Elizabeth Lesser: Bullshit is Everywhere

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09/29/20 • 64 min

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Elizabeth Lesser. Recorded Aug 14, 2019 in Woodstock, NY.
Elizabeth Lesser is an author and healer who co-founded Omega Institute in 1977.
She is the author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow,Marrow: Love, Loss & What Matters Most, The Seekers Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure and, most recently,Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes.

In 2008 she helped Oprah Winfrey produce a ten-week online seminar based on Eckhart Tolle’s book, "A New Earth." The webinar has been viewed by over 40 million people worldwide.
She has two TED Talks - “Take The Other to Lunch” and “Say Your Truths and Seek them in Others.”
In this episode we talk about memoirs, Elizabeth’s books, telling other people’s stories, The Omega Institute, patriarchy and leading an examined life.
www.elizabethlesser.org
www.eomega.org
@ElizabethLesser on Twitter
TED:
https://www.ted.com/speakers/elizabeth_lesser
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