Living and Working On Purpose
Uncover your inner and outer purpose with confidence, community and a fresh perspective.







• Daniel Pink
• Richard Leider
• Elizabeth Lindsey
• Maria Ortero
Your Purpose is not a noun, it’s a verb. Let’s develop it. Together.
Are you a professional hitting a crossroads in life? Maybe it is due to external circumstances like wanting to do something new, changing jobs, retiring or starting a new business.
Or maybe it is an internal crossroads of wanting to explore how to turn a career into a calling, a passion into a profession or retirement as a “rousing.” Maybe you just want to feel more engaged and know your work matters.
MEA Online’s 8-week guided experience offers learning, growth and connection with insightful tools to help shift your perspective, understand what purpose means, and create micro goals to transform your life.

Live online classes led by 30+ top-level professionals
Are you feeling burned out or overwhelmed and want to focus on what matters most? Learn about living purposefully from some of the top names in the world.
Join 3,000+ MEA Alums from 40 countries
Wisdom is not taught, it is shared. Join participants from around the world in this 8-week retreat-at-home experience for social learning and practical guides.

This course is right for you if…
You are unsure about your work trajectory or professional goals.
Whether by choice or circumstance, if you need direction, our tools help to create structure and reflection to uncover what’s next.
You want to be more engaged and on purpose in your current path.
Using top expert’s tools and strategies, develop your own purposeful path, and find new opportunities to flourish at work.
You feel isolated and want to grow in a new community of like-minded people.
You’re not alone. We’ll help you to reflect on your lifetime of experience as a “long-life learner” and share your wisdom with others.
95% student satisfaction from our previous program
Thousands of students have experienced MEA from over 40 countries.
“This couldn’t have come at a more pivotal time. I have a new purpose now.”
I have been focused on what’s next for me to reflect on my next transitions and I know that living a purposeful life seems so poignant at this time more than ever before.
“It’s a warm sunny beachfront feeling even in the digital space”
This program has great touches of leadership, psychological safety vulnerability and engagement with important issues. MEA has a skill of the head and heart that is unified and shared.
"From the comfort of home, I feel empowered, bold and courageous!"
I learned ways to look within, be powerful and vulnerable with others going through the same thing. Now I’m free to work towards identifying my purpose and creating it so it is real.
"This program helped me look at my purpose and live with more clarity."
I was skeptical about online programs, but this is phenomenally structured. The pedagogy, number of voices, group work all leads to highly participative and interactive insights.
A groundbreaking online retreat...
Expert Guidance
Led by Chip Conley, learn from an all-star group of experts on business, purpose, career, and professional development.
Blended Learning
Live events, 1:1 conversations, and weekly learning on your own creates a balance of community learning and self-discovery.
Success Scripts
Using our proprietary process, explore your “Success Scripts” as a unique hero’s journey.
Ikigai and Significance
Learn new tools to align your talents, interests, skills and mastery to not only find success but significance.
Digital Intimacy
We have mastered a model of community building, unique immersion, and authentic engagement without having to travel.
Lifetime Access
We believe in long-life learning and so will you after experiencing MEA Online. This course is yours. Forever.

Meet your core faculty
All-star guest faculty
Online course overview
Led by MEA co-founder and CEO Chip Conley, learn from A-list storytellers and foremost experts on business, socially conscious careers and strategies for living an extraordinary life.
Intro Session
Experience our multi-sensory platform, and get to know our signature flow of materials. Two hours per week of joyful learning await.
• September 29, 4 p.m. PST – September 30, 10 a.m. AEDT
Purpose
What is it and why is it so important in our career?
Success Scripts
The evolution and revolution of your journey.
• October 13, 4 p.m. PST – October 14, 10 a.m. AEDT
Ikigai
Finding passion and joy while doing good in the world.
Successism
The hidden cost of success and the value of Significance.
Options
You have more options than you think: various paths to purpose.
• October 27, 4 p.m. PST – October 28, 9 a.m. AEST
Generativity
The role of the “modern elder” in Leadership.
Great purpose reframe
You have more options than you think: various paths to purpose.
• November 10, 4 p.m. PST – November 11, 9 a.m. AEST
Weekly “Community Cafe” Discussion Groups
Join a close-knit community of 3,000+
MEA Alumni





Let’s do this together.
Enroll today to reserve your spot for our next course, beginning
, 2023.A Semester of MEA May 26 - Nov 10, 2023
Enjoy MEA online for a reduced price of 15% while spots last.
Enjoy MEA online for a reduced price of 15% while spots last.

Frequently Asked Questions
What is MEA and how did it begin?
The Modern Elder Academy (MEA) is the world’s first midlife wisdom school with online programs and campuses in Baja California Sur, Mexico and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The inspiration came to founder Chip Conley while writing his book, Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder. Based on his own career and life experiences, this powerful idea — becoming a “modern elder” — launched our campuses, and MEA Online.
Is this truly an academic course or another self-help workshop? OR What are the academic aspects of this course?
MEA Online is a rigorous educational program that features sophisticated insights into exploring a more purposeful path to your career, vocation or calling with our core faculty and includes leading educators, scientists, researchers, speakers, authors, athletes, and activists. The Emergence of Long Life Learning is the peer-reviewed white paper by MEA founder Chip Conley and design psychologist, Ingo Rauth, P.h.D., that illustrates the theory affirmed by 1000+ MEA’s program graduates.
How do I know if this course is for me?
Is something shifting in your life? Do you want it to? Are you struggling to figure out “what’s next” in your career, vocation or calling? Do new tools, resources, structure and accountability call to you as well as inspiration and connection within a supportive community? Then MEA Online is for you. MEA Online attracts an intergenerational and multicultural student body, which makes for a rich exchange of life experience. Most of our students are between ages 40 and 65 but we've had students as young as 30 and as old as 88. There is no age requirement or professional experience required to take this course.
How will this course really help me manage what’s next?
MEA Online offers a unique immersion experience with expert leadership and guidance on creating a more purposeful “What’s Next.” You will explore 8 themes to better understand yourself, your history and your future. You will develop new language and tools to understand where you are in your journey, and set micro-commitments to make small changes over time that lead to big changes in positive directions.
I’ve taken online courses before but wasn’t satisfied. How is MEA Online different?
We understand that there is a lot to choose from online. But MEA Online is not a “one-and-done” course where you’re left to flounder on your own. We’ve developed tools and practices that translate beautifully online using our proprietary “digital intimacy” principles. Our matrix learning style consists of: individual weekly learning on your own time, (4) facilitated high-energy LIVE experiences, and weekly optional live discussion groups. Our community is our strength and your connection will continue as an official MEA alumnus with a variety of alumni programs available to you.
Will I have access to the teachers?
You will meet and engage with our core faculty in our live events And, if you want more connection, we offer regular office hours with our MEA Online facilitators.
I’m not sure if I will have time to complete the course in 8 weeks
We’ve organized the modules to help you easily set aside a block of time that works for you each week. Many reframe their weekends and find it resets their mood for the entire week. And, you’ll have lifetime access to return to any sessions you might not be able to do if something comes up. This also includes a recording of our LIVE events. So, if your schedule is interrupted, you won’t miss out on a thing. You can revisit the course anytime, at your convenience.
I’m on the fence. What if I’m not satisfied with the course?
We’re so confident MEA Online will transform your ability to design a purposeful path, that we offer a no questions asked money-back guarantee AND Lifetime Access to the course.
Can I hear about other students’ experience with the course?
“One of the best things to come out of the pandemic.” “The human connection you were able to build in an online program was amazing.” “Exceeded my expectations... “It just works!” 95% of surveyed online students recommend our programs to others.
What are the technical requirements to successfully take this course?
You can access MEA Online using a desktop or laptop computer or tablet as well as the ability to join video conference calls. We offer tech support via email.

Living & Working On Purpose
Enjoy this scholarly look at the meaning of “Living & Working On Purpose” and why it is important for finding purpose and life transitions.
- The MEA Team