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
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Eternally grateful for everyone and everything MEA!!
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Just know how grateful I am for the joy fuel you all put in my rocket ship. When I want to feel loved or just need a good smile I can think of my time at MEA, which came at the perfect time to encourage me on my journey. Thank you!
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These past 8 weeks with you were incredible!
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My high expectations were far exceeded and I am so grateful the content remains available to reference again and again. Big admiration and gratitude for all this and for making me believe that digital intimacy is possible.
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Thank you and all at MEA for the amazing program you have put together.
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I am a "sem-rewired" facilitator, adjunct professor at a German university, and this is the first online course that is 'done right'. You have taken this to a new level that I love!! Kudos and many, many thanks!
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MEA is for anyone who wants to live with greater purpose and gratitude.
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I experienced MEA as a newly diagnosed multiple myeloma cancer patient and as a result of the things I’ve learned - I’ve banished the anxiety of being a cancer victim, am in remission and living with a new found energy and purpose.
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This was a beautiful journey that has come to an end, unfortunately.
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The program was spectacular. It really surpassed my expectations. I was really surprised about how the course was curated. There was such a warm intensity and personal touch to it.
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The experience will forever mean a lot to me.
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Thank you so much for the impactful training design in the 8-week MEA program on transitions! The experience will forever mean a lot to me.
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I have much more peace and acceptance of who I am.
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For the first time in my life I feel that I am good- just as I am! There is always space for improvement but I have much more peace and acceptance of who I am.
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This was the best thing that came out of 2020!
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This was the best thing that came out of 2020! All of the team and my fellow compadres at MEA have really opened up a new path for so many of us. Thank you!
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My biggest takeaway was the confidence and permission to move forward.
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My biggest takeaway was the confidence and permission to move forward without any pressure of timeline or having figured it all out well.
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MEA Online exceeded my expectations. Your structure just works. And Lifetime access is a big deal!
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MEA Online exceeded my expectations. Your structure just works. And Lifetime access is a big deal!
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Without these new tools, I would have been in trouble. This training on transition is so necessary.
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Without these new tools, I would have been in trouble, possibly turned my natural sadness into depression as a new empty nester. This training on transition is so necessary.
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Highly recommended for anyone wanting to live a richer life as they age!
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I would highly recommend this program for anyone who wants a road map and a community they can call upon, to navigate through their own transitions, and live a richer life as they age.
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This course has literally transformed my life!
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This course has literally transformed my life! It helped me decide to take the steps to learn how to be an entrepreneur and how to build my confidence to take these next steps.
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I hope each of you have the opportunity to experience the online course.
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I hope each of you have the opportunity to experience the online course. It’s content and information for midlifers was truly a remarkable experience to go through.
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As close as you can come to a live retreat.
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It just works and is as close as you can come to a live retreat. You all really care!
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The human connection, warmth and love you were able to build into an online program is amazing.
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The human connection, warmth and love you were able to build into an online program is amazing.
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We got so close that we feel like we’ve known each other for years.
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Started out as a slow crescendo that ended in an explosion of fabulousness! We got so close that we feel like we’ve known each other for years.
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I didn’t realize how much I needed this course! Thank you!
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I didn’t realize how much I needed this course! Thank you!
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The biggest gift I received was that of community. I now have a strong support system!
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Loved the flow and structure of each week. The biggest gift I received was that of community. I now have a strong support system and friendships to help me navigate my journey to truly becoming a Modern Elder.
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Loved the content and the capacity to fit it in around my schedule in my own time.
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Loved the content and the capacity to fit it in around my schedule in my own time.
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An online course unlike any that I’ve seen before. Very engaging!
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An online course unlike any that I’ve seen before. This course really helped me narrow my focus, and think about what are next steps…and I got them.
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Thank you for putting this together! I have already learned a lot and have enjoyed the process!
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Thank you for putting this together! I have already learned a lot and have enjoyed the process!
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.
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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
