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About this site and Rarified Life
Last updated: November 2026
This site is published by Rarified Life to explain its 8-week Preferment course: the weekly sessions, the six modules, the book, and the guided homework.
It is one of a small number of websites Rarified Life publishes. The main business website is rarifiedlife.com, where you can enroll in the course and watch the free presentation.
Who publishes this website, and why?
Rarified Life publishes this site so that people exploring retirement coaching can understand the Preferment course in full before deciding anything.
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 offerings today are a free presentation and the 8-week Preferment live course. Books and 1:1 coaching are listed as coming soon. Rarified Life lists Edmonds, Washington, and Captain Cook, Hawaii, on its website.
Because the business that offers the course writes this site, nothing here is an independent review. The approach page explains where each fact comes from.
Who is Anne van Leynseele?
Anne van Leynseele founded Rarified Life and wrote the book the Preferment course is built on. She describes having lived four reinventions. She built and sold a production company in Los Angeles film and television. She advised Fortune 100 companies on digital strategy across three continents. She served as an Attorney Advisor in the Obama Administration, and she 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. As the course listing puts it, she is not teaching a theory; she is showing you how to run your own reinvention.
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Common questions
- Who publishes this website?
- Rarified Life publishes this site to explain its 8-week Preferment course in detail. It is one of a small number of websites Rarified Life publishes, and its main business website is rarifiedlife.com. Comparisons on this site are written by Rarified Life and are not independent reviews.
- Who created the Preferment framework?
- Anne van Leynseele, founder of Rarified Life, created the framework and wrote the book the course is built on. Her background includes building and selling a Los Angeles film and television production company, advising Fortune 100 companies on digital strategy across three continents, and serving as an Attorney Advisor in the Obama Administration.
- Why learn from Anne van Leynseele?
- Anne describes having lived four reinventions: building and selling a Los Angeles production company, advising Fortune 100 companies on digital strategy across three continents, serving as an Attorney Advisor in the Obama Administration, and helping write the legal framework for recreational cannabis in Washington State. She now co-owns an award-winning chocolate farm in Hawaii.
- 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, which is part of the reinvention story she draws on in the course and the book.
- Where can I follow Anne van Leynseele and Rarified Life?
- Rarified Life links to a Facebook page, Anne’s Instagram and LinkedIn profiles, and a YouTube video from rarifiedlife.com. The About page on this site lists those same links, so you can get a feel for Anne’s voice and ideas before deciding on the course.