Your NPR news source
A butterfly sitting on top of a purple flower.

Encouraging a “chrysalis mindset” can make thinking about aging easier.

Justin DoCanto/ Unsplash

A butterfly sitting on top of a purple flower.

Encouraging a “chrysalis mindset” can make thinking about aging easier.

Justin DoCanto/ Unsplash

Embracing a ‘chrysalis mindset’ for our midlife transitions

Midlife can be a time for newness and growth, rather than a time of “crisis,” argues Chip Conley.

Encouraging a “chrysalis mindset” can make thinking about aging easier.

Justin DoCanto/ Unsplash

   

 Sports cars. Divorce. Loneliness after retirement. “Middle age” — loosely defined as between 40-60 years old — has gotten a bad rap. But these ages don’t need to be a downer; they can instead be a time of transformation. That’s an idea championed by Chip Conley, author of Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better With Age.

Reset learns about this idea and ways of creating a vibrant, connected life.

GUESTS: Chip Conley, author of Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better With Age

Lowell Nelson, volunteer at Greater Chicago Food Depository, and Chicago Greeter

More From This Show
The U.S. Supreme Court declines hearing challenges to Illinois’ assault weapons ban, Chicago faces growing pension debt and NASCAR street closures.
The same change in New York City saw a decrease in pedestrian deaths. But a similar 2021 change in Chicago fines showed local drivers may be slow to change their ways.
The pop star joined Reset ahead of her set at last week’s Boiler Room after-party.