Author Chip Conley will discuss 'Learning to Love Midlife' at Collected Works on Monday, Feb. 5

AT COLLECTED WORKS IN SANTA FE

Chip Conley will discuss his new book “Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age” at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5, at Collected Works.

Conley’s book offers an alternative narrative to the way we look at our middle years, generally 35 to 75. Rather than simply enduring midlife and its alleged “crisis,” the author contends that’d it is a period when we can experience a deep awakening in ourselves. Since we humans are living longer, maybe it is time to transform and enjoy our lives and ourselves. The book is intended as a wake-up call to the unexpected joys of the life stage we call midlife.

Conley cofounded the Modern Elder Academy in January 2018 in Baja California, Mexico, inspired by his experience of intergenerational mentoring as a “modern elder” at Airbnb. The academy is the first “midlife wisdom school” and it has a campus opening on a 2,600-acre regenerative horse ranch in Santa Fe scheduled for this year. Conley’s other books include “Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder” and “Emotional Equations: Simple Steps for Creating Happiness + Success in Business + Life.”

Besides being an in-store event at Collected Works, 202 Galisteo St., downtown Santa Fe, it can also be livestreamed to Zoom. To register for Zoom, visit the Collected Works website, collectedworksbookstore.com, and go to events tab.

Author Chip Conley will discuss 'Learning to Love Midlife' at Collected Works on Monday, Feb. 5

NEW MYSTERY FROM ALBUQUERQUE AUTHOR

“Pecos Reckoning” is the title of the latest mystery by Albuquerque’s James C. Wilson. After two Santa Fe cops were murdered, private investigator Fernando Lopez learns that the notorious former foreman of the Three Hills Ranch has been released from prison and is seeking to avenge his conviction on sex-trafficking charges. It is the ninth volume in his “Fernando Lopez Santa Fe Mystery” series, which has settings in the state capital and elsewhere in Northern New Mexico. Others in the popular series include “Painted Skull Ranch,” “Taos Vendetta” and “Ghost Canyon.”

SECOND EDITION OF BOOK BY TAOS AUTHOR

An updated second edition of Dami Roelse’s “Walking Gone Wild” has been released. Its subtitle is “how to lose your age on the trail.” The book is a guide for women to reinvigorate life as they age. And it has suggestions for outfitting, training and preparing to thrive as they walk. Injected are stories of women who have discovered a new model for aging with vitality, grace and a deep connection to life.

Roelse, a Taos resident, is also a certified life coach who has a passion for long-distance hiking and backpacking worldwide and along the way she has studied with different spiritual teachers. She is a native of Holland.

Roelse is also the author of the memoir “Fly Free,” which takes the reader to a remote, mountainous location on India’s border with China and contains flashbacks of her travels to Afghanistan, India and Nepal.

By David Steinberg/For the Journal