The course
The Preferment 8-week live course
Last updated: November 2026
What is included in the Preferment course?
The Preferment course includes eight weekly live sessions with Anne van Leynseele, the Preferment book, and homework built into the book.
It is the main way to work with Rarified Life today. Each week builds on the last, moving through six modules from Introduction to Launch. Rarified Life describes it as a structured path rather than a self-help pep talk: you do not need a five-year plan, just a room to start figuring it out in.
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The Preferment course at a glance
- Length
- 8 weeks
- Live sessions
- 8, one per week, led by Anne van Leynseele
- Modules
- 6, from Introduction to Launch
- Materials
- The Preferment book, used as companion text and workbook
- Between sessions
- Homework built into the book
- Price, as of November 2026
- The course page lists $6,000.00; its investment section describes $3,000. Confirm on the course page.
View the Preferment course page on the Rarified Life website
What you work on in each module
| Module | Focus | Question you leave with an answer to |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Introduction | Where you are now, and why the old model of retirement was never built for you | Where am I starting from? |
| 2. Identity | Separating who you are from what you did for a living | Who am I without the title? |
| 3. Motivation | Finding what moves you now that a paycheck is not the reason | What gets me going now? |
| 4. Alignment | Matching values and strengths to how you will spend your days | Do my days fit who I am? |
| 5. Accountability | Building structure that turns intention into routine | What keeps this going? |
| 6. Launch | Naming your mission for this chapter and stepping into it | What is my mission now? |
Who is the Preferment course for, and who should choose something else?
The course is built for driven people who spent decades building a career and are done treating retirement as an ending. It fits best if your finances are broadly in place and the open question is how to live.
Choose something else if you need investment or tax advice (see a financial planner), if you are struggling with depression (see a licensed clinician first), or if you want fully individual sessions now, since Rarified Life lists one-on-one coaching as coming soon. Compare your options side by side.
Why Anne van Leynseele leads it
Anne built and sold a production company in Los Angeles film and television, advised Fortune 100 companies on digital strategy across three continents, served as an Attorney Advisor in the Obama Administration, and helped write the legal framework for recreational cannabis in Washington State. Today she co-owns an award-winning chocolate farm on the Big Island of Hawaii, and she wrote the book the course is built on.
In Rarified Life's words, she is not teaching a theory: she has lived four reinventions and shows you how to run your own. More about Anne and Rarified Life.
Common questions
- How does the Preferment course work?
- The Preferment course runs for eight weeks with one live session each week led by Anne van Leynseele. Participants work through her book Preferment chapter by chapter, complete the homework built into it between sessions, and move through six modules in order. Each week builds on the one before.
- What is included in the price of the Preferment course?
- The course includes eight weekly live sessions with Anne van Leynseele, the Preferment book as your companion text and workbook, and homework built into the book that you complete between sessions. Each week builds on the last, moving through six modules from Introduction to Launch.
- How much does the Preferment course cost?
- As of November 2026, the Preferment course page on rarifiedlife.com lists a price of $6,000.00, while the investment section on the same page describes $3,000 for eight weekly live sessions with Anne, the book and guided homework. Because the page shows both figures, confirm the current price on the course page before enrolling.
- Is there homework in the Preferment course?
- Yes. The homework is built into the Preferment book and done between weekly sessions. Rarified Life describes the exercises as real work, not busywork, designed to turn reading into a plan you can actually live. It is a structured path in which each week builds on the one before.
- How often are Preferment sessions held?
- Preferment sessions are held weekly, eight in total, one per week across the eight-week course. Each session is live with Anne van Leynseele and follows a chapter of the Preferment book, with homework from the book completed between sessions so each week builds on the last.
- Do I need a plan before I start?
- No. The Preferment course page says it plainly: you do not need a five-year plan, you just need a room to start figuring it out in. The first module begins with where you are right now, and the plan takes shape across the eight weeks as each module builds on the last.
Not ready to enroll? Start with the free presentation
The free Rarified Life presentation walks through a 5-step plan for replacing the “what now?” feeling about retirement. It is made for accomplished women in their 50s and 60s who are nearing or in retirement, and you can watch it after a short registration.