Several sages and scholars during the modern era have suggested that the great wisdom traditions in human history share a set of common views, values, and visions of spiritual awakening. In this new and uplifting webinar series, we’ll explore these practices and principles as described in Roger Walsh’s insightful book, Essential Spirituality.

In this webinar, David will initially provide an overview of this new series and then focus on how we can gain insight into the motives that shape our lives. There will be a talk by the teacher, an experiential exercise, and an opportunity for heartfelt discussion. The embedded question we will explore together is both simple and profound: What do I really want at this time in my life?

Sage-ing International invites you to a unique opportunity to revisit a subject too often missing from forums on aging-to-fulfillment: our love life, the realm of the archetypal Inner Lover. Over the course of three sessions on consecutive Thursdays participants will enjoy creative exercises, share history, stories, and guided meditations.

The Journal Ladder offers a thoughtful approach to reflective writing by using writing techniques that are structured to help create safety and balance in the writing process. In this three-week workshop, participants will explore three levels of the Journal Ladder through guided writing experiences that support reflection, insight, and personal wisdom insight, all of which are so important particularly in the second half of life.

What does it mean to live a life of purpose — and how do we deepen that purpose as we age? In this intimate 90-minute conversation, Alex Vesely-Frankl, filmmaker and logotherapist, and grandson of Dr. Viktor Frankl, guides us through the heart of his grandfather’s life-changing philosophy.

Join us on a journey from oy to joy. You will learn mindsets and strategies that will help you navigate even the most difficult circumstances within the context of self-love.

In this uplifting webinar, we’ll explore a variety of skillful ways to refine our emotional intelligence as we learn to celebrate the joys in our lives and to open our hearts to the sorrows that become gateways to compassion when we understand their profound role in the journey of awakening. There will be short talks by the teacher, guided meditations, interactive practices and heartfelt discussion.

What wisdom might be waiting beneath the surface of your everyday thoughts - quietly shaped by a lifetime of experience, relationships, losses, adaptations, and reflection? Join this three part series to begin the exploration.

In this highly interactive workshop, we will delve more deeply into the meaning of purpose and how it changes over the lifespan.

Family estrangements affect more than 65 million Americans, often with devastating consequences. What makes family estrangement so painful? Why do these rifts arise in the first place, and how can we overcome them? Karl Pillemer’s talk will explore how family rifts occur and how to resolve them