Willing to Change: Strategies for Transformative Healing

Health & Wellness Intuition / Spiritual Growth Life's Purpose & Challenges

Willing to Change: Strategies for Transformative Healing

Featuring Mary Elizabeth Lynch, MA, JD, and Mark Thurston, PhD

Date: 08/17/2025

Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (EST)

Online Workshop

What if the first step to healing is simply being willing to change?

Join respected educators Mary Elizabeth Lynch, MA, JD, and Mark Thurston, PhD, for a transformational online workshop presented by A.R.E.’s Tarsia Center for Inner Transformation and Healing.

One “open secret” about transformation and personal healing is the vital role of Free Will, Spiritual Ideals, and inner transformation. The journey toward greater well-being begins by cultivating the willingness to create deeper awareness, invite meaningful change, and align with a higher Ideal. This willingness becomes the foundation for healing dis-ease, releasing confusion, and transforming limiting life patterns.

What to Expect

You’ll engage in meaningful self-exploration using a model of “core challenges of the Will” across three key phases of adulthood:

Early adulthood
Mid-life
The final third of life

Each phase has distinct archetypal opportunities that are presented by each phase and provide opportunities for either:

Falling deeper into old, karmic patterns that lead to dis-ease and dysfunction

Rising in consciousness through the willingness to become more open, flexible, and open-hearted.

Through exercises, discussion, and guided insight, you’ll examine how you’ve used your Will in life-affirming ways and identify how “willingness to change” can help you move forward right now.

Why Attend?

By participating, you’ll walk away with:

A deeper understanding of how willingness affects your ability to heal and grow
Tools for overcoming karmic patterns and stepping into greater flexibility, openness, and joy
A practical, personalized 30-day action plan to support ongoing transformation
BONUS: A free e-book edition of Willing to Change: The Journey of Personal Transformation by Mark Thurston, PhD

If you’re ready to say yes to change, or add to and unlock deeper transformation, this workshop provides the tools, guidance, and support to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.

Reserve your spot today and begin your journey of personal growth.

Speakers

Mary Elizabeth Lynch

Mary Elizabeth Lynch, M.A., J.D., is a co-founder and the president of the Personal Transformation and Courage Institute, where she serves, along with her husband, Mark Thurston, as one of its principal course leaders. Founded in 2000, it provides in...

Mary Elizabeth Lynch, M.A., J.D., is a co-founder and the president of the Personal Transformation and Courage Institute, where she serves, along with her husband, Mark Thurston, as one of its principal course leaders. Founded in 2000, it provides in-depth learning experiences about how to deeply connect with one’s values and Ideals as the foundation to transform blocks to one’s personal well-being and professional success. Mary Elizabeth worked for 14 years as a practicing civil rights attorney and mediator. She is currently an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University, where she developed and teaches a course about the science of well-being and self-care. As a life member of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, she has studied and applied the principles in the Cayce readings for 45 years. She has been a speaker and workshop leader at many A.R.E. conferences across the nation over the last 40 years, and she is a former member of the faculty at Atlantic University. Mary Elizabeth’s spiritual journey includes the studies and practices of a variety of spiritual traditions, bringing perspective and depth to her understanding and application of spirituality in her personal and professional life. Mary Elizabeth brings her unique set of skills and professional experiences to her workshop trainings and currently to ARE’s Tarsia Center for Inner Transformation and Healing. The foundation of her work with each person is the clarification and application of values and strengths.
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Mark Thurston

Mark Thurston, Ph.D., is an educator, psychologist, and experienced leader within the Cayce-based organizations. He worked in a variety of roles for 36 years as a staff member at the A.R.E. and Atlantic University, and from 2019 to 2025 served as a m...

Mark Thurston, Ph.D., is an educator, psychologist, and experienced leader within the Cayce-based organizations. He worked in a variety of roles for 36 years as a staff member at the A.R.E. and Atlantic University, and from 2019 to 2025 served as a member of the Board of Trustees for the organizations. Dr. Thurston is widely known for his writings about various aspects of personal spirituality, integrative healing, and methods of finding insights about one’s life purpose. Among his book publications are "The Essential Edgar Cayce and Discovering Your Soul’s Purpose." He has presented classes and workshops about concepts in the Cayce readings in more than 100 cities in North America, plus another 10 countries overseas. For the last 17 years Dr. Thurston’s career has largely focused on his work as a university professor, bringing learning opportunities to young adults about mindfulness, resilience, well-being and the inner tools for dealing with the chaotic modern world.
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