Invitation to Change
Over the past 35 years, the Option Institute® has helped thousands of people live their very best life – heightening day-to-day happiness, deepening their closest relationships, increasing inner strength and personal effectiveness, and overcoming life’s biggest challenges. Our unique workshops and individual support services have helped people to master issues that have plagued them for years.
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LIVE via Zoom
Experience our new LIVE dynamic classes without ever having to leave the comfort of your own home. You will learn practical tools to address your own unique challenges, alongside a group of others, who just like you, are dedicated to make meaningful changes now.
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The Option Institute employs more than seventy full-time staff members. Our staff bring together diverse backgrounds and broad reaching experience within the fields of education, health, human behavior, applied science, the arts, and corporate and entrepreneurial business. Their unique knowledge and expertise help drive our initiatives forward.
Learn MoreCalm Amid Chaos
How to Stay Comfortable in a Challenging World
August 16, 18, 19, 23rd & 25th, 2022
Live Session Times: 12pm – 3:00pm EST (UTC‑5)
Imagine… that the unpredictable, ever-changing events happening all around us (that seem chaotic and haphazard,) could be organized (yes, organized) in such a way, that we were able to take in and navigate our way through these events in a loving and grounded way?
Imagine… that we could understand and anticipate these challenging events with a sense of calm, comfort and optimism (yes, optimism?)
Imagine… that even in these extraordinary times (when we are facing risks and restrictions around COVID-19) that we could understand and design our personal experiences and see them as opportunities (yes opportunities?)
Imagine… that the universe is actually benevolent (not malevolent – like it’s out to get us?)
Imagine… we could finally create a core foundation within ourselves… so we are not adrift in an unmanaged universe, but we are self-directed – and we could create our own “true north” and our own guiding principles of operation?
If there were a Nobel Prize for love, I’d want the Kaufmans to be the first to receive one.

Dr. Wayne Dyer
Author, Excuses Begone!
Barry Neil Kaufman’s work is the science of love, compassion, and insight which will transform the world.

Deepak Chopra
Author, Quantum Healing
The Option Institute programs are life changers. The Option Institute provides a warm, safe place to dive in, explore, and learn to understand who you are, why you do what you do, how to make changes happen in your life, how to love. Everyone can benefit from the universal and timeless messages taught here.

Noreen C.
Nutritionist, Ireland
Coming to Optimal Self-Trust I was at a point in my life where I had some serious decisions to make and a great degree of difficulty in sorting out the best choices to make for myself. Three days into the program, every issue was resolved. I emerged feeling empowered, grounded and filled with energy and love. This program enabled me to sort out some key beliefs for myself, leaving me with a joyful sense of utter happiness and absolute confidence that I will embark on the rest of my life’s wondrous journey, with Optimal Self-Trust, optimal self love, and to really take personal responsibility for all I am and all I do.
Bente Spissoy
Senior Analyst, Norway
I had been depressed for 20 years, with only some minor relief using medications. I was at rock bottom, my marriage had broken up, and I thought and wished that my life was over. I decided to attend an Option Institute weeklong program and did four Option Process® Dialogues right before the program — my depression was already lifting. By the third day of the program when asked about my depression, I calmly exclaimed, ‘What depression!’ This has been the best week of my life.
Tom Cunningham
C.P.A., Virginia
I came to the Option Institute dragging my past and wanting someone to fix me. Each course that I have taken has helped me get in touch with a piece of myself. I am now waving my arms in the air and so happy to be alive knowing that my “fix-it kit” is right inside me! I can take this knowledge with me everywhere I go. Deep, deep gratitude to all the spectacular teachers.
Gerty Handelman
Retired, Canada
Upcoming Programs
Advanced PowerDialogues℠
Master Discovering Your Own Answers – Then Help Others Find Theirs
August 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th & 10th, 2022 | Live Session Times: 9am-12pm & 1-4pm EST (UTC-5)
LEARN MORECALM AMID CHAOS
How to Stay Comfortable in a Challenging World
August 16, 18, 19, 23rd & 25th, 2022 | Live Session Times: 12pm – 3:00pm EST (UTC-5)
LEARN MOREFEARLESS
How to find solid ground in a time of global change
September 13, 15, 16, 20, 22nd & 23rd | Live Session Times: 12pm – 3:00pm EST (UTC-5)
LEARN MOREMake All Relationships Easier
How to find solid ground in a time of global change
September 27 – 29, 2022 | Live Session Times: 12pm – 2:30pm EST (UTC-5)
LEARN MOREEmotional Fitness Training
How to Thrive in the Face of Criticism
October 3rd, 4th & 6th, 2022 | Live Session Times: 12pm – 2:30pm EST (UTC-5)
LEARN MOREPOWERDIALOGUES℠
The Ultimate System for Personal Change
November 28th, 30th, December 5th & 7th, 2022 | Live Session Times: 12pm – 2:30pm EST (UTC-5)
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