ADVERSITY REVEALS GENIUS, COMFORT CONCEALS IT.
-MICHAEL MEADE
-MICHAEL MEADE
YOU MADE IT THIS FAR
You are done with school, you got a job, you did everything 'they' told you to do.
NOW WHAT?
You are done with school, you got a job, you did everything 'they' told you to do.
NOW WHAT?
BECOMING AN ADULT CAN BE CHALLENGING...
...Our culture sets us up to think that if we are intellectually educated, we are authentically educated.
IT'S NOT THE WHOLE STORY
...Our culture sets us up to think that if we are intellectually educated, we are authentically educated.
IT'S NOT THE WHOLE STORY
LIFE HAS A LEARNING CURVE, AND YOU CAN SHORTEN IT.
In our culture, its easy to get trapped living someone else's life.
Generations of men had to learn through trial and error how to survive and find meaning. These men shared with us what they wish they knew when they were your age. Then we turned that information into a course for you.
THE #1 THING THEY TOLD US: EMBRACE CHALLENGE.
In our culture, its easy to get trapped living someone else's life.
Generations of men had to learn through trial and error how to survive and find meaning. These men shared with us what they wish they knew when they were your age. Then we turned that information into a course for you.
THE #1 THING THEY TOLD US: EMBRACE CHALLENGE.
THE NEXT LEVEL
A COURSE FOR YOUNG MEN TO UNLEASH THEIR AUTHENTIC POWER
A COURSE FOR YOUNG MEN TO UNLEASH THEIR AUTHENTIC POWER
The purpose of this course it to challenge you in ways that will accelerate the development of your genius. We will use the following topics as platforms to stretch your capacity and develop new skills that will propel you into THE NEXT LEVEL.
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SESSION 1: BUILDING BROTHERHOOD - We'll lay the groundwork for creating a successful course by getting to know one another, and setting personal and group goals.
SESSION 2: CONNECTION TO SELF- It takes deliberate practice, commitment and courage to live your own life in a culture that encourages otherwise. Doing so starts with learning how to REALLY connect to yourself. SESSION 3: HELP - Many of us take pride in being self reliant and self made. It's a trap. How do we free ourselves from going it alone? The payoff is huge. SESSION 4: AUTHENTICITY - Authenticity is a buzz word that few truly embody. For men, it requires the courage to risk our images of status, prestige and strength. SESSION 5: HEALING - Pain is an unavoidable part of life. The capacity to heal is essential. For men healing can be complicated. Why? How can we help each other heal? |
SESSION 6: FEAR - So much of our genius lies on the other side of a thin wall of fear. We’ll deconstruct the concept of fear to understand what it really is, so that it does not have such a grip on us.
SESSION 7: FAILURE - Sexual energy is inside all of us. How do we express it in a healthy, life affirming respectful way? Learning to do so leads to more of the pleasure, satisfaction and connection we are seeking. SESSION 8: WILDNESS - You are a wild animal. As men we are told our wildness is dangerous, so we become tame, dutiful. What does it mean to be a modern wild man? SESSION 9: POWER -. In the #MeToo era we are reimagining the relationship between men and power. What is your true power and what are your barriers to owning it in a healthy way? We’ll collectively clear barriers to power so that we can participate in creating a world that works for everyone. |
SESSION 10: INTEGRATION
We’ll spend our final session integrating all that we learned, bookmarking any unfinished pieces of work that will support your future development. We’ll end by celebrating all we’ve accomplished and the journey that awaits us.
We’ll spend our final session integrating all that we learned, bookmarking any unfinished pieces of work that will support your future development. We’ll end by celebrating all we’ve accomplished and the journey that awaits us.
DETAILS
WHAT: The Next Level: A Course for young men to unleash their authentic power
WHEN: Every other Monday Starting in January 2018
WHERE: TBA East Bay Location
TUITION: One time payment of $495. OR 3 payments of $185.
WHAT'S YOU GET:
TUITION ASSISTANCE: If you feel strongly about taking this course, and money is a barrier, contact us.
WHEN: Every other Monday Starting in January 2018
WHERE: TBA East Bay Location
TUITION: One time payment of $495. OR 3 payments of $185.
WHAT'S YOU GET:
- 10 experiential based group learning sessions (30 total hours).
- Instant community of supportive brother who share your values.
- Tailored weekly homework assignments to bolster integration of core skills.
- Accountability structure to support meeting personal goals.
- Ongoing office hours for 1 on 1 support with facilitators between sessions.
- Course support and supplemental materials (readings, curriculums, practices).
- Online forum for ongoing connection and support following completion of course.
TUITION ASSISTANCE: If you feel strongly about taking this course, and money is a barrier, contact us.
FACILITATORS
OSCAR PAUL MEDINA
OSCAR PAUL MEDINA is a purpose guide, meditation teacher and counselor born in East Los Angeles and raised in the Mojave Desert. As a Dalai Lama Fellow, and co-founder of Mindful Garden Collective, he created a community wellness garden and environmental restoration project centered around meditation, yoga, ecology, and growing organic food for Oakland community families in need.
He is a mindfulness teacher and facilitator at Mindful Life and Mind Body Awareness Project, where he leads mindfulness and healing circles with inner-city youth in the schools and prisons of the East Bay. He also holds a private practice as a purpose guide and meditation teacher that helps entrepreneurs, artists, and activists awaken to their deepest impact and purpose in the world. |
JED PURSES
JED PURSES has spent the past 5 years working with individuals and groups as an experiential facilitator, counselor and coach. As a father to a young son, he is passionate about the education and socialization of boys and men and its rippling impact on the health and well being of our culture, global community and planet. In addition to working privately as a coach, Jed is a frequent counselor on the streets of San Francisco, and a Marriage and Family Therapist in training. On weekends, he watches football, while geeking out on deconstructing gender, studying attachment theory, and obsessively trying to make the perfect pie crust and pizza dough. Jed is a proud Cleveland, Ohio native and Bay Area resident since 2003. jedpurses.com
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