CALLINGS: IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHENTIC LIFE
FRIDAY, May 4th - EVENING LECTURE, 7:00 pm
Talbot Lecture Hall in Luther Bonney Hall - University of Southern Maine, Portland campus
Callings are urgings and imperatives from the deep self that tell us what it will take to make our lives literally “come true.” They point us toward awakenings, course-corrections, and powerful authenticity. This presentation, geared toward a general audience, we’ll explore the psychological, spiritual and practical processes we encounter in listening and responding to our callings, whether in the arenas of work, relationship, lifestyle or service. They may be calls to do something (change careers, go back to school, start a relationship, move to the country, begin a creative project) or they may be calls to be something (more adventurous, less judgmental, more loving, less fearful). They may be calls toward something or away from something, calls to change or renew your commitment to something, or calls to return to a place or pursuit in an entirely new way.
CALLINGS: Finding and Following an Authentic Life
SATURDAY, MAY 5th - WORKSHOP, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Trinity Church, 580 Forest Avenue, Portland ME
Callings are urgings from the deep self that tell us what it will take to make our lives literally “come true.” They point us toward awakenings, course-corrections and powerful authenticity.
This full-day, hands-on workshop will take a creative approach to the challenges of listening and responding to these calls, whether they involve career changes or creative leaps, taking on new roles or letting go of old ones, launching new ventures or returning to existing ones with renewed enthusiasm and commitment, or simply making course-corrections in our life or work. People who are fueled by a sense of calling will bring that kind of passion and spirit to their careers, their companies and communities, their lives and the lives of others.
Through writing, discussion, brainstorming, self-reflection, dyad and small group work---and humor---you'll gain clarity and courage to take whatever Next Steps will deepen your alignment with that sense of calling. And while honoring a calling’s essential mystery, we’ll also explore the questions that bloom naturally in the presence of any call: What does it ask of us? How do we tell the true call from the siren-song? How do we handle our resistance to it? What happens when we say no? What happens when we say yes? The key issues explored will be:
* Clarifying your callings
* Working with the resistance that naturally arises
* Identifying who and what can help you make the changes
* Creating an action plan of specific steps to anchor your callings in the world
* Gaining a renewed sense of direction and possibilities
(Please bring writing materials.)
PRESENTER BIO: Gregg Levoy, author of Callings: Finding and Following An Authentic Life (Random House)----rated among the "Top 20 Career Publications" by the Workforce Information Group and a text in various graduate programs in Management and Organizational Leadership---is a lecturer and seminar-leader in the business, educational, governmental, faith-based and human-potential arenas. He has keynoted and presented workshops at the Smithsonian Institution, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National League of Cities, the National Conference on Positive Aging, Microsoft, British Petroleum, American Express, Ascension Health, Americorps, Michigan National Bank, the Universities of California/Colorado/Washington/Arizona/Nevada/Wisconsin/Texas and others, American Counseling Association, National Career Development Association, International Association of Career Management Professionals, National Association of Colleges & Employers, Esalen Institute, Omega Institute, and others, and has been a frequent guest of the media, including ABC-TV, CNN, NPR and PBS.
A former adjunct professor of journalism at the University of New Mexico, former columnist and reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer and USA Today, he has written about the subject of callings for the New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Omni, Psychology Today, Reader’s Digest, and many others, as well as for corporate, promotional and television projects. His website is www.gregglevoy.com.
CALLINGS: IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHENTIC LIFE
FRIDAY, May 4th - EVENING LECTURE, 7:00 pm
Talbot Lecture Hall in Luther Bonney Hall - University of Southern Maine, Portland campus
Callings are urgings and imperatives from the deep self that tell us what it will take to make our lives literally “come true.” They point us toward awakenings, course-corrections, and powerful authenticity. This presentation, geared toward a general audience, we’ll explore the psychological, spiritual and practical processes we encounter in listening and responding to our callings, whether in the arenas of work, relationship, lifestyle or service. They may be calls to do something (change careers, go back to school, start a relationship, move to the country, begin a creative project) or they may be calls to be something (more adventurous, less judgmental, more loving, less fearful). They may be calls toward something or away from something, calls to change or renew your commitment to something, or calls to return to a place or pursuit in an entirely new way.
CALLINGS: Finding and Following an Authentic Life
SATURDAY, MAY 5th - WORKSHOP, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Trinity Church, 580 Forest Avenue, Portland ME
Callings are urgings from the deep self that tell us what it will take to make our lives literally “come true.” They point us toward awakenings, course-corrections and powerful authenticity.
This full-day, hands-on workshop will take a creative approach to the challenges of listening and responding to these calls, whether they involve career changes or creative leaps, taking on new roles or letting go of old ones, launching new ventures or returning to existing ones with renewed enthusiasm and commitment, or simply making course-corrections in our life or work. People who are fueled by a sense of calling will bring that kind of passion and spirit to their careers, their companies and communities, their lives and the lives of others.
Through writing, discussion, brainstorming, self-reflection, dyad and small group work---and humor---you'll gain clarity and courage to take whatever Next Steps will deepen your alignment with that sense of calling. And while honoring a calling’s essential mystery, we’ll also explore the questions that bloom naturally in the presence of any call: What does it ask of us? How do we tell the true call from the siren-song? How do we handle our resistance to it? What happens when we say no? What happens when we say yes? The key issues explored will be:
* Clarifying your callings
* Working with the resistance that naturally arises
* Identifying who and what can help you make the changes
* Creating an action plan of specific steps to anchor your callings in the world
* Gaining a renewed sense of direction and possibilities
(Please bring writing materials.)
PRESENTER BIO: Gregg Levoy, author of Callings: Finding and Following An Authentic Life (Random House)----rated among the "Top 20 Career Publications" by the Workforce Information Group and a text in various graduate programs in Management and Organizational Leadership---is a lecturer and seminar-leader in the business, educational, governmental, faith-based and human-potential arenas. He has keynoted and presented workshops at the Smithsonian Institution, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National League of Cities, the National Conference on Positive Aging, Microsoft, British Petroleum, American Express, Ascension Health, Americorps, Michigan National Bank, the Universities of California/Colorado/Washington/Arizona/Nevada/Wisconsin/Texas and others, American Counseling Association, National Career Development Association, International Association of Career Management Professionals, National Association of Colleges & Employers, Esalen Institute, Omega Institute, and others, and has been a frequent guest of the media, including ABC-TV, CNN, NPR and PBS.
A former adjunct professor of journalism at the University of New Mexico, former columnist and reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer and USA Today, he has written about the subject of callings for the New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Omni, Psychology Today, Reader’s Digest, and many others, as well as for corporate, promotional and television projects. His website is www.gregglevoy.com.