# Elizabeth Lesser

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{{short description|Author and co-founder/senior adviser of Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY, US}}
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'''Elizabeth Lesser''' is the co-founder and senior adviser of [Omega Institute](/source/Omega_Institute), the largest adult education center in the United States focusing on health, wellness, spirituality and creativity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Elizabeth-Lessers-Biography |title=Bio |website=www.oprah.com |access-date=2019-07-04 |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319042533/https://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/elizabeth-lessers-biography |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is the author of ''Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow''<ref>{{cite book|title=Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow: Elizabeth Lesser  |isbn=0375759913 |last1=Lesser |first1=Elizabeth |year=2005 |publisher=Random House Publishing }}</ref> and ''A Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure''.<ref>{{cite book|author=ElizabethLesser (Author) |url=https://www.amazon.com/Seekers-Guide-Spiritual-Adventure-Elizabeth/dp/B00DEK5D1Y/ |title=The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure by Elizabeth Lesser (Oct 3 2000)|date= 31 October 2000|publisher=VillardBooks |accessdate=2019-07-04}}</ref>

For more than 30 years, Lesser has studied and worked with leading figures in the fields of healing, spiritual development and cultural change. Her work at Omega has included co-directing the organization, curriculum research, conference weaving, teaching and writing the yearly Omega catalog, a reference book that describes the work of some of the most eminent thinkers and practitioners of our times. She has shared her work and teachings at [TED](/source/TED_(conference))<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/elizabeth_lesser |title=Elizabeth Lesser &#124; Speaker |publisher=TED |date= |access-date=2019-07-04}}</ref> and on [Oprah](/source/Oprah)'s [Super Soul Sunday](/source/Super_Soul_Sunday).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/25/elizabeth-lesser-oprah-turning-60_n_5214592.html |title=Elizabeth Lesser And Oprah Discuss What's Special About Turning 60 |publisher= |work=Huffington Post |date= 25 April 2014|accessdate=2019-07-04}}</ref>

Lesser attended [Barnard College](/source/Barnard_College) and [San Francisco State University](/source/San_Francisco_State_University). Before Omega, she was a midwife and birth educator. She has been active in local environmental issues for many years in New York's Hudson Valley, where she lives with her husband. She is the mother of three sons.

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140311090040/http://www.eomega.org/about-omega/cofounders Omega Institute]
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* {{TED talk|elizabeth_lesser_take_the_other_to_lunch|Elizabeth Lesser: Take "the Other" to lunch (TEDWomen 2010)}}

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