The Midlife Chrysalis
Hosted by Chip Conley and Derek Gehl · Chip Conley
4.7from 147 ratings
- 184
- Episodes
- 129
- Transcribed
- 147
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 356K
- YouTube views
About The Midlife Chrysalis
The Midlife Chrysalis is a one-hour podcast hosted by Chip Conley, bestselling author of Learning to Love Midlife and founder of MEA (Modern Elder Academy). Chip and his high-profile guests – including Maria Shriver, Hoda Kotb, Elizabeth Gilbert, Michael Franti, and more – dive into raw, vulnerable conversations about the profound transitions they’ve experienced in midlife. Listeners get a rare look at how even the most successful individuals have to navigate life’s pivotal changes – and gain practical wisdom they can apply in their own lives for a more fulfilling and purposeful next chapter.
- Publisher
- Chip Conley
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Jun 2025
- Latest episode
- 9 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
129 of 184 episodes have a transcript.
9 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Kids Have Left. Who Are You Now? | Gretchen Rubin
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love with Allison Aubrey
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
AI Can Save You Time. Is It Costing You Your Creativity?
Inside a recent episode
The Kids Have Left. Who Are You Now? | Gretchen Rubin
Published 9 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And the tricky thing about this, and this is why I think it took me a long time to understand, is that each person has to be the judge of that for themselves. You have to say... To yourself, you know what? This just isn't me. This just isn't my jam. This isn't my thing. I'm going to let this go. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Gretchen Rubin
- Allison Aubrey
- Kelly Notaras
- Mark Coleman
- Lori Schwanbeck
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 356,449
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 81 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 66 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100
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- Quality
- 85
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts The Midlife Chrysalis?
Chip Conley and Derek Gehl host the show. Published by Chip Conley.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Midlife Chrysalis take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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