Show Notes
Aging isn’t just about getting older. It’s about discovering who you are when the roles that once defined you begin to fall away.
In this episode, Chip Conley sits down with Connie Zweig, author of The Inner Work of Age, to explore the deeper psychological and spiritual work of midlife and beyond.
Connie shares what it takes to move from simply growing old to becoming an elder, including: Moving from role to soul: Why identity built around achievement and productivity may need to loosen as we age. Meeting your shadow: How the parts of ourselves we ignore can surface during major life transitions and shape our choices without us realizing it. Listening to the unlived life: Why buried desires, abandoned paths, and old patterns often reappear at midlife. Learning to let go: How releasing outdated roles, beliefs, relationships, and attachments can make space for a new stage of life. Accepting impermanence: What Connie has learned in her 70s about mortality, control, self-reflection, and living more consciously.
This is a thoughtful conversation about aging not as decline, but as a profound inner transition.
Watch now and discover what it means to move from role to soul.
Timestamps: (02:40) Growing and Aging Throughout Life (08:17) Letting Go of Roles and Identities (10:02) Moving From Doing to Being (17:28) What Is Shadow Work? (20:05) From Role to Soul (23:17) The Unlived Life and Midlife Crisis (29:14) The Inner Ageist (31:58) The Chrysalis of Midlife (34:41) Facing Death and Mortality (39:37) What Rumi Can Teach Us (43:35) Wisdom for Younger Generations (45:40) Impermanence, Control, and Conscious Living
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