From Role to Soul: Who Are You Without What You Do? | Connie Zweig

<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, <strong>Chip Conley</strong> sits down with <strong>Connie Zweig, </strong>author of <em>The Inner Work of Age</em>, to explore the deeper psychological and spiritual work of midlife and beyond.</p><p><br></p><p>Connie shares what it takes to move from simply growing old to becoming an elder, including:</p><ul><li>Moving from role to soul: Why identity built around achievement and productivity may need to loosen as we age.</li><li>Meeting your shadow: How the parts of ourselves we ignore can surface during major life transitions and shape our choices without us realizing it.</li><li>Listening to the unlived life: Why buried desires, abandoned paths, and old patterns often reappear at midlife.</li><li>Learning to let go: How releasing outdated roles, beliefs, relationships, and attachments can make space for a new stage of life.</li><li>Accepting impermanence: What Connie has learned in her 70s about mortality, control, self-reflection, and living more consciously.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This is a thoughtful conversation about aging not as decline, but as a profound inner transition.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch now and discover what it means to move from role to soul.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Timestamps:</strong></p><p>(02:40) Growing and Aging Throughout Life</p><p>(08:17) Letting Go of Roles and Identities</p><p>(10:02) Moving From Doing to Being</p><p>(17:28) What Is Shadow Work?</p><p>(20:05) From Role to Soul</p><p>(23:17) The Unlived Life and Midlife Crisis</p><p>(29:14) The Inner Ageist</p><p>(31:58) The Chrysalis of Midlife</p><p>(34:41) Facing Death and Mortality</p><p>(39:37) What Rumi Can Teach Us</p><p>(43:35) Wisdom for Younger Generations</p><p>(45:40) Impermanence, Control, and Conscious Living</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Learn more about MEA</strong> at ⁠https://www.meawisdom.com/</p><p><br></p><p>#Midlife #ConsciousAging #ShadowWork #MidlifeTransformation #HealthyAging #InnerWork #CarlJung #RoleToSoul #MidlifeCrisis #PersonalGrowth #SelfReflection #AgingWell #SecondHalfOfLife #UnlivedLife #ConnieZweig</p>