What is a Prepared Environment?

When we talk about Montessori classrooms as prepared environments, many people see only a classroom with shelves containing various materials. Period. Montessori materials—that’s all there is to a prepared environment. And that would be an incomplete view. A prepared environment is not about materials—it’s about intentional design. A properly prepared environment requires thoughtful planning, along […]


New | Planning Your Best Life

In this complimentary course, you’ll discover a step-by-step process for creating a full and satisfying life.  Most importantly, you’ll learn how to identify what’s most important to you, visualize the future you desire, and create an action plan for creating your ideal Level 10 life.  With Planning Your Best Life, you’ll discover: When you join Planning Your […]


FREE TRAINING | Building Strong Family Relationships

What I have learned is that strong relationships that last a lifetime don’t just “happen”. Strong relationships require intentional work. If building relationships were easy, we’d have very few regrets in our lives. Building relationships is messy work. In this training, you’ll learn three ways to build strong relationships every day. You’ll also find out […]


NEW | Becoming A Productivity Master

Becoming a Productivity Master

Our newest Leadership Essentials Course, Becoming A Productivity Master, opens today! If you feel like you’re always busy… If you’re constantly stressed and overwhelmed, and frustrated that you can’t get a moment to yourself… Then this will be the most important message you read today. Because today you’ll learn why you’re not getting the important […]


FREE TRAINING | Managing Oneself

Lead With Clarity. Start With Yourself. Have you ever found yourself stepping into a bigger role for children’s sake—at home, in the classroom, or guiding a team—only to wonder, “Am I doing this right?” If you’ve felt overwhelmed, unsure, or simply determined to help kids thrive, you’re not alone. Leadership isn’t reserved for “born leaders.” […]


NEW | Effortless Action

Effortless Action Leadership Essentials How to Short-Circuit Procrastination & Accomplish Your Most Cherished Goals In this course, you’ll discover the entire, step-by-step process you need to overcome procrastination at work or at home, maintain steady momentum on your tasks and projects, make the most of your precious time and energy.  The course is relatively short […]


NEW | The Art of Decision Making

We all face thousands of choices every day, both big and small. Often, we don’t even notice that we’re making a choice.  But at other times, making decisions is a constant struggle filled with uncertainty and regret. Caught in a whirlwind of pros and cons, it’s all too easy to get stuck, endlessly turning options […]


NEW | The Power of Listening

Inside this new course, you’ll get the entire step-by-step process to get good at listening – FAST. You’ll find out exactly what good listening is (and is not)… how to understand someone’s full communication… how to reach an important agreement… tools for highly-emotional conversations… specific skills for business and negotiation… and more… With The Power […]


NEW | Becoming A Leader

I’m excited to announce a new course, Becoming A Leader, the first in our Leadership Essentials series. With the Becoming a Leader course, you’ll discover: When you join Becoming A Leader, you’ll learn key characteristics and qualities you’ll need to develop to effectively lead any group of people. The course contains everything you need to know to […]


Think Big With Montessori Education

Think Big with Montessori Education

It was a quiet September morning, sitting around drinking coffee.  We were on vacation with friends and talking about what to do for the day. Then an email came in announcing that Jeff Bezos was investing $2 Billion for free Montessori-inspired preschools.  All plans for the day were put on hold. The game began. The […]