Life University: Learn what you should have been taught growing up (but probably weren’t).

Life University exists in service of life.

Sandy and I are launching this interactive workshop series, which we call Life University (even though, for clarity, it’s not an actual university), in October 2023. You can join us anytime after October 6; we are currently open for registration.

Who you are is more important than what you know: Life University has a simple mission: connect people with their humanness by supporting them to be real, connected, and fulfilled. This requires becoming trauma-wise, learning good emotional hygiene, and turning reactive ways of being that disconnect into empowering connected interactions. You also have to uncover your life orientation beyond your conditioning, culture, and reactions to life circumstances, which we support you to do. Life University uses the frame of leadership because the choice to build yourself and others up requires stepping up and welcoming the highest potential of yourself and those around you.

Life University is a firmware upgrade that lays to rest a big chunk of your childhood conditioning. It’s our take on what we should have been taught growing up. We achieve this by supporting you to become coherent internally and in relationships. (I’ve published a whitepaper defining coherence in blog format, which you can read here.) 

Life University will crystalise your sense of personal mastery as you become less reactive, more resilient, and clearer in yourself. Conflict will become a pathway to connection as you gain new tools that support you in understanding yourself, others and life in a new way grounded on scientific research and ancient wisdom.

Is it for me? If you are ready to uplevel your emotional and social intelligence, then it's perfect. Whether you experience challenges with your emotions, including anxiety and/or depression, find yourself stuck, in relationship turmoil, or lack purpose, then this journey is perfect. This program will supercharge your leadership capacity if you are a business owner, leader or manager. We have had family groups, couples, teams and entire organisations experience our work and derive fantastic results. You can read some of my testimonials here.

Biohack Leadership: Study after study has shown that your technical skills and IQ will get you hired, but your emotional intelligence (EQ) will get you promoted. The World Business Council stated that developing EQ is one of the top 10 necessary skills for success in the 21st century. This course teaches you the theory and practice needed to transform your EQ by cultivating “coherent leadership”, which is our orientation to personal and professional life.

We developed a curriculum that progresses logically. While you don’t need to engage in every course (you can come and go as you please), we’ve put a lot of thinking behind the order and the way concepts, insights, and practices build on one another, starting with learning about your embodied brain and moving outward.

As a complete journey, studying what Life University offers unfolds over two years (but you can dip in and out however you like). The curriculum length reflects the time it takes to learn core skills, decondition yourself, reorganise your nervous system, and embody a new way of being. Not to mention that your exploration covers foundational domains of life which run deep and benefit from sustained attention rather than unrealistically expecting a big change in a short period. 

We use a hybrid delivery approach combining pre-recorded videos, online meetings and exercises for you to complete. We use six-week terms and will have a week or two off in between and a month off at New Year. You will get out what you put in, and so we recommend you turn up to everything, which will be about 3-3.5 hours/ week during term. Of course, you can explore the material more deeply and reflect and practice as much as you like. There will be weekly lunchtime Q & A and group coaching sessions that alternate most weeks of the year (e.g. Monday lunchtime 12-1-1:30 pm AET) included with course enrollment - but it’s up to you to attend what you want. Recordings are available for people to attend Life University, but live in different time zones.

The topics covered:

1. Introduce Body-Mind Coherence

1. The Embodied Brain: A Trauma-Informed Guide to Befriending Your Nervous System (6 weeks)

2. Moving From Burnout to Flow (2 weeks)

2. Explore the Self

1. Inner Criticism and Self-Sabotage (6 weeks)

2. The Inner Game of Leadership (2 weeks)

3. Cultivate Emotional Hygiene

1. Getting Off The Drama Triangle (4 weeks)

2. Understanding Triggers and Anger (6 weeks)

3. Fear & Anxiety (2 Weeks) (This may become longer)

4. Guilt & Shame (2 Weeks) (This may become longer)

5. Grief & Betrayal (2 Weeks) (This may become longer)

4. Build Healthy Relationships

1. Social Intelligence and Boundaries (12 weeks)

2. Some Art and Science for Navigating Challenging Communication (4 weeks)

3. The Outer Dance of Leadership (2 weeks)

4. Understanding Power (3 weeks)

5. Uncover Your Purpose

1. Unpacking Your Vision, Mission and Values. (3 Weeks)

6. Revisit Coherence: Bringing life back to pure experience

1. Psychophysiological coherence (1 week)

2. Build a Life That Flows (1 Week)

3. Awaken, Evolve and Transform (4 Weeks)

At the end of the day, the quantum of transformation anyone experiences is a function of their capacity to embody their commitment and show up for the work (e.g. your intention and attention) rather than any number of courses someone may attend. That said, this curriculum is as approachable, robust and real as possible; it’s proudly 100% animal tested… on ourselves and our previous clients, which you can read about here.

We will be offering this as a journey for those ready to transform their lives meaningfully, or you can pick which courses you wish to join. That said, there is value in doing them all in order.

We can share a lot more, so please contact Sandy or me if you think this would interest you. We would love to connect with you as offering this work is our purpose. Let’s chat, which you can arrange here or message either of us directly.

The first course, The Embodied Brain, begins on Wednesday, October 6 at 6 pm Australian Eastern Time, with more information to follow. Early bird registrations are open for the entire journey and the first course. Early commitment earns a discounted rate (the entire journey is available for less than the cost of fortnightly therapy sessions over that same time). If you’ve completed any of our previous courses, we have a special rate if you wish to join us. You can join at any other time; we have videos to bring you up to speed.

We are confident that our courses will improve your life by increasing your emotional intelligence. We offer a money-back guarantee for anyone who enrols and attends any (or all) of our courses and learns nothing new about themselves or the theories behind our work. The condition is that you show up for every session and stretch yourself to deepen your authenticity.