Change & Transition Strategist Training Application

2023 - 2025 Life Balance Strategist

Professional Training Program Application
Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in the Change & Transition Strategist Professional Training Program. In this letter you will find an orientation to the application and admissions process.

The Life Balance Strategist Professional Training is a comprehensive program that will ask for your wholehearted commitment of intellect, wisdom, emotional capacity, and considerable time. We ask that each person who applies carefully considers the extent of the work required to complete the program and agrees to take full responsibility for their well-being for the duration of the 18-month training. It is our intention to create a strong learning community and to that end, we will be selective in the admissions process.

We plan to accept 24 people into the training. We are looking for candidates who have significant professional experience; whose personal essays show qualities of resilience, perseverance, emotional stability, and psychological insight; and who have openness to feedback as well as interest in inner and outer growth and development.

You will see that we ask some questions that are personal in nature. Please note that your responses to all the questions in the application will be held in confidentiality.

The process for acceptance into the program is as follows:
- Completion of this application
- Approval by the screening committee, including an interview with one of the committee members
- Attendance at a Changes & Transitions Workshop
Applications are due by February 10, 2023 with decisions emailed by April 21, 2023.

We are offering two partial tuition scholarships based on financial need. For details about the scholarships or to apply, please contact me.

We sincerely appreciate your interest in the program and look forward to reviewing your application!

With warm regards,

Jennifer Ward, Director of Trainings and Programs

jennifer@lifebalance.org, 415-686-1576

Personal Information

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Changes & Transitions Workshop Prerequisite
Attending a Changes & Transitions Workshop as a participant is a prerequisite to being admitted to the training. Please indicate your status below.
I attended a Changes & Transitions Workshop.
Month and year of workshop you attended
I agree.
For a list of Changes & Transitions Workshops offered in 2022, please visit our website. Dates for workshops in 2023 will be added soon.

Professional and Educational Information
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Complementary Experience and/or Training

Let us know about experience and/or training that may be supportive in your implementation of Life Balance Strategy work in your professional life.
Have you had a mentor or been a mentor (or both)? Please describe.
Have you worked with an executive or life coach and/or worked as an executive or life coach? Please describe.
Have you had training in leadership or personal development (or both)? Please describe.
Have you done personal psychotherapeutic work and if so, what type(s)?
Have you had trainings in psychotherapeutic techniques? Please describe.

Meditation/Spiritual Practice and Study
Please indicate if you have a meditation practice and if so, what lineage is your primary path (e.g. Vipassana, Zen, Vajrayana, Sufi, etc.) and describe your relationship to it.
List any other meditation practices or spiritual traditions that you have been or are currently involved with and the approximate number of years you have practiced in each tradition.
If you have a current regular spiritual/meditation practice, please describe it.
If you have attended any silent meditation retreats in the past 5 years, please list the year, length, and name of teacher.
If you have any practice background in various yoga traditions and/or martial arts, please describe.

Assessment of Ability to Complete Training Program
If you are selected for this program, are there any physical, mental, or economic considerations that might prevent you from participating 100% in the entirety of the training? If yes, please give the specifics of this limitation.
Have you experienced any significant emotional, psychological, or spiritual difficulty in your life that affected your ability to function? If so, please briefly describe it and when it occurred. Is it still occurring now?
Are you currently taking medication for any physical or psychological conditions? If yes, please specify the condition and list the medication(s).

Essays
What have you learned from your life experience (childhood to present) that would contribute to your ability to help others with their changes and transitions in your role as a Change & Transition Strategist?
It is common for personal relationship issues to come up in Change & Transition Strategy work and so having some insight about relationships is important. Briefly describe your history of committed relationships. What has been challenging? In what ways are you skillful in relationship? What have you learned?
What do you find personally meaningful about the Change & Transition Strategy approach?
As you imagine being a Certified Change & Transition Strategist, in what ways and to whom would you offer your services? Possibilities include specific professional groups/sectors or age groups (e.g. retirees or young professional women). We'd like to know how much time you think you will devote to doing Change & Transition Strategy work and whether you are interested in both individual consulting and teaching, or just one or the other.

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