We’ve carefully and intentionally designed your days on campus to facilitate the best possible experience and maximize your investment into you.
Join us if you're thinking about legacy, seeking community, or looking for ways to give to the next generation.
MEA was the container within which I could recreate who I wanted to be and step into that with confidence.
MEA's team is composed of growth-minded individuals who are passionately dedicated to providing the mindset and tools to support our collective mission to discover purpose, grow wiser, and gracefully transition through the many stages of midlife. We are rooted in our commitment to community and guided by the belief that wisdom is shared, not taught.
Chip Conley
Founder
Chip Conley is a hospitality entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, and the founder and CEO of MEA. His two most recent books, Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder and Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better With Age, are the foundation for MEA’s curriculum.
Join us if you're thinking about legacy, seeking community, or looking for ways to give to the next generation.
All of MEA’s workshops are designed to support you to consciously curate the second half of your adult life. Our curriculum offers three paths through MEA content:
Navigating
Transitions
Transitions
- Manage midlife change effectively. Understand the stages of transitions and the necessary TQ (transitions quotient) intelligence to move through them more easily.
Cultivating
Purpose
Purpose
- Find meaning and curiosity when exploring big decisions, or evolving into your next chapter of life. Understand purpose as a regenerative tool.
Owning
Wisdom
Wisdom
- Identify and lean in to the wisdom you have developed to date. Look at a generative second adulthood, engaging in new purposes, new communities, time spent on something greater than yourself.
All workshops provide a comprehensive set of tools to use right away, a deep connection with a new community, and a 5-star hospitality experience to allow you to recharge and get ready for what’s next. You will learn:
- Hacks: practical tools that you can practice while you’re here
- Habits: longer term practices that will impact your daily life
- Practices: a point of inflection and reflection to support your ongoing journey.
Shift your mindset as we provide you with:
- The space to ask great questions
- The inspiration to think differently
- The time to reflect
- The resources to support your path
Themed in-person workshops are grounded in research based upon collaboration with academics and prestigious institutions like Stanford, UC Berkeley, Harvard, and Yale. Guest faculty weeks feature a chance to experience a deeper dive into their unique content paired with our MEA experiences.
Learning at all stages of life is the glue that drives us to purpose, community, and our evolving wellbeing. Make a commitment to staying healthier, continuing to grow, having an open mindset, and giving back to the world. Instead of “lifelong learning”, we believe “long life learning,” creates a life that is as deep and meaningful as it is long.
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Our expansive beachfront campus encompasses inviting rooms and picturesque grounds, offering a diverse range of amenities. Among these are three pools, including a 25-yard lap pool, along with two hot tubs, two steam rooms, massage rooms, an oceanfront yoga platform, a movement studio, a library, an organic garden, a bocce ball court, and lots of comfortable seating nooks for relaxing, reflecting, and chatting. We’re pleased to share that the number one comment we hear from visitors is that there’s always something new and beautiful to discover. The campus was meticulously designed under the guidance of Oren Bronstein, a longstanding design collaborator of Chip Conley's.
So do boutique accommodations and learning belong together? Think of it this way: When you’ve had a moment to exhale, and your shoulders begin to relax, you’ll understand what a beautiful setting can do for your state of mind.
To help you plan your trip please arrive at the Los Cabos International Airport (SJD) by 4 PM on the start date of your workshop and depart anytime on the last date. Our amazing Hospitality Team will coordinate your ground transportation on your behalf.
Food & Beverage
This area attracts chefs from all over the world to explore “la costa del sabor” (the coast of flavor). The culinary tradition in the Todos Santos/El Pescadero area is well-known as there are few places in the world that have more celebrated restaurants per capita than our location. Most people who move to the area say that the culinary scene is part of the reason they chose to make this home.
Chef Tony Peralta sources local ingredients, including fresh produce from our organic garden, to bring the best flavors of Mexico and beyond to our plates each day. Our cuisine leans toward healthy, but that certainly doesn’t preclude a few delicious indulgences. (Plus the occasional margarita if you choose to imbibe.) All meals, beverages and alcohol are included in the cost of the workshop.
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Private Room
Space all to yourself
$
6000
Shared Room
Meet a new pal
$
4500
All prices in USD. A 7% tax and $100 service fee will be added to your final invoice.
Included In Your Tuition
- Transport to and from SJD airport
- Curriculum and workbook
- Three meals per day plus beverages and alcohol
- Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options
- Yoga and meditation
- Off-campus explorations
- Festive gatherings to celebrate newfound connections
Financial Aid
We know that our entire society is made stronger when everyone has the opportunity to learn, participate, and grow, regardless of economic status. To support diverse learning we are committed to having a portion of our workshop participants receive an award. We offer two levels of financial aid on a need-aware basis.
Gold
$
3000
Participants are responsible for $3,000 tuition (50% of full workshop tuition) and their travel costs. We will announce gold-level awards within 5 days of application submission. You will be placed on an upgrade waitlist for a private room – exceptions for specific medical or personal conditions may be considered.
Platinum
$
500
Participants are responsible for only $500 tuition (only 8% of full workshop tuition) and their travel costs. We will announce platinum-level awards no more than 5 weeks before the requested workshop start date. Applicants requesting financial aid will be in a shared room with another participant.
Given how much demand we have for this most generous form of financial aid, a small percentage of those who apply are able to be accepted.
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