Seminars & Workshops

LIFEWORKS offers seminars and workshops in a wide variety of formats:

• Lectures
• Lunchtime talks
• Half-day and all-day conferences
• Weekend retreats
• Multi-week academic and continuing education courses

Topics can be adapted to suit timeframes, audiences, and organizational needs.

Sample Seminar, Lecture, and Presentation Topics

Work Matters More: Learning From the Times

This program addresses worklife issues raised by living amid the uncertainty of what the Chinese call "interesting times." (matters)

Your Career Is As Fascinating As the Ingredients You Put In It: 10 Ways to Get More Out of Your Current Work

The more interesting the ingredients you put into your career broth, the richer and more complex the flavors. This interactive program flings all kinds of surprise ingredients into the pot with amazing results. (fling)

Finding Your Voice in the World and Knowing What to Do With It

A series of questions leads you to acknowledge your talents while detailed scenarios help you shape new ideas and pinpoint next steps. (voice)

100 Things to Do Before You Hit 100: Living An Intentional Life

Here's your chance to name the essential elements of a life well lived— the silly, enriching, and serious— and to practice weaving these elements into a life map that lights the way. (100 things)

Writing Your Way To Work: Journal Writing Meets Career Discovery

Keeping a journal helps track what you notice, how you're changing, and how that change may suggest ways to enhance current work or find new and deeper work. (jwrite)

Creativity and the Crafting of Meaningful, Engaging Work

By exploring theories of creativity and the habits and mindsets of creative people, you'll experiment with ways to think about life, work, play, and spirit. You'll push this process beyond current thinking to find vivid ideas that can be applied to the real world. (create)

Looking in Unexpected Places for Career Ideas

By looking at your life story in offbeat ways and at the clues offered by bizarre and appealing occupations, you are more likely to catch yourself by surprise and be open to recomposing your work lives in ways you hadn't imagined. (unex)

The Art and Story of Personal Pilgrimage

By highlighting pivotal and intensely focused moments in your life journey, you'll see some of the underlying themes, talents, and passions that may help shape your work or retirement. (pilgrim)

Thinking Big / Acting Large

An experimental program that stretches you through group painting, writing, monologues, skits, team-building games, and self-appointed challenges. (big)

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