Navigating Transitions with guest faculty Chip Conley
Test – Learning to Love Midlife
Jul 15 - Jul 20, 2023 in Baja, Mexico
Led by: Chip Conley, Thérèse O'Neill, Teddi Dean
Nature can set you free and help you find the wisdom and deep sense of connection you yearn for.
But right now, you may be feeling stuck at the crossroads between your past and future, uncertain where you want to go or how you’re going to get there.
Maybe you’re transitioning between jobs or exiting a business or career. Maybe you’re ending a long-time relationship or have become an “empty nester” and are wondering how to fill the sudden gap in your life.
No matter what kind of change you’re facing, our Navigating Transitions five-day workshops will help you gain the insight and clarity you need to embrace the unknown and step courageously into your new reality.
In this Owning Wisdom workshop co-facilitated with EQUUS founder, coach, author, and “CEO whisperer” Kelly Wendorf, you will be invited to enter through Nature’s doorway into a deeper, more profound relationship with yourself and the world around you.
What You’ll Gain
Through a combination of our MEA Owning Wisdom curriculum and Kelly’s nature-based practices involving ritual, mindfulness, and equine-assisted activities, you will:
By the end of your five days with Kelly and the MEA faculty, you will feel more awake, inspired, peaceful, and empowered, knowing that you’re an integral part of the world, intrinsically connected to everything around you – and that you have dominion over your own capacity for wisdom and impact.
Meet Your Faculty
Kelly Wendorf
Author of Flying Lead Change, Founder of EQUUS, CEO Whisperer
Kelly Wendorf is an author, executive and personal coach, disruptor, and socially responsible entrepreneur. Her work has been featured in such publications as Forbes, the Wall Street Journal Magazine, Vogue, and the Huffington Post, and has been the inspiration inside several award-winning documentaries.
She spent 15 years of her life immersed in the field of neuroscience and neuropsychology and its relationship to social justice and transformative cultural change, and has studied with spiritual and Indigenous leaders in India, Africa, Indonesia, and Australia. Her immersion in multicultural perspectives has broadened her understanding of the human condition and what we really need to live happy and meaningful lives.
In her role as an executive and personal coach, she has worked with a wide spectrum of clients and organizations – from top Fortune 100 companies, such as Amazon and Microsoft, to some of the nation’s most underserved communities. As founder of EQUUS, her mission is to liberate the leadership capacities of the conscientious, empathetic, accountable, and kind individuals who are most qualified to guide humanity into a future where we live in greater communion and connection to nature and to ourselves.
As seen in
Forbes, the Wall Street Journal Magazine, Vogue, and Huffington Post
This workshop is for you if...
You’re yearning for greater connection to something larger than yourself.
You’re a truth-seeker wanting to deepen your connection to your own “inner sage” so you can make better choices for yourselves and others.
You’re ready to expand beyond your own limited perspective and broaden your understanding of the universe and your place in it
You’re feeling called to do something more with your life and are looking for insight and clarity on what that path might look like.
You’re ready to expand beyond your own limited perspective and broaden your understanding of the universe and your place in it
You’re feeling called to do something more with your life and are looking for insight and clarity on what that path might look like.
This workshop is for you if...
Baja, Mexico
El Pescadero Resort
A stunning oceanfront property offering all of the amenities of a luxury hotel with beautiful beaches perfect for swimming or surfing. Located on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, just a short drive from Todo Santos, the “Pueblo Magico”.
Meet Your MEA Facilitators
In addition to the powerful sessions conducted by Kelly Wendorf, you will be guided through the core MEA Owning Wisdom curriculum by our faculty members:
Thérèse O'Neill
MEA Facilitator Lead
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Thérèse O’Neill is the Facilitator Lead for MEA’s Baja campus. She is a longtime educator in California and in Mexico, working with Nest Global to provide education access to young asylum seekers and refugees. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and Stanford, with a background in trauma-informed education and psychology. She is a resident of Baja, where she makes textiles and travels in her free time.
Teddi Dean
Head of Mindfulness and Movement
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Teddi Dean is the Head of Mindfulness and Movement here at MEA. He offers a fun, accessible and wisdom filled approach to both mediation and yoga. Teddi loves working with beginners and has a gift in showing that each and every one of us is capable of dropping into stillness.
Teddi Dean grew up in Southern California where he was immersed in surf and skateboard culture. He was part of skateboard royalty as a team member of the infamous Powell and Peralta Bones Brigade.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert is one of America’s best known authors with more than 25 million copies of her books (including “Eat Pray Love” and “Big Magic”) sold and more than 20 million views of her very popular TED Talk.
Dr. Tererai Trent
Advocate for education & women’s empowerment
Dr. Tererai Trent is distinguished as Oprah Winfrey’s “All-Time Favorite Guest” and is a scholar, humanitarian, motivational speaker, educator, author, and founder of Tererai Trent International.
Michael Franti
Musician and award-winning documentarian
Michael Franti is a globally-recognized musician, humanitarian, activist, and award-winning filmmaker revered for his inspiring music, high-energy live shows, devotion to health and wellness, worldwide philanthropic efforts, and the power of his optimism. His music has produced five Billboard #1 singles and an array of top 30 hits.
From his early days with The Beatnigs and The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy to his current work with Spearhead, Michael has used his music, poetry, and art to inspire social change. His music challenges the status quo by synthesizing eclectic influences and genres such as industrial music, hip-hop, funk, dancehall, reggae, bossa nova, and Afrobeat with socially conscious lyrics that speak out against war and injustice.
Michael’s music and activism addresses issues from gun violence to climate change and peace in the Middle East. In 2001, he was awarded the Domestic Human Rights Award by Global Exchange, an international NGO based in San Francisco, for his work to end war. Through his wish-granting nonprofit organization, Do It For The Love foundation, he brings people with life-threatening illnesses and trauma, children with severe challenges, and wounded veterans to live concerts with the goal of inspiring joy through the healing power of music.
Michael is also the host of Stay Human, a podcast in which he speaks with other cultural creatives whose music, art, entrepreneurship, and activism are helping to change the world.
Maria Bello
Actor, activist, and author of Whatever… Love is Love
Maria Bello is a versatile American actress and producer known for her diverse body of work across film and television. She has since showcased her talent in a wide array of movies, from Coyote Ugly to A History of Violence and Prisoners, as well as TV roles on shows such as ER and Beef. Bello’s ability to portray complex characters has earned her critical acclaim, including two Golden Globe nominations.
She has also ventured into producing, with projects like The Woman King, and wrote the 2015 memoir, Whatever . . . Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves.
Maria has worked for women’s rights and empowerment for 27 years. In 2009, she was listed as one of Variety Magazine’s most powerful women in Hollywood for her activism with the women in Darfur. She proudly serves as the Vital Voices Global Ambassador for Women, and the Goodwill Ambassador for the Women in Haiti, and also works as a member of the Clinton Global Initiative on gender policy within the Haiti network.
Arthur Brooks
Author of From Strength to Strength and The Second Mountain
Martha Beck
Author of The Way of Integrity and Finding Your Own North Star
Tapping into nature’s ancient wisdom doesn’t mean going back to the Stone Age and living in huts
It’s about returning to a sense of deep connection with nature that many of us have lost in modern society – and bringing that connection forward into a future where humans and the rest of the natural world co-exist in more harmonious equilibrium.
It’s not about giving up our quality of life, or our essential modern tools and conveniences. It’s about recognizing what’s really important and what we really need to live joyful and deeply fulfilling lives.
The good news is, even though it may sometimes feel like we humans are lost as a species, we are mere toddlers in terms of geologic time, and we are learning the hard lessons we need to learn to evolve beyond our current situation and create a world in which all of us thrive. We are right on track to where we need
to go!
During this five-day workshop with Kelly and the MEA team, you will find renewed optimism and the inspired commitment to help create the kind of world you want future generations to live in.
