The World Needs You Right Now

The last chapter of your life is no time to lose your identity and direction and just disappear off into the distance. 

Why aren’t there “tribal” elders in the West? 

Why do we accept the Western aging paradigm of working our socks off for 40 years and then putting our feet up only to become invisible and irrelevant? 

If you accept this ageist paradigm, you’re accepting a mediocre, less than meaningful and accelerated journey to your final days.  You may not be sure what to do about it or even where to look. Indeed you might even think there’s anything you can do about it.

Are you surviving from day-to-day?

Have you lost your spark? 

Have you lost your direction?

Are you becoming resigned.

Well Rebel Elders aren’t having that!

It’s crazy! We’re the ones who have loads of life experience to share, which is essential in helping others navigate the difficult world that we live in.

The problem is that for most of us, our career has been our identity and now it’s not there anymore or it’s about to disappear. 

Well our job isn’t who we are! It never was; we just never found the opportunity to discover our true selves and our deeper purpose. They've been buried away for our whole life. 

For many of us in our later years, we’re now feeling a gentle yearning for something deeper…we may not be quite sure what it is yet, but we want to find out.

We’ve decided to stand up. We know we need some edge, some rebellious energy to change the way we live life, not just as individuals but as a community and indeed as a species. 

We want to find others who are equally restless, curious and determined to find a better way of living.

Right now you might not know what your purpose is or how you can make a difference. Well you’re in the right place. 

Rebel Elders is about joining forces with like-minded people and finding a way of collaborating on projects big or small, local or national or even international, which will bring the wisdom of our life experience to bare in making the world a better place.

So what are you missing?

Science continuously proves that there are 3 essential attributes, to live a long, healthy and meaningful life and never are these attributes more important than in our later years:

• Life Intelligence (LQ): Learn how to Live Life. Developing Life Intelligence involves understanding how you create our reality on a moment-by-moment basis to live with inner peace, confidence and humility. It means for the first time truly understanding your internal landscape.

• Purpose: Living life with purpose helps us lead a life filled with joy, passion and energy. Your Purpose is your North Star. For most of us our work is not our purpose. There is something else: it involves finding your own unique way of making the world a better place, at whatever scale suits you.

• Community: We’re social creatures. Being with others is crucial. In today’s world, loneliness is a massive issue and having hundreds of friends on Facebook doesn’t hack it! Imagine being surrounded by passionate, energetic like-minded people: it’s so nourishing and rewarding. You are seen, heard and supported.

This is Rebel Eldership: It’s Alchemy!

Definitions

Isn’t it interesting how worked up we get about words? Some of you will hate the word rebel and some will hate elder…and some will hate both. Interestingly, bringing the two together seems to cancel out the individual negatives. Here are our definitions, which you’ll either identify with or not: either way, no problem!

Somebody who has the energy to challenge the status quo and wants to make the world a better place.

Somebody who is open to making conscious the learnings from the crises, upsets and pains in their life and who is ready to humbly share the resulting life wisdom in the service of others.

An authentic, humble, undefended and compassionate state of         being in the world: an effortless charisma that touches all of those we meet.

Welcome to Rebel Elders.

This is what we’re about. We want to change the world…in our own way…one step at a time.

The Boomer generation needs to put their hands up. We have overseen huge, life-changing scientific and technological transformations, but with it has come devastation, unhappiness and inequality for too many. We can’t sit amongst the Silent Majority any more and just leave things as they are.

As Rebel Elders, having learned from the mistakes and crises in our own lives, we now need to turn that experience into a greater life wisdom. We need to stand up and humbly, non-judgementally and compassionately share that wisdom with the Millennial and Gen Z generations, who are the ones who are going to have do the work to find a way of transforming human consciousness on a grand scale.

The Rebel Elder Manifesto

Our Vision

We envision a world where individuals over 50 discover and embrace their unique purpose, drive positive change, and leave a lasting impact on the world.

Our Mission

Rebel Elders exist to empower people in the second half of life to discover their passions, connect with like-minded peers, and find their unique way to bring change to the world.

Our Purpose

By building an engaged and thriving global community where every voice matters and every contribution makes a difference in the world, we're here to help those over 50 to find their true identity and purpose.

Mark Newey: Founder Rebel

Who Is Mark?

Mark’s suicidal breakdown following a stressful corporate career and then the collapse of his own company in 1998, led to a revelatory career change. Being extremely curious and knowing the mess was in his head, Mark felt compelled to find out how the mind works. 

After reading just three books, a light bulb went off! This led to him training in the neurosciences and setting up as a psychotherapist in 2000. Since then, he has helped 3000 people, working 1-2-1, beat stress, anxiety, and depression as well as the dysfunctional coping mechanisms they surface. Those clients have come from all walks of life, including stressed-out corporate directors, huge numbers of entrepreneurs and since COVID and the lockdowns, many young people.

Mark’s Work

Over the years, Mark has continuously refined and improved his work method, with a substantial redesign in 2021 making it Radical Self-Discovery; this led to even bigger life transformations for his clients. Following further mind-blowing revelations since August 2023, Mark has now redesigned his work again to form Life Intelligence (LQ) which is the ultimate intersection of mental wellness and self-development.

Living a good life isn’t just about fending off stress and earning enough money to pay the bills. A good life has purpose and community embedded in it: these are what lead to fulfilment. 

When we can go out into the world without the usual mask and armour on, being comfortable with who we are, warts and all, being ourselves without trying or hiding, everything changes: we become quietly charismatic; people’s reaction to us changes dramatically and our sphere of influence grows effortlessly and exponentially. 

Mark and Eldership

A huge advocate for lifelong self-development, Mark has participated as both giver and receiver over the last 25 years. Despite that depth, he has felt for a while that there’s something more…that there’s something missing.

Five years ago his inner rebel awoke! Having spent most of his life as a conformist, this was a complete revelation!

He was asked to perform the Eldership role at an international conference in Cyprus in the summer of 2023, which in turn awoke the need to stand up, become a leader for change and gather a community of like-minded rebels.

What about You? Which door did you come through?

Latent Rebel Elders tend to have reached a crossroads as they hit their 50’s and 60’s, where deep down they know their life is about to take a slightly different path. They know something’s missing and that their earlier passion is waning. Messages like these are flashing through their minds:

• This isn’t it! I’m playing too small. 

• I’m driving around with the handbrake on.

• I’m feeling directionless, lost, confused.

• My spark’s going out.

• There’s been a jigsaw piece missing, but what the hell is it?

• I need to do something: something’s got to change.

Many Rebel Elders have already acknowledged their independent spirit and have chosen, or are about to choose, a different path, as they come through one of the following doors:

• Door 1: The entrepreneur who’s built a successful company but now knows it’s not enough: there’s something missing.

• Door 2: The coach or therapist who’s helped so many people, but is no longer feeling the passion they once had.

• Door 3: The corporate rebel who is feeling a deeper calling and has had enough of obeying the rules, the lack of genuine care for the people around them and the inevitable “fakeness" required to survive. They’re ready to move on.

What do the 3 Doors have in common?

Independence! An edge! Entrepreneurship! In their own way coaches, therapists and corporate rebels are also entrepreneurs. 

Well, entrepreneurs are different! Entrepreneurs are natural rebels: it’s pretty much in our DNA. We’ve turned our back on “The System” to plough our own furrow; we are courageous, dynamic and inspiring…even if we haven’t owned that yet!

How do you make that seemingly big leap?

Join our Rebel Elder Tribe

Join our community, where passion meets action, and every voice drives change! Are you ready to dive into a dynamic network of like-minded, purpose-driven, thought leaders, all aged 50 and above, who are rewriting the rules and making waves?

Here, you'll find a vibrant hub of innovation, where connections spark, ideas ignite, and collaborations come together. From fiery discussions that challenge the status quo to inspired projects that redefine what's possible, our community is where the bold and the curious thrive. Join us now and unleash your inner wisdom, as we build a future of purpose, impact, and unstoppable momentum!

• Become part of a community with the genuine power to make a difference in our chaotic and divided world.

• Find new friends and colleagues just like you, with the same outlook, wishes, goals and values, to support you in your growth.

• Set up and join interest groups, local groups and campaigns.

• A 2-hour monthly Tribe zoom call, welcoming new members and sharing member passions, purposes and activities.

• Get free access to Mark’s life-changing Life Intelligence Web Programme: 6 weekly 1-hour pre-recorded teaching videos and workbook exercises. (www.lifeintelligence.uk)

• Get a 20% discounted access to Mark’s Life Intelligence Live and Web Masterclasses which will ensure you get access to your inner landscape and allow you to genuinely transform your life. (www.lifeintelligence.uk)

• Receive access to regular videos and articles designed specifically to help you understand the unique power of who you are regardless of background and the life wisdom you have gathered ready to go out into the world and “Be The Change”.

• Dive into the weekly and monthly group activities to keep your passion and excitement.

• Listen to the weekly podcasts exploring the wider topics of Purpose including self-development and spirituality. As well as presentations from Mark and fellow contributors, there will be interviews with experts, celebrities and fellow members.

• Take part in the Book Club. Members are encouraged to share whenever they wish details of books they have read and what they have learned. Once a month a book will be chosen and there will be a group call to discuss more openly amongst members.

• There will be regular activities like polls, 7 Day challenges to keep us all engaged and growing.

All this for £27 per month.

You are guaranteed to learn:

• How to discover a completely grounding sense of self: the relationship with yourself is the most important one in your life.

• How to regain your energy, joy and passion for your life.

• How to easily cope with life's pressures and recover your focus and creative thinking.

• How to effortlessly build your charisma and authentically transform the way people relate to you.

• How to become the humble leader you always knew deep down that you could be.

• How to be so much more in control of your life, by being clear about who you are and want you want from your life. 

• How to transform how your community see and relate to you as well as make an effortless difference in the wider world.

• How to become self-empowered to choose and live the life you want.

Please see the link at the bottom of the page to find out further details and how to join us. If you have any questions, please book a virtual coffee with Mark: https://calendly.com/marknewey 

Here’s what some of our Rebel Elders say:

Mark Anstead

Lindley Gooden

Jac Hogan

I attended Mark’s weekend workshop… Mark has a very natural way with people and how he holds space for them. I felt very comfortable in the group which allowed me to relax and open up to learning new things about myself and how I relate to others. We covered a full programme on how to understand ourselves better and the outcome was amazing. I’m now learning to trust myself and my intuition. I’m willing to own my true self and am open to being seen in the world. Thank you Mark for your patience and for sharing your years of experience with us.

More feedback… I’m learning to love that fearless little “Jack Russell” I’ve sent her to the beach to surf… while I give some space to growing “deer 🦌me” ! I will keep her as part of me … she has been loyal and protected me all her life, maybe the two of them will learn to be friends and make a good team xx See pic below 🤩

Claire 

Since going through the programme, it feels like the sun shines that bit brighter and that bit warmer now. The programme has a ripple effect. It has benefited me enormously and because of that, it continually benefits everybody I meet and everybody I touch.

As a carer it is very easy to lose sight of yourself.  I care for people all day at work, then come home and care for my family and then go to bed. I never used to make time for my individual needs, or indeed even consider them.

I am very good at giving time to other people and that was immediately apparent. Anyone who works within the care sector would benefit from some structure around self-care and the programme gave me that. It helped me to rebalance and become aware.

I learned that when I care for myself, I’m a better carer to others. I was no use when mentally fatigued, sick, tired, or rundown. I couldn’t afford for my mental health to suffer in the way it did. I was self-employed, so being ill meant no work. I also would hate to let a client down because there was nobody to step in behind me and pick up when I wasn’t able to.

The programme identified I needed to make some changes in the way I viewed my situation. Since the programme, I am in a much better place. I didn’t change my career; I just changed my outlook on things. I suffered childhood trauma because of my parents from the age of 10-16. I had never really understood the impact that had on me. Now I can deal with it. I can’t change it, I won’t forget it, I am not OK with it. But I am not letting it affect me like it had done any longer. People are noticing a change in me as I am just generally happier, more open  and more accepting. The programme’s changed everything!

Sarah

The programme has made such a difference to my life, enabling me to not only understand what I was going through but also how to change it…it was a revelation. Thanks to working on my self-esteem it finally allowed me how to move on and make the necessary changes: it’s literally changed my life!

 Laura

I would without limitation recommend this programme. It’s made me think about life differently and focus on the things important to me. The programme has changed my life for the better. It’s made me think of my own life, what’s important in it, what I needed to change, and I think I’ve done that.