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Instead of buying into the narrative that stress is unavoidable, slammed is normal, and distractions are everywhere, you can be…
… the leader who’s making real progress on your biggest goals.
… the boss who’s confident and collected.
… AND the spouse who’s home for dinner every night.
It’s time to STOP choosing which part of your life gets the best version of you, even if you feel like you’ve tried everything without any luck. When you’re living and leading At Your Best, you’ll have built a life you no longer want to escape from. Instead, you’ll actually start LOVING it.
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Proven Strategies
Reclaim up to 15 productive hours each week. That’s 32.5 days of your life back into your control each year.
Everything You Need
Follow detailed lessons, deep insights, and application guides and templates for quick, tangible progress.
Real Results
The entire program has been researched, built, and tested over 8 years with 50,000+ leaders — it works.
– Samantha T, At Your Best Alumni
I was literally on the brink of quitting my job because I thought I was the problem. I’ve had a complete shift, evaluated my boundaries, and now I realize I would have burnt out no matter where I worked.
I felt a total transformation within a few days, and while I’m still tweaking the principles, I am excited about my job for the first time in a very long time. It’s crazy how big the change was in such a short time frame.
Take an honest look at your life. Could you do this forever? Would you even WANT to?
For most leaders, the answer to the question is, “No.“
Think about it for a minute. Years ago, did you dream of gulping down a coffee every morning, rushing out the door, and getting dragged into another day of work you aren’t quite ready for?
Sure, you start the day with good intentions…
…today you’ll finish that project…
…today you’ll be home for dinner…
…today you’ll finally get a bit of time to breathe…
… only for it to all go out the window at life’s earliest convenience.
And by the end of the day, you’re too exhausted to even think, so you mindlessly scroll through Instagram and realize that your biggest accomplishment that day might be putting your phone away before you fall asleep and drop it on your face.
And this pattern isn’t just a one-off. No, it’s not just once or twice. It’s every day. Every week. Every year.
From the outside looking in, you know that everything should be fine, but it’s not. And that’s the toughest part — you can’t figure out why on earth, no matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to get it all done.
When did you accept a life that looks like this?
What if your life was different?
Imagine a different kind of life. You wake up feeling rested, ready to tackle the day, and instead of things going sideways…
…you show up for work with a clear mind…
…you tackle your top priorities right off the bat…
…you have an extra 2 hours in the afternoon to work on whatever you want…
…you make it home for dinner…
…AND you have the rest of the evening to spend with your family…
A few months ago you got home at 7:00 pm to your spouse saying, “I thought you were going to be home for dinner tonight?” Today, you’re thriving — you’re getting it all done without having to pick and choose which parts of your life get the best version of you.
I’m sharing this with you because the problem isn’t you. You have the vision and the drive… but you just don’t have a strategy that works for you yet.
In other words, you can fix this. Seriously.
While everyone else is stressed out, overwhelmed, and overcommitted, some leaders have decided to live their lives differently. There’s a growing group of people who are continuing to have a big impact in their jobs and ministries without burning out along the way.
I know because I’ve lived on both sides of this.
Hi, I’m Carey Nieuwhof.
Early in my leadership, I found myself in a place I never thought I’d end up.
I spiraled down for about 3 months before I hit bottom — overwhelmed, stressed, and completely burnt out.
At the time, I was leading a mid-sized church that was growing quickly, and I simply couldn’t keep up with the demands of it all.
In trying to care for others, I had not adequately cared for my heart or soul.
The good news is, there IS a way out.
Honestly, it took time, experimentation, and a lot of work to hit full stride again, but along the way I learned new strategies, insights, and habits that I thrive in.
When I burnt out, I was leading a church of a few hundred people.
Today, I have the privilege of serving hundreds of thousands of leaders every single month — and I can truthfully say I’ve never felt more alive and I’ve never been more productive in my life.
Typical advice gets you typical results…
In an era where an astonishing 40% of pastors now show a high risk of burnout (an almost 400% increase since 2015), and 70% of knowledge workers experienced symptoms of burnout in the last year, it’s clear that the typical advice isn’t cutting it.
The brutal truth: You don’t just need more information.
Most people in this situation turn to the internet, or maybe a friend or a mentor… and get the same old bland advice that doesn’t work:
❌ “You need to identify your stressors…”
❌ “You need to start journaling…”
❌ “You need to build a better to-do list…”
❌ “You need to start using [insert app that you’ll use for 2 days here]”
❌ Or [eye roll] “You need to create work-life balance…”
I’m not saying any of those pieces of advice are bad. They may work for other people, and maybe they’ll work for a week or two for you, but they never get down to the root cause of it all.
The advice that’s been fed to you your entire life has ultimately got you to where you are today. Isn’t it time to try something else?
Where will you be 12 months from now?
Today, you have a decision to make. You can decide to wait to see if it all sorts itself out — that’s a decision.
But I’d like to suggest a different path.
What would your life look like 12 months from now if you…
Made a decision to live your life fueled by passion and drive — and really committed to your biggest goals. Take a look in the mirror and commit to the things you really want. Do you want to grow your organization by 25%? Pick your kids up from school every day? Take 2 weeks off, fully unplugged from work and email? Start a new venture? Finally write that book you’ve wanted to write? You deserve to live that life. Let’s put in the work to get it.
Stopped following typical advice from random people. When we listen to the people around us — people who are stressed out and going through the motions of life — all we hear is why it’s “impossible” and that we should just be “happy to have what we have.” We stop dreaming, and we stop working towards making a real impact. Because the truth is that balanced people don’t change the world; passionate people do.
Stopped trying to do everything yourself. Winners get help. Think about it for a minute. Every top-level athlete, every world-class leader, every successful entrepreneur — they all have coaches and mentors. If the world’s best benefit from this, think about how much benefit we can get from it.
That’s exactly what this is all about.
INTRODUCING
The complete system to get your time, energy, and priorities working in your favor. Start living and leading At Your Best.
At Your Best is the ONLY strategy proven over 8 years across industries and with 50,000+ students.
At Your Best covers the entire process of battling back against burnout, reclaiming your productivity, getting far more done at work, and accomplishing your biggest goals in life:
How to beat stress and overwhelm for good
Including quick-win strategies you can start using THIS week to see immediate results.
Reclaim 15+ productive hours per week — that’s 32.5 days per year
You choose how productive and effective you want to be. Thousands of students have started by finding an extra 3-5 productive hours per week, and as they introduce more advanced strategies and get more practice, find an extra 15+ productive hours every single week.
Build a system that works for YOU
Most time-management tricks, wellness tips, and productivity fads fail after a few weeks because they don’t get down to the root cause of what’s going on in your life. The truth is that you are unique — this program helps you understand how you’re wired and how to leverage your time, energy, and priorities.
How to handle the never-ending list of to-do’s and responsibilities
It’s far too easy to stay trapped in the day-to-day, battling a list of to-do’s and responsibilities you can’t get to the bottom of — and that’s why your biggest priorities are always stuck on the back burner. You’ll get real, proven tactics and insights to get your top priorities done without dropping the ball elsewhere.
Leave the legacy you want to be known for
Of course, this is to some extent about what you accomplish, but to a much deeper extent, it’s about creating the space you need to focus on who you’re becoming. In the end, who you’re becoming is so much more important than what you’re doing.
This course covers EVERYTHING you need — detailed strategies, deep psychological insights, hands-on tactics, downloadable templates, and application steps each step of the way. It’s the complete system for thriving in life and leadership.
RAPID RESULTS
Forget about years of living life this. This program is built around the big wins that you can start implementing in just a few weeks.
IN-DEPTH LESSONS
Detailed strategies, deep psychological insights, hands-on tactics, and application steps each step of the way.
VERIFIED STRATEGIES
Everything in the program has been developed and tested over 8+ years across industries and used by 50,000+ leaders.
COMMUNITY
Worried you’ll go off track? That you’ll get stuck? Get feedback in minutes in the discussion below every single lesson.
Take an Inside Look. Only in At Your Best.
Get instant access to the on-demand video lessons, comprehensive course workbook, practical guides, and application materials so you can turn game-changing strategies and insights into real progress — quickly.
If you talk to most people, they’ll tell you they feel overwhelmed, overcommitted, and overworked. And yet, in many cases, they’re doing exactly what they thought they wanted to do with their lives. The script that passes for normal life for millions of people has got to go. It’s time to decide today that you’re going to tear it up and burn it for good.
15 MIN
ASSESSMENT
Underneath your story is a series of patterns that shaped you. Some of the patterns you’re repeating have taken you into a stress spiral—a state that leaves you under-accomplished and overwhelmed. It’s time to identify the habits that are holding you back, and establish new ones to change your trajectory.
18 MIN
QUICK WIN
TOP INSIGHT
Traditional time management makes you more efficient, but it doesn’t make you more effective over the long run. The limit is simple: You’re managing a fixed commodity, but a growing list of demands. What what your time look like if you embraced everything you chose to do, not with resignation, indifference, or weariness but with passion instead? In this session, you’ll uncover the answer to exactly that.
16 MIN
START TODAY
While you have twenty-four equal hours in a day, not all hours feel or produce equally. Leveraging your energy is where your exponential returns begin, and getting far more done in far less time is where you’ll end up. By learning how you can cooperate with your natural timing and energy (instead of completing with it), your productivity and clarity will soar.
18 MIN
PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION
When was the last time you truly dreamed BIG about the life you want to build? The truth is, it’s easy for life to get reduced to going through the motions because nobody asks you to accomplish your own goals and priorities — they’ll only ask you to accomplish theirs. In this module, you’ll learn practical steps to outline your goals and make a concrete plan to accomplish them. Without this strategy, your life vaporizes with other people’s priorities being realized rather than yours.
23 MIN
PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION
So, you now know how to leverage you time, energy, and priorities. Here’s where the magic happens — it’s time to sync it all up. Concepts and strategies are the foundation, but this is where you’ll get the nitty-gritty details and plan it all out on your calendar (don’t worry, there’s a calendar template you can download and add to iCal, Google Cal, Outlook, and more). Map out your most important work, when and where you’ll do it, and build a daily rhytm that works for YOU.
17 MIN
CALENDAR TEMPLATE
QUICK WIN
There’s a deeper motivation behind this all, one that will keep you engaged not just for months or years but perhaps for your entire life. Living and leading At Your Best is to some extent about what you accomplish, but to a much deeper extent, it’s about creating the space you need to focus on who you’re becoming. In the end, who you’re becoming is so much more important than what you’re doing.
10 MIN
TOP INSIGHT
Avoiding The Grey Zone – Are you constantly working? Never really on and never really off? Fix that in a few easy steps.
Better Decisions About Your Time – Tired of having thousands of decisions thrown your way evetry single day? Look at two key challenges every leader has to overcome to make better decisions.
Optimize Your Workflow – Clarifying how you do things will make you better at the things you do.
Rethink (and Reschedule) Your Meetings – In 5 easy steps, you’ll rethink your meetings for optimal performance.
Inbox Zero – 3 simple steps to get to declutter your inbox in less than thirty minutes and stay there.
Resist Responding to Every Emergency – Caring for people, clients, and customers is something that has to be done. The good news? It doesn’t have to all be done by you.
Craft Meaningful Time Off – Practical strategies to take meaningful time off that refuels you.
31 Things You Can Say ‘No’ To (Save 100 Hours – 31 things you can say ‘no’ to TODAY to easily save 100 hours.
What leaders are saying about At Your Best
– Lisa M, At Your Best Alumni
I finally found the time to write the book I have always wanted to write.
I felt like I never had the opportunity to work on the things that were truly important because I was constantly doing the things that “needed done now” rather than working on things that had more significant long term impact.
Now I spend more time (actually present) with my family. I am significantly less stressed out. I found the time to work on the book I have always wanted to write. I have begun the process of pitching to publishers, created my author page, and started my blog.
I’m significantly less stressed out and more present with my kids, and I am not overwhelmed nearly as often by the parts of my job that don’t give me joy or fill my cup, which translates to a more joyful mom.
– Tim D, At your Best Alumni
I kept running close to burnout and then I would have a week where I almost did nothing. It was a 2-month to 3-month cycle of making a small change in a self-care emergency, and then going back at it.
Now when I am off work, I am actually off work, so family became a priority in my time allocation. I lost 70lb by changing diet, exercising and valuing sleep. I’m focused on modifying my week to put value on family, and high impact areas of ministry, in my case preaching and leadership development.
– Paul W, At Your Best Alumni
I’ve created margin, and I love it. We now have weekly time planned for our family to just be us, play games, and have fun together. Having young kids (who are growing up way too fast), this is my biggest win!
I’ve reclaimed wasted time at work where I’m using my green zone to improve my preaching, work on ministry strategy, and create digital content for our church.
– Sean Cannel, Found and CEO of Think Media, and At Your Best Alumni
Wow! I didn’t realize I was in desperate need of this message and system in my life and business.
This message so profoundly impacted us, that we named our annual company theme “At Our Best” using Carey’s system and resources to strengthen our culture and make health a priority this year.
How do you know if it’s a fit for you?
You’ve heard of burnout. And maybe you’re not quite there. But have you heard of low-grade burnout? My definition of low-grade burnout is simple: The functions of life continue, but the joy of life is gone.
If you’ve experienced ANY of these, it’s a sign you’re in the right place:
🛑 Your passion is fading…
🛑 Your main emotion is feeling pretty much nothing at all…
🛑 Little things make you disproportionately stressed out or angry…
🛑 People drain you, instead of energizing you…
🛑 You’re becoming cynical…
🛑 Nothing seems to satisfy you anymore…
🛑 Your mind is foggy and you can’t think clearly…
🛑 Your productivity is dropping…
🛑 You’re self-medicating…
🛑 Sleep and time off no longer refuel you…
Still not sure? Take a look at a few comments in the modules.
Don’t let another day pass without making the change you need to make. Start living and leading At Your Best — today.
Choose how you’d like to join below.
Art of Leadership Academy – Membership
$497 / year
At Your Best Course & Bonus Content
Unlimited Access to All Courses
Engage a Private Online Community of Church Leaders
Monthly Live Coaching Calls
Monthly Training for Staff and Volunteers
Onboarding Call Invested in Your Success
30-Day Money Back Guarantee
At Your Best – Course
$447 today
Or 3 payments of $187
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Questions that leaders like you asked before they joined.
How long before I start seeing results?
The short answer? Much faster than waiting around and changing nothing.
Leaders have seen huge lifts in reducing overwhelm and stress, and reclaiming their productivity within days of registering for the course.
Regardless of where you are now, At Your Best is your roadmap to getting your time, energy, and priorities working in your favor. It works if you do the work.
What does my commitment look like? And how many hours will this take?
All in, you’re looking at 2-4 hours of lessons that you can take at your own pace (depending on how thoroughly you watch the videos and revisit the material).
The course workbook, application guides, and downloadable templates make implementing the insights and strategies a breeze.
When can I access the courses and materials? Will I have to wait?
You won’t have to wait! The course and resources are available on-demand, so you can work through it at your own pace.
Each lesson or resource has a comment section beneath it, so you can ask questions and engage with other leaders around that specific material.
How do I pay?
Click one of the buttons on this page to proceed to checkout. Once you’re there, you can enter the required information and pay with your credit card.
Do I have to join The Art of Leadership Academy to access the course?
No. You can purchase At Your Best on its own.
But some benefits, such as access to our Community, Coaching Calls, and Monthly Team Training, are exclusive to all-access members.
Is there a refund policy?
It means a lot to me that this material makes a difference in your ministry and in your leadership. With all my resources, I offer a no-questions-asked 30-day guarantee.
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Leadership doesn’t have to be lonely and overwhelming.
In the Art of Leadership Academy, you’ll engage a private online community of leaders committed to leading healthy, growing churches.
Through ongoing guided discussions, live coaching calls, and a forum to ask any leadership question you have, you’ll discover new strategies, build practical day-to-day skills, and get immediate feedback from people who have led through the exact same challenges and opportunities you’re facing.
You can keep learning from your own mistakes, or you can fast-track your growth and learn directly from people who have been in your shoes before—including me. When I show up in the community (most days each week), it isn’t a team member or a bot… it’s really me.
Life-Giving Community
Through guided discussions and a forum to start your own, you’ll go from “nobody knows I’m here” to frequent engagement with leaders just like you.
Live Coaching Calls
Connect with me, my team, and top leaders on Live Coaching Calls, held monthly, where we discuss today’s most pressing leadership topics.
Invested in Your Success
Start with a warm welcome and onboarding call invested in your success. Plus, tap into our support team whenever you need it — no extra cost.
Get practical, step-by-step leadership strategies, tools, and skills that lead to real growth.
When you join, you get unlimited access to my best material that you won’t find anywhere else.
A Growing Library of Comprehensive Courses (with Bite-Sized Modules)
My courses cover anything (and everything), from becoming a more effective preacher and communicator to freeing up time and energy to focus on what matters most to you. And from creating a culture of generosity at your church, to developing leaders that can grow areas of your ministry.
It’s all broken down into bite-sized modules that have…
Workbooks, Templates, Cheatsheets, Checklists, Scripts and More
These day-to-day resources take you from concept to execution immediately — and they’re included in each course and training. You’ll get access to hundreds of workbooks, templates, cheat sheets, checklists, scripts, and assessments to turn the concepts and insights into immediate action.
And to top it all off…
Done-For-You Leadership Development (for Staff Meetings)
With new leadership development material every month, you can prepare your staff and volunteers to make better decisions — stress free. Each month, you’ll receive a plug-and-play video training, meeting agenda, and application guide so you can cross staff meeting prep off your to-do list for good.
14,000+ leaders have used these courses to get real results.
You can too.
With a membership to the Art of Leadership Academy, you get unlimited access to all of the courses listed below. Every course is available on-demand and includes additional resources to help you turn the concepts and insights into immediate action—workbooks, templates, cheat sheets, checklists, scripts, assessments, and more.
Don’t let another day pass without making the change you need to make. Start living and leading At Your Best — today.
Choose how you’d like to join below.
Art of Leadership Academy – Membership
$497 / year
At Your Best Course & Bonus Content
Unlimited Access to All Courses
Engage a Private Online Community of Church Leaders
Monthly Live Coaching Calls
Monthly Training for Staff and Volunteers
Onboarding Call Invested in Your Success
30-Day Money Back Guarantee
At Your Best – Course
$447 today
Or 3 payments of $187
At Your Best Course & Bonus Content
30-Day Money Back Guarantee