The REAL Foundation Course
Course dates and registration
The R•E•A•L Courses are an opportunity to pause, look at your life in a new way, and discover what’s possible for you. Through meaningful conversations, new experiences, and a supportive community, you’ll have the space to explore what may be holding you back, build greater resilience, and reconnect with your own strength and potential.
You’ll be encouraged to challenge old patterns, see yourself and others with greater understanding, and create more freedom in the way you live, love, and connect with the people around you.
You don’t have to have everything figured out. You just have to be willing to take the first step.
- 25 hoursof guided, experiential work
- Friday to Sundayone full weekend
- Certified instructorswith therapists assisting
Start here
Start with a conversation
Choose the course date you'd like and fill out the form. A member of our team will contact you to answer your questions and walk you through registration. Not sure which date yet? Choose that option and we'll talk it through. If you've been waiting for the right time, this is it.
Referred by a therapist or counselor? Choose that option under "Where did you hear about us?" so we know.
Questions first? Read the FAQs or see what past students say.
The weekend
What the weekend is like
The REAL Foundation Course is an active, experiential weekend workshop designed to offer students meaningful insights, deep emotional healing, and breakthrough opportunities in areas that have been holding them back from a fully lived life.
Over a 25-hour weekend you will be supported and guided in repairing past events, many from childhood, that have been holding you back from what you most want. This is an opportunity to connect with and learn from both instructors and others who can relate to your experience. You will leave with tools that support continued personal development.
Expect to be challenged, supported, and surprised by what's possible in a short amount of time. The work is active and experiential, not lecture-based. “Empowering,” “Enlightening,” and “Transformative” are words many of our students have used to describe it.
Who it's for
Individuals, couples, and families who are ready to do the real work. Whether you're navigating personal challenges, relationship struggles, or simply feel like something is holding you back from living fully, this course was built for you. No prior experience with therapy or personal development is required.
Every course is led by R·E·A·L Certified Instructors. Meet them.
Day by day
What you'll do each day
Friday evening
6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
- Learn how you create beliefs from childhood events
- Realize how you solidify these beliefs when you react as an adult
- Identify ways you protect yourself from your emotional truth
- See how your protections keep you out of learning and connection with self and others
- Begin breaking your patterns by sharing and developing connections with others
Saturday
8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Discover the feeling(s) you have kept hidden
- Engage in experiential exercises that help you find your emotional truth and the voice you never had
- Take this deeper connection with yourself and truly connect with others
- Learn how to free yourself from the walls that block giving and receiving unconditional love
- Surrender control and allow yourself to be safely guided
- Receive and voice the words you wanted to hear when you were a child
Sunday
8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Process and learn how to integrate the work you have done into your life moving forward
- Discover additional feeling(s) you have kept hidden
- Engage in additional experiential exercises that help you find your emotional truth and voice to these feelings
- Learn tools to forgive yourself and others
- Become the parent you have always wanted
- Declare and throw away behaviors that no longer serve you
- Empower yourself in your new choices
- Graduate and celebrate your wins
- Feel the joy resulting from your work and the deep connections you have made
In their own words
Most of them were unsure too
I approached the course with some skepticism, but after a couple of hours on Friday, I felt at ease and comfortable enough to share my thoughts with honesty. The instructors' expertise and composure, the students' openness, and the assistants' compassionate support created an environment that was truly transformative.
Ellie S.
I came in feeling ugly and left feeling lovable. That wouldn't have happened without the love and passion from the whole community.
Christine
It was the best workshop I've ever attended in 35 years of workshops.
REAL Student
Before you ask
Common questions
Is this therapy?
The REAL Foundation Course is not therapy and is not a replacement for clinical treatment. It is an experiential personal development workshop led by certified instructors, many of whom have backgrounds in counseling and therapy. If you are currently working with a therapist or counselor, we encourage you to let them know you're attending.
Why isn't the location listed?
We share the course location with registered students. Fill out the form above and a member of our team will walk you through registration and give you everything you need.
Can I attend with my partner or a family member?
Yes. Couples and family members are welcome to attend together. Many students find that sharing the experience deepens their relationships in ways they didn't expect.
Will my information be kept confidential?
Yes. What is shared in the room stays in the room. Confidentiality is a foundational part of how we work, and all participants agree to honor it.