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Elizabeth Lesser

On Becoming a Grandmother

Elizabeth Lesser | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Cool Grandmothers, Grandchildren, Parenting, Elizabeth Lesser, Grandmothers, Young-Grandmothers, Grandparent, Grandparents, Grandparenting, Family, Living News
Elizabeth Lesser

A friend asked me if becoming a grandmother made me feel old. I didn't know what to say. It's not that it makes me feel young. Rather, it makes me know what matters; it wakes me up.

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Women Connecting Across the Generational Divide: From Gloria Steinem to Courtney Martin

Marianne Schnall | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Gloria Steinem, Women, Ana Nogales, Courtney Martin, Feminism, Helen Thomas, Omega Institute, Elizabeth Lesser, Feministing, Living News
Marianne Schnall

This Omega Institute conference sets out to build bridges across generations that inspire and empower women to change the world.

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Planet Earth: Difficult Times, Insatiable Appetites ... Doomed?

Janice Taylor | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Earth, Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow, Wendell Berry, Janice Taylor, Middle East, David Kessler, Omega-Institute, An End to Overeating, United States, Colorado River, Sustainability, Bottled Water, Elizabeth Lesser, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Green News
Janice Taylor

We human beings are pretty crude creatures. We want more, more, more. We have insatiable appetites. We do everything in excess, in both our personal and collective lives.

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Interview with Omega Institute Co-Founder Elizabeth Lesser

Marianne Schnall | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Feminism, Oprah Winfrey, Women, Meditation, Spirituality, Omega Institute, Eckhart Tolle, Elizabeth Lesser, Feministi Throught, Aging, Social Consciousness, Mortality, Healthy Spritual Living, Social Revolution, Sprituality, Collective Consciousness, Technology, Living News
Marianne Schnall

Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical. And we waste so much time -- almost every minute -- on swimming against the river.

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Renowned Women Speak Out on Palin and the Election

Marianne Schnall | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Feminism, Sarah Palin, Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Women, Melissa Etheridge, Amy Richards, Loung Ung, Gloria Steinem, Kathy Najimy, Jody Williams, Kim Gandy, Gloria Feldt, Deborah Siegel, Marie Wilson, Courtney Martin, Sabel Allende, Eleanor Smeal, Eve Ensler, Alice Walker, Elizabeth Lesser, Joan Blades, Politics News
Marianne Schnall

I decided to pose identical questions by email to dynamic women -- Melissa Etheridge, Gloria Steinem, Eve Ensler and more -- to just see what kind of responses would come in.

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