Presenting a Brand-New Summit Based on the Work of Renowned Meditation Teacher and New York Times Bestselling Author, Sharon Salzberg:

Living an Authentic Life Summit

A Journey to Inner Peace, Freedom and Joy

March 29 – April 5, 2023

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Is the Living an Authentic Life Summit for you?

Tell us if this sounds like you:

Are you sometimes in a state of distress, with little or no idea how to start changing your life?
Do you sometimes feel trapped, overwhelmed, and disconnected from who you really are?
Are you easily triggered by external events and the state of the world, and need better tools to manage?
Have you lost any sense of creativity or curiosity in your day-to-day reality?
Are you seeking to transform yourself and your life, but need a clear path to move forward?

If any of this resonated with you, then you’ve come to the right place.

Through a powerful lineup of some of the world’s top experts in therapy, psychology and meditation, you will gain the clarity and tools you need to begin changing your life from a place of true alignment.

Are you ready to expand towards inner peace, freedom and joy—and discover the power of authentic living?

When you join the Living an Authentic Life Summit, you will:

Get insight into the most common problems we experience that cause contraction in our lives and prevent us from living authentically
Dive deep into the biggest causes of contraction and understand when you experience it the most so you can navigate life better
Discover how the tools of compassion, gratitude and love can help you deepen states of expansion — and how you can apply them in different areas of your life
Gain profound practices to help you cultivate resilience so you can experience a renewed sense of confidence and equanimity
Expand your vision of what’s possible as you live more authentically and bring more joy, inner peace, and freedom into your life

And so much more.

Join Now to Get INSTANT Access to These FREE Bonuses

A GLIMPSE OF THE LIVING AN AUTHENTIC LIFE SUMMIT

As our gift for signing up today, you’ll be getting instant access to 2 session recordings from the summit as soon as you join. That’s 2 hours worth of exclusive content, delivered straight to you, just by signing up with the button below.

GABOR MATÉ

Gabor Maté discusses how we can move beyond the culture’s denial of human needs, and how we can create a new normal that does not deny our true nature.

JON KABAT-ZINN

Jon Kabat-Zinn discusses how we can effectively use mindfulness, meditation, and love to move from contraction to expansion in our lives.

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What’s included when you sign up:

BONUS #1: CHAPTER 1 OF SHARON’S UPCOMING BOOK, REAL LIFE: THE JOURNEY FROM ISOLATION TO OPENNESS AND FREEDOM
BONUS #2: MARIANNE WILLIAMSON’S A RETURN TO LOVE IN A TIME OF TRANSITION SESSION FROM MINDFULNESS & COMPASSION WEEK
BONUS #3: KUTE BLACKSON’S THE MAGIC OF SURRENDER SESSION FROM MINDFULNESS & COMPASSION WEEK

BONUS #1

CHAPTER 1 OF SHARON’S UPCOMING BOOK, REAL LIFE: THE JOURNEY FROM ISOLATION TO OPENNESS AND FREEDOM

Receive an advance first chapter of Sharon’s newest book that will teach you how tools like mindful awareness, friendship and a greater sense of purpose can aid you on the path of expansive freedom and living true to who you really are.

BONUS #2

MARIANNE WILLIAMSON’S A RETURN TO LOVE IN A TIME OF TRANSITION SESSION FROM THE MINDFULNESS & COMPASSION WEEK

Get access to this powerful session from one of our partner summits with Marianne Williamson. In this session, Marianne will be diving deep into acknowledging that the challenges of our time call for us to make ourselves open and available for healing.

BONUS #3

KUTE BLACKSON’S THE MAGIC OF SURRENDER SESSION FROM THE MINDFULNESS & COMPASSION WEEK

Get access to this powerful session from one of our partner summits with Kute Blackson. In this session, Kute will be diving deep into exploring “control” as an addiction, and the miraculous healing we encounter when we simply let go.

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Meet Your Speakers

Join 30+ of the world’s top experts in therapy, meditation and healing

Tara
Brach, PhD

Meditation Teacher, Author of Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion

Gabor
Maté, MD

Physician, Renowned Expert on Addiction and Trauma, Best Selling Author, including The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, & Healing in a Toxic Culture

Rhonda
Magee, JD

Professor of Law, Mindfulness Teacher, Social Justice Advocate, Author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice

Jon
Kabat-Zinn, PhD

Founder, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Professor of Medicine Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Dan
Siegel, MD

Physician, Renowned Expert on Addiction and Trauma, Bestselling Author Brainstorm, Mindsight, & Aware

Sarah
Jones

Tony Award-Winning Solo Performer (Bridge & Tunnel and Buy/Sell/Date), Writer, Comedian, Activist, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

Jack
Kornfield, PhD

Meditation Teacher, Co-founder, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Bestselling Author of A Path With Heart

Sharon
Salzberg

Meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, NY Times bestselling author; her brand-new book is Real Life

Daphne
Zuniga

Actress, Producer, Director and Environmental Activist, Founding member of the Earth Communications Office (ECO)

Ali
Smith

Co-founder & Executive Director, Holistic Life Foundation; co-author Let Your Light Shine: How Mindfulness Can Empower Children and Rebuild Communities

Trudy
goodman, PhD

Insight Meditation Teacher, Author, Psychotherapist, Founding Teacher at InsightLA

Dan
Harris

Founder 10% Happier app, Author, Podcaster, Former ABC news anchor & host of Nightline and Good Morning America

Krishna
Das

Grammy Nominated Kirtan Musician, All-time Bestselling Western Chant Artist with 16 Albums

Rick
Hanson, PhD

Psychologist, Senior Fellow of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, NY Times bestselling author of six books including Buddha’s Brain

Amishi
Jha, PhD

Director of Contempative Neuroscience & Professor of Psychology Univ. of Miami, Author, Peak Mind

Joseph
Goldstein

Co-founder & Guiding Teacher, Insight Meditation Society, Author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

Shelly
Tygielski

Activist, Founder of Pandemic of Love, Meditation Teacher, Author of Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World

Atman
Smith

Co-founder & Director of Programming & Development, Holistic Life Foundation; co-author Let Your Light Shine: How Mindfulness Can Empower Children and Rebuild Communities

Sylvia
Boorstein, PhD

Psychotherapist, Author, Meditation Teacher, Co-founding Teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Insight Meditation Society

Parker
Palmer, PhD

Writer, Speaker, Activist, Founder & Senior Partner Emeritus, Center for Courage & Renewal

Pete
Holmes

Comedian, Writer, Actor, Cartoonist, Podcast Host, Creator of HBO's Crashing

Valarie
Kaur, JD

Civil Rights Leader, Lawyer, Filmmaker, Educator, Author, Founder of the Revolutionary Love Project

Andres
Gonzalez

Co-founder, Holistic Life Foundation; co-author Let Your Light Shine: How Mindfulness Can Empower Children and Rebuild Communities

Sarah
Ruhl

Playwright, Author, Essayist, Professor at Yale School of Drama, MacArthur Fellow

Caroline
Welch, JD

Co-founder & CEO Mindsight Institute, author of The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women

Omid
Safi, PhD

Leading Muslim Intellectual & Teacher, Professor at Duke University, Author of Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition

Mark
Epstein, MD

Psychiatrist, Author of The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life

Zainab
Salbi

Humanitarian, Author, Journalist, Creator & Host of #MeToo, Now What? on PBS

Joel
Leon

Performer, Storyteller, Author of A Book About Things I Will Tell My Daughter

Anu
Gupta, JD

Human Rights Lawyer, Social Scientist, Educator, Founder of BE MORE With Anu

Simran
Jeet Singh, PhD

Executive Director, Religion & Society Program, Aspen Institute; Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity; Soros Equality Fellow; Author

Jerry
Colonna

Leadership Coach, CEO & Co-founder of Reboot.io, Author of Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up

Courtney
Martin

Author of four books, co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network, FRESH Speakers, and the Bay Area chapter of Integrated Schools

Daisy
Hernández

Journalist, Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Northwestern University and the Author of The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease

Daily Summit Agenda

WHAT IS AUTHENTIC LIVING?

For Day 1, we’ll be exploring the journey that individuals typically undergo on the path from isolation to openness and freedom. We’ll also discuss the most common problems caused by contraction, such as loneliness, conformity, and much more.

CONTRACTION

For Day 2, we’ll be diving deep into the most common scenarios that are caused by and lead to further contraction in our lives, whether it’s shame, addiction, fundamentalism, or even fear — along with the tools to better manage them.

EXPANSION

For Day 3, we’ll be discussing how to recognize the moments when each of us feels at our most expansive and how to enhance these states, as well as how to cultivate love, compassion, gratitude, and working for the common good.

THE JOURNEY

For Day 4, we will discover what exactly we need to take and what we need to leave behind on the journey towards authentic living, whether it’s building community, deepening our awareness of death, processing how to let go, and many other powerful practices.

THE EMERGENCE

For Day 5, we’ll be lifting the ceiling on what’s possible. With the dawning of clarity, we’ll be exploring how good things can emerge on the path to healing, as well as the wisdom, creativity, awe, and kindness we’ll be gaining as a result of this transformative journey.

Meet Your Host

Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is one of the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers.

Sharon is co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness, now in its second edition, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness.

Her new book, Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom, is being released in April of 2023. Her podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed six million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond

Sharon has been passionately committed for decades to sharing the transformative power of mindfulness, compassion, and meditation. As part of this commitment, she hopes this free summit will help you on your journey towards inner peace, freedom, and joy.

Meet Your Host

Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is one of the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers.

Sharon has been passionately committed for decades to sharing the transformative power of mindfulness, compassion, and meditation. As part of this commitment she hopes that with this free summit, anyone can either begin or continue on their journey toward authentic living, inner peace, freedom, and joy.

Summit Co-hosts

Lily
Cushman

Musician, Teacher & Author; Director of Operations for Sharon Salzberg; Producer of The Metta Hour Podcast; Author of A Little Bit of Mantras

Ali
Smith

Co-founder & Executive Director, Holistic Life Foundation; co-author Let Your Light Shine: How Mindfulness Can Empower Children and Rebuild Communities

Atman
Smith

Co-founder & Director of Programming & Development, Holistic Life Foundation; co-author Let Your Light Shine: How Mindfulness Can Empower Children and Rebuild Communities