Conscious Aging with Wayne Lehrer - AWTD005

Going through life, we tend to take a lot of things for granted, and we suddenly get confronted of the reality that we are already old. In this episode of Align With the Divine, Patricia interviews Wayne Lehrer, the author of The Prodigy Within, who is now about to launch his second book, Conscious Aging.

 

Join us in this very thought-provoking discussion about waking up from the illusion of our immortality and understanding that our lives are divided into three acts that tackles dependence, independence and interdependence. Wayne is giving a very wonderful gift for everyone who is joining.

 

What to expect in this episode?

 

01:14 – Aging for baby-boomers and Wayne’s background

05:54 – Why Wayne wrote Conscious Aging

08:20 – Waking up from the illusion of immortality.

09:34 – The Three Acts

15:49 – Your 3^rd act can be as long as your 2^nd act.

17:59 – On the transition from 2^nd to 3^rd

19:44 – Fashioning an offering.

20:52 – A third act where people really go within.

30:07 – In the realm of authentic happiness

32:14 – Taking care of our physical bodies

35:43 – Killing six birds with one stone

37:53 – Paradigm shift, awakening, and evolution

41:12 – Maximizing what we have before us now

42:59 – The story of a Third Act identity crisis

46:48 – About choosing unconditional happiness

52:15 – Letting go of the past, embracing the unknown

56:15 – The process of self-actualization

58:26 – A quality that has to come back in the 3^rd act

1:03:58 – Dependence, Independence, Interdependence

1:07:31 – The journey of conscious aging

1:10:22 – Walk in gratitude and live in grace.

1:12:13 – A gift for all listeners

 

Who is Wayne Lehrer?

 

Wayne Lehrer has always sought to align his various talents, interests and diverse experience with his life’s purpose. He has enjoyed a number of wildly different careers. After studying art and physics at CSUS he travelled broadly throughout Asia for several years. He then went on to study and work in Holistic health; practiced Oriental medicine, designed growing facilities for food grade algae and designed and manufactured medical equipment. In his mid 30’s Wayne returned to school to study filmmaking at the Columbia School of Cinema. He then went on to write, produce and direct 70mm 3-D films; T.V. graphics for CBS, Fox & HBO; computer animated children’s show & HDTV documentaries. His filmmaking career took a crazy turn when he became a Concept Designer for a World’s Fair which spun into designing Theme Parks, Resort Hotels, Museums & traveling shows in Asia, Europe and the U.S.

 

When the bottom dropped out in the Asian market in the early 90’s Wayne’s work came to an unceremonious halt. After serious soul-searching he returned to his lifelong passion for health and consciousness. He authored a book on discovering your life’s purpose, The Prodigy Within, consulted corporations and universities on mindfulness and trained hundreds of students and teachers in Yoga and Meditation. He teaches at the USC School of Gerontology; has created a training for high school seniors in Authentic Happiness, a successful workshop in China, The Quickening; and offers a variety of seminars, retreats and talks in Conscious Aging, Enlightened Living, Executive Mindfulness, Fulfilling Your Life’s Purpose, The Prodigy Within & The New Third Act. Wayne is also a gifted artist; painting with light and sculpting in stone and bronze.

 

Wayne has just completed his second book, Conscious Aging -The New Third Act, that will be out this summer and is at work on the companion book, a daily reader, 365 Days of Conscious Aging – Daily Fortune Cookies for an Inspired Third Act. While he continues to teach yoga and meditation, he is also begun to Coach others to successfully Launch into their Third Act.

 

​Connect with Wayne Lehrer:

Website: http://prodigywithin.com/

Email Wayne for the companion book: “365 Days of Conscious Aging.”

[email protected]

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About Patricia Diorio:

Patricia is a passionate speaker and entertaining storyteller. She is committed to informing, inspiring and motivating people to achieve their goals and dreams through an understanding of how we create our desired realities through conscious intentions. She is the creator, executive producer and co-host of Get Conscious Now! a television show produced in Santa Barbara, CA, and is now syndicated in over 20 markets across the US.

 

Over the past 14 years she had demonstrated how science and consciousness are beginning to converge, through her interviews with more than 300 pioneers of evolutionary thought, such as Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Bruce Lipton. In addition, with a Masters in Counseling Psychology, she brings several decades of experience in education and counseling to her private practice as a consciousness coach in SB, CA and online.

 

Connect with Patricia:
Webste: https://alignwiththedivine.net/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@alignwiththedivinewithPatricia