Elizabeth Lesser is a cofounder and senior advisor of the Omega Institute, a leading teaching center for spirituality, holistic health, and psychology. Before her work with the Omega Institute, she was a practicing midwife who also led workshops on emotional intelligence, women’s issues, and conscious dying. Today, she is a frequent host on the Oprah & Friends Sirius/XM radio channel. A New York Times bestselling author, her books include The New American Spirituality and Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and the audio program The Seeker’s Guide.