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At $5,000 per week, the price tag to attend is steep, but scholarships are available, and Conley says that his staff is “aggressively seeking out people who can’t afford to come.” Kari Henley, a 51-year-old from Fort Collins, Colorado, attended the academy last year, while it was still in its beta testing phase. She’s the founder of a company that helps professionals in the aging industry, in fields like caregiving and longevity research, network online. She arrived at a difficult time, personally. She was going through a divorce, moving to a new home, starting a business, and caring for her own aging mother. Henley’s stay at the academy gave her a chance to regroup. The academy uses a potent image for change, one that resonated with Henley. “We talked a lot about this thing called liminality, being in an in-between space,” she says. “The analogy we discussed often was about being a chrysalis, that form between a caterpillar and a butterfly, when you feel like you’re goo. Gradually, the chrysalis opens up and its wings dry and it’s a new animal. But the point was to embrace this stage at midlife, when you’re in transition, and to say, ‘OK, I’m a mess right now. I’m goo.’” By the end of the week, Henley had made important connections with other students and felt that she “had a whole other half of my life to live and design and create.” It gave her a new perspective on managing her team of employees, whose ages range from 19 to 86. “Because of where we’re standing—in the middle—we have to commit to both directions,” she says. “We have to make friends with people 20 years older because they’re so inspiring. And we need to support those who are 20 years younger so we can continue this vibrant circle of life. It doesn’t benefit us to just hang out with people the same age as us. Because, really, that limits your perspective, doesn’t it?”
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