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“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.”
~ Abigail Adams
What we do
A Learning Hub
We are building a platform to connect life-long learners with practitioners who offer personal & professional development that enhances and evolves the human experience.
Our community is organized around the 8 Aspects of Wellness and the Self-Empowerment through Education & Knowledge (SEEK) Safely ideals.
Who are you BECOMING next?
Feature Workshop
Upgrade Your Gender I.Q.
With teacher Tien Neo Eamas
This simple and FUN workshop guides you through the fundamentals of Gender awareness as it pertains to the evolving nature of gender, trans, LGBTQAI culture. You will not only gain the tools needed to navigate the landscape in our culture regarding gender but the insight to actually see what is beyond the gender to gender ways of relating.
Access a whole new experience of relating ... Soul 2 Soul!
Imagining in Action
For CURIOUS and COMMITTED people
i8 Annual Summit
Imagining in Action
Together. Better. Solve.
We are facing challenges on many fronts. Health crises, environmental threats, social and political unrest, and economic uncertainties can all be daunting and challenging to the human spirit.
While these threats are real and urgent, they are also true opportunities. They are calling human beings to a higher level of imagining, collaborating and acting. In the post-heroic model of leadership, it's time to give up our super hero capes and work together!
The Summit is a gathering of people looking to create new solutions for old problems. In our inaugural Summit, we took on developing ourselves in the emerging field of COLLABORATIVE Leadership and evolving the COMMUNITY-LED approach to solving deep-rooted problems.
Discover Goddess Living
For the Ladies
Taking Care of YOU!
Programs, products & services for over-committed, too busy women, designed to explore and enhance the connection to our feminine side.
"Goddess Living means living to your strengths, living as if you matter, being awake to your inner power source. Goddess Living aims to explore and discover the unique qualities of the feminine perspective and how that view impacts our sense of self, our value in society and our power to effect change."
~ The Goddess Guides
What's Evolving ...
iLumn8.Life is passionate about ...
Innovation and 8 Aspects of Wellness
We will feature programs, products and services that deliver innovative solutions designed to enhance our wellness as human beings. A holistic approach to wellness supports our ability to invent, create, live and thrive.
The constant stream of breakthroughs (technology, medicine, etc.) and never-seen-before breakdowns (pandemics, dramatic climate shifts, etc.) require us to evolve and grow ourselves like never before!
Our offerings will be vetted and organized by 8 key aspects of wellness. Concentrating our personal development on wellness not only fuels the body, it engages the mind and nurtures the spirit.
Anne Peterson, Founder & Executive Director
The 8 Areas are ...
Environmental wellness inspires us to live a lifestyle that is respectful of our surroundings.
It involves understanding the dynamic relationship between the environment and people and recognizing that we are responsible for the quality of the air, water, and earth that surrounds us and in turn, that social, natural, and built environments affect our health and well-being.
Spiritual wellness involves seeking and having a meaning and purpose in life, as well as participating in activities that are consistent with one’s beliefs and values.
A spiritually well person seeks harmony with the universe, expresses compassion towards others, and practices gratitude and self-reflection.
When we integrate practices of spiritual wellness we are able to connect in mind, body, and soul.
Vocational wellness involves preparing for and participating in work that provides personal satisfaction and life enrichment that is consistent with your values, goals, and lifestyle.
Contributing your unique gifts, skills, and talents to work that is personally meaningful and rewarding.
Financial Wellness includes our relationship with money, skills to manage resources to live within our means, making informed financial decisions and investments, setting realistic goals, and learning to prepare for short-term and long-term needs or emergencies.
Part of this dimension includes an awareness that everyone’s financial values, needs, and circumstances are unique.
Physical wellness is not merely the absence of illness, but about maintaining a thriving lifestyle. Caring for your body to be healthy now and into the future
Most importantly, physical wellness is about discovering what healthy habits make you feel better and suit your lifestyle and level of mobility and fitness.
Emotional wellness encompasses optimism, self-esteem, self-acceptance, and the ability to experience and cope with feelings independently and interpersonally. This includes things such as ...
Social Wellness focuses on connecting with your community and the people around you, which includes being aware of your own social and cultural background as a bridge to understand the diversity and depth present in other backgrounds.
This includes maintaining healthy relationships, enjoying being with others, developing friendships and intimate relations, caring about others, and letting others care about you.
Contributing to your community.
Intellectual wellness encourages participating in mentally stimulating and creative activities.
It is related to building our abilities to think critically, reason objectively, make responsible decisions, and explore new ideas and different points of view.
It is about expanding the base of our know-how and inspiring curiosity.
Environmental wellness inspires us to live a lifestyle that is respectful of our surroundings.
It involves understanding the dynamic relationship between the environment and people and recognizing that we are responsible for the quality of the air, water, and earth that surrounds us and in turn, that social, natural, and built environments affect our health and well-being.
Spiritual wellness involves seeking and having a meaning and purpose in life, as well as participating in activities that are consistent with one’s beliefs and values.
A spiritually well person seeks harmony with the universe, expresses compassion towards others, and practices gratitude and self-reflection.
When we integrate practices of spiritual wellness we are able to connect in mind, body, and soul.
Vocational wellness involves preparing for and participating in work that provides personal satisfaction and life enrichment that is consistent with your values, goals, and lifestyle.
Contributing your unique gifts, skills, and talents to work that is personally meaningful and rewarding.
Financial Wellness includes our relationship with money, skills to manage resources to live within our means, making informed financial decisions and investments, setting realistic goals, and learning to prepare for short-term and long-term needs or emergencies.
Part of this dimension includes an awareness that everyone’s financial values, needs, and circumstances are unique.
Physical wellness is not merely the absence of illness, but about maintaining a thriving lifestyle. Caring for your body to be healthy now and into the future
Most importantly, physical wellness is about discovering what healthy habits make you feel better and suit your lifestyle and level of mobility and fitness.
Emotional wellness encompasses optimism, self-esteem, self-acceptance, and the ability to experience and cope with feelings independently and interpersonally. This includes things such as ...
Social Wellness focuses on connecting with your community and the people around you, which includes being aware of your own social and cultural background as a bridge to understand the diversity and depth present in other backgrounds.
This includes maintaining healthy relationships, enjoying being with others, developing friendships and intimate relations, caring about others, and letting others care about you.
Contributing to your community.
Intellectual wellness encourages participating in mentally stimulating and creative activities.
It is related to building our abilities to think critically, reason objectively, make responsible decisions, and explore new ideas and different points of view.
It is about expanding the base of our know-how and inspiring curiosity.
Note: The definitions and distinctions of the 8 areas of wellness have evolved from many health and educational institutions. The two primary sources we used for the above are from Live Well @ UMD and U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.