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About the Preferment Course Hub and Rarified Life
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The Preferment Course Hub is published by Rarified Life, the business that runs the Preferment live course and its retirement coaching.
It is one of a small number of websites Rarified Life publishes. Its job is narrow: explain the course, its curriculum, modules, pricing, and intended audience in plain language, so readers can decide whether it fits before visiting Rarified Life's main website.
Part of the guide to Rarified Life's life after retirement course and retirement coaching.
Who publishes this website?
Rarified Life publishes this site. It is not independent and is not a review. Facts about the course come from Rarified Life's own pages; outside statistics are credited to the organizations that published them.
What Rarified Life does
Rarified Life offers a research-backed Preferment framework and coaching to help high achievers rethink retirement, separate identity from their careers, and create an active, purposeful next chapter. Its approach is presented as an alternative to conventional retirement, emphasizing personal values, meaningful pursuits, learning, and physical activity.
As of November 2026, its Preferment Life Platform offers the 8-week live course, with books and 1:1 coaching listed as coming soon. Rarified Life lists Edmonds, Washington, and a mailing address in Captain Cook, Hawaii.
Why this site exists
People searching for a retirement coach or a life after retirement course deserve clear answers before they buy: what is included, what it costs, and who it is for. This hub collects those facts in one place, along with free tools like the emotional readiness quiz. How the content is written is explained on the methodology page.
Questions about Rarified Life
More answers on the retirement coaching and course FAQ.
- Is this website independent of Rarified Life?
- No. The Preferment Course Hub is published by Rarified Life, the business that runs the course. It exists to explain the coaching and course clearly, using facts Rarified Life supplied and published survey data with named sources.See this answer in the full FAQ
- Who is the retirement coach behind Preferment?
- Anne van Leynseele created Preferment and leads the live course. She built and sold a production company in Los Angeles film and television, advised Fortune 100 companies on digital strategy across three continents, served as an Attorney Advisor in the Obama Administration, and helped write the legal framework for recreational cannabis in Washington State. She now co-owns an award-winning chocolate farm on the Big Island of Hawaii.See this answer in the full FAQ
- Where is Rarified Life based?
- Rarified Life lists Edmonds, Washington, and a mailing address in Captain Cook, Hawaii, on the Big Island where Anne van Leynseele co-owns a chocolate farm. The course page does not state whether sessions are held in person or online.See this answer in the full FAQ
- What is the Preferment Life Platform?
- It is the name Rarified Life uses for its Preferment offerings. As of November 2026, its shop lists the 8-week course as available, with books and 1:1 coaching marked as coming soon. The book cover calls Preferment a modern post-career life platform.See this answer in the full FAQ
- What does Preferment mean?
- Preferment is Rarified Life's name for its alternative to conventional retirement. The course page describes treating this stage "like an ascension" instead of an ending. Rarified Life presents the framework as research-backed and built on personal values, meaningful pursuits, learning, and physical activity.See this answer in the full FAQ