GAIN THE WORLD
DON’T LOSE YOUR SOUL
Integrated life and finance coaching that clarifies what you want, why you want it, and how to get it, so you can stop wasting time, take meaningful action, and get more out of life.
WHAT WE DO
COACHING AND WORKSHOPS FOR INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES, AND TEAMS WHO WANT TO GET MORE OUT OF LIFE.
Here at Skull and Bones Society, we are dedicated to the pursuit of living better by living with the end in mind. Our services include coaching, workshops, education and resources that support your growth so you can build a better world for yourself, your loved ones, and your community.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
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“Wanted to let you know that the goal-setting I did with you two years ago has worked… I have set up my own consulting business and it has done so well that I just signed the purchase order to buy my sailboat! Truly a lifelong dream. Boat is on a ship from France and will be here in a couple weeks! Thank you so much for all you do.”
— M.S., coaching client
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“This course forever changed the way I set my goals. With Cecily's guidance, I was able to discover my true values and set specific, achievable goals based on things I want to improve upon and habits I want to incorporate into my life.”
- A.T., workshop attendee
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“It was a pleasure and incredibly helpful for my wife and I to work with you. You are a very good man who is extremely well-intentioned and has a lot to offer. We were lucky to be able to work with you.”
— coaching client
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“I am always seeking knowledge on how to live a better life and become a better human. The Anchor Course helped me in that quest by further clarifying what matters most to me, operationalizing those values, and reminding me of how to live with the end in mind.”
— Rich F., workshop attendee
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“This course is excellent for driving a team towards understanding their own values and drives in life, and when they better understand themselves, they are better able to serve the organization and community around them. Define, Reflect, Act. Dusty and Cecily do an excellent job conveying a sense of safety and trust of everyone in the seminar.”
—Kolby, team workshop client
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“We worked with Dusty with a focus on finance coaching. His ability to connect on a personal level with us and navigate our unique situation was invaluable. Having a neutral third party with tons of knowledge and clearly has our best intentions in mind allowed us to make tremendous gains during our sessions. We made so much progress and feel so good coming out of our coaching sessions.”
— Pat Barber, coaching client
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“Cecily and Dusty were incredibly kind and empathetic to our group's emotional climate. These conversations and topics have a tendency to be tough and I felt that we were in the safe space everyone needed to dive deep. The Anchor Course materials they provided were easy to navigate while still giving us all the information we needed, and forcing us to interact so that we could get the most out of everyone's time. Would highly recommend.”
—A.K., team workshop participant
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“Living a value-based life is indispensable in our current cultural milieu. Cultural narratives are constantly shifting around us, making it difficult to anchor our life, work, rest, family, and a variety of other everyday realities. Enter Dusty and the Anchor Course. Dusty has labored to gather and build a trajectory for others to be anchored in value-based living. Dusty is engaging, insightful, and disciplined. The Anchor Course will bless your story, regardless of the season you are writing.”
— Anchor Course participant
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“The Anchor Program was excellent! It helped me to identify my Values more clearly, which gives me more hope for the future. We are never too old to evaluate Values and Dusty did a wonderful job facilitating the program.”
— Anchor Course participant
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This Mastermind was awesome. Dusty and Scott gave great direction and advice, and having long-form conversation centered around each of our businesses really got the creative juices flowing! I left with ideas and connections that will be instrumental in solving the main issue I brought to the table, and I know the other participants were helped tremendously as well!
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Initially I was reluctant to join the Mastermind because I didn't think I had very much to contribute, but I’m so glad I joined! The different perspectives coming together gave me ideas I never thought of myself. I am using the tools I learned and trying to keep my focus on one or two areas that I want to do really well. I've already seen improvements and have momentum going which is making a difference in my small farm, especially my main focus at this moment: honey and herbs!
—Shannon Warwar, small organic farm owner and keeper of bees
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“Dusty and Cecily have helped us harness our flame. We are passionate about forging our future together as a family, but needed guidance toward a pathway to pursue. Their questions, strategy, and influence have fueled our flame to continue forming our future.”
— coaching client
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“My coaching sessions encouraged me to think about work and career in a way I hadn't imagined before. I am now pursuing my passions while being in a career that meets my needs and goals financially—something I had dreamed of doing.”
—Mitch Salanty, coaching client
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Download and print this FREE 2-week tracker to build a habit out of “The Magic Six Hours.” The Magic Six Hours is a concept developed by Drs John and Shirley Gottman when they noticed through their research that happy couples find small but consistent ways to invest in their relationship each week. If you follow the prescription for The Magic Six Hours, you’ll spend a total of 6 hours each week (just 4% of your total week) to keep your relationship vitalized and strong. Sounds like a pretty good return on investment to us!
If flexibility is an indicator of good mental health then maybe the correlation goes the other way too? Cultivate flexibility and you will improve your mental health? Worth a shot since flexibility is a skill you can practice. So here are a few things I do/have done to cultivate psychological flexibility.
I have always been wealthy. But it's only recently that I've had money.
The semantics battle between being wealthy and rich cannot be solved in a blog post. But I'd like to contribute to the conversation by sharing my own personal experience.
In 2022, the wealth management firm, PWL Capital, Inc. published a white paper entitled “Finding and Funding a Good Life” that made the rounds on socials. It seemed both out of place and also perfectly appropriate for a financial manager to pontificate at length on things like long-term happiness and whether homeowners or renters are happier in the long run, and whether living in a sunnier climate or a setting with more trees has a greater impact on your day-to-day satisfaction. After all, most of the best things in life are free (or are they?) The paper presents a six-factor (PERMA-V) model (don’t worry, they cite their heavy-hitting sources) for what A Good Life looks like.
This paper is worth a read.
We’re proud Pepperdine alums (both undergrad and graduate work and also teaching there over the years) and it was an honor to team up with the marketing team, telling this story of how we and others pursue challenge and growth while at Pepperdine.
The terms "rich" and "wealthy" are often used interchangeably, but are they the same thing? New York Times columnist Paul Sullivan, author of the 2015 book The Thin Green Line: The Money Secrets of the Super Wealthy, suggests that while these two terms might seem similar, they are not.
Tune in to hear an explanation of our 11 guiding principles that have helped us live intentionally in our relationships, health, work, and finances. Huge thank you to amazing podcasters and interviewers, Jewell from Sweet Fuel and Kristen from Earth Kandee
How to be FINANCIALLY FREE and Live with the END IN MIND. Watch/listen to Dusty’s guest appearance on Another Step Podcast with Kyle Holton.
America is changing. Millennials are less religiously affiliated than ever before. Churches are just one of many institutional casualties of the internet age in which young people are both more globally connected and more locally isolated than ever before. Against this bleak backdrop, a hopeful landscape is emerging. Millennials are flocking to a host of new organizations that deepen community in ways that are powerful, surprising, and perhaps even religious. After two years of noticing this happen, we’re sharing our findings in order to start a conversation. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 2015
I don’t always take bathroom selfies…but when I’m in a tuxedo and the bathroom is filled with geometric patterns…I become basic.
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