What We Value

‣ Accepting life’s issues and people - as a starting point
‣ Managing our thoughts and emotions
‣ Working on our attitude and perspective
‣ Enjoying the fullness of life in the present
‣ Shaping and directing our lives forward

Our Approach

‣ Working on 3-Levels of awareness

‣ Practicing discernment and decision-making
‣ Understanding our autonomy and agency
‣ Focusing on evolving specific qualities
‣ Developing a host of integrated soft skills

What We Do

‣ Community Gatherings
‣ Face-to-face Courses 
‣ Online Courses
‣ Workshops 
‣ Direction Consultancies 
‣ Accountability Partnerships

Who We are

A First Video Introduction

This is a first attempt video introduction to what I and Twenty2Beyond are all about. I originally had no intention of publishing it – hence the comfy clothes and at home feel – I had just been playing around with video for the first time. I liked the message though, it is the right one, so I decided to share it.
Write your awesome label here.

Vision, Name, and Mission

Our vision at Twenty2Beyond, which our name in part represents, is to revolutionise how we live and live together, as we head towards the 22nd Century and beyond. We think we need it and we think the world needs it, too. The name is also a nod to that time beyond an ideal youthful age (for me it has always been 22), when the whole of life begins to spread out before us and we start to feel the full weight of our futures. Our work helps with the right kind of preparation and focus at the right times in your life, whether you are in your 20s, 60s, or anywhere in between.

It is our belief that we need to take more control over our lives and direct them better, but also be better humans, for ourselves, for our intimate communities, and for the wider world. To that end, our mission is to help normalise access to an education that enables us to develop a steadier way of being, be kinder to ourselves and others, and grow our lives in ways we care about, both in terms of who we are and what we do. From there, we need some perspective and tools to guide us. In short, we are educators for empowerment, personal agency, and society. 

Sustainable Agency

This is what we think of as your capacity to take control and manage your life in ways you care about and that are good for you and other people, and for you to be able to do so over the long-term. 

Our work supports you to sustainably shape and build your life or organisational culture in ways you care about, with kindness. I believe it is the most important work needed in our world today because everything else valuable comes from it.

Our education involves developing active and awakened awareness, strengthening your acceptance in the present moment, cultivating discernment, honing decision-making skills, being kinder, and driving your life forward in ways you care about. You will work towards greater individual autonomy, control, and improved relationships. 

Note from the Founder

These are just a few points that explain why I founded this project and why I am driven by it. I have...
‣ 30 years experience of consciously growing my own life. I know full well the benefits of this valuable work and perspective;

‣ nearly 20 years experience teaching and training. My skills as an educator and facilitator were really honed through training teachers;

‣ an MA, PGCEd, MSc, and 10 years of independent research - all guided towards this project;

‣ a highly developed active awareness practice; 

‣ a high degree of self-actualisation, the work and the journey of which I have truly valued; 

‣ and a long-term commitment to understanding and improving how we live and live together, as we head towards the 22nd Century and beyond.

Growing a life and enjoying the process

Richard Frost
Founder of Twenty2Beyond |
Education for Personal Growth and Society
‣ It is my belief that life is long and that it is the process of life that it is important to manage. That it is up to us to become better able to see a path through the ups and downs of life, and to find as much meaning as possible in the process as we go along. 
‣ This is as much about finding meaning and even enjoyment in the tough times, as it is about enjoying the good times. Which primarily means working on our-selves to be better able to do both. And maybe most importantly, realising that we get to define meaning and what matters for ourselves. That meaning comes from within us and evolves within us, too, depending on our awareness, autonomy, and control. The more we get to work on these, the more we get to measure and direct our own lives in ways we care about.
‣ Our work here is to help with this. It is to support you to grow your-self, to build stability, to find that meaning and the things you enjoy, and to get more of them into your life. It's also work that supports you to come out the other side of the tough times to continue enjoying the process. All of this is as much about perspective as it is anything else. These are skills that I see as the most important in life, as everything else valuable grows from them.
‣ I can't help thinking of Viktor Frankl's words in this context, when he noted how, "In accepting this challenge to suffer bravely, life has a meaning up to the last minute". I couldn't agree more.
 ‣ For all the good times there are, and we do need to always work on creating or noticing more of them, they do, once found, mostly take care of themselves. The key is to also find value in the difficult times, which is also where growing your life comes in, where taking the long view comes in, and where we come in. It is these 2 differing strands of the process – evolving the good times and working through the difficult times – that our growing a life learning framework is set up to work on.
‣ I have found my own way through these by growing my own life for 30 years and more recently living my Ikigai, which for me is living a life I accept, value, and direct, with kindness, hope, and patience. This guides me in my everyday life and it guides my work here. 
‣ For now, take care of yourself out there. Hopefully, we will get a chance to chat at some point or you'll take the chance to do one of our courses.
Please do feel free to get in touch, through the links below.
Best for now,
Richard
Created with