Study Live with Patty

Small live cohorts where neuroscience becomes practice. Six weeks, real-time sessions, a community of peers, and lifetime access to everything. Taught by a Stanford Continuing Studies instructor who has spent thirty years helping people move from reaction to choice.

Patty Purpur de Vries

Your Instructor

Instructor, Stanford Continuing Studies Facilitator, Stanford GSB LEAD Former Director of Well-Being, Stanford 30+ years guiding leaders and teams

Enrolling Now · Starts Sept 11

6-Week Live Cohort

The Neuroscience of Leadership & Emotional Mastery

Rewire your brain. Redesign your life.

Sept 11 – Oct 166 live sessions90 min eachLifetime access

From conditioned reaction to conscious creation. Learn to catch a pattern before it drives you, stay clear under pressure, and lead conversations that build trust instead of costing it.

Recognize and interrupt reactive leadership patterns
Navigate conflict without losing connection or authority
Build psychological safety, starting with your own state
Certificate of completion · often covered by employer L&D

“This class was not what I expected at all. And that turned out to be just what I needed. You cannot lead until you have dealt with yourself.”2026 Cohort Graduate

$1,200 USD · Team rates available

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Opens Nov 4

6-Week Live Cohort

Inside the Happy Brain

The neuroscience and practice of happiness.

Nov 4 – Dec 96 live sessionsLifetime access

Your mood is not a personality trait. It is chemistry, habit, and history running on a system you were never taught to read. Learn what is actually happening, and what reliably shifts it.

“I began catching myself in the act and deliberately reframing my thoughts. My mood has stayed above the line for a month. The impact has been profound.”Course Participant

$335 USD · Early seats fill first

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Private · 1:1

Personal Session

The Reframing Session

Rewrite the story you carry.

1 to 2 hoursPrivate with PattyBy appointment

Sometimes the circumstances cannot change, but the story you carry about them can. A private conversation to step outside the assumptions keeping you stuck and find a more expansive way forward.

“I recognized a trigger in myself, and I took an action I normally would not have. I did not do the default pattern.”Coaching Client

$200 USD · Single session

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Free · No Cost

Your Sovereign Voice, a live lightning class on August 27. One hour, one idea, no charge.

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Where Leadership, Learning
& Nature Converge

Perched in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Los Gatos, with views stretching to Monterey Bay and the Pacific, this is more than a beautiful place. It is a living classroom. Ancient redwoods, bay laurel, oak, and pine form a natural amphitheater for clarity, creativity, and connection. Here, the land is the co-facilitator.

Your Program, Your Setting

On the Mountain

Hosted at our Living Well Event Center venue in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where the land is the co-facilitator.

At Your Worksite

We bring the program to you. We've taught dozens of on-site classes and trainings for corporations across the Bay Area.

Live on Zoom

Coaching, classes, and workshop series delivered wherever your people are, without losing the human connection.

What Participants Carry Home

“This session had such a huge impact with me. I really needed this at this time and I hope it can be offered again. I think it should be mandatory for everyone on our team, especially managers.”

Corporate Workshop Participant

“Patty shares such valuable insights. Life changing. ‘When we show up as our best, the world rises to meet us.’ So empowering!”

Kim · Leadership Workshop Participant

“I am still all filled up inside after this week. It was the perfect experience for our group and exactly what we needed. Thank you again for opening your property, your expertise and your heart to us.”

Julie · Group Retreat, On the Land

“Patty brings more than expertise and rich content. Her session is an experience of well-being. The way she brought laurel leaves from her property and integrated her story into the session. Her slides are a work of art!”

Claire · Conference Session Attendee

“What I admire about Patty is her endless curiosity and innovative spirit. People came up to me saying ‘this is blowing my mind!’ and ‘this is exactly what I need to be hearing and doing, right now.’”

Laurie · Stanford Alumni Healthy Living Retreat for Women

“She shared how much she appreciated your program and how often she continues to refer to the ‘line’ video. It has made a significant impact in her life.”

Elizabeth · R.I.S.E. Program, School of Nursing

“The session was fantastic and really connected with the workforce.”

Sahid · Corporate Wellness Client, 8-Week Program

We built this place because we needed it too

We're Patty and Greg de Vries, and for over two decades we've been helping people come home to themselves. Patty works at the intersection of neuroscience, leadership, and holistic well-being. Greg has been teaching meditation since 1999, guiding thousands of people to stillness.

We've watched something happen here, over and over: people arrive depleted and leave expanded. The land is part of that. We think of it as the third facilitator.

Same Sanctuary. Two Different Journeys.

Living Well is one property with two offerings. Knowing which door to knock on saves you time.

You Are Here

Living Well USA

Workshops, retreats, trainings, coaching, and meditation classes led by Patty and Greg. Programs come with the people: hosted at our venue, brought to your worksite, or delivered live on Zoom.

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Our Sister Site

Living Well Event Center

The venue itself, available for private events: weddings, celebrations, showers, memorials, and corporate gatherings where you bring your own program and we provide the extraordinary setting.

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Reset and Rise

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