Lifted Ascent Clayton Application

First, tell us who you are.

We use this information to review your fit for the live Clayton cohort and to contact you about the application.

First name *

Last name *

Email *

Mobile phone *

Age *

City / region where you live *

Occupation / primary role *

Relationship status

How did you first hear about Lifted Academy? *

Who referred or introduced you?

What Lifted Academy work have you already experienced? Select all that apply. *

I am new to Lifted Academy

I have read one or more Lifted / EMSO books

I have attended a class, masterclass, event, or workshop

I have completed the Composure Challenge / EMSO Gauntlet

I have participated in private or relationship coaching

I have completed another Lifted training

I have participated in several Lifted programs

Please complete the required information.

Why Lifted Ascent—and why now?

Ascent is not designed simply to relieve a problem. We want to understand what is calling you into a year of deliberate development.

What is happening in your life that made this the right time to apply? *

Why are you interested in Lifted Ascent specifically rather than another course, coach, retreat, or self-development program? *

If we were sitting together one year from now and the training had been deeply successful, what would be demonstrably different about how you live, lead, relate, decide, and contribute? *

What would concern you most about being essentially the same person, with the same limitations, one year from now? *

Please complete the required questions.

Where is your development incomplete?

There is no advantage in pretending to be strong where you are not. This section helps us understand your current human-development gap.

Which disciplines most need development right now? Select all that apply. *

Purpose — direction, meaning, priorities, decision-making

Physical Command — habits, chemistry, energy, strength, self-command

Mental Clarity & Discernment — thinking accurately, seeing clearly, choosing wisely

Emotional Sobriety — reactivity, recurring negative states, composure

Relational Mastery — communication, intimacy, leadership, conflict

Spiritual Connection — principles, humility, alignment beyond self

Legacy & Societal Impact — usefulness, contribution, service, stewardship

Of these, where are you currently weakest or least developed? Give us evidence—not just a label. *

Where have you already built real strength? What evidence demonstrates it? *

What pattern, habit, weakness, or way of operating have you tolerated for too long? *

What have you already done to develop yourself—and where has that development failed to transfer into your actual life? *

Please select at least one discipline and complete the required questions.

What is your development for?

We care about personal outcomes. We also care whether becoming stronger makes you more useful beyond yourself.

What mission, responsibility, body of work, family role, calling, or contribution matters enough that becoming more capable would materially change what you can give? *

Who benefits if you become more disciplined, emotionally sober, physically capable, clear, relationally skillful, and principled? Be specific. *

Who would you have to become to fulfill that responsibility at a much higher level? *

How are your current limitations reducing your usefulness, leadership, or impact? *

Please complete the required questions.

Tell us what belongs to you.

Ascent requires the ability to tell the truth about your own contribution without collapsing into shame or escaping into blame.

Without blaming another person, your past, your schedule, or your circumstances, what are you personally responsible for changing now? *

What would the people closest to you say you most need to change—even if you do not fully agree with them? *

Where do you most often argue for your limitations? What explanation do you repeatedly use for why you cannot do, change, face, or become something? *

What are you willing to stop practicing because it strengthens the version of you that you say you want to outgrow? *

If the training calls for meaningful changes to routines, comforts, habits, food, substances, digital inputs, relationships, or use of time, which is most accurate? *

YesIf it interferes with my development, I am willing to examine and change it.MostlyI am willing, though there are some constraints I would need to discuss.UnsureI do not yet know what I would be willing to change.NoI am not willing to substantially alter my current routines or habits.

Please complete the required questions.

What happens when your ego gets involved?

Everyone likes the idea of feedback until the feedback contradicts the story they are attached to. We want to know how you work when training becomes uncomfortable.

Tell us about a time someone gave you difficult or confronting feedback. What was your first reaction, what did you do next, and what did you learn? *

When you feel misunderstood, criticized, corrected, or challenged, what is your most common first tendency? *

Defend or explainI want the other person to understand why I did what I did.Withdraw or shut downI tend to go quiet, distance, or disengage.CounterattackI notice what is wrong with the person giving the feedback.Get curiousI can usually examine the feedback before deciding what I think.It dependsMy response changes significantly depending on the person or subject.OtherMy pattern is different from the choices above.

If a teacher tells you that the explanation you are giving for a behavior may itself be part of the pattern keeping you stuck, what do you believe your responsibility is in that moment? *

When your mood, convenience, work pressure, family demands, or preferences conflict with a commitment you made, what usually wins—and what do you want to be different about that? *

Please complete the required questions.

What kind of cohort member will you be?

A small live cohort is not just a delivery format. The quality of the room becomes part of the training.

What strengths, experience, perspective, energy, or commitment would you contribute to this cohort? *

What about you could make you difficult, distracting, disruptive, resistant, or hard to coach in a group environment? *

What do you believe your responsibility is when another cohort member is struggling, reactive, discouraged, or falling below their own standard? *

Part of the vision for Ascent is that the strongest students eventually become examples, stewards, guides, or contributors to the development of future students. How does that land for you? *

Strongly alignedThe idea of becoming useful to future students is part of what attracts me.Open to itI would want to earn that role before deciding.Not my focus yetI am primarily applying for my own development right now.Not interestedI do not see myself contributing in that way.

What does confidentiality, respect, and responsibility to a serious training community mean to you? *

Please complete the required questions.

Can you actually do the training?

Desire matters. Capacity matters too. Please answer based on your real calendar, commute, obligations, and resources—not the schedule you hope will somehow appear later.

Current program structure: one year, live in Clayton, California, with scheduled in-person training up to four days per week. The current cohort is planned to begin November 30, 2026. Confirm final dates, times, financial commitment, and enrollment terms in your acceptance conversation.

What resistance may present as your biggest initial obstacle—commute, relationships, schedule, financial, or something else—and how will you overcome it? *

Can you reliably participate in live training in Clayton up to four days per week for one year? *

Approximate one-way commute to Clayton *

Outside of live attendance, how much weekly time can you project for implementation, reading, practice, and assignments? *

If accepted, which best describes your current readiness to make the financial commitment required for the program? *

Is anyone else involved in the enrollment decision? *

If yes, will that person attend the enrollment conversation?

What would you have to rearrange, stop, delegate, or protect in order to make the year work? *

Readiness self-assessment

These are not grades. They help us compare your stated desire with your current capacity.

Please complete the logistics questions and every readiness score.

Final review and agreements.

Answer the scope questions accurately, then tell us why you believe this particular cohort should include you.

Do any of the following currently apply? Select all that apply. *

None of these currently apply

Immediate medical or psychiatric crisis, or immediate risk of harm

Active medical detox need or risk of severe substance withdrawal

Domestic violence, coercive control, or an unsafe home environment

Court-ordered evaluation or treatment

A condition or recent procedure that may require medical clearance for physical participation

Provide any context we should know

Lifted Academy is a human-development training institution. It is not an emergency service, medical detoxification provider, or substitute for licensed medical, psychiatric, psychological, or emergency care. If anyone is in immediate danger or at risk of harm, contact emergency services or an appropriate crisis resource now rather than waiting for an application response.

Why should this Lifted Ascent cohort choose you? What makes you worth investing a seat, attention, correction, community, and a year of training into? *

What have we not asked that you believe we should know before deciding whether to invite you into the cohort?

I understand that I am applying to become a student of a structured one-year training process—not simply a customer purchasing access to information.

I am willing to participate across the full developmental sequence rather than only the disciplines I already prefer or find comfortable.

I am willing to receive direct feedback, examine my motives and patterns, practice between sessions, and allow repeated demonstration—not intention alone—to become the measure of my development.

I agree to protect confidentiality, respect the dignity and training process of other students, and avoid using the cohort to recruit allies into personal conflicts or grievances.

I understand that Lifted Ascent is a live, high-participation, one-year program in Clayton, California and that consistent attendance and implementation are conditions of successful participation.

I understand that Lifted Academy is a training institution and does not replace medical, psychiatric, psychological, legal, addiction-treatment, or emergency services when those are required.

I understand that submitting this application does not guarantee acceptance, and Lifted Academy may decline, defer, or recommend another starting point.

I consent to being contacted by Lifted Academy by email, phone, and text regarding this application. Message and data rates may apply.

Type your full name as your signature *

Date *

Please complete all required questions and agreements.

Become the person your mission requires.

We choose for willingness, not polish.

Mission-Driven

Responsible

Coachable

Participatory

Community-Minded

Committed

Lifted Ascent Application

First, tell us who you are.

Why Lifted Ascent—and why now?

Where is your development incomplete?

What is your development for?

Tell us what belongs to you.

What happens when your ego gets involved?

What kind of cohort member will you be?

Can you actually do the training?

Readiness self-assessment

Final review and agreements.

Your Lifted Ascent application is complete.

We are choosing a cohort—not filling a cart.