The
Life Ed Intensive

 

Does this scene look at all familiar? Specifically, have you ever sat in a high school or college class and wondered,

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What am I doing here? How will this ever help my life?  

 

Well, rest assured, these are not a questions you'll ever yourself ask during The Life Ed Intensive. No matter what we are studying, exploring, practicing, discussing, watching, reading or doing, it will be very clear how whatever it we are up to will help your life both right away and in the future.

 

Because this is The School of You—with the emphasis on YOU—our goal is to ensure that you are not only more equipped to manage to transition to independence with confidence but that you gained critical, useful perspective on the basic building blocks of life, have essential self-knowledge and practical skills that will be of enormous help both personally and professionally. In other words, you will have a strong foundation that you can fall back on and continue to build upon throughout you life.

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Working together with teachers and mentors and the community of s we will lay a critical foundation that will help you navigate your life both practically and philosophically.

 

Adulting

With so much to consider, the transition from dependence to independence can be as exciting as it can be overwhelming. 

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Purpose, Passion, Jobs and Career.

Is your passion something you "find" or an energy you bring to what you do?? How do you figure out what field to pursue? For some, their direction is strong and the path is clear. For others, neither is true. In that case, are there tools to finding your way? During and after college, what jobs should you apply for? Which ones are "best" to  take?  Should you travel now while "free" or buckle down and "get ahead"and travel later? Are decisions just random? What do you do if your parents totally disagree?  

 

Money.

And what about money? How do you make a budget let alone stick to one?  What's worth spending money on and what's a waste? Do you have to think about that now or just deal with it when you're older? How much money do you actually need to invest? What are the different kinds of investments you can make? What's the safest? The most risky? Should you have a side hustle? Does being an artist mean you have to starve? 

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Communication & Relationships. 

Relationships is certainly an area education doesn't prepare you for at all. And yet relationships are a fundamental human need. How can we have healthy friendships, romantic relationships and professional ones? How do you know what you want and feel comfortable with? How do you speak up and create boundries? How do you navigate casual dating, hook ups and sex? How does technology and porn

What is commitment? When is the right time to get married? Should you get married? Why? Why not? Is monogamy "natural"? Are humans meant to be with one person for a "lifetime?" What are the pros and cons? 

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One would be hard-pressed someone who wouldn't have benefited from a program like Life Ed at an earlier stage in their life. We know plenty of unhappy married couples because they never learned how to solve conflicts that meet both peoples needs. We know many 50-year-olds who never invested their money because the stock market scared them. We know too many depressed people who stuck in professions they chose to please their parents and now feel it's too late to change.  We could go on and on and on but you get the idea! 

 

“We don't have to do all of it alone.

We were never meant to.” 

 

— BRENÉE BROWN —

 

Too many young adults feel like they should be able figure it out on their own. The truth is, college does an outstanding job of teaching students how to think critically about academic issues, but fails pretty miserably when it comes to to educating students about the practical matters of life. For that reason, The Life Ed Intensive was created.

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The Gift of a Small Learning Community.

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Community, in-person learning is at the core of Life Ed.

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If we learned anything from the pandemic it is the value of community. Two years of online classes left so many of us feeling disconnected, lonely, depressed and anxious. There simply is no substitute for learning from one another—LIVE. There is a natural flow and an exchange of ideas. New questions lead to exciting conversations. Role playing and real debate is actually possible. Connection, support, energy, playfulness, humor, joy and fun all are ignited on a tangible level when we gather together to learn, explore, question and exchange thoughts, fears, ideas, challenges, passions and insights. 

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With a maximum of 15 students, the program is small by design. The benefits of small class size are well known:

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• Students gets to know each other better and the group becomes a Community. ... 

• Everyone has the opportunity to participate and express their ideas, options and perspectives

• More individual attention and tailor class to meet individual needs

• Time to cover everyone's questions

• Time to offer a variety of to engage those with different learning styles

• Time to ensure everyone understands the material