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Stop looking for your purpose and start living it.

People who feel aligned with their sense of purpose tend to live longer and are healthier, feel happier, and are less lonely.

This scholarly work offers a fundamental reframe on purpose as well as tools and methods to cultivate more purpose in life and work.

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re·fresh

re·fresh

re·fresh emerged during the pandemic as an alternative to our highly-curated workshops. “re·fresh” offers time to reflect and restore, work as a digital nomad, and tap into our “best of MEA” programming on your schedule. Come for a break, stay for the community.

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Living and Working On Purpose

MEA Online offers a unique kind of “digital intimacy” that accelerates your learning, growth and impact. This 8-week program focuses on becoming more purposeful in your everyday life, with engaging live events, weekly videos, community discussions and reflection tools.

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2023
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Baja Workshops

Women's Week: Living with Purpose and Passion

Diane Flynn, Dr. Alexandria White, Nicole Seawell

As women we often struggle with confidence, wondering who would hire us or how to take that next step. With a supportive group and a powerful toolkit, this workshop will help you regain the confidence and courage to dream big and pursue those dreams. tep out of your comfort zone and into the life you want!

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September 17, 2023
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2023
2023-10-09
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Baja Workshops

Mastery Week: The Magic of Cross-Generational Wisdom

Marc Freedman, Serena Bian, Chip Conley, Jack Abbott

As America becomes a more age-diverse society, a new movement of older and younger changemakers is rejecting ageism, coming together to tackle the biggest challenges of the day – and finding a new sense of joy in the process. Learn how you can become part of this dynamic community for change.

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September 25, 2023
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2023-10-16
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Mastery Week: Learning to Love Midlife

Chip Conley

SPECIAL OFFER: Three months before Chip’s book launch for “Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better With Age,” you can spend a week with him. Sociologists suggest that midlife is a marathon that runs from 35-75, but none of us are issued a roadmap to understand and appreciate this life stage.

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October 13, 2023
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Baja Workshops

Mastery Week: Essence Leads to Power

Vanessa Inn, Jeff Hamaoui

Join wisdom sage and mystic Vanessa Inn and MEA co-founder and Chief Education Officer Jeff Hamaoui for a deep dive into your Essence. Disentangle yourself from your biggest fears and clear your path. Reclaim your vigor, step into an empowered new narrative, and live your authentic life with more freedom than ever.

Application Deadline: 
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October 9, 2023
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2023-11-06
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Mastery Week: Power of Purpose

Richard Leider, Jeff Hamaoui

This workshop’s purpose is purpose. What makes you want to get out of bed in the morning? At midlife and beyond, the answer can become more challenging than ever. Join “purpose pioneer” Richard Leider and MEA co-founder and Chief Education Officer Jeff Hamaoui for a Purpose Checkup, and discover how to unlock your purpose and definitively answer that question.

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October 23, 2023
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2023
2023-11-06
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Nov 10, 2023
MEA Online

Reframing Retirement

The ultimate roadmap for living with intention.

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November 6, 2023
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re·fresh

re·fresh

re·fresh emerged during the pandemic as an alternative to our highly-curated workshops. “re·fresh” offers time to reflect and restore, work as a digital nomad, and tap into our “best of MEA” programming on your schedule. Come for a break, stay for the community.

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November 26, 2023
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2023-11-27
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Baja Workshops

Mastery Week: The Soul of Money

Lynne Twist, Dr. Judith Michelle Williams

Join us for a rare opportunity to connect with global visionary Lynne Twist. Engage in intimate and powerful conversations about the role of money in our lives, our work, and the world. Lynne’s pioneering work is deeply respected and more timely than ever. Come to Baja to transform your relationship with money.

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November 13, 2023
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2023-12-03
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Renewing Purpose: Modern Rituals to Navigate Life Transitions

Day Schildkret, Aparna Shute

We all experience moments of profound change, but how do we mark them? Could our lives be richer and more resilient if we had practical resources and rituals to make sense of these transitions? Join Day Schildkret and MEA Facilitator Aparna Shute for a powerful week of learning how to use meaning-making technologies to renew our life’s purpose.

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November 19, 2023
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Mastery Week: Cultivating Awe

Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., Scott Shute

Join MEA veteran Dacher Keltner, director of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, and MEA facilitator Scott Shute for an inspired dive into the science behind the feeling of Awe. Explore Awe’s ancient wisdom, art, and movement and enliven your body, mind and spirit as you reintroduce yourself to the experience of Awe.

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November 27, 2023
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re·fresh

re·fresh

re·fresh emerged during the pandemic as an alternative to our highly-curated workshops. “re·fresh” offers time to reflect and restore, work as a digital nomad, and tap into our “best of MEA” programming on your schedule. Come for a break, stay for the community.

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January 8, 2024
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2024-01-15
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Reframing Retirement: Thriving in Your Next Phase of Life

Collen Drummond, Robert Laura, Kari Cardinale

Join us as we push the boundaries of traditional retirement, critically questioning everything about it, and help you develop a new, more personalized framework for thriving in your next phase of life. It’s an engaging, intellectual and spiritual life stage with so many possibilities. You have more options than you think.

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January 1, 2024
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2024
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Falling Down and Getting Up: Discovering Your Own Resilience and Strength

Mark Nepo, Jeff Hamaoui

When asked how they practiced their faith, medieval monks would say, ‘By falling down and getting up.’ Join Mark and Jeff on a transformative journey to discover the power of resilience and strength in creating the life you want. Embrace practices that will enable you to survive in this challenging world and thrive and seek deeper meaning and connections with others. Let’s explore the practice of being human… together.

Application Deadline: 
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January 21, 2024
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2024
2024-02-12
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The Consciously Curated Life

Barbara Waxman, Janis Nakano Spivack

What if you had the time and space to sit at the feet of your life to unearth its wisdom? How could you use the insights gleaned to chart your path towards your next best steps? This popular workshop will help you align the wisdom and insights you'll surface to guide you to say yes with conviction and no with clarity as you embrace the authorship of your next chapter. Join veteran master faculty Barbara Waxman and MEA Facilitator Janis Nakano Spivack on the journey of a lifetime!

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January 28, 2024
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February
2024
2024-02-23
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2024-03-29
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Mar 29, 2024
MEA Online

Navigating Midlife Transitions

A 6-week online course to navigate midlife’s most common transitions with confidence and a fresh perspective.

Application Deadline: 
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February 23, 2024
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February
2024
2024-02-26
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Awaken Your Rebel Soul to Reimagine Success

Shelley Paxton

Join rebel soul Shelley Paxton for a life-changing exploration of what it means to rewrite the script of success and live life on your terms. Inspired by Shelley’s pioneering path from CMO to CSO (Chief Soul Officer), this workshop offers a rebel roadmap to status quo no more.

Application Deadline: 
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February 11, 2024
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2024
2024-03-04
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Mar 9, 2024
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Sovereign Love: Cultivating a Sense of Interdependence in Our Relationships

Dene Logan Selkin

How do you nurture loving, healthy, authentic relationships while staying true to yourself as you live your soul’s journey? Welcome to Sovereign Love, a heartfelt workshop led by Dené Logan and uniquely designed to help you cultivate a sense of aliveness and expansion with your relationships while enhancing a deeper sense of interdependence.

Application Deadline: 
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February 18, 2024
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2024
2024-03-11
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2024-03-16
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Mar 16, 2024
Baja Workshops

Learning to Love Midlife

Chip Conley

Just two months after Chip’s launch of “Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better With Age,” you can spend a week with him learning why the media has been so curious about this book. Sociologists suggest that midlife is a marathon that runs from 35-75, but none of us are issued a roadmap to understand and appreciate this life stage.

Application Deadline: 
Enrollment Closes: 
February 25, 2024
Applications Closed
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