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Willing to Change: Strategies for Transformative Healing
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Discover how the “open secret” to inner transformation—Ideals and Free Will—can be used to cultivate spiritual awareness and improve well-being. This one-day online workshop will not only help you identify the places in your life where change can be jump-started, but will also provide approaches you can adopt to enhance your self-exploration, no matter what stage of life you may be in. Don’t miss out on your chance to receive a free e-book edition of Mark Thurston’s Willing to Change: The Journey of Personal Transformation!
A large part of the workshop will explore the “core challenges for the Will” in the three phases of life:
- Early adulthood
- Mid-life
- The final third of one’s life
Each phase has distinct archetypal issues which provide opportunities for either:
- Falling deeper into old, karmic patterns that lead to dis-ease and dysfunction OR
- Rising up in consciousness through the willingness to become more flexible and open-hearted.
You will leave this workshop with:
- Applicable insights about your own positive history of using the Will to promote health and well-being.
- A new understanding of the journey of life through three phases of adulthood and the archetypal opportunities that are presented by each phase.
- A personal plan for practical steps you can take over the next 30 days to express your own “willingness to change and transform,” promoting enhanced health and well-being in your life.
GENERAL ADMISSION $99
A.R.E. MEMBER $99
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Mary Elizabeth Lynch, JD is an educator, organization leader, and conflict transformation specialist who serves as president of the non-profit Personal Transformation and Courage Institute. She is an adjunct faculty member of George Mason University where she teaches courses about mindfulness, resilience, and self-care. Mary Elizabeth is a life member of A.R.E. and has been a student of the Cayce readings for 45 years, in addition to her in-depth studies of other traditions of spirituality and healing, including Vajrayana Buddhism.
Mark Thurston, PhD is an educator, author, and longtime leader within the A.R.E., including his current position as a member of the organization’s Board of Trustees. His full-time job is associate professor at George Mason University where he teaches courses about mind-body health, consciousness, meaning. He is author of more than a dozen books about spirituality, personal transformation, and finding one’s calling in life.