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.
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)