Coming Soon · Book & Curriculum
Becoming Uncommon is an upcoming book and a school-based curriculum that teach young people the inner skills of a well-lived life—self-awareness, emotional intelligence, resilience, compassion and purpose.
Two Ways To Begin
Written for young people and the adults who love them, Becoming Uncommon makes the science of flourishing readable, honest and usable. Each chapter pairs a research idea with a practice a reader can try the same day.
A ready-to-teach curriculum for grades 8–12, designed for advisory, wellness and leadership programs. Everything an educator needs is included, so the work continues after the workshop ends.
Inside Becoming Uncommon
Every chapter and lesson returns to the same six capacities—the ones that make an ordinary life unusually good.
Self-awareness, values, and the difference between a label and an identity.
Emotions as information: naming, normalizing and regulating what you feel.
Resilience, reframing and what to do on the days that go badly.
Kindness toward self, then toward others—and repairing relationships well.
Mindfulness, focus and reclaiming a mind built for constant distraction.
Purpose, contribution and choosing an uncommon path with your eyes open.
Six units, each built from 30–45 minute lessons that flex from a six-week advisory series to a full-year program.
Facilitator notes, discussion prompts and training so any trusted adult can lead with confidence.
Journals, reflections and practices that are honest, secular and age-appropriate—no lectures, no clichés.
Aligned to advisory, wellness, leadership and service programs, with optional faculty and parent sessions.
Who It’s For
The developmental window where self-understanding compounds fastest.
Trusted adults who want structure, not another binder of ideas.
Administrators building a coherent, mission-aligned well-being initiative.
Readers who want the same language at home, and graduates who want to keep growing.
In Development
The book and curriculum will soon have their own website with sample lessons, educator resources and release details. Until then, inquiries, pilot requests and early partnerships are all welcome through this site.
Schools are invited to partner in the pilot year—shaping the curriculum while their own students grow from it.
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