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THE MOXIE PATH · YEAR 2
The Life Transformation Guide
Apprenticeship
July 13, 2026 – June 14, 2027
The Transformational Healing Model Embodied
This one-year advanced apprenticeship will train you to work with IFS in expanded states of consciousness. It's designed for those ready to balance deep personal work with a fully embodied practice of guiding others through transformational healing.
You will not only learn this work. You will live it, practice it, and embody it. At the center is the Moxie School's unique Transformational Healing Model, a refined approach to expanded states through an IFS lens.
At a Glance

Prerequisite
Completion of Year 1 Foundations or Equivalent Training
Weekly Apprenticeship Meetings
Mondays • 1:00–4:30 PM ET • Live Online
Facilitators Retreat
February 11–15, 2027 • Required
Healing Circles Retreats
Guide, witness, and be guided • Offered throughout the year

Private IFS Consultation
Two sessions each month with Heather
Facilitated Practice Groups
Support Year 1 Foundations students
Journey Supervision
Review and feedback for two facilitated sessions
Community Support
Peer pods and full Moxie Community membership
Certificate Pathway
Assessment toward Life Transformation Guide Certification
This is For You if...
This apprenticeship is an advanced training, not an introduction. It is designed for those who are ready to go deeper.
You have completed foundational IFS training and are ready to move into advanced, immersive practice.
You feel called to guide others through transformative expanded-state experiences and want to do it with skill, presence, and integrity.
You are committed to your own ongoing healing as the foundation of your work with others.
You are ready to be changed by this work, to let the process move through you, not just around you.
The Transformational Healing Model
This model offers a refined approach to guiding transformation by integrating expanded states of consciousness and Internal Family Systems. It recognizes that beneath the familiar phases of Preparation, Facilitation, and Integration, a profound, three-arc transformational process is continuously unfolding.
Each arc represents a deeper layer of healing and growth, moving individuals from awareness to embodiment, creating lasting personal and relational change.
Illumination
Through Preparation and Facilitation, hidden patterns, protective strategies, and inner wisdom are brought into conscious awareness, illuminating the path forward.
Liberation
During Integration, what has been revealed is witnessed, healed, and unburdened, supporting the release of old wounds and fostering internal harmony.
Becoming
As the cycle repeats, transformation is embodied in everyday life, leading to authentic Self-expression and living with greater clarity, compassion, and freedom.
Year Two of the Moxie Path
The Apprenticeship picks up where the year-one Foundations path left off. The focus is on direct experience and application of the Transformational Healing Model on both yourself and others. Consider the curriculum like a path of stepping stones leading you to skill mastery and embodied Self-leadership.
1
Practice the Model with Full Support
Weekly group consultation, personalized guidance from Heather, integration with peers, and the Moxie Community provide plenty of support to deepen your skills and Self-leadership.
2
Experience Your Own Becoming
Know the model by experiencing it yourself. Be guided through your own transformation with ongoing IFS sessions, expanded-state journeys, and intentional integration. Your internal system is part of your process and the ground of your learning.
3
Guide Others Through Their Transformation
You will guide Foundations students in IFS and expanded-state journeys to hone self-tracking, attunement, and presence.
4
Embody Self-Leadership in Daily Practice
Your Self-leadership extends into everyday life as you navigate intensity, projection, and repair, moment to moment.

Over time, this is no longer something you practice, but something you embody.
Receive Support and Connection
Consultation
Direct feedback, guidance, and reflection covering facilitator parts, client parts, case consultation, ethical considerations, and Self-led facilitation.
Peer Integration & Support Pods
Bi-weekly small pod groups, online or in-person. A living container for parts work, integration, and community between formal sessions.
Moxie Community
Full Membership
$150 per month value. A monthly 2-hour workshop with Heather plus live breathwork sessions, sharing circles, and salons.
Experience the Model
You will experience the full arc of the Transformational Healing Model from the inside while developing your capacity to guide others through it. Guiding builds progressively over the year from structured practice to live retreat facilitation.
Be Guided
EXPANDED-STATE JOURNEYS
  • Guided by Heather
  • Small apprentice group Healing Circle retreats or private, one-on-one options
  • Retreat options throughout the year to satisfy three-journey requirement
IFS CONSULTATION
  • Private sessions with Heather
  • At least two per month required
  • Integrates your lived experience of the Transformational Healing Model.
Guide Others
IFS PRACTICE GROUPS
  • Lead IFS sessions with Year 1 students
  • Assist supporting practice groups
  • Bring challenges to consultation for real-time processing
FACILITATORS RETREAT
  • Guide a full journey in a live-retreat setting
  • Observation and feedback from Heather
ONE ADDITIONAL EXPANDED-STATE SESSION
  • Guide a client or fellow apprentice
  • Heather witnesses, co-guides and provides feedback
  • In Healing Circle retreat or independently organized


Retreat Opportunities
You must complete at least three guided journeys with Heather and attend the facilitators retreat. Guided journeys can be done privately or in Healing Circles. Please contact Heather to discuss dates, scheduling, and other details.
All retreats include lodging, meals, and full programming.
FALL 2026
Community Immersion Retreat
This optional four-day retreat allows apprentices to meet the Year 1 students they'll be supporting throughout the year and spend time with the teaching team. It's designed to build relationships and group continuity before the year unfolds.
WINTER 2027
Facilitators Retreat
This required, five-day retreat focuses in-person practice of the Transformational Healing Model. Each apprentice will guide a Year 1 student while receiving supervision and support from Heather. It strengthens skill and embodied facilitation capacity through direct experience.
SEASONAL
Healing Circle Retreats
Throughout the year, these optional four-day retreats focus on direct experience of the Transformational Healing Model in a small-group setting. You will witness and actively hold space as Heather guides individual apprentices. Healing Circles count toward the guided sessions requirement.
SCHEDULED
Private, Guided Journeys
Experience a full-day, expanded-state session with Heather. This option adds flexibility for those who prefer a more individualized format or are unable to attend Healing Circle dates. These count toward the guided-sessions requirement. Please schedule directly with Heather.
Moxie Community Membership Included
Your enrollment includes a full one-year membership to the Moxie Community. This is a living, ongoing container of support, practice, and connection that extends well beyond the weekly class. All offerings are optional — participate at whatever level feels right for you.
Community Offerings
TWO TIMES A WEEK
  • Live, Online Breathwork
TWO TIMES A MONTH
  • Community Sharing Circles
2nd, 3rd, & 4th WEDNESDAYS
  • Consultation Salon
  • Live 2-Hour Workshop
  • Community Demo
Annual membership to the Moxie Community is a $1,188 value.
What You'll Leave With
A year from now, this work will not be something you do. It will be who you are.
Within Yourself
  • A deepened, embodied IFS practice you can return to every day
  • Greater fluency with your own parts, and more consistent, grounded access to Self-leadership
  • A lived understanding of expanded states from the inside out
  • Increased capacity to meet intensity, uncertainty, and relational complexity with presence
In Your Work With Others
  • The skill and confidence to guide clients through transformative expanded state experiences
  • A facilitation presence that is attuned, Self-led, and responsive in real time
  • The Transformational Healing Model as a living framework, not a script, but a way of working
  • The designation of Life Transformation Guide: a recognized marker of readiness, depth, and integrity in this work
Over time you will leave not just more capable, but more fully yourself.
2026-27 Full Schedule
The Life Transformation Guide Apprenticeship (Year 2)

Summer Series

Fall Series
Winter Series
Spring Series & Graduation
Apprenticeship Tuition
Tuition covers a year-long mentorship integrating personal work, guided expanded state experiences, and facilitation training. You engage in your own process while receiving direct support, feedback, and supervision. Questions about payment? Reach out before enrolling.
$16,800
Full Program Tuition
A comprehensive investment in your transformation and your capacity to guide others.
When you pay in full, save $500.
Or pay $1680/mo
with 10 installments.
What's Included
  • Weekly group consultation with Heather
  • Two private IFS consultations per month with Heather
  • Three guided journeys with Heather
  • Supervision and review of two guided journeys you facilitate
  • Session review by Heather to assess Certification readiness
  • Moxie Community Membership
    (Over $1,800 value)
Meet Your Guide
Heather Smith, MA, LPC
Founder of The Moxie School ®, Guide, Teacher, and Therapist
Heather works at the intersection of IFS and expanded states of consciousness devoted to one central inquiry: how do people truly heal? She is known for her ability to bridge deep psychological healing with grounded, relational, and embodied transformation, weaving together parts work, nervous system awareness, community immersion, and expanded states. Learn more about Heather and the Moxie School.
  • Certified IFS Therapist & Approved Clinical Consultant
  • Trained in IFS Levels 1–3
  • MAPS-Trained Therapist
  • Founder, The Moxie School ®
A Message from Heather
Thank you for taking the time to read through this. I created this apprenticeship from a deep place born from years of witnessing what it truly takes to learn this work. IFS and guiding others through expanded states is not something you simply study. It requires devotion, practice, and a willingness to keep becoming. I hope something in these pages has stirred that in you. -Heather
Ready to Begin?
Enrollment for the 2026–2027 cohort is now open. Don't wait —the class is intentionally small and space is limited.
Apply for the Apprenticeship
Submit your application to begin the process. If you have questions, email info@moxieschool.com. We hope to meet you soon.
Or book a discovery call
Schedule time with Heather to explore whether this path is right for you.