Free online course
Do you feel like a journey to your vitality?
Learn how to come into your power and stand up for the life your heart knows is possible with the Follow The River method.

It can be very frustrating to feel blocked and determined by others.
It can be very frustrating to feel blocked and determined by others. You live on this beautiful earth and just can't quite get into action. Your heart has so many ideas for this world, but none of them seem 'sensible' enough to be implemented.
So the days go by and instead of jumping out of bed in the morning full of anticipation, you struggle through the day with a queasy feeling in your stomach because you do things that you don't really want to do with all your heart. How often do you want to say no and still say yes, only to feel the resentment in your stomach as a constant companion?
Isn't it a shame that so many people can't give themselves fully to life because they carry blockages with them, feel under pressure and don't know how to live into their inner truth?
What is the point of settling for a half-baked life year after year? Wouldn't it be nicer to feel a flow of bubbling life energy inside you day in and day out, because you are doing exactly what feels right for your own heart? To experience life for its own sake with its ups and downs?
The crazy thing about it:
Once we have consciously flipped this inner switch, we can soon observe its ripple effect on the different areas of our lives. The more we stand by our inner truth and give the people around us permission to do the same, the more alive we become and the more we enable ourselves to experience life in all its fullness.
The psychology of feeling alive
Learn how to bring your vitality back into your life. In six stations you will discover everything from mindfulness and balance to patterns and emotions, and explore how to get back into your power.
That's what you get with this course:
Six stations where you learn the Follow The River method for more vitality.
Concrete, easily accessible background knowledge from psychology, neuroscience and philosophical paths of insight, especially Daoism and Buddhism.
Reflection tools to help you integrate your new experiences into your everyday life.
A framework story to help you slow down a bit and absorb the more subtle aspects of this journey.
Initial exercises to help you put what you have learned into practice.
By the end of the course you will have...
Many reasons for more self-confidence
Starting points for a self-determined Presence
Opportunities to get to know yourself better
About Benedikt
As a psychologist and coach, I support people like you to overcome blocks in a coherent and holistic way and stand up for the life their heart knows is possible.
Here I share the 10+ years of experience of my own journey to greater aliveness, as well as the highlights of training and development and my research work as a positive psychologist for Dr Ilona Boniwell.
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The six stations
These are the stations of your journey
That's not all
This course is designed to give you real value. That's why you get two extras on top as a little bonus!
Bonus 01
You get printable travel notes for each station, which you can use to integrate what you have learned directly into your everyday life.
Bonus 02
As you progress through the course, you will discover a bonus station that may provide a little support for your journey.
You have more questions?
After your registration you will get direct access to the members' area. Feel free to take the course at your own pace to give yourself the time to internalise the content and implement it in your everyday life.
During the course you will get an overview of the central points and patterns that separate people from their aliveness in most cases.
Each station invites you on an imaginary journey where you can take in the more subtle, emotional aspects with your whole system.
Where it is helpful, you will receive concrete, uncomplicated background knowledge from psychology and neuroscience.
At each station you will have the opportunity to reflect on your journey and what you have learned, and to look at how you would like to use your new experiences for yourself in the future.
With printable exercise sheets you can put all your new insights into practice.
This course is based on the one hand on curated insights that have worked for me in exactly the same way, and on the other hand on insights from neuroscience, (positive) psychology and spiritual paths of knowledge such as Buddhism. In my perception, this results in a very powerful combination and let me to develop the Follow The River Method, which this course will introduce you to. You can find the corresponding references on the exercise sheets.
The course contains a total of six central stations and one smaller station. Allow about 30-60 minutes per station. I recommend that you do some of the exercises beyond the scope of the course, as they can increase their positive effect, when done over a longer period of time. It is also a good idea to pay attention to your body signals and to dive deeper into the topics where your body is telling you that they might be important for you.
This course is for all people who feel a deep desire within themselves to surrender to life again and feel truly alive. For people who want more from life than to increase their productivity or status in a confused society, feeling lifeless and watching Netflix most of the time. For people who expect healing from this traumatised society and want to experience life for life's sake with its ups and downs.
In my perception, this global transition phase we are in, where old beliefs seem to be falling apart on all levels, is a great opportunity for us to come back into our power and take responsibility for ourselves, for our healing and for our presence in this world.
At the same time, this transitional phase can be very challenging, especially as many of us carry strong social conditioning and pain. In addition, I have observed time and again that in therapy and coaching there is often little time to learn the background information that will enable us to use therapy or coaching more effectively. The course is intended to close this gap and thus give people even more opportunity to take their well-being into their own hands again. Of course, it cannot and should not replace therapy.
Yes, a journey sounds good!
Sign up for the course here and start your journey back to your aliveness.
I look forward to having you on the course!
This course has become an effective resource and I would be more than happy if it supported you on your journey.
