The Curriculum
Module One – The Aliveness of Emotion
Emotional mastery is the key to vitality and health. Emotions, when treated with care, are sources of tremendous power and energy, so the first step to turning emotions into power is approval. When we can celebrate ALL of our emotions, rather than just the ones that feel good, we are saying yes to the whole, rich tapestry of what it means to be alive.
In Module One, we will explore how to notice and ride the natural arc of each emotion to its conclusion.
Module Two – Emotions and Desire
Beyond being a source of vitality, energy and fuel, our emotions are also our compass. Explored deeply enough, emotions – even ones as taboo as envy or anger – can often contain clues to our most hidden desires and callings. Because what good is power if you don’t know what you want it for?
In Module Two, you’ll learn how to uncover desire inside every complaint, and specific tools to alchemize big feelings like Anger and Envy into inspiration and even passionate life-purpose.
Module Three – Emotions as Allies
Desire precedes influence, but before we can fully use our power, we need strong allies. We need the wise counsel of our whole emotional roundtable. An emotion is simply a message from you to you, and when you give each a chance to speak, you can make good, grounded, full-bodied decisions led by your feeling sense and unshakable legitimacy.
In Module Three, you will learn how to alchemize two powerful emotions that we tend to suppress: reclaim the compassion that can be found in the depths of our Sadness, and the power that comes with fully celebrating and sharing our Joy, without pain or justification.
Module Four – Emotions to Legitimacy and Deserving
Fear, Doubt, Shame... these are all emotions that can stop us in our tracks, causing us to experience resistance and even paralysis on the journey to getting our desires. But in this school, we are not stopping here.
In Module Four, you’ll learn powerful tools to build and strengthen your sense of legitimacy and deserving, clear your signal and begin to work with, rather than against, these taboo emotions. By approving and getting curious about your own resistance, you can better prepare to navigate any in the world of another person.
Module Five – Emotions into Power
At The Academy, we don’t teach emotional mastery in order to “feel better”; we teach it because wielding power with emotions is the first step in getting you what you want.
In Module Five, you shall be ready for the most important work of all: harvesting all the desires that have arisen for you along the journey so you can start to take baby steps towards asking for them to be realized.