The GEM Lab
Designing lives that thrive
Know yourself. Design your life
The GEM LAB for Youth
A dedicated space for young people to explore their unique strengths and design lives aligned with their most authentic selves.
THE FLOURISHING YOUTH ACADEMY
Discover The Seeds
Of Your Flourishing.
The GEM Lab is where every young person begins. Through life design workshops & summer camps, young people discover their signature character strengths, design personal well-being practices, and build the self-knowledge that makes everything else possible.
GEM stands for what each participant already carries: their own Gifts, Energies, and Meaning. Named for Gem — who saw the good in everyone.
You already have what you need to flourish. The GEM Lab helps you find it, name it, and learn to use it.
THE FLOURISHING YOUTH ACADEMY
Life Design In the GEM LaB: How It Works
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Discover Your Strengths
Every workshop or camp begins with self-discovery. You explore your character strengths, values and what makes them uniquely yours.
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build & prototype
Test your ideas through hands-on making, experimentation, and getting real-world feedback — learning by doing, not just listening.
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Brainstorm & Design
Through guided design sprints and creative exercises, you generate bold ideas and explore possibilities for your life, family and community.
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Integrate & Launch
Each workshop & camp closes with clear next steps — a direction, a plan, or a prototype — that you carry into your daily lives with confidence.
THE FLOURISHING YOUTH ACADEMY
Life Design workshops & camps
Some young people know exactly who they are and where they're headed. Most don't — and that's not a problem. That's the starting point
life design Workshops
for young people Ages 18-26
The GEM Lab hosts four seasonal Life Design Workshops throughout the year—each an immersive, half-day experience designed to help young adults step back, look inward, and make intentional choices about who they are becoming and how they show up in the world.
While these experiences build on one another to form a powerful annual rhythm, each workshop stands completely on its own. You are welcome to join the cycle at any point in the year.
How We Support Your Journey:
Seasonal Alignment: Tap into the natural rhythms of the year to reflect, plan, and take action with clarity.
The Life Design Blueprint & Journal: Use our premium guide between workshops to seamlessly integrate your insights into daily habits.
Self-Guided Mastery: Cultivate the lifelong agency and tools to navigate transitions, careers, and personal growth with confidence.
life design summer camps
For Young People Ages 11–14 & 14–18
Summer is the perfect season to step back, reflect, and consciously shape your future. Our GEM Lab Summer Camps offer middle and high school students a transformative space to discover who they are and design where they are going.
What Students Experience:
Uncover Core Strengths: Identify and map your top character strengths through guided discovery.
Master Life Design: Learn the practical language and tools to navigate life’s transitions with ease.
Track Energy & Flow: Reflect on daily activities to discover what truly energizes and motivates you.
Launch a Personal Journal: Begin a year-round record of self-discovery and insight.
What Every Student Walks Away With:
A Personal GEM Map: A completed, actionable profile of your unique character strengths.
A Guided Life Design Journal: A premium, personalized notebook with four weeks of self-reflection tools.
An Action Plan: A concrete, inspiring roadmap for the months ahead.
Unshakeable Confidence: The precise language to speak about your unique talents, goals, and identity.
Flourishing Life Design: Design Aligned with Nature’s Rhythms
Your Season Of Flourishing
Starts Here.
NOW ENROLLING · SUMMER 2026 CAMPS · 2026 -27 workshops
Early adopters receive 50% discounted access, advisory board opportunities, and co-design influence over program development.
Camp spaces are limited for Summer 2026