The Programme
A modern rite of passage for young people aged 18-30
“Connection is a biological imperative – not a desire or a luxury.” – Stephen Porges
The Affinity Programme is for young adults who are ready to go on a journey of self discovery, connect with others and learn vital skills for the future. We offer a unique opportunity to step into adulthood with intention and purpose so you feel confident and prepared for your next chapter alongside a community of like-minded people.
“They should teach this stuff in schools!” We’ve been saying this for years too. The truth is, teachers are trying to move mountains – often with limited time, resources, and freedom. Parents are doing their best to prepare children to go out into a changing world. Employers report that the transition from ‘education culture’ to ‘workplace culture’ leaves gaps that they can’t bridge. However, Gen Z are questioning existing metrics of ‘success’.
The Affinity Programme connects the dots – and so much more.
What You'll Find Here
Belonging
a space to be heard, connect with, and collaborate with others.
Self-awareness
tools to help you recognise existing behaviour patterns, build authentic confidence and foster healthy relationships.
Adaptability
practical techniques to manage stress and anxiety whilst increasing true resilience and preventing burnout.
Future skills
emotional intelligence, communication, listening, creative and critical thinking
Direction
coaching that supports both your personal and future professional life through values-based decision making.
A rite of passage
Marking the shift into adulthood with clarity, purpose, and intention.
The Affinity Programme consists of three discrete phases: Discover, Relate and Inspire. Each phase builds on the previous and offers a distinct set of skills. The programme is a mixture of pre-recorded digital content, live online workshops and in-person retreats. It’s designed to fit around full time work or study.
Phase One: Discover
The year begins with the chance to look within yourself and build a more honest understanding of who you are and how you work. Over twelve weeks, we explore the following topics:
- Personal and Cultural Identity: Who are you?
- The Education System: What it taught and what it missed.
- Forgotten Wisdom: What we’ve lost and what we could reclaim.
- Emotions: The superpowers of emotional intelligence.
- Human Needs: Universal needs that drive our decision-making in life and love.
- The Enneagram: Your unique personality type according to the ancient system.
- Psychology of the Self: The Ego and the parts of us that we hide in plain sight.
- The Mind/Body Connection: How to take care of your physical and mental health.
- Attachment Styles: How we show up in relationships and why.
- The Nervous System: Rethinking everything you know about anxiety and stress.
- The Brain: Understanding your internal alarm system.
Rather than treating this as theory, everything is grounded in practice: reflective journaling, guided conversations and tools that build self-awareness into everyday life. By the end of Phase One, you’ll have the ability to meet yourself with greater clarity and confidence. You’ll also belong to a supportive group of peers who have shared the same experience alongside you.
Phase Two: Relate
Once that foundation is in place, our focus shifts to our stories around and relationships with the fundamental aspects of life. Another twelve weeks sees us exploring:
- Relationships: Making them work and conflict resolution.
- Money: Everything from mindset to budgeting.
- Exercise and health: Science and simple strategies.
- Food and nutrition: What, when, how to eat – and why.
- Nature: Seasons, cycles, rhythms and expression.
- Work: Making work meaningful and manageable.
- Ourselves: Parts, patterns and your inner world in everyday life.
- Technology: Using devices consciously, not impulsively.
Expert contributors from each field join us to share their knowledge, practical skills and strategies. Weekly themes build towards an in-person, residential retreat in the UK, where the group gathers to deepen trust, practise embodied learning, and mark the midpoint of the journey.
The retreat is a chance to step out of routine and put everything you’ve learned into practice. It’s designed as both a personal and collective challenge, where the group lives, learns, and works together in nature. The experience includes a ‘menu’ of challenges inspired by both modern and ancient rites of passage from around the world.
Phase Three: Inspire
The final phase looks outward. With a clearer sense of self and a deeper understanding of the world around you, the questions become: What can you contribute? How can you use what you’ve learned to make a difference in the world? Here, we work with:
- Values: Making decisions in alignment with what’s important to you.
- Responsibility: Turning awareness into accountability.
- Leadership: Becoming authentic, transparent and influential.
- Purpose: Defining what gives your life meaning and momentum.
- Intentions: Converting reflection into action.
Phase Three includes a cultural immersion experience – seven to fourteen days in a setting that takes you beyond your familiar surroundings. This isn’t a holiday or a form of cultural tourism; it’s a period of service, reflection, and learning from another way of life. Returning home, participants have the chance to integrate all of this insight into their choices, relationships, and future direction.
This is for you if any of the following apply:
- You want a support network of like-minded, genuine people to connect with – think weekly check-ins in a non-judgmental, inclusive and confidential space.
- You’re looking for guidance and coaching with all aspects of life: career, relationships, health, finance, mental health and wellbeing.
- Authenticity matters to you: you want to develop as an individual and have the confidence to show up as yourself – at work, in life and in love.
- You want practical and actionable steps to take with clear guidance. No guessing, no BS and no pressure.
- You’ve never really had constructive and honest feedback beyond exam results so you’re curious about what your personal attributes are and what makes you unique.
- You might be working, studying or taking some time to figure stuff out.
We are now accepting applications for Phase 1: Discover launching in March 2026.
To find out if it’s the right fit for you and to hear more details including pricing, book onto an introductory webinar here
