Find your Ikigai
An online course to help you discover your purpose and take small actions to make it happen.
Are you bored at work?
Do you feel your career is going nowhere?
Could you be doing something else bigger and better, but you’re not quite sure what that is?
I know the feeling… 3 years ago I was in a job that I wanted to quit, but I didn’t know what else I could do. And then I came across Ikigai. We all have an Ikigai: it’s your reason to get out of bed in the morning, your purpose. Now I can say I have found my Ikigai, and I want to help others find theirs.
This online course will take you through a process to find your Ikigai. You will explore your passions, your strengths, your skills and your values, in order to create an Ikigai map that reflects who you are and what matters to you. Each module is packed with exercises that will help you get to the bottom of your Ikigai.
By the end of the course, you will have gained clarity about your purpose, you will feel more confident to take action to improve your future, and you will have written up an action plan to make change happen in your life.
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Here’s the course outline:
Module 1. What is Ikigai?
In this module, you will learn about Ikigai, where it comes from and what it looks like.
Module 2. Do what you love
The first step in your Ikigai search is to look into what you love doing. You will explore your passions and hobbies in detail.
Module 3. Do what you’re good at
The second step will take you through your strengths and skills and you will go back through your career story.
Module 4. Do something the world needs
The third step will make you think about the impact you want to have on your community. You will be working on your values and what matters to you.
Module 5. Do something you can be paid for
The fourth and final step in the Ikigai process is to think about earning money. You will explore jobs you can do, but also products and services you can sell.
Module 6. Make it happen
In the final module of the course, you will create your unique Ikigai map and you will visualise your ideal future, before creating an actionable plan to transform your life.
Want to boost your course?
You can add coaching conversations with me after each module of the course. During these 30-minute sessions, we will talk about what came up during the module and we will clarify what your next steps are. It’ll increase your accountability and your confidence to make change happen.
What you will get:
One intro conversation of 45 minutes, to share your story and objectives and get to know each other.
Five 30-minute coaching conversations after each module, to discuss your learnings and action plan.
A final 60-minute coaching conversation after module 6, to debrief the whole course and finalise your action plan.
The total cost, inc. access to the online course, is £420.
Why I created the course
I used to be unhappy in my job. I was looking for another job elsewhere, but after each interview I felt I was going in the wrong direction. One day, I came across the concept of Ikigai and it struck a chord. I felt I had a purpose that wasn’t fulfilled with my current career. So I researched it, I did a couple of exercises and I realised that I could be doing something else. Something I loved, that I was good at, that had a positive impact on others and that I could be paid for: coaching!
So I quit my job and trained to become a coach. I started using the Ikigai map to help my coaching clients with their journey of finding their purpose. I’ve created this online course to make career change accessible and simple to all.
Whether you’re ready to make change, or you’re just toying with the idea of doing something different, this course will help you explore your purpose and take small actions to make change happen in your life.
The details
It costs £200.
The course is hosted on Thinkific (you’ll have to create an account – it’s free).
You can access the course whenever and wherever you like (you don’t have to sign in at a particular time), and you can complete the modules at your own pace. You’ll have access to this course forever.
You’ll need a printer to print the worksheets. Alternatively you can complete the exercises in a notebook.