Group Coaching Experiences

• 12 Week Foundational Group Coaching Experience from September -November: with support from one of our experienced group coaches, students will discover sources of meaning, joy, energy, strengths, belonging, and contribution; design an intentional high school experience.

• Monthly Group Coaching from January-April : Reflect, stay connected to what matters, learn from experiments, and adjust choices.

Sign Up & Join a Cohort: In the fall of their first or second year of high school, students sign up and identify scheduling and geographic/time zone preferences. Based on scheduling and cohort preferences, students will be placed in a cohort of students from their school, in their community, or an international mix of students.

12 Week Foundation Experience: Beginning in September students will meet virtually every week for 12 weeks. Each group sessions will be facilitated by an experienced CM2 coach. Program format:

• 12–16 teens

• One 90-minute virtual group session each week

• Approximately 20–30 minutes of exploration between sessions

• Combination of reflection, short teaching segments, group coaching, guest conversations, and real-world experiments

Monthly Coaching: From January - April, student cohorts will meet virtually every month to reflect, stay connected to what matters, learn from experiments, and adjust choices. These sessions will be facilitated by an experienced CM2 coach.

Annual Renewal: Each student has the option to re-enroll in an alumni cohort for an additional fee. With support from an experienced CM2 group coach, for 4 weeks in September the alumni cohort will reflect on what has changed, reconnect with personal priorities, explore new possibilities, and redesign the coming year. The senior year alumni cohort will spend 2 additional weeks focusing on Meaningful Life Portfolios -documenting values, strengths, experiments, changing interests, contributions, relationships, turning points, and future possibilities.

Continuing Monthly Alumni Coaching: After each Annual Renewal, the alumni cohort will meet virtually every month from October -April to support follow-through, reflection, decision-making, and adaptation.

Senior Integration: Offered in April/May- For any students who continue on from the Initial Find Your Ikigai program and renew annually throughout their high school career. This 4 week group coaching experience will support students in making meaning of the high school journey and carry the student’s evolving compass into life after graduation.

Students meet virtually every week for 12 weeks in cohorts of 12-16 high school students. These sessions are facilitated by an experienced CM2 group coach. These sessions last 90 minutes. Students will engage in additional exploration, real-world experiments and reflections in between sessions.

Phase 1: Discovering What Makes Life Meaningful

Phase 2: Meaning Through Connection and Contribution

Phase 3: Designing a High School Life That Matters

After the initial 12 week program, students meet virtually each month to check in on past experiences, progress made, and explore new topics of interest:

• Notice: What has felt meaningful, joyful, energizing, or draining?

• Reflect: What did I learn from last month’s experiment?

• Reconnect: Does this still fit what matters to me?

• Coach: What choice, obstacle, or possibility do I want help thinking through?

• Experiment: What will I try before our next meeting?

• Additional topics of interest often include: belonging, curiosity, friendship, meaningful challenge, courage, contribution, decision-making, handling competing priorities, career exploration, and recognizing growth.

• Joy: What brings me energy, curiosity, connection, or enjoyment?

• Meaning: What values, relationships, experiences, and ideas matter deeply to me?

• Strengths: What is strong in me, and what capacities do I want to develop?

• Belonging: Where and with whom do I feel known, accepted, and able to contribute?

• Contribution: Who or what do I care enough about to support, improve, create, or protect?

• Possibility: What experiences, subjects, majors, careers, and life paths might let me explore these things further

Each student will design their year across several life domains:

• Learning and course selection

• Friendships and belonging

• Interests, creativity, and personal projects

• Clubs, activities, and leadership

• Service and contribution

• Well-being, rest, and healthy routines

• Career and college exploration

• Experiences outside school, including work and family responsibilities