Instructor and courseLast updated November 2026
Anne van Leynseele is the creator and instructor of Preferment™, the 8-week live course for high achievers moving from career to a purposeful next chapter. She has lived four reinventions, from Los Angeles film and television to government law to a Hawaii chocolate farm, and wrote the book the course is built on.
She is a former production company founder, Fortune 100 digital strategy advisor, and Obama Administration Attorney Advisor who now co-owns an award-winning chocolate farm on the Big Island of Hawaii. She teaches every live Preferment session herself.
Anne did not arrive at this by accident. Each of her career moves required leaving behind a hard-won identity and building another. That is precisely the challenge high achievers face when work ends.
She is not teaching a theory. She has lived four reinventions and shows you how to run your own, which is why the course emphasizes structure, accountability, and a named mission over open-ended reflection.
Professionals approaching retirement often find course details scattered across sales pages and webinar sign-ups. This site brings the Preferment course together in one place: the curriculum, the price, what is included, how enrollment works, who it suits, and who should choose something else.
The Preferment framework comes from Rarified Life, which presents it as an active, purpose-driven alternative to retirement for people approaching or navigating life after a career. You can learn more at rarifiedlife.com, follow Anne on LinkedIn, or watch her on YouTube.
Want the full picture? Read our overview of retirement transition coaching with the Preferment course, including the curriculum, price, and how enrollment works.
Anne van Leynseele teaches every live session. She built and sold a Los Angeles film and television production company, 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. She now co-owns an award-winning chocolate farm on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Preferment is offered by Rarified Life at rarifiedlife.com. Rarified Life presents the Preferment framework as a purpose-driven alternative to retirement for people approaching or navigating life after a career, especially high achievers looking for purpose and identity beyond work. Enrollment, the free webinar, and contact all run through the Rarified Life website.
Yes. Anne van Leynseele wrote the book Preferment, and it is the backbone of the live course. The book is included in enrollment and serves as both your companion text and your workbook. Homework is built into its pages, so the exercises you complete between sessions follow the same chapters you discuss live with Anne.
High achievers often tie their identity tightly to their work, so losing the title, pace, and purpose of a career can feel disorienting. Preferment was built by someone who has lived four reinventions, across film, global consulting, government law, and farming. The course gives driven people structure and a mission rather than open-ended rest.
Reinvention at 70 follows the same steps as at any age: get clear on identity, find what motivates you, align your days with your values, add accountability, and launch. Preferment sets no age limit, and its instructor has lived four reinventions. A structured eight-week course makes the change concrete instead of theoretical.
Eight weekly live sessions with Anne van Leynseele, the Preferment book, and guided homework. $3,000 investment.
