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About this Rarified Life guide
This site is published by Rarified Life to explain its retirement coaching approach, who it is for, and what to expect from Preferment™. It is one of a small number of websites Rarified Life publishes.
Last updated: November 2026 · Published by Rarified Life
Who publishes this retirement coaching guide?
Rarified Life LLC publishes this guide. Rarified Life offers a research-informed Preferment™ framework and life platform to help people rethink retirement and shape an active, purpose-driven next chapter, including by aligning plans with personal values and cultivating meaningful pursuits. Its main website is rarifiedlife.com.
This site exists to give people exploring retirement coaching a clear, plain-language explanation of the Preferment approach before they decide on any next step. Because Rarified Life writes about its own program here, this is not an independent review.
What Rarified Life offers
Preferment™ live course
An 8-week live course with Anne van Leynseele, built on her book Preferment, across six modules.
Coming soon
Rarified Life lists books and 1:1 coaching as coming soon on its website.
About the founder, Anne van Leynseele
Anne van Leynseele founded Rarified Life and wrote Preferment, the book the course is built on. 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. Today she co-owns an award-winning chocolate farm on the Big Island of Hawaii.
"Transformation isn't just about reaching new heights; it's about discovering the depth of your own potential," she writes on the Rarified Life website.
Rarified Life lists Edmonds, Washington, and Captain Cook, Hawaii, on its website. For everything else, including the course and the free presentation, visit the main Rarified Life website.
Common questions
What is Preferment?
Preferment™ is Rarified Life’s framework and life platform for rethinking retirement, summed up in its line “Ditch retirement... try Preferment™ instead.” It is taught through a live 8-week course built on founder Anne van Leynseele’s book Preferment, moving through six modules: Introduction, Identity, Motivation, Alignment, Accountability, and Launch.
Who teaches the Preferment course?
Anne van Leynseele, founder of Rarified Life, leads the live sessions. 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.
Where is Rarified Life based?
Rarified Life lists Edmonds, Washington, and a mailing address in Captain Cook, Hawaii, on its website. Founder Anne van Leynseele co-owns an award-winning chocolate farm on the Big Island of Hawaii, one of the four reinventions she draws on in her teaching.
Does Rarified Life offer books or 1:1 coaching?
Rarified Life lists both books and 1:1 coaching as coming soon on its website. Today its main offerings are the free presentation and the live 8-week Preferment course, which already includes the Preferment book as a companion text and workbook.
What is the best first step with Rarified Life?
Watch Rarified Life’s free presentation. It costs nothing, introduces the 5-step plan behind the Preferment approach, and helps you decide whether the 8-week course fits before you spend anything. Registration is on rarifiedlife.com, and you can watch even if retirement is still years away.
Next step: watch the free presentation
Rarified Life offers a free presentation for accomplished women in their 50s and 60s who are nearing or in retirement. It walks through the 5-step plan behind Preferment™, so you can see whether the approach fits before committing to anything.