Meg Newhouse
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  • About
  • Legacies Book
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction
    • Six Keys to Legacy Living
    • Personal Tangible Legacy Examples
    • Selected Resources
    • Get the Book
  • Conscious Aging
  • Workshops
  • Blog
  • Resources
    • Legacy
    • Conscious Aging and Elderhood
    • Navigating the Second Half
    • Encore Work Focus
    • Societal and Money Issues
  • Contact
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Workshops & Presentations: In-person & Virtual

Legacies of the Heart: A Touchstone for Positive Aging
Legacies of the Heart: Living a Life That Matters

  • Fresh perspectives on Legacy and Purpose, in the context of post mid-life adult development and the diverse range of legacy possibilities (adaptable to mid-life and younger participants)
  • Clarification of legacies received and left to date
  • Practical tools for mining your values, gifts, passions, purpose and life experience and for envisioning and setting goals for future legacies
  • A newfound sense of purpose, motivation, and commitment
  • An experience of supportive community
  • Possibilities for follow-on legacy circles.
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Conscious Elderhood: Reclaiming the Traditional Role of Engaged Wise Elder
  • New understanding and embracing of conscious elderhood, combining inner work/wisdom with action in the world
  • Discerning what elderhood means for you, as you clarify your values, gifts, passions, and life purpose and how they mesh with what the world needs
  • Practical tools for mining life experience, envisioning the future, and setting intentions and goals for both inner and outer work.
  • An experience of supportive community 
  • Possibilities for follow-on elder wisdom circles.

Sample Formats

Sample Venues

  • 1–1.5 hour presentations
  • 1.5–3 hour interactive presentations/mini-workshops
  • Half- and full-day workshops
  • Legacy Circles (multi-week)
  • Professional Associations
  • Alumni/ae Reunions, weekends, and cruises
  • Educational Institutions – university, college, community college, adult education centers
  • Health Centers, Senior Centers
  • Religious Institutions

Variations and Additional Topics

Contact Meg if you have a related topic you'd like her to present.

Selected Past Presentations & Workshops

  • Global Aging Virtual Summit, March 2016, organized by Keri Henley, Bruce Frankel, and Moira Allen. Presentation: Legacy as a Touchstone for Positive Aging. You can listen to it here
  • Transition to Retirement Virtual Summit, Organized and hosted by Marianne Oehser, February 2016
  • Shift Network's Transformational Aging Tele-Summit, March 15, organized and hosted by Ron Pevny, Founder and Director of the Center for Conscious Eldering. You can listen to her 40-minute interview on "Legacies of the Heart: A Hallmark of Conscious Aging." You can also read a brief summary.
  • Numerous Webinars for Boomers and Beyond, CEN, LPN, Retirement Options Program (2016-present)
  • Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, with Donna Krone (2 weekend workshops)
  • Conference Presentations: Sage-ing International Conferences (2014 & 2016) 3-hour and 1.25-hour workshops), Positive Aging Conferences (90-minute workshops); ASA Conferences (45- and 90-minute workshops
  • Tufts University Alumni program;  BOLLI (Brandeis Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) (8-week classes); Cambridge Center for Adult Education (many 1- and 2-day workshops, 6-week classes)
  • Workshops, 1995: Shir Tikvah in Winchester, First Parish in Arlington, First Unitarian Society of Newton, First Parish in Lexington (twice, 4-hour workshops), First Parish in Weston, First Parish in Wayland, Dorshei Tzedek Congregation in Newton, Concord Women's Breakfast Group (interactive 1-2-hour presentations)
  • Roundtable interactive presentation, Elder Law Office of William J Brisk
  • Harvard College Class Reunion (2018), Wellesley College Class Reunions (two 90-minute interactive presentations) (2008, 2003)
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Meg Newhouse, Ph.D., CPPC, is a nationally-known pioneer in Second-half LifeCrafting, an author, and a seasoned and gifted group facilitator, teacher, coach, and program designer. Currently she is most focused on legacy, the topic of her recent book, Legacies of the Heart: Living a Life That Matters, as well as on the potential of “conscious elders” in addressing our current cultural and political crisis.  She is currently seeking speaking and workshop engagements and only very selectively engaged in coaching and consulting. More about Meg.
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