“And good work is really all about love....Love of all life, love of connection, love of growth, love of learning.”
—Fran Peavey, Mindfulness and Meaningful Work

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Workshops, Seminars, and Presentations

Participants emerge from Meg’s informative, interactive, and energizing workshops with relief, excitement, hope, visions, goals, action steps, and a sense of support and community.

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Signature Workshops

Purpose & Legacy: Touchstones for a Meaninful Second Half of Life

  • New perspectives on Purpose and Legacy, in the context of post mid-life adult development and the diverse range of legacy possibilities.
  • Practical tools for mining life experience and envisioning the future.
  • Clarification of values, gifts, passions, and life purpose.
  • A newfound sense of purpose, motivation, and commitment
  • An experience of community
  • Possibilities for follow-on legacy groups

 

Passion & Purpose:
Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life

     In addition to above outcomes:

  • New perspectives on adult life stages, aging, and “retirement”
  • Articulated goals and next steps for the "next chapter"

Living on Purpose in the Second Half of Life

(through the Purpose Collaborative, trained by Richard Leider)
  • Focus on Purpose, Calling, Community in the context of transitions to and within the second half.
  • Articluated goals in alignment with Purpose, Values, Gifts, Passions
  • Possibility for follow-on groups

Variations and Additional Topics (selected)

  • Legacies of the Heart
  • The Alchemy of Legacy
  • Purposeful “Retirement” – Giving Back
  • Developing your Creative Side in the Third Age
  • Composing a Life of Balance, Simplicity, and Harmony
  • Reviving and Fulfilling your Dreams in the Third Age
  • Resiliency in the Third Age – Maintaining Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Fitness
  • Re-crafting Work in the Third Age

Sample Formats

 

Sample Venues

  • 1-3 hour interactive presentations
  • Half- and full-day workshops
  • Weekend seminars
  • Weekly lunch discussions
  • Multi-week courses
  • Alumni/ae Reunions, weekends, and cruises
  • Educational Institutions – university, college, community college, adult education centers
  • Health Centers, Senior Centers
  • Churches, Temples, Mosques
  • Government, Professional Associations
  • Business Settings
  • Resorts, Spas

Meg has designed and delivered dozens of different workshops, seminars and interactive presentations over the past 15 years. She tailors the topics and formats to meet specific organizational needs and partners with colleagues when it serves the client’s interest.

Participants have responded:

“I want everyone I know to take this course. This unbridled enthusiasm stems from the passion and tremendous skill you bring to the process. Thank you, thank you!”

“I only wish I had had this workshop 10 years ago!”

“This is one of the most interesting, valuable, and fun classes I have ever taken in over 20 years at the Cambridge Center.”

“I especially appreciated your teaching style and supportive/safe approach.”

“I liked the opportunity to stretch my imagination about the future and to learn how to break down fantasies into possibilities that will lead to realities.”

Copyright © 2005 Meg Newhouse.