THE FIFTH SEASON
Creativity in the Second Half of Life
Jan 11, 18, 25, 2026
1-2:30PM EST | 10-11:30AM PST
Cost: $60
An Invitation from Mark Nepo
Those who wake are the students.
Those who stay awake are the teachers.
How we take turns.
About the Journey
To breathe after pain,
to begin again, though
nothing else seems possible.
To ask of everything you
meet, “What bridge are we?"
This 3-session webinar will center on our quest to keep growing and feeling, ever more deeply, as we age. As the years go by, the question for each of us becomes more and more real: What does it mean to age? Despite the limitations that come as the body wears down, there are many gifts to inhabit by aging. For it seems that aging requires a separate set of skills. Ultimately, if faced tenderly and truthfully, aging is, as the Jungian analyst Helen Luke describes, a journey into simplicity.
Perhaps our greatest resource in aging is staying close to life and staying creative. For creativity never leaves us. Its call simply keeps changing. And living a creative life does not mean that we have to strive to create great art. More deeply, we are asked hold our individual lives as a work of art that inhabiting fully will bring into being. Just as we need oxygen to breathe, we need the creative flow to keep our heart alive. This is especially important as we age. To live a creative life sustains our inner health.
To be clear, the goal in facing aging is not to beat it, or duck it, or run from it, or even to reframe it, or minimize it. The goal in facing aging is to live more fully the closer we get to death, so we can die with no feeling left unfelt, and no voice of life left unheard, and no thing in this world left unloved.
I confess, very simply, that it is humbling to age and exciting to be fully here. After so many years, I feel like a man who has been turned inside out by life and this has made me a student of the inside of everything. I think, as we age, we meet in this inner field of presence, where there’s very little left in the way.
—Mark Nepo
MARK NEPO has moved and inspired readers and seekers all over the world with his #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening. Beloved as a poet, teacher, and storyteller, Mark has been called “an impassioned seeker” and “an eloquent spiritual teacher.” His work is widely accessible and used by many and his books have been translated into more than twenty languages. A bestselling author, he has published twenty-two books and recorded fifteen audio projects. Mark was part of Oprah Winfrey’s The Life You Want Tour in 2014 and has appeared several times with Oprah on her Super Soul Sunday program on OWN TV. He has also been interviewed by Robin Roberts on Good Morning America. In 2015, he was given a Life-Achievement Award by AgeNation.In 2016, he was named by Watkins: Mind Body Spirit as one of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People. And In 2017 Mark became a regular columnist for Spirituality & Health Magazine.
What People Say About Mark's Work
"Mark Nepo is a Great Soul. His resonant heart—his frank and astonishing voice—befriend us mightily on this mysterious trail."
"Mark Nepo is one of the finest spiritual guides of our time."
"Mark Nepo joins a long tradition of truth-seeking, wild-hearted poets—Rumi, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver—and deserves a place in the center of the circle with them."
"Nepo is a consummate storyteller with a rare gift for making the invisible visible."
Helpful Details
Jan 11: Session 1: Living a Creative Life
Jan 18: Session 2: Following the Thread
Jan 25: Session 3: The Awaiting Simplicities
$60, including access to the recordings of the sessions afterwards.
Due to the nature and timing of the webinar, it is not possible to offer refunds, though credit for a future webinar or event is possible.
I have no answers, for no one can awaken your heart or your gifts but you, and yet we need each other as plants need the sun. And so, when gathering like this or in person, my commitment is to do my best to introduce you to your own gifts and your own wisdom. What I share, I do as an offering of care and wonder. And what I share are examples, not instructions. For we are more together than alone.
HIDDEN VOW
No matter how tired
or broken I feel, I keep
waking. At some point,
every day, I recall those
I’ve loved and those I’ve
lost. This makes me look
around and settle on some-
thing small—a spider web or
broken branch or patch of
dew. It is then that I lift my
face and let grace find me—
one more time. And, despite
the noise in my bones,
I accept, again, how
precious this all is.
—Mark Nepo
These sessions will be recorded. If you would like to receive the recordings, please register and you’ll get an email with the link to watch the video following each session.
For more information about Mark’s upcoming events and to register for his Weekly Reflections, please visit www.marknepo.com.
We want to open this experience to as many people as possible. If you are suffering financial hardship during these difficult times, please send a line or two of explanation to Brooke at brooke@threeintentions.com. We will do our best to accommodate a reduced rate for those in need.
Our Time Together
Each 90-minute session will begin with an offering from Mark of poems, stories, and metaphors intended to invite you into a heart space in which you can meet yourself and grow. This will be followed by time for questions and conversation. Mark will close the session with reflections, questions to walk with, and a culminating poem or story.
Upon Registering
You will receive confirmation of registration once it goes through. The Zoom link to join the three sessions will come in the days leading up to the sessions.
Please note that due to the nature and timing of the webinar, it is not possible to offer refunds, though credit for a future webinar or event is possible.
After Each Session
A recording of each session will be available within two days that you can revisit for up to three months. You are also encouraged to stay in conversation with the depth that has opened for you through your own journaling and conversation with friends and loved ones.