Many of us navigating the years beyond midlife report high levels of self-acceptance, freedom, and joy, but even for the most spiritually evolved, there can also be bouts of second-guessing and regret as well as the occasional longing to be reminded that you’re not in this alone. Walking participants through the most uplifting, passionate, as well as dangerous passages of aging as a spiritual path, Carol Orsborn points the way forward through both the opportunities and stumbling blocks that may arise for seasoned seekers. There will be time for large and small group discussions and exercises.

Anita is a transformational leadership consultant, speaker, coach and author of the international award-winning book - The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times (Simon & Schuster). She bridges indigenous teachings with the latest science to inspire and equip women and men to enjoy meaningful, empowered lives and careers.

The world post-COVID-19 will be unlike the world we knew. A legacy letter or letters fulfills our responsibility to document this pivotal time in our lives and the world for our own understanding and healing and to share our values, learning and wisdom with generations after us.

In this timely and engaging webinar, David Chernikoff, a former director of education and training for the Spiritual Eldering Institute, will talk about his experience of being mentored by Reb Zalman. David will also share selected portions of interviews he conducted with other people whom Reb Zalman mentored. In addition, we’ll discuss our own experiences of being mentees and mentors. In a caring, supportive learning environment, we’ll identify the key human qualities that enable us to be helpful, loving guides who express our gratitude for life by passing along what we’ve learned in this amazing and mysterious life.

Death: A Love Story is a compelling, first-person documentary that confronts our fears of the greatest unknown and reveals the moment-to-moment grace possible at the end of a life.

Join us for three in-depth book-study (explorations) sessions as we look closely at Reb Zalman's book, "From Age-ing to Sage-ing." The wisdom and resources contained in the book are as relevant today as they were 30 years ago, from the proposal for an alternative to senescence through the process of Sage-ing, to the practice of ending our separation from the web of life and all that is contained therein.

In this uplifting new webinar series, David Chernikoff will draw on Buddhist and other contemplative teachings to guide us in cultivating and celebrating the blessings of spiritual maturity. In seven once-a-month webinars beginning on June 19th, we will study and experientially explore the following topics: integrity, generosity, patience, compassion, wisdom, lovingkindness, and equanimity. Together we will create a safe, supportive learning community as we increasingly embody the wise and loving elder we each have the potential to be.

In this workshop, facilitated by Rachel Freed, we’ll explore through meditation, writing, and music the oft-forgotten need we all have to be remembered. We’ll learn about Lars Tornstam’s gift to the aging and even share some humor. Join us to celebrate endings and beginnings.

As a Certified Sage-ing Leader (CSL), Jann Freed, PhD, often says, “Sage-ing International changed my life.” Jann is the author of Breadcrumb Legacy: How Great Leaders Live a Life Worth Remembering and Leading with Wisdom: Sage Advice from 100 Experts. In this workshop, Jann will share what she learned from interviewing hundreds of thought leaders about living a life with wisdom. Many of the Sages she interviewed are members of Sage-ing International. Come learn from Jann what she has learned on this journey of how to live in the way you want to be remembered

Sage-ing International (SI) is excited to be able to partner with the Gay Elder Circle to present this webinar. While the path to becoming an Elder or a Sage is for the few and far between, for the LGBTQ+ community the “road less traveled” may have been erased by the predominant culture. How then does an LGBTQ+ individual find this path? What does this path look like? Who is there to accompany an LGBTQ+ individual on this journey and help them face their challenges? Join us as we explore this path.

In November 2020, in the midst of some of the most devastating times of the global Covid pandemic, then 61-year-old Ronnie Dunetz, a CSL in training and a doctoral student of Wisdom Studies asked himself the question: What does it mean to harvest and cultivate one's wisdom in later life? The question prompted him to create an ongoing innovative workshop structure in which group participants could come together to explore, reflect upon, share, "think together" and gain a sense of clarity and accountability about many questions, topics, and challenges in their lives. Thus, "Harvesting Your Wisdom" workshops were born, and since then, a small, international group has engaged online in more than 120 such sessions, with a pipeline full of programs awaiting them!

This is the second episode in a series focused on the life of Sage-ing founder, Rabbi Reb Zalman. This episode tells of the Schachter family’s passage through post-war trauma, grieving for their lost home and family, and adaptation to a new life in a new world. We learn how young Zalman was drawn into a life commitment to spirituality, andhow his inquiring heart and mind took him on international adventures that he never could have foreseen. We discover that the same people and issues that inspired the US Civil Rights Movement and Peace Movement also shaped young Zalman himself, as well as Jewish Renewal and the global Sage-ing project that he conceived and founded.