The Leader's Journey: Coming to Yourself

Elizabeth Lesser is the co-founder of Omega Institute, the United States’ largest life-long learning center focusing on health, wellness, spirituality, creativity, and social change. She is the New York Times best-selling author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and The Seeker’s Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure. Her work at Omega has included leading the organization, developing its curricula, teaching, and spearheading Omega’s popular Women and Power conferences. In 2008, Lesser helped Oprah Winfrey produce a 10-week online seminar based on Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth. She has appeared on the Oprah television show and Oprah.com webcasts, and is an ongoing host on Winfrey’s Soul Series on Sirius/XM. A student of the Sufi master, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan since 1971, she has studied with spiritual teachers and religious scholars from other traditions, as well as psychological practitioners and healers. Lesser attended Barnard College and San Francisco State University. Previous to her work at Omega, she was a midwife and birth educator.