atCentral: Lynne Twist and Living a Committed Life

“Imagine the impact of many millions of people choosing to commit themselves to the kind of systemic change that will bring about a breakthrough for humanity,”

Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself (Berrett-Koehler, November 2022) demonstrates how a commitment to a purpose larger than yourself can enliven and empower you. In this book, author Lynne Twist shares stories and perspectives gained from her decades as a global thought leader and activist working to end hunger and poverty, protect the Amazon rainforest, empower women’s leadership, and transform people’s relationships with money. Living a Committed Life presents her vision for a world that works for everyone as well as her guiding principles for living a life of commitment and joyous action.

This conversation will be moderated by Emily Ramshaw.

Copies of Living a Committed Life will be available for purchase at the event. A book signing will follow the conversation.

This event will take place in the Special Events Center of the Austin Central Library.

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ABOUT LYNNE TWIST: Lynne Twist is the founder of the Soul of Money Institute and author of the best-selling, book The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life” and her newestbook, Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself.

Over the past 40 years Lynne has worked with over 100,000 people in 50 countries. Her clientsinclude: Microsoft, Proctor & Gamble, the International Unity Church, Charles Schwab, United Way, The National Black theater of Harlem, Harvard University and others.

She has been a featured speaker for the United Nations Beijing Women’s Conference, State ofthe World Forum, and Synthesis Dialogues with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, among others. Lynne is the recipient of the prestigious "Woman of Distinction" award from the United Nations.

From working with Mother Teresa in Calcutta to the refugee camps in Ethiopia and the threatened rainforests of the Amazon, Lynne’s on-the-ground work has brought her a deep understanding of the social tapestry of the world and the historical landscape of the times we are living in.

ABOUT EMILY RAMSHAW: Emily Ramshaw is the co-founder and CEO of The 19th*, the nation’s first independent nonprofit newsroom at the intersection of gender, politics and policy. The 19th* aims to elevate the voices of women, women of color and the LGBTQ+ community in American media with free-to-consume and free-to-republish daily journalism, newsletters and live events.

Prior to The 19th, Ramshaw was editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune, an award-winning local news startup that boasts the largest statehouse bureau in the nation. She is the youngest person ever to be named to the board of the Pulitzer Prize, where she is serving a nine-year term. In 2020, Ramshaw was named to Fortune’s “40 Under 40” list.

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