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I recently read a post on the Landmark Education News website that told of a man, Raj Babbra, who is making a movie as a tribute to their best friend, Benedetta Ciaccia, who died during the 7/7 bombings of the London Underground. I went on Youtube and I found a trailer for the movie itself, [...]

I’m always moved when I see someone who is genuinely appreciative of the life that they have and the people they have around them. This woman scores a perfect 10 on the appreciation scale.
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It just hit me how unbelievably lucky I am. Things in my life are going so wonderfully, I never could have dreamed of such contentment and bliss in all aspects of my life. Since FUEL, things have gone so uphill, I feel like I’m in the heavens. Obviously the movie in itself was a blessing, but also to have met Jon was just the beginning. I could not have imagined such a wonderful man to share my life with. He impresses me and melts me every single day. The fullness of his love, his kindness and his protection is so empowering, I miss him every moment.
Through FUEL I also found Landmark Education, which has overwhelmingly empowered me. Half of what I have, including Jon, has stemmed from Landmark. Without it, I would not appreciate and respect Jon as much as I do. I would not care so much about being the perfect girlfriend, the woman who loves endlessly. I would be merely selfish and juvenile, a girl playing games. Without it, I would not have this strengthening relationship with my family, and my mom, especially. Since I opened up and had conversations with everyone, moments have become so much more special and light. Without it, I would not have reached for AIDS Cycle. Well, I would have reached, but I would have given up, in lack of faith. I would not work so hard alone on anything. Without it, I would not have acknowledged my best friends, building our relationship to surprising heights. Without it, I wouldn’t be as upward-moving as I am in my career.  It has been wonderful to finally become the person I’ve wanted to be.
When Jeff, my Forum leader, told his story of how he started to walk taller after Landmark, head held high, I thought he was exaggerating. But, to my gleeful surprise, it is true. I walk taller now, and I love the view.
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I just noticed that there’s a video of David Cunningham, who leads the Landmark Forum, on YouTube talking about the American Recession and how to keep your marriage working in economic hard times. Enjoy!

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There’s a blogger I like named Alex Shalman who recently put out a video about the Landmark Education Advanced Course. It’s interesting how he talks about the idea of his ‘act’ like a habitual way of behaving that doesn’t work for him. I’m going to try to post the video; here’s a partial transcript in case it doesn’t take!
My act is how I responded to failure in relationships. I’m not talking about breakups, or something major; I’m talking about a failure of the other person to show up o

Landmark Education recently released an interesting video over the YouTube service, based on a television interview that took place in St. Louis in the United States. A local station interviewed a Landmark spokeswoman, Deb Beroset about the topic of gossip.
I remember when I did the Landmark Forum that gossip and complaining were topics that were talked about at some length. The idea is that behind complaints there is a commitment on the complainer’s part to have something happen. This video does a better

Continuing in my grand tradition of keeping a website going by stealing the ideas of superior minds, I present a wonderful video (or two videos, since length required it to be in two parts on YouTube). I found this video on YouTube, and it’s an absolutely brilliant look of what the Landmark Education, or more specifically, the Landmark Forum looks like from start to finish, in the form of clips from famous American films and television programmes. The videos probably violate 52 copyrights, so I don’t kn

Hello! Sometimes I think there is synchronicity in the universe. I put up a blog post about setting goals, and just after I do, someone sends me a great video of Chip Wilson, founder of Lululemon Athletica, a significant Canadian athletic apparel company, talking about personal development, goal setting, and mentioning the landmark forum along the way. Here it is!

This is just one of a whole set of videos Wilson and Lululemon have made about goals–Go check them all out for yourself if you are interested.

Today I was looking at the Landmark videos I had grabbed from Vodpod for this site, and I came across one that I hadn’t seen before, made by an extremely inspiring organisation that apparently got its start as a Self-Expression and Leadership Programme project in Australia. The woman who founded it is Ryll Burgin, and her organization is the step up foundation, which provides weekend seminars to teens to support them in facing the future. Apparently step up brings in dozens of successfu...

Over one million people have done the Landmark Forum and I think one of the big reasons it is so popular is because people get in touch with the unique difference that they (and each of us) make.
Here are a few examples of things that I have come across:
Teaching Wounded War Veterans to Surf Again

This was created by a man while taking a course at Landmark Education called Team Management and Leadership.
G.O.P.A.T: Giving Older People a Thrill

This was created by a New Zealander to contri...

Created out a Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Program project, stepUp foundation is an event for 14-18 year olds held in Australia and now New Zealand.

Landmark Education graduate creates the stepUP Foundation, to inspire youths to take on a career they are passionate about.

Fun, Freedom and Adventure for a group of inspirational teenagers on New Zealand's Wild West Coast! A Self-Expression and Leadership Program Project.

The Whitebridge Foundation
created by a Melbourne designer in a SELP Program, which collects and sends excess clothing from major clothing manufacturers to help dress children in Vietnamese orphanages, Cambodian Refugee Camps and Tibetan refugee camps. The clothing, storage and transportation were all donated. She has obtained 15,000 garments so far. The first overseas delivery is taking place the start of December.

Max Vodane created this project while participating in the Landmark Education Self Expression and Leadership Program. Max was inspired by giving his friends 80 year old God Mother a ride on his motorcycle and decided to create a project to bring his motorcycle club to retirement communities and take the residents for rides on motorcycles. Residents absolutely loved it and raved about it for weeks afterward. The project continues to this day.

A project about raising awareness about Australian Aboriginal infant mortality rate that is 5 times that of national average