Tired of Worrying Too Much About What
Other People Think?
Social Freedom Training Will Show You How to Handle Rejection, Embarrassment, Perfectionism, and Not Knowing What to Say
You want to approach intriguing strangers fearlessly — anyone, anywhere, anytime — without painful
hesitation or discouraging thoughts — and confidently speak your mind.
Defeat Approach Anxiety
The first step here in the CC is all about getting you into action mode. Let's tackle that career climb you've been eyeing, dive into conversations that spark friendships, and enrich the relationships that make life worthwhile. We are experts at getting you past the fear of rejection, and together, we'll explore the Social Freedom concepts and exercises that turn you into your boldest self.
You want to connect with people authentically — deeply, meaningfully, and directly — but you feel like
there is something in your way. You want to be naturally less self-conscious.
Stop Holding Back
Guess what? The biggest roadblock to your success is staring back at you in the mirror. But don't worry, we're here to help you see what you've been overlooking. By pinpointing your hidden hurdles, we'll pave the way for the real you to step up and make your mark. That's the power of being part of this community where everyone's focused on helping each other get out of their own way.
What you're seeking is a special type of courage we call Social Freedom — the empowering ability to
do what you believe is right — even when it's difficult, unpopular, or uncomfortable.
Let Your True Self Lead
After you start taking action with us, you'll quickly notice something amazing: you feel more comfortable being yourself, out in the open. That's the game-changer. Your authentic self takes the lead, allowing you to begin to enjoy deeper connections, vibrant conversations, and opportunities you never thought possible. These are just some of the many surprising benefits of Social Freedom!
You want to approach intriguing strangers fearlessly — anyone, anywhere, anytime — without painful
hesitation or discouraging thoughts — and confidently speak your mind.
Defeat Approach Anxiety
The first step here in the CC is all about getting you into action mode. Let's tackle that career climb you've been eyeing, dive into conversations that spark friendships, and enrich the relationships that make life worthwhile. We are experts at getting you past the fear of rejection, and together, we'll explore the Social Freedom concepts and exercises that turn you into your boldest self.
You want to connect with people authentically — deeply, meaningfully, and directly — but you feel like
there is something in your way. You want to be naturally less self-conscious.
Stop Holding Back
Guess what? The biggest roadblock to your success is staring back at you in the mirror. But don't worry, we're here to help you see what you've been overlooking. By pinpointing your hidden hurdles, we'll pave the way for the real you to step up and make your mark. That's the power of being part of this community where everyone's focused on helping each other get out of their own way.
What you're seeking is a special type of courage we call Social Freedom — the empowering ability to
do what you believe is right — even when it's difficult, unpopular, or uncomfortable.
Let Your True Self Lead
After you start taking action with us, you'll quickly notice something amazing: you feel more comfortable being yourself, out in the open. That's the game-changer. Your authentic self takes the lead, allowing you to begin to enjoy deeper connections, vibrant conversations, and opportunities you never thought possible. These are just some of the many surprising benefits of Social Freedom!
What Our Community Members Say
"Mike always gives more than expected and the community completely changed my worldview. I went from being miserable and not touching a person for 6 months - to having close friends, self-love and self-respect."- Michael from Kiev
"The Courage Community and their bootcamp greatly helped me be more confident in my authentic self-expression, and overcome a lot of fears I had about sharing my business. After training I realized that people are actually really interested in it!"- Ellen from Austin
"I really like Mike's style. He already gave me some important info and also asked 1-2 questions that really drew my attention to something I have not seen before. Mike is giving different tools and material, even exercises to work on oneself. Strongly recommend!"- Manu from Berlin
"Mike is a sound coach who has helped me in my relationships, health, business and beyond. He coached me through 2018 and after some years away I came back to his community to help me out with the next obstacle in my life. Highly recommended."- Krasi from Sophia
"I was a shy personality before Coach Mike's bootcamp in 2017. After the program, I could approach anyone and get a good response from them. It helped me in developing my personality. I definitely recommend it for fast results. You will not be the same person after the bootcamp."- Shekar from Mumbai
"I was very self-conscious training. Now I feel like a completely different person. Mike is an exceptional communicator. He presents complex ideas in digestible bites that did not overwhelm me. Training was really fun and enjoyable. It felt like spending time with friends you are learning from."- Ram from LA
"Mike did awesome! I happily recommend him because everybody lives in fear of what others think about your actions. It holds people back so much, and it's just sad to see that. I feel like I've had years of conditioning lifted off my chest. Like a fresh restart on my system."- Adam from Madison
If you want to learn the right skills for a successful social life, love life, and career, then look no further than The Courage Community and me, Coach Mike.
"Who the heck is that guy?" I hear you ask.
I'm an ordinary person who spent the time to become extraordinary at a few specific skills. Not just for fun, but because it was too painful to go on without them. What sets me apart is my ability to explain what I've learned in a way that gets other people to replicate my results.
As of 2023, I've been teaching for 12 years, and I'm an expert at getting people to take meaningful action on their goals, and connect with people more easily and effectively.
My focus is on direct, authentic communication, and taking courageous action that avoids wasting (everyone's) time.
I help my students go from being afraid, intimidated, and frustrated to brave, self-assured, and satisfied by showing them how to overcome the mental and emotional roadblocks that are holding them back.
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Coach Mike's Background
What qualifies The Courage Community, and specifically, me, to be your coach? A few things:
First and foremost, “do you have a consistent track record of student satisfaction and success” is always the most important question to ask any coaching organization, and our answer is a resounding “yes!” We’re happy to show you testimonials from a student like yourself, or put you in touch with a community member who has dealt with something you want to work on.
But aside from cold, hard results, here is a quick(ish) version of my backstory. Yet, even in a “brief” description of myself, I tend to be long-winded. Therefore my lovely wife, Coach Lilly, will share her summary to save you some time:
"He was a nerd who was too anxious to socialize outside of his friends from high school band. He married the wrong person right after college (not me) and became miserable. At the end of his 20s, he took the Social Freedom bootcamp, loved the results, and made it his life’s mission to teach it.”
So there you go!
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I was born in upstate New Jersey and grew up in lower-upstate New York. I was an honors student and band geek in high school, and my fellow nerds were my friends. I went to college in Massachusetts (Bachelor’s in Philosophy), where I met my first wife.
I went into a low-level depression following the dissolution of my social circle post-graduation. Despite my “smarts”, my career and social life stagnated for the majority of my 20s. I lacked motivation, ambition, and an understanding of the social dynamics and skills that lead to finding better opportunities (like authenticity and direct communication).
I had also married the wrong person (for me) because I didn’t fully grasp the necessity of a Socially Free lifestyle. My painful relationship was distracting me entirely from developing the other aspects of my life.
That was my “before” state. Then a number of things happened that encouraged me to put in focused, conscious efforts to improve myself. I wanted to work on my life in specific ways, beginning with figuring out what I was doing wrong in my relationships, and followed by changing and improving my career.
First, I started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which improved my self-esteem, self-confidence, and overall feelings of acceptance. The community aspect of training gave me the strength I needed to take the next step, which was to get divorced. This showed me the power of having proper support.
Now that I knew I wouldn’t be all alone, I felt more capable of doing the most terrifying thing I had ever done up to that point. Once the divorce process was started, the changes in my personal life began to come rapidly!
It was shortly after that when I met the coach who taught me about the Social Freedom mentality. He also introduced me to the concept of direct communication for dating, and watered the seeds of entrepreneurship through his example of fearlessness in the face of financial uncertainty (something that took me many years to develop in myself).
My “after state” is an amazing life in every aspect that I can influence!
- I improved my health by gaining the courage to try fasting (I used to think it was crazy!).
- The lessons I learned about relationships and communication, along with how to find compatible partners, helped forge a marriage that is more loving, supportive, and enriching than I thought was even possible.
- Along the way, my dating life was extremely fun and encouraging (rather than painful and frustrating).
- My friendships are strong, authentic, and with people from all walks of life, all over the world.
- I achieved my personal definition of corporate success by earning a higher salary than I thought I was capable of, in a field I never dreamed of being successful in.
- I then found the courage to throw that all away to follow my entrepreneurial dreams!
- My family relationships improved, and spiritually I feel more connected to humanity and the universe than ever before.
- Of course, there have been ups and downs, but I’ve been consistently high on life since taking the boot camp (that inspired what I now teach) over a decade ago.
I’m great at explaining what I did to accomplish this in ways that you can follow. So, if you want the same things I wanted:
an amazing dating/sex/love life, with stable, fulfilling relationships — great friendships and close family connections — a satisfying job with career opportunities — and a restored sense of optimism and faith in humanity
then my proven ability to teach others how to replicate my results is what qualifies me to be your coach.
F A Q
WHY DO YOU COACH?
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What I love most about my job is seeing my customers transform into braver, more authentic people. Most of my
customers are holding themselves back in at least one major area of their lives, and feeling terrible for it.
Getting people past these internal hurdles so they can feel happier with themselves and more socially capable
makes me feel good.
I didn't know that I wanted to start my own business until after I was a customer of the course I now teach. Because the course had such an immediate and life-changing impact on me, I wanted to share it with the world! After I achieved Social Freedom for myself, a lot of my fears around entrepreneurship started to fade, and my interest in business began to grow. Getting past the roadblocks in my social life had a huge positive impact on my professional goals. It gave me the ambition to do my own thing in spite of the risks. Social Freedom is also professional freedom!
I didn't know that I wanted to start my own business until after I was a customer of the course I now teach. Because the course had such an immediate and life-changing impact on me, I wanted to share it with the world! After I achieved Social Freedom for myself, a lot of my fears around entrepreneurship started to fade, and my interest in business began to grow. Getting past the roadblocks in my social life had a huge positive impact on my professional goals. It gave me the ambition to do my own thing in spite of the risks. Social Freedom is also professional freedom!
WHAT DO YOU SPECIALIZE IN?
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We are The Social Freedom Experts! We can get you past the fear of judgement, rejection, failure, and
embarrassment with our online courses, or just one weekend of live training. This reduces stress and social
anxiety, brings more authenticity to your life, and encourages taking action on your important life goals. We help
you stop holding yourself back!
We provide specific coaching in the following areas: Social Freedom, conversation & connection, advice on building friendships & communities, long & short term dating, intimate relationships & relationship transitions like new beginnings, engagements, breakups & divorces; job hunting & career development from resume writing, to interview prep, to sourcing opportunities & business networking strategies; overall quality of life topics like sexual health, satisfaction & performance; weight & fitness goals; self-defense & martial arts training; public speaking, creative expression, and entrepreneurship.
We provide specific coaching in the following areas: Social Freedom, conversation & connection, advice on building friendships & communities, long & short term dating, intimate relationships & relationship transitions like new beginnings, engagements, breakups & divorces; job hunting & career development from resume writing, to interview prep, to sourcing opportunities & business networking strategies; overall quality of life topics like sexual health, satisfaction & performance; weight & fitness goals; self-defense & martial arts training; public speaking, creative expression, and entrepreneurship.
WHY SHOULD I WORK WITH YOU?
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Clients choose me because I care deeply about my customer's success, and I give them the attention they need to
achieve it. I enjoy providing a lot of personal attention and customized advice. I do not take a one-size-fits all
approach, and instead work to establish training protocols that customers will actually adhere to consistently.
This is one of the factors that helps customers see results in the short-term, so they can be encouraged to keep working on their longer-term goals. Additionally, we have a community built on determination, authenticity, and curiosity, full of people who are happy to help out their fellow members.
This is one of the factors that helps customers see results in the short-term, so they can be encouraged to keep working on their longer-term goals. Additionally, we have a community built on determination, authenticity, and curiosity, full of people who are happy to help out their fellow members.
WHERE SHOULD I START?
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Where you start depends on how fast you want to see results. Our most impactful and effective program is delivered
in-person over a single weekend.
We have an online version of the same course, as well as affordable community membership tiers that provide access to coaching support via online forum, group coaching calls, or personal messaging.
We also do private calls and call packages.
We have an online version of the same course, as well as affordable community membership tiers that provide access to coaching support via online forum, group coaching calls, or personal messaging.
We also do private calls and call packages.
WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT?
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Most coaching services are primarily concerned with teaching technical behaviors. At The Courage Community, we
address the underlying emotional/mental resistance that prevents you from using your social skills
effectively.
In other words, we get you out of your own way FIRST (Social Freedom), and then we optimize your behaviors (direct communication) after you are actually capable of implementing the advice.
This is why our customers tend to see fast results that last!
In other words, we get you out of your own way FIRST (Social Freedom), and then we optimize your behaviors (direct communication) after you are actually capable of implementing the advice.
This is why our customers tend to see fast results that last!
What Social Freedom IS
Our concept of Social Freedom has courage at its core, but its larger meaning is multifaceted:
- It is a mindset that places your focus on ethical and compassionate self-interest, especially in the face of a challenge or discouragement. It is an attitude of never surrendering or sacrificing your true self, especially not for the purposes of trying to “fit in”, or measure up to someone else’s opinion of who you should be. It means making choices and decisions free from coercion or constraint imposed by others. It’s about living as authentically as possible while participating in society.
- It’s also a feeling of capability inside yourself that tells you what actions are safe to take, and which ones require bravery to accomplish. This feeling is the freedom component of Social Freedom; it is how capable you feel you are, to live how you really want to live, and do what you really want to do, without internal resistance. It’s your ability to participate in social activities and relationships without feeling constrained or limited.
- Like yoga, meditation, or the martial arts, Social Freedom is also a practice. It is a skill that can be improved through repetition over time, and the benefits are only achieved by taking frequent, consistent, real-world actions (exercises); not simply learning about the concept. The more you practice the skill of Social Freedom, the more you exemplify the mindset, and this leads to more feelings of freedom, motivation, and confidence.
- Lastly, our pet theory of Social Freedom explains how this mindset, feeling, and practice predict a direct relationship between your level of Social Freedom, and your experience of greater success in all other areas. Or, in other words, “More Social Freedom = A Better Overall Life!”
The Courage Community defines "Social Freedom" as: the feeling that you can do, say, or take action on what you believe is right - anywhere, anytime - regardless of the opinions of other people, or the potential for failure, loss of status, or embarrassment.
What Social Freedom is NOT
You may hear the concept of Social Freedom being described simply as “not caring about what other people think”. However, this is too much of an oversimplification. Describing Social Freedom in this way can sometimes discourage people because it sounds like you’re being told to become emotionally cold or callous. People also fear that Social Freedom means having to act like a jerk more often, which might risk losing existing friendships. Allow me to dispel these concerns:
- Social Freedom is NOT indifference, numbness, or detachment from your emotions. If you could really achieve the state of “not caring” about something then you would simultaneously lose the motivation to go out and achieve it.
- Instead, Social Freedom is the ability to care deeply about something while at the same time being unattached to the short-term results. This allows you to focus on the longer-term process which makes it easier for you to be more emotionally resilient and maintain consistent effort.
- Social Freedom is NOT about completely ignoring everyone else’s opinions. It’s not about making yourself the only valid authority in the world, and discounting the opinions of everyone else. If you did that, you would never be able to discover your personal blind spots, learn where you’ve made perceptual mistakes, or be able to appreciate the efforts others make to help you. You’d also become a difficult person to be around.
- Instead, Social Freedom is about strengthening the ability to choose which opinions to care about and which ones to ignore. It’s about developing your ability of discernment so you can better identify good advice from bad advice; self-serving opinions from helpful ones. It’s about learning who to grant authority to, when it’s appropriate to do so, and about which topics.
- Social Freedom is NOT an excuse for being rude, mean, aggressive, or a jerk - even, and especially, if you feel correct in your opinion or behavior. It’s not about pissing people off, it’s the opposite. Social Freedom is meant to lead you to more opportunities for cooperation and collaboration. It is not meant to isolate you further from humanity, even if you strongly disagree with the status quo.
- Instead, Social Freedom training reminds you to “always be kind, because everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about”. As you overcome your own emotional struggles, you gain sympathy and compassion for your fellow humans who are still struggling. You also gain a more realistic perspective that helps you make changes to the status quo, if you feel compelled to do so.
- Social Freedom practice is NOT done for the purpose of getting more skillful at doing Social Freedom exercises. Your spouse, significant other, boss, parents, and best friend do not care about how many repetitions of a goofy challenge you can do on the street. They do not care, or may even be worried, about your ability to say silly things to people, or pick your nose in front of a crowd. The actual exercises themselves are NOT the point of the training, they are merely the tools you will use.
- Instead, Social Freedom is about getting more skillful at life in general! Social Freedom practice not only develops courage, but many additional virtues and skills as well. You develop virtue while simultaneously removing vice (in the Aristotelian sense), and this makes you a stronger, braver, more resilient individual, with greater capacities for action, empathy, connection, and compassion.
Example Exercise: The Window Stare
Walk up to the outside window of a café or restaurant and stand with your forehead up against it. Stare at the far wall of the room and let your eyes go out of focus. Open your mouth slightly and let your tongue hang out a little bit so you look silly.
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Set a countdown timer for at least 5 minutes - that should be long enough to feel awkward, even if no one else notices you. If you're having fun, set a longer timer, or try it on another window.
For the most challenge (and fun), do it FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO JOIN YOU!
After someone else joins you, you can either stay there until they realize that you're not looking at anything. Then you can both laugh together.
Or, you can act like they just showed up to relieve you of your shift. Say, "oh thank god you finally showed up! I've been here all day. I'll let the boss know you're here" and then walk away before they have a chance to ask you any questions.
If anyone asks you why you are standing this way, you can pretend to not understand why that's weird. You can say, "I always stand this way", or, "I'm just looking to see what's inside", or, "You're right! It would be best if we both did it. Do you want to give it a try?".
You can also let people know that it is a Social Freedom exercise if you'd like to have a conversation about that: "Doing this makes me nervous and I'm trying to conquer my fears."
The point of this exercise is to expose yourself to judgment. It is also to endure making yourself feel awkward so you can become stronger for the times when you are not in control of what's making you feel awkward. It can also be highly meditative. You can do your daily meditation practice at the same time as you do this exercise. It's also pretty funny in our opinion!
If anyone asks you what you're doing, remember to smile and have a playful attitude.
You can ask them, "Don't you see this? Come check it out." and try to get them to stare in the window too.
We've never had a student make anyone upset with this exercise, but we have had shop owners ask us if we're ok or need some help.
If that happens to you, just say "I'm OK, thank you for asking", and maybe go inside and buy something from the store, or just walk away. Then don't do the exercise to them again for a little while.
If you'd like to increase the challenge, first perform the exercise as written without talking to any employees. Then, when you've reached your time limit, or otherwise ended the exercise, go inside and ask the employees what they thought of you.
Did they even notice you, or were they too preoccupied with their work?
If they did notice you, did they think you were weird, or did they not really think about you at all?
If they noticed and thought you were weird, tell them you are "working on your social courage by making yourself look weird" - then ask them if they would mind if you did it again in the future.
NOTE: Most low-level employees probably don't have the actual authority to give you permission or ask you to stop.
Expect them to either:
Wave you off by saying "sure, sure, whatever" (this means they really don't care / aren't paying much attention to you),
or to say "no, you probably shouldn't do that" (because they are worried about being personally blamed for your actions if you end up bothering someone - aka they are worried about their job),
or to give you a prolonged, "Uhhhhhh" because they realize they don't have the authority to say yes or no. In this case, you can say, "Actually, never mind. I'll ask someone else another time." and carry on with your day.
If you haven't purchased something during this interaction, now might be a good time to do so. It's a polite gesture for taking up their time.
LOVE THIS EXERCISE? HATE IT? WE HAVE 250 MORE TO TRY INSIDE THE COURAGE COMMUNITY!
Coach Mike's Social Freedom Story
I became interested in Social Freedom from the first moment I heard the phrase spoken at a seminar in Boston. I instantly understood its meaning and, because I was going through a divorce at the time, I knew precisely what I wanted to use it for. Dating, of course!
I had approach anxiety around talking to women that I didn’t already know, especially out in public. In fact, my post-divorce dating plan was entirely focused online because I literally had no idea how I was supposed to meet a woman in-person. I had always been a long-term relationship guy, and my girlfriends had always come from my immediate social circle like high school or college. But now, at age 28 and lacking social groups where I might find a single woman, I felt pretty lost...
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I was, however, also traveling the country quite a bit for my job. I often found myself in new cities, with plenty of time to kill. I could either hide in my hotel room the whole trip, or go out and see what I could find on the streets around me.
Therefore, I identified the skill of cold approach as something useful to acquire for more than just dating, and overcoming my approach anxiety was the first step.
The overall goal was simple: approach a person and say hello no matter how scared I felt, then ask them an authentic question.
But before I could start working directly on that goal, I first had to learn how valid my fears actually were… or not. It's much easier to do something "no matter how scared you feel" if you don't have much reason to feel scared.
This is where practicing Social Freedom entered the picture.
Social Freedom training was always a lot of fun! I signed up for the training on the same night I heard of it and was practicing live on the street the very next day.
I learned on the bootcamp that no matter how terribly I performed, or what mistakes I made in front of another person, nothing catastrophically bad would happen to me. In fact, encouragingly good things would happen. It showed me that there is nothing to fear from my normal range of authentic behaviors and the ways I naturally interact with people.
Those lessons were deeply impactful for me. I internalized them into strongly held beliefs that very same day. Now, all I had to do was practice enough for the uncomfortable emotional triggers to go away - or at least reduce to the point that they didn't stop me.
So that's what I did! And I did it with pleasure and dedication because I knew I was pushing my comfort zone and getting stronger. Getting stronger inherently feels good!
I knew I'd have interesting interactions, or at least increase the chances of being involved in interesting situations. I was getting a lot of encouraging experiences that were helping me solidify my new ways of thinking and the paradigm I was trying to shift into.
It felt like playing a fully interactive video game about life, where each approach scored metaphysical courage points that I could trade in later for upgraded confidence armor. Every person I could meet represented the potential for a whole new adventure, side quest, or companion.
Oh, and since I wasn’t doing anything dangerous, the game also had infinite lives and infinite tries! It was a free slot machine (more on that inside the community).
With a mental training environment like that, it's hard to fail!
That is the kind of environment that we help you cultivate here in The Courage Community.
The Courage Community provides coaching for Social Freedom, conversation, and connection, so you can confidently talk to anyone, anywhere, about anything, without hesitation!
We are a full service, online & in-person personal development & life coaching community, where we focus on this special brand of courage as the underlying super-power we use to make faster progress on our goals. We discuss a wide-array of topics, from interpersonal relationship skills and career development, to strategies for private life goals and philosophical perspectives on building and leading "a good life."
We are headquartered in Massachusetts, USA while serving a global audience. The encouraging mindsets we teach, along with our Social Freedom exercises, push students to expand their comfort zones and overcome emotional roadblocks, while practicing their new skills enough to generate confidence.
Due to our extraordinary level of care and personal attention, we deliver fast results that last with a 12 year track record of highly satisfied customers.
If you care too much about what other people think, and you’d like to overcome the internal resistance that sometimes holds you back, work with us to conquer it and stop missing out on relationships, friendships, and career opportunities.
Click below to apply for a FREE consultation call. We look forward to connecting with you!
Our Mission & Vision
Our mission is how we help our students on an individual level, so please make sure it aligns with your own goals!
Our vision is how we would like to help our community and the world at large. Once you’ve achieved your immediate goals, we’d love your help working towards the community vision!
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The Courage Community Mission Statement
The Courage Community offers a rapid and permanent increase in Social Freedom, conversation, and connection capabilities for people who have situational anxiety (such as worrying too much about what other people think).
The Courage Community Vision Statement
Over the next few years, we hope to grow The Courage Community to thousands of active members who are all working together to make the world a better place by embodying the core values of The Courage Community:
Everyone from coaches, to students, to employees should strive to encourage lifelong personal development (value of consistency), and facing fears (value of courage), even when it's hard (determination), so we can live our truest lives (authenticity), while seeking new knowledge and experiences (curiosity).
Coach Mike’s Personal Mission Statement
I endeavor to help others by giving people knowledge, experiences, and support that save them time, money, effort, or heartache; and lead to improved feelings of capability, self-confidence, social confidence, personal freedom, and deeper connections with the people and situations they care about.
In short, I teach people how to find the courage they need to build the lives they truly want to live.
If you'd like to learn more about the goals, values, and philosophy that form the foundation of our community, please check out
The Social Freedom Field Manual
How I See My Job
As with any coach, my task is to guide and encourage you on your specific journey towards the goals you’ve asked for my help with. But as a courage and confidence coach, I see it as my job to push you out of your comfort zone as a means of achieving those goals more effectively.
That means you shouldn't expect working with me or my community to be easy or pain free. We do our best to keep the process fun, but success in life and personal development often means doing difficult things — either by facing uncomfortable emotions and mental/physical obstacles, or by putting in enough of the right kind of effort to achieve your goals — even when you’d rather be doing anything else.
You will be challenged. Your views will be questioned. You will be made uncomfortable for the purpose of growth. The unhelpful aspects of your ego will be crushed. You may even have a full-blown existential crisis (that's what a transformational experience actually feels like)! This kind of training is similar to learning a martial art. It's just as tough, and just as — if not more — useful.
There may be some moments where you do not like me, my assessment of your situation, or what I tell you to do. This is an expected part of the relationship (notice I said “moments” — if you consistently dislike me, that means we're not a good fit). Courage coaching will help you feel better about yourself overall, but it won’t always feel good moment-to-moment.
That said, you don't have to be tough to do this training — you only have to want to get tougher.
Are you ready for the challenge?
Things People Say Before Social Freedom Training
I'm Scared
"I’m terrified. I have no idea what’s going to happen!"
People Are Mean
"I expect someone to yell at me, or be rude to me. I expect to at least get called weird."
I'll Be Judged
"Everyone is going to be looking at me and criticizing me! This will be embarrassing."
Things People Say After Social Freedom Training
It's Not That Scary
"When awkward things happen they're usually funny, or not as bad as I thought they'd be."
People Are Nice
"The exercises made me realize that the most negative scenarios are just in my head."
It Feels Amazing!
"Not worrying about making people slightly uncomfortable, being present and trying to give people value… it's an awesome feeling!"
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