Desiging a Life at Any Age

Designing a Life at any Age
with Mary B. O'Neill, Ph.D.

Two week series:
Thursdays:
November 12
November 19
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

In-person only.

We can’t chuck it all and abandon our present lives. We’re embedded in relationships and situations. We live in the real world. Yet, we have the opportunity at any time to bring creativity into our lives, take more control, and move incrementally into a better place. And have fun doing it!

This dynamic, interactive two-session workshop provides tools to help you (re)connect with your values, purpose, skills, and talents, and to discern paths forward at any stage in life, whether you're facing retirement or a career pivot, immersed in caregiving, or simply want more coherence in your days.

Drawing on Stanford's Designing Your Life and Life Design Catalyst methodologies, this hands-on, collaborative workshop blends self-reflection exercises with authentic, supportive conversations among fellow participants. You'll explore possibilities and create concrete steps to move you toward a life of alignment and clarity.

Our time together will cut through abstract overthinking about your future, increase efficacy and joy, and foster connections with fellow participants. You'll leave the workshop feeling unstuck, more compassionate toward yourself, and with real momentum toward a life that feels right for you.

Mary B. O'Neill, Ph.D., CCSP, has reinvented herself more times than Madonna — and has used every tool she teaches in this workshop to do it. She is the founder of You Doing You Life Design and Career Coaching and the Director of Life Design at Boston Global Communications and Performance. Mary holds a Ph.D. in philosophy and is a Stanford University-Certified Designing Your Life Educator and a Life Design Catalyst facilitator. She is an NCDA Certified Career Services Provider and has served as interim Career Services Coordinator at CT State: Northwestern.

Mary is a college instructor with extensive experience designing creative programs and curricula that foster personal reflection and growth. She created a popular Philosophy of Happiness course that integrates philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, and mindfulness, which she infuses into her life design work. In 2014, Mary earned the Systemwide Adjunct Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU).

Cost: $35 for OLLI at BCC members
           $45 for non-members

Sign up today!

Register online or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) to register by phone with a credit card.