CREATING LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF LOVE is a personal leadership course that embraces the Power of  Love as its core guiding principle in helping people grow the self-sustaining ability to lead and be led as a co-creator with Source Love. 

The curriculum teaches  1. Love-Conscious Leadership; 2. Energy Mastery; and 3. Soul-Inspired Goal-Setting and Prioritizing. People who enroll in this course are deeply invested in creating their lives through the Lens of Love in alignment with their true purpose and passion. They are invested in leading themselves, their families, their workplaces, and their communities from a love-conscious awareness. 

Jody Marquis, the founder of the Chance for Change Institute and the creator of the Creating Life through the Lens of Love course, is a Vermont woman who has fiercely and radically overcome adversity in her own life. While on her journey to heal her own past, AND through her work helping others, she noticed that women fundamentally exist without embracing the power of their own internal and unconditional self-love - the foundation to loving and leading their families, workplaces, and communities with courage and confidence. 

This often results in women working in low-income jobs, doing work they do not love, struggling in their relationships, and neglecting their health. It is Loving Lioness Coach Jody's mission to cultivate love and leadership in individuals, teams, and organizations as a way to raise the consciousness of our planet. The world will change as people decide to change… starting with one’s own self. 

Coach Jody is currently collecting data that validates the connection between wellbeing and prosperity. During her advanced studies, Jody was introduced to and has embraced the powerful influence of love through the lenses of science; psychology; and Universal, natural, and spiritual laws and truths. 

ENERGY MASTERY is the foundation of living in alignment with your true self.  During the Creating Life through the Lens of Love course, you are agreeing to read, reflect, discuss, and practice habits and strategies that will transform your energy and allow you to walk in the world with more grace and ease as you embark on your journey of love and soul-inspired living, leading, and entrepreneurism. 

LOVE-CENTERED LEADERSHIP is inspired by the work of Jack Russell and Glenda Otto, Center for Self-Sustaining Leadership. 

Live Moral Courage: Learn the art of walking through fear with courage - even when you don’t think you can. 

Self-Sustaining Self-Improvement: Self-Improvement Skills include observation, self-reflection, thought shifting, soul-inspired goal setting, continuous improvement, after-action reviews, self-accountability, and self-love.

Deep Self-Knowing: The relationship with yourself is the most important relationship you will ever have. The way you embrace yourself is a reflection of how you embrace others. In this course, you will explore yourself and create an authentic leader profile that reflects your strengths and areas for improvement. Your Leader Profile will give you clarity about your communication skills, self-management and leadership skills, temperament style, core values, operating beliefs, character traits, and personal spiritual philosophy.

Develop Connected, Transformative Relationships: Living a Love-Centered Life means that you bring love to your relationships with others in ways that cultivate connection and belonging, raise the collective frequency, and create harmony with the Universal Source of Love.  In this course, you will receive a road map for listening, hearing, honoring needs, and making requests in ways that people are most willing to respond positively.  You will be invited to become the catalyst for creating communities of connection in your family, workplace, and community. 

By signing this contract, you are agreeing to:

• Review the course schedule and enter it in the tracking system that you use to stay organized; 

• Hold yourself accountable for showing up on time and present;

• Attend the five-day pre-course event;

• Attend at least 75% of the training and coaching sessions in person and be on screen in Zoom (for VSAC Students only);

• Complete the weekly homework labs and submit the surveys to demonstrate content implementation and transference into practical action (for VSAC Students only);

• Pay tuition to Chance for Change Institute, Inc., either through a grant, a scholarship, or private payment; 

• Honor the confidentiality of all participants at all times. What is discussed, posted, or commented on in the group MUST stay in the group; and

• Receive lifetime access to the course materials if you choose to download them and understand that courses may be removed from your student portal at any time after completion.

VERMONT STUDENTS are eligible to apply for an Advancement Grant from the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) for this personal leadership course. Chance for Change Institute also offers partial scholarships to qualifying enrollees. If you are not a Vermont resident, not eligible for VSAC grant funding, or your Advancement Grant does not cover the total cost of your tuition and necessary books, you are responsible for the difference. Course costs include:

Tuition:  $5,997.00 

DISC Assessment $     39.95

Books   $     77.00

Total cost:  $6,113.95

ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

BOOKS USED DURING THE COURSE
(Chance for Change orders books for VSAC students; self-pay students are encouraged to purchase their own copies.)

1. Self-Sustaining Leadership: Essential Frameworks and Skills by Jack Russell, Glenda Otto, and Jody Marquis  

2. Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenburg 

3. Energy Codes by Dr. Sue Morter

4. Happy for No Reason by Marci Shimoff

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT - NOT COVERED BY GRANT OR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

DISC Assessment with Personality Insights: Please choose the product that best fits your budget.

$39.95 link (a more detailed report): https://www.personality-insights.com/shop/adult-disc-personality-profile-standard-version-30-pages-english-discovery-report-2/ 

 $12.95 link (the mini/light report): https://www.personality-insights.com/shop/adult-disc-personality-profile-concise-mini-version-6-pages-english-discovery-report/ 

[For VSAC grantees] I understand that Creating Life through the Lens of Love (Personal Leadership) is the course that is approved for funding through the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation.

I have been given access to a copy of the course schedule and agree to be present during the live classes. I understand that recordings are for follow-up study purposes only.

[For VSAC grantees] I affirm that I completed the VSAC grant application for Creating Life through the Lens of Love (the personal leadership course) on my own and that any support I received from Jody Marquis or other Chance for Change Institute staff was given and received in good faith. I was referred to VSAC to seek support beyond the basic information and screening provided to me by the Chance for Change Institute.

[For VSAC grantees] I understand that my acceptance of a VSAC Advancement Grant requires me to attend at least 75% of the training and coaching sessions in person on Zoom and that my screen must be on.

[For VSAC grantees] I agree to honor the grant that has been given to me by VSAC, by fully participating in, and contributing to the course in ways that honor myself and the collective.

[For VSAC grantees] I understand that others are contributing to my transformation by decreasing the monies they choose to receive in lieu of services, OR, through paying taxes into the state and federal budgets so I can receive this grant.

I understand that VSAC Advancement Grant and private funds paid to the Chance for Change Institute Inc. are non-refundable once I complete my enrollment in the Course. I have been provided with clear information and opportunities to fully understand that this is a skills-based course designed to help me secure, sustain, and/or advance in heart-centered, socially-conscious employment opportunities while meeting educational requirements that may be used towards advancing my career and/or education.

I understand that my energy has an impact on the greater good and that this course is about transforming old stories of fear-based ways of living and leading and learning to put the collective needs before my own, without sacrificing my values and truth. I agree to work on manifesting the new story I choose for my future and will refrain from perpetuating limiting stories that keep me stuck in the past.

I understand that, just because I may not have paid money out of my own pocket to participate in the Creating Life through the Lens of Love course, this course is not free. Any grant or scholarship funding I may have received is an exchange of energy. I choose to live in gratitude for this miracle. I choose to live from abundance and know that resources are energy and the energy I put towards my transformation is the exchange of energy I give in return for the resources I have been provided.

I agree to honor myself and fully commit to the mindset transformation, skills development, and application this course requires, and I intend to embrace my heart-centered, socially-conscious business or career path.

I agree to complete a baseline and an end-of-course assessment and to allow the Chance for Change Institute to use the de-identified data for the purposes of course evaluation and for seeking additional funding resources to expand and grow employment programs for women living in adverse or low-income circumstances.

 I understand that the energy and soul-alignment coaching I will receive and exposure to other healing modalities I will be offered are not part of the Personal Leadership course, but are offered as gifts to enhance my application of Love-Conscious Leadership Skills in my family, workplace, and community.

Co-Creating a Powerful and Transformative Learning Environment for Shared Conscious Evolution

 _____ 1. I understand that we relate to each other as co-creative partners and allies who are supporting and encouraging each other to live from the futures we are committed to creating. 

1.1 I agree to share, in deeply authentic and transparent ways, about the FUTURE I am committed to creating, in alignment with my true self, even though I may not know what that means – I choose to embrace the (future me) and transform my past through the lens of leader and victor – while acknowledging and honoring myself for any victimizations that may have happened in my life. To be a victor is to rise above and take back personal power, it is not about condoning victimization. 

1.2 I agree to be accountable for being who I NEED TO BE in order to create the future I want by sharing, in deeply authentic and transparent ways, the actions I am committed to taking each week to grow my skills and to share whether or not I am in integrity with these actions.

1.3 While I am the arbitrator of my integrity, to live in alignment with the future I am committing to creating, I agree to relate to my peers as co-creators of that future and to be open and receptive to their reflections and support. As such, I agree to value and consider their perspectives and contributions, even if I ultimately choose a different path for myself.

1.4 I agree to hold the intentions of all my sisters in this course with me with the same sense of loving commitment as I do my own. I agree to learn the commitments of others in the Creating Life through the Lens of Love Community and extend support and encouragement and energetically bless those intentions regularly.

2.   We take 100% responsibility for our wellbeing for the duration of the course.

2.1 I agree to take full responsibility for my wellbeing as I move through the course. I realize that, although the Creating Life through the Lens of Love course is transformative, I am clear it is NOT in any way a substitute for personal therapy, other mental health, healing, or private coaching services offered by licensed clinicians. I am aware that, by enrolling in this course, I am doing so at my own risk and with the intention of being responsible and accountable for my needs. I make this choice consciously and with a sound mind.

2.2 Should I find myself experiencing difficult emotions that I am not able to manage myself, or if I am experiencing a crisis that I am having difficulty navigating, I agree to be responsible for generating any additional support that I might need by seeking emergency services within my community by calling 911, going to the emergency room, or by dialing 211. If seeking support during regular business hours (9 a.m.- 5 p.m.), I may contact Jody directly, with the understanding that she cannot be responsible for my emotional or physical wellbeing, but she can serve as a catalyst for helping me seek support outside of the course. If she cannot be reached, I understand that I am responsible for contacting the resources I need to ensure my wellbeing. In Vermont, my local 211 services can help me find Mental Health Crisis or In-person Crisis Intervention phone numbers local to me.

2.3 I understand and agree that, if I do work in the field of mental health, coaching, healing, or any other service that may be in alignment with the needs of the women attending the Creating Life through the Lens of Love course, I am forbidden from soliciting or offering these services to my fellow students without the written consent of Jody Marquis. I understand that Students who breach this request will be terminated from the course without cause, and there will be no refund of any funds.

2.4 If I am unable to find a certified or licensed coach or therapist to work with privately, I will reach out to Jody Marquis, the founder of this course, for a referral.

3.   We relate to breakdowns, disappointments, obstacles, and delays in the course, and life, in creative and resourceful ways.

3.1 I agree to use events, both in the course and in my life, as opportunities to deepen into greater levels of self-awareness, self-love, and self-responsibility as a way to gain mastery over the application of course material.

3.2 When faced with challenging circumstances, I agree to look for creative solutions and to communicate in ways that are generative of possible solutions, assuming that others are doing their best and are on my side.

3.3 I agree to strive to see myself as the source in all situations. This means that I will try to understand how I may have contributed to and/or co-created what is occurring and I will also remain aware of my commitment to respond to everyone and everything in generative and resourceful ways.

In the Creating through the Lens of Love Program, we strive to use Nonviolent Communication and to take responsibility for our thoughts, feelings, and needs. 

 I feel _____ because my need for ____ is going unmet AND I choose _________ as a way to be accountable for my needs.

I understand that, in this community, we believe that people are often victimized in life and we understand that victimization changes how we view ourselves, others, and the world as a whole.  Chance for Change asks all students to ensure that each indvidual and their story is acknowledged, heard, and seen to validate everyone’s life experience. We ask that you be willing to become the victor in your life and seek to create purpose from past experiences.  Therefore, we ask that students refrain from blaming others, shaming themselves, or complaining about the past. Instead, we ask that students begin to see the past through the lenses of lessons, gifts, and silver linings, which becomes easier as awareness increases and skills are practiced. 

Because I went through _____ I have been given the lesson of______. I am (able or not able) to embrace this lesson in my life right now and I can acknowledge that it’s an option if I choose. 

4.   We agree to embody the Creating Life through the Lens of Love principles by committing wholeheartedly to live this work.

4.1 I agree to take actions to expand into a new and wider comfort zone. As such, I am continually taking actions and making choices as if I am my self-of-the-future and the belief that I am enough right now.  I am committed to creating, and getting more and more used to sourcing/aligning myself from the eyes of my future self.  I do this by identifying programming that may be getting in my way and transforming it into my new story. 

4.2 I agree to be more interested in the possibility of my transformation and in what I can learn in the present moment than I am in being right, making someone else wrong, saving face, avoiding domination, or in looking good.

4.3 I agree to set aside what I think I already know and remain open and available to the course leaders and other participants so that I might discover what I may not even know that I don’t yet know.

5.   We agree to be trustworthy, generous, kind, and honorable with all members of our Creating Life through the Lens of Love community, as well as with all those who provide support for our course.

5.1 I agree to keep the confidence and guard the privacy of participants, including by wearing headphones during live meetings when others in my household or place from which I am participating might be able to overhear the conversations.

5.2 I agree to hold the sanctity and sacredness of all sharing that occurs in the course. 

5.3 I agree to never reveal the identity of another participant or duplicate postings from the course’s pages or groups without the written permission of the author of the post.

5.4 I agree to relate to my peers in ways that build respect, trust, and appreciation, as well as in ways that foster group learning and growth.

5.5 I agree to keep my word by doing what I say I will do and within the agreed-upon timeframe. This includes commitments I make with myself, with other course participants, and with those in my life in general. I also agree to be accountable for making amends when I don’t keep my word, to clean up the consequences that result from that break, and to make a new commitment with whomever I broke trust with, especially with myself.

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