#232 Personal Growth - The Elevate Class

A couples of years ago, Leslyn realized that there was something missing in the personal growth space between counseling and life coaching. Leslyn decided to fill that gap by creating the Elevate Class, a ten-week course where Leslyn offers the tips and tools to fully invest in your own personal growth and sustainable happiness. In today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn explain just what the Elevate Class is, when it is beneficial, and how it might impact someone who takes it!

In this episode, we discuss…

Show Intro [0:01]

Introductions—Elevate! [0:12]

Start of the Podcast [0:42]

Something Missing in Life Coaching [2:19]

Elevate Class Creation [4:53]

Maintaining Sustainable Happiness [5:39]

Where Counseling Got Its Start [6:59]

What Is the Elevate Class? [10:57]

Who Is My Best Self? [11:19]

VIA Strengths Inventory [17:12]

Self-Awareness [18:31]

Self-Care [18:48]

Mindfulness [20:17]

Gratitude [20:43]

Belonging [24:25]

Love and Relationships [25:14]

Spirit Selves [25:28]

Redefine Happiness [26:29]

Wrapping Up the Course [27:17]

Rebrand of the Course [31:21]

Try This at Home [32:58]

Closing Thoughts [35:03]

Outro [37:07]

Episode Notes:

On this week’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn discuss what is missing in life coaching and how Leslyn has created a course to help supplement the space between counseling and life coaching when it comes to personal growth. A major aspect of the Try This at Home podcast is the theme surrounding personal growth and self-awareness. Introspection is an intricate part of growth.

Leslyn noticed a few years ago that when she had clients who got to a space where they felt better, their anxiety was managed, depression had lifted, and or the relationships in their lives were working. Her clients often find that there is still this feeling of not knowing what to do from that point. Clients would feel better and stop going to therapy but would still find issues on how to continue that same mental momentum.

Leslyn found that life coaching often sits in the arena of career counseling where few clients have access to life coaching that specifically focuses on the self. Leslyn created the Elevate Class to help individuals sustain the good peaceful feeling that has been built when finishing counseling. The Elevate Class largely focuses on teaching people how to sustain a sense of wellbeing in their life.

The Elevate Class is a ten-week course that has an hour to hour and a half commitment to developing the skills to sustain happiness. This includes video instruction, articles, and journal prompts to complete. The Elevate Class is a coaching course meaning that every single day for 70 days you are inspired and motivated to work on something that is prompting though about what happiness means in your own life. In the first week, Leslyn focuses on defining happiness by asking the question, who is my best self?

In the second week of the course, the VIA Strength Assessment is taken by students to determine their five core strengths in life. Leslyn shares that our core strengths are intrinsic to the person that we are and it’s important to make sure they exist in our day-to-day life. In week three, there is a focus on self-awareness which is reflected in the podcast is incredibly important to both Leslie and Leslyn.

In week four, Leslyn shares can be a very interesting week as most people are realizing the amount of work the course takes. Leslie adds that this course acts as the ultimate self-care as it is your daily dose of self-care every day for ten weeks. Leslyn intentionally designs the course to work as a funnel that many students will experience a light bulb moment during. In week five mindfulness is the focus as there is no substitution for the value of deep breath and being able to ground yourself and come to the present.

Gratitude is the focus of week six of the course and over the week the impact of gratitude hits the student as through research it is demonstrated that people who practice gratitude are happier. In week seven, the course focuses on belonging. This can be challenging for some Leslyn states as, as humans we are hardwired with the need to belong. This perfectly transitions into week eight of love and relationships.

In week nine of the course, the topic surrounds our spirit selves. The research seems clear that people who believe in or have some sort of faith report higher levels of wellbeing. In the last week of the course, Leslyn and the students redefine happiness after nine weeks of introspection.

In this week’s Try This at Home invest in personal growth in a way that works for you that can be regular and consistent. Personal growth and personal training for happiness is almost a necessity if you want to be healthy!

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Links to Look At:

Leslyn’s The Elevate Class (Class Begins Friday, September 11, 2020!)

[https://theelevateclass.com/]

VIA Strength Assessment

[https://www.viacharacter.org/survey/account/register]

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