Richard frequently speaks at events both locally and internationally and he would love to see you at an upcoming event. If you have an upcoming event and would like to see if Richard is available to speak, please visit the contact section of our website and let us know the date and location of your event.
Richard will be one of the featured speakers at the Midlife & Older Adult Mental Health Summit. This Summit brings together 20+ experts to teach practical strategies for menopause, retirement transitions, cognitive changes, grief, and purpose loss.
Real clinical tools. Evidence-based approaches. Immediate application for sessions.
Learn more and register HERE
Richard will be part of the faculty for the 2026 Wisdom & Wellbeing Weeks at Blue Spirit, Costa Rica. This 7-day retreat from January 24-31, 2026 is a chance to step away from the pace of daily life and immerse yourself in learning, practice, and rest in one of the most beautiful settings on earth.
Life Reimagined: Unlocking the Power of Purpose
Richard will be teaching at the Modern Elder Academy alongside Chip Conley, MEA Co-Founder, and Alan Webber, Fast Company founder, Mayor of Santa Fe, and co-author with Richard of the bestselling book Life Reimagined.
Workshop Dates: Oct 20-25, 2025
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Enroll HERE
To learn about MEA and the campus in Santa Fe, click HERE.
Share >What if purpose isn’t something you chase but something you live, one moment at a time?
World-renowned purpose pioneer Richard Leider joins MEA’s Kari Cardinale for an inspiring conversation about how to move from asking “What’s next?” to “What really matters?”
Date: August 6, 2025
Time: 2pm CT / 3pm ET
Register HERE
Share >Bestselling author, life coach, and speaker, Richard Leider brings the power of purpose to life helping us to find meaning, live longer, better. He will be teaching at beautiful Rancho La Puerta the week of March 29, 2025.
To get a life, get a purpose! Purpose is not a luxury for the few, but is accessible to all and is fundamental to health, healing, happiness, and longevity, adding 7-10 years to your life. Purpose gives us the will not just to live but to live long and well. Legendary life coach Richard Leider offers a Purpose Checkup to help us unlock the power of purpose and inspire us to get out of bed in the morning with intention and joy.
Click HERE to watch Richard’s interview with Barry Shingle
Share >Richard will be the featured guest on Revolutionize Your Retirement interview series with host Dorian Mintzer.
Based on the completely revised fourth edition of The Power of Purpose, this program invites you to unlock the power of purpose at any stage in life. Purpose provides meaning, vitality, and a reason to rise every morning—and it’s the key to living longer, better, and more meaningfully.
Click HERE for more information and to register.
Share >Rearview Mirror Revelations: What It Means to Grow & Give for Life
Join us for an insightful and inspiring presentation and conversation with the Bakken Center Senior Fellows, moderated by founder and director Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer. Our Senior Fellows are accomplished experts in their fields who have committed their talents in service to the Center’s vision of advancing the health and wellbeing of people and the planet.
Senior Fellow and Purpose Expert Richard Leider will lay the foundation for the discussion, and pose two key questions to the Senior Fellows: How are you growing? How are you giving? They will each reflect from their very unique vantage points on how they continue to find meaning in giving and growing for life.
Participants are encouraged to read Rearview Mirror Revelations with Senior Fellow Richard Leider prior to the webinar, and to have something to write on and with during the webinar.
Cost: Free
Time: 12-1:30pm CT
Register HERE
Modern Elder Academy is launching their first Midlife Mastery Summit.
Join 20+ world-renowned thought leaders for a 3-day virtual summit designed to help you reclaim your joy, purpose, and vitality – and make your next chapter extraordinary.
Get Ready to Transform Your Life & Relationship to Aging Over Three Extraordinary Days…
Dates: March 14, 15, and 16
Cost: $77 (attend all live sessions) or $117 (all live sessions plus recordings)
Click HERE to learn more and register. Early bird pricing ends Feb 28th.
Share >Richard will be teaching at Blue Spirit the week of February 1-8, 2025.
Wisdom & Wellbeing Week 4 Multi-Faculty
Purpose, Engaged Buddhism and Eco-Activism
During Week 4, sample from a wide variety of programs with acclaimed teachers and choose from the following workshops during the week.
Enjoy a workshop in the morning, try another in the afternoon, or stick with the same workshop all week. You can also abandon your schedule and head to the beach.
The program includes:
· All classes and program with world renowned teachers for this week
· Gourmet vegetarian and vegan meals from our Buffet-plus fish being served three times during the week.
· Blue Spirit amenities such as the Longevity Center, salt water pool and direct beach access.
Click HERE to read more.
Share >Everyone is getting old; not everyone is growing older. But the path of purposeful aging is accessible to
all. And it is fundamental to health, healing, happiness, and longevity.
Richard helps us to reimagine aging as a liberating experience that enables us to become more authentically the person we were always meant to be with each passing year.
Time: 12-1pm CT
Click HERE to learn more and to register
Share >Celebrating The Power of Purpose and the 30th Anniversary of the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing with Richard Leider and Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Time: 12-1:30pm CT
Register HERE
Join best-selling author, legendary executive-life coach, and Bakken Center Senior Fellow Richard Leider and Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer, globally recognized leader in integrative health and healing and founder and director of the University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing for a celebration of the Bakken Center’s 30th and The Power of Purpose book’s 40th anniversaries.
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