The Self-Empowerment Academy

This course is about ME too…

Because I’m the course instructor!
And I love my work.

“Philip is a phenomenal teacher of human language, behavior and psychology.”
~ Michael Guenza, USA

“In Philip’s classroom, we didn’t just learn principles and ideas, we experienced them through his presence and actions. His wisdom, professionalism, calming spirit, gentle sense of humor, wealth of experience, and respect for human dignity have shaped me as a learner and as a university faculty member. PS I still consider you one of the all-time best teachers I’ve ever had.”
~ Dr Oliver S. Crocco, Louisiana State University, USA

“I have grown as the professional I am today because of great teachers like Philip, who allowed me to be myself and encouraged me to follow my dreams.”
~ Tatiana Aline Mohler, Brazil

[more student feedback near the bottom of the page, and in the
Testimonials tab in the menu bar at the top of the page]

What is True Learning?

Together in this course we will create a special synergy in our lessons and we will achieve tremendous things that most adults never think is possible when it comes to cognitive learning.

By the end of the 16 weeks you are going to be a true master of the learning skill! And be sure about it: the skill of learning is truly The Mother of all Skills! And, I might tell you, she has MANY siblings.

Many adults think they are ‘no good’ at learning, many others view it as ‘boring’, but the stark reality of our schooling is that we were never even taught how to learn. If something is too boring or too difficult it’s NOT learning.

Do realise, too, that wherever I use the word ‘teach’, the practical reality is that in my classroom this means I facilitate, enable, encourage, guide, empower and inspire you to learn. The success of my teaching is entirely based on the success of your learning.

Learning is not the transfer and accumulation of knowledge, it is you discerning, exploring and understanding knowledge for yourself. Nobody can give you understanding, only you can do that for you. And get this:

ignorance leads to suffering, understanding brings liberation from suffering.

This means my job is not to bring you the answers; no, I bring you questions for YOU to find YOUR OWN answers, usually in collaboration with your classmates, and only after that will I share my own perspective and understandings. True learning is interactive, communicative and collaborative.

And it’s fun. And it’s a joy. And it’s motivating.

Let’s now explore just what you can expect to learn as a student on this course.

Hello there!

I’m Philip Keay, a non-conventional, innovative educator. I’m also a lifelong learner, a thinker, a prolific researcher, a photographer, an author, a soul adventurer, a fun seeker, and now I’ve built The Self-Empowerment Academy to train and inspire adults to develop and master the learning, communication and self-leadership skills, so that we may become skilled in being human.

I consider these three skills to be the most essential skills a human being needs to succeed in any and all endeavours, at home, work and play. These skills open up your life.

Yet… the schools do not teach them to us, in fact it’s worse than that, they block us from learning them.

As you practise and master these skills throughout the course, you find yourself being filled with self-belief, self-esteem and self-confidence. These are priceless energies and qualities for the human!

Yet… our schools instead choose to crush our curiosity, creativity and confidence. Their way is through control, coercion, compliance. This is anti-freedom, anti-health, anti-human.

The actual subject matter you learn with me on this course is the human condition, human behaviour and human potential.

This is THE foundational knowledge and understanding we all need to enable and empower us to skilfully navigate life, rise to all challenges, prevent and solve problems, grow and evolve, and flourish and thrive in our life.

Yet… this is knowledge that the schools deny us.

The school systems have done a huge hit job on us, putting us through an anti-education. It’s why I’ve built The Self-Empowerment Academy, to bring holistic education to the world so that adults can unlearn and undo all the psychological and spiritual harm done to us as children, before we had any defences to resist. Only now can we nurture and empower the children we love. Set yourself free and then you can set the children free!

I break the human condition down into six information systems, and we explore, learn about, and understand them all in the course:

1. education and learning

2. language and meaning

3. holistic health and wellbeing

4. energetics and karmic law

5. group psychology

6. spirituality

The fourth thing you’ll be learning during our 16 weeks together is how to build and develop a dynamic, close-knit, inspiring community. You will experience and notice how Philip does this, while playing an active role yourself in co-creating a success-driven community that everybody loves to be part of. You can think of this dimension of the course as leadership training by example.

But there’s even more…

All in all, this course engages you in a high-powered learning experience by inquiring, doing, experiencing, observing, reflecting upon and gaining a deep knowing… by your own endeavours.

But it’s even better than that…

You will be keeping a Learner Log during the course, in which you regularly reflect on what we learned and did each lesson, how we learned it, and why we did it the way we did it. Reflective thinking is an amazing skill to master, bringing you awareness, insight and wisdom. It will also give you a complete record of your studies for future reference. It’s a priceless tool for self-growth.

This multi-dimensional learning experience gives you the strongest of all foundations to become an excellent mentor and leader for others in whatever context you find yourself in, be it at work, home or play.

And being able to build a community and establish group harmony is an essential skill in today’s world, yet hardly anywhere is this taught.

This is why I am limiting each group size to 12 students.

I would like to note that effective learning only happens when both mind and heart are open, meaning there can be zero room for fear or anxiety or apathy in learners. In all new groups my first focus is on creating a learning environment that all adults find emotionally supportive, cognitively inspiring, and spiritually uplifting.

When that basis is established, the human being can do tremendous things! Like I said, we are talking a powerful learning experience.

The big reason why so many people are struggling around the world, and I mean emotionally, psychologically and spiritually (and therefore physically too), is that the environment they live or work in is fear-based, often toxic, and where control and coercion is the currency of relationships, not mutual respect and trust.

Enough of that tyrannical anti-human destructive nonsense!

In our turbulent times of transition where poor communication skills, conflict, and struggling relationships predominate, building healthy relationships and building communities that work and thrive together has become probably the most important skill we need to build a better world for ourselves and everybody else.

Should you become one of the students you will be royally set up with this skill and know-how by the end of the course. Yes, only the sky will be your limit.

Not the matrix.

Summary of what you learn

That’s a lot of really important stuff to take in, so let’s recap what you will learn from this course:

• you learn the core life skills of learning, communication and self-leadership

• you become skilled in reflective thinking and self-awareness

• you automatically engender the priceless energy of self-belief and self-confidence

• you develop essential self-knowledge, and understand how the web of life works

• you learn all about group dynamics, relationships and building communities

• and the macro learning objective is to live consciously as a skilled human being, in charge of your own life, health and destiny, with courage, compassion and conviction, and the vision and passion to positively influence others through your self-leadership and your own unique set of talents, motivations and know-how.

It’s not called the Complete Course for nothing!

Now, if you suspect this course is going to be a good fit for you, fill in the form in the next section, and I’ll email you the Prospectus and Course Content. This has all the possible information you will need to make your big decision.

But please note:

You will need to invest about one hour to read it, after all, this is not any ordinary course: we are talking about empowering yourself and transforming your life, and that can’t be done in a day, although 16 weeks will certainly do the trick!

I have created the Prospectus as an A4 ebook, so it will be easy to print and read off-screen if you prefer.

So might I suggest you set aside the time and a distraction-free space, create a clear mind for yourself, get comfortable, and then let the contents of the Prospectus ‘flow’ into your mind and heart. You will then know in your gut if you want to invest your valuable time, energy and money in this course.

A pot of tea or a glass of wine is an optional extra to enhance your reading experience!

Just a reminder, the course starts on 1 November 2025. Enrolment guidelines are at the end of the Prospectus.