Ellen Watson is a globally recognized healer and healing arts educator. In 1984, with 3 marriages behind her, Ellen found her way to the ground-breaking Esalen Institute in Big Sur where she learned to embrace her wounded healer within. For 30 years, Ellen lived at Esalen and served as staff chef, gardener, bodyworker and all-around mover and shaker.

Just as Ellen’s life was changed by the legendary teachers she met at Esalen, Ellen has become a trainer and mentor to the next generation of healing arts practitioners around the world. Before Covid, Ellen spent the bulk of her time living in Bali and teaching throughout Asia and Europe.

How I transcended the patterns of my North Carolina past. Why I love to invoke and include all forms of energy in my work. What I know about touching essence. How Bali changed the course of my life.

www.movingventures.org

Dana P. Rowe is an acclaimed American musical theatre composer whose works have been performed all over the world. His musicals “The Fix” and “The Witches of Eastwick” were both nominated for London’s Olivier Award and produced by legendary theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh. “The Witches of Eastwick” is receiving a new concert staging in London’s West End this June.

In recent years, Dana has combined his passion for composing with a passion for coaching – not as a vocal coach, but as a coach and mentor to other creative entrepreneurs who wish to expand their impact in the world.

What happens when we crash and burn from success. Why loving what we do is the prerequisite for a sustainable life. How transcending our hidden promise sets us free.

www.danaprowe.com

Mavis Tsai is a psychologist, senior research scientist, author, TED speaker and one of the creators of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy.

In 2015, Mavis founded the Awareness, Courage and Love Global Project. Active in 92 cities around the globe and ever-expanding, ACL is a non-profit organization that aims to address loneliness as a major health issue and foster more meaningful connections with others and ourselves.

What happens when we share our true selves. When social isolation shortens our longevity. How the war in Ukraine has impacted me very personally. Why I believe in the path of non-judgment.

www.livewithacl.com

Liz Brunner is an Emmy award-winning Journalist, Executive Communications Coach, Motivational Speaker and Podcaster. If you have lived in the Boston area, you will remember Liz as the co-anchor of the #1 rated 6pm newscast at ABC-TV In Boston’s highly coveted media market.

In 2013, at the top of her game, Liz abandoned her blooming tv career to launch her own business, dedicated to helping people find their authentic voice, and wrote her inspired best-selling book, Dare to Own You: Taking Your Authenticity and Dreams into Your Next Chapter.

How I have reinvented myself numerous times over. Some of the challenges I navigated as a highly visible media personality, How I continue to better know my own authentic voice. What helped me take the leap into entrepreneurship.

www.lizbrunner.com

Melanie DewBerry had an exemplary career as a coach trainer and mentor with CTI, one of the most prominent coach training companies in the world. She co-founded the first coaching magazine, Choice, and was selected as an author by Hay House Publishing with her book “The Power of Naming: A Journey Toward Your Soul’s Indigenous Nature.”

All she has done and all that she IS have guided Melanie to her vocation as an Indigenous Ceremonialist.

What does it look like to be an imperfect student of love? How do we follow the Native American way of life? What is your indigenous soul? How do we travel the path of the peaceful warrior?

www.melaniedewberry.com

Thomas Vozzo has a lite before and after becoming the CEO of Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang rehabilitation program in the world. Prior to Homeboy, Tom served as an Executive Vice President with Aramark, a 13 billion dollar revenue leader in the food services industry.

Serving as the first-ever CEO of Homebody Industries has taken Tom on a profound spiritual journey, with many lessons about leadership, life and love. Loyola Press just published Tom’s deeply moving book about the insights he has gained, The Homeboy Way.

The moment I knew I was done with corporate work. What I have learned about the different sides of America. How every human connection has the power to change a life. Why one-size-fits-all solutions are obsolete.

www.homeboyindustries.org

At what point in our lives do we become an elder? Does anyone really want to listen to elder wisdom? And what does it actually look and feel like to be a "modern elder?" 

I get to explore these salient questions on the MY FOURTH ACT Podcast with a very wide range of very cool peeps. I knew I had to speak with Chip Conley, the former Head of Hospitality and Global Strategy at Airbnb. Not only was Chip instrumental in helping Airbnb become the global mega-brand it is today - Chip also wrote THE book that single-handedly reclaimed the word "elder" for our modern times: Wisdom at Work: The Making of A Modern Elder.

Here are 3 brilliant guests who help me bust some misconceptions about what elder wisdom is - and what it isn't:

Chip Conley, 61: Former Head of Hospitality and Global Strategy at Airbnb, Founder of the Modern Elder Academy

Steven Petrow, 64: Acclaimed Washington Post & New York Times columnist, author of the best-selling Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old

Marge Schiller, Ph.D., 83: Appreciative Inquiry Thought-leader, Author, Intergenerationalist

It all began with Tom Asacker's provocative question: What if the stories you tell yourself are all wrong? What if your story of what life should look like no longer meets your soul's desires?

Hear 3 richly accomplished humans tell me how they shifted into completely unexpected new lives.

Tom Asacker, iconic business thinker and bestselling author of 6 books, Adriana Machado, former CEO of GE Brazil, Sam Yau, former Head of the Board at the pioneering Esalen Institute.

Mark J. Silverman has LIVED renewal, more than most. From making millions to being homeless. From being gay to straight to gay again. From banishing addiction to embracing sobriety.

A sought-after Executive Coach, podcaster and best-selling author, Mark has a passion for helping others master overwhelm. The possibility of liberating renewal is at the heart of this passion.

Why I had to stop being “the nice guy.” How I keep my demons at bay. What everyday renewal looks like in my life.

www.markjsilverman.com

Fran Keogh, 70, is living a gorgeously eclectic life. Former radio host, voice-over talent, alpaca farmer, laughter yoga teacher, health coach, and a business life coach and speaker – Fran has reinvented herself multiple times.

As a mother of 4 and grandmother, Fran celebrates the power of intuition, empathy and humor in her work and passionately claims her elder wisdom.

The beauty of falling into things. The courage of asking for exactly what you want. The joy and terror of doing things you have never done before.

www.frankeogh.com