{"id":15,"date":"2026-08-26T22:56:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodlifenew.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-08-26T23:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:01:25","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thegoodlifeinstitute.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:24px;padding-bottom:24px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-medium-font-size is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-69fd9a4c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-default wp-container-content-a3208792\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegoodlifeinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GLI-Icon-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div>\n  <div style=\"\n    font-family:'Manrope',sans-serif;\n    font-size:14px;\n    font-weight:400;\n    letter-spacing:.13em;\n    line-height:1.05;\n    text-transform:uppercase;\n    color:#F1ECE4;\n  \">\n    The Goodlife<br>Institute\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div style=\"\n    margin-top:6px;\n    font-family:'Manrope',sans-serif;\n    font-size:10px;\n    font-weight:400;\n    letter-spacing:.12em;\n    line-height:1;\n    color:#B86F4B;\n  \">\n    2017&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;2026\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<nav style=\"\n  display:flex;\n  gap:28px;\n  align-items:center;\n  justify-content:flex-end;\n  font-family:'Manrope',sans-serif;\n  font-size:14px;\n  font-weight:400;\n  letter-spacing:.13em;\n  text-transform:uppercase;\n  white-space:nowrap;\n\">\n  <a href=\"mailto:support@thegoodlifeinstitute.com\" style=\"\n    color:#F1ECE4;\n    text-decoration:none;\n  \">\n    Inquiry\n  <\/a>\n\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/humansbetter.mn.co\/plans\/1948659?bundle_token=d9eb2e2397b69ae835808c7a052acd2e&#038;utm_source=manual\" style=\"\n    color:#F1ECE4;\n    text-decoration:none;\n  \">\n    Alumni Archive\n  <\/a>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hero-row is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9f013074 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hero-copy wp-container-content-e58123cd is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6560db7f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-css wp-custom-css-445d0282\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);font-size:clamp(2.629rem, 2.629rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.719), 5rem);\">One chapter ends.\u2009The work continues.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width:40px;height:2px;background:#B86F4B;margin:18px 0 16px 0;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For nearly a decade, The Goodlife Institute helped thousands of ambitious leaders succeed without sacrificing their health, relationships and personal aspirations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:4\">That chapter has now come to a close.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large hero-sphere wp-container-content-b62f0429\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1013\" 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(max-width: 700px) {\n  .gli-major-rule {\n    width: 100%;\n    margin: 40px 0 36px 0;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">The Goodlife Institute was one<br>application of a much larger body of thought.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-64c5e470 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:80px;padding-left:80px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Long before The Goodlife Institute existed, we had been developing a philosophy concerned with a more fundamental question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-custom-css has-medium-font-size wp-custom-css-95d83f00 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">WHAT PRINCIPLES ALLOW HUMANS TO LIVE WELL?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">The Goodlife Institute coaching and training programs became one expression of those ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Now, as that chapter ends, the larger inquiry comes back into focus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gli-major-rule\"><\/div>\n\n<style>\n.gli-major-rule {\n  width: calc(100% + 120px);\n  height: 1px;\n  background: #514A45;\n  margin: 45px 0 40px -60px;\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 700px) {\n  .gli-major-rule {\n    width: 100%;\n    margin: 40px 0 36px 0;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\">From the individual<br>to the <em>systems<\/em> around us.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width:40px;height:2px;background:#B86F4B;margin:18px auto 16px auto;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-708a9f1d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:80px;padding-left:80px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">Much of modern thinking about well-being focuses on the individual: their choices, habits, mindset and behavior.<br><br>We&#8217;re interested in another question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0b1ff286 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-57361d8d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xx-large-font-size\">What if we designed the <br>conditions around humans with<br>their well-being in mind?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"what-if-support has-custom-css has-manrope-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-custom-css-03a4f2ab wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:200;column-count:1\">How might communities, institutions and societies function differently if human well-being were treated not as a fortunate byproduct, but as a design 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class=\"gli-person\">\n      <div class=\"gli-person-name\">Scott Byars<\/div>\n      <h3 class=\"gli-person-title\">Principles<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"gli-person-rule\"><\/div>\n\n      <p class=\"gli-person-copy\">\n        What principles support human well-being and flourishing?\n      <\/p>\n\n      <p class=\"gli-person-status\">\n        Writing forthcoming\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"gli-person\">\n      <div class=\"gli-person-name\">Kate Byars<\/div>\n      <h3 class=\"gli-person-title\">Architecture<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"gli-person-rule\"><\/div>\n\n      <p class=\"gli-person-copy\">\n        How might those principles shape the systems humans inhabit?\n      <\/p>\n\n      <p class=\"gli-person-status\">\n        The work is taking shape\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<style>\n  .gli-alumni {\n    text-align: center;\n    margin: 72px 0 28px 0;\n  }\n\n  .gli-alumni-icon {\n    color: #B86F4B;\n    margin-bottom: 14px;\n  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