REIU Training Program

A 26-week guided training program to learn the REIU Emotional Fitness daily practice.

About the program

Our comprehensive 26-week emotional fitness training program establishes the foundational skills and habits needed to integrate REIU into one’s life as a daily practice.

  • Skill Development
    Learn the Emotional Updating technique so one can independently untrigger themself from outdated emotional responses, using the Vivir app.

    Habit Development
    Build a habitual daily emotional fitness practice that is sustainable for the long term after completion of the program.

    Emotional Fitness Education
    Develop a deep understanding of emotional fitness — what it is, where it comes from, how it impacts overall wellbeing, and the key components for building and maintaining it.

    Personal Insight & Agency
    Cultivate the ability to identify issues and opportunities to improve emotional fitness in one’s life, along with the competence and confidence to do so independently

  • 26-Week Intensive
    The program is a 26-week curriculum broken out into two 13-unit phases, preceded by an in-person or virtual orientation workshop. Each unit is designed to be completed within a week, with weeks completed consecutively to facilitate the development of a habitual daily practice

    REIU Training Team
    The program is facilitated by a 3-pronged support team:

    • Emotional Fitness Coaching is provided by Dr. Peter Hercules to help students navigate their emotional fitness journeys. He holds weekly group coaching sessions, and each student also meets with him privately for 3 one-on-one sessions at key milestones of the program.

    • Habit Coaching is provided to help students develop comfort with and adherence to the daily habit plan.

    • Emotional Updating Training is provided by facilitators who teach students how to do the Emotional Updating technique and use the Vivir app.

    Online Platform
    The program is administered primarily through the Vivir app, where all assignments, forms, progress reports, and content can be found. The app can be accessed on mobile, tablet, or desktop devices. Appointments are held on Zoom.

  • New Student Registration
    New students can enroll at any time, subject to availability. The program launches in monthly cycles, each beginning with an in-person or virtual orientation workshop that should be completed before Unit 2.

    Membership Terms
    Membership dues are automatically billed monthly. A one-time enrollment fee covers orientation, onboarding, and the first month of membership.

    Program membership includes:

    • 6 months of access to the Vivir Emotional Fitness App

    • Weekly group Emotional Fitness Coaching with Dr. Hercules, including video archive of past sessions

    • Emotional fitness educational videos

    • 3 one-on-one Emotional Fitness Coaching sessions with Dr. Hercules

    • In-person or virtual Orientation workshop

    • 18 Habit Coaching sessions

    • 13 Emotional Updating training sessions


    Post-Program Membership
    Once students complete the program, they can enroll in a monthly, 6 month, or annual membership that includes access to the Vivir app and weekly group Emotional Fitness coaching sessions with Dr. Hercules.

    Individual sessions with Dr. Hercules, Habit Coaches, or Emotional Updating Facilitators can be booked à la carte.

  • B, age 48

    "The results over this past year have been phenomenal. The issues that once plagued me and were easily triggered by outside influences have simply dissolved! They no longer hold the same intensity of emotion and reaction they once did!"

  • S, age 26

    "I have tried many other methods for improvement of mental health symptoms however, this has been the only method that has shown me results where I no longer deal with things such as anxiety, which I’ve been trying to work through for years."

  • L, age 48

    "I feel after only three months I have achieved more than the several years of therapy and rehab I have endured! I feel generally happy, like I have never felt before. Like a huge weight has been lifted!"

  • E, age 39

    "Emotional Updating has allowed me to get better, to develop techniques for improving on my own, and to overcome the disabling psychological responses that had consumed my personal and work life daily."

  • J, age 43

    "I feel stronger, more confident and more comfortable in my own skin than I ever remember feeling. My life is still stressful but I am handling that stress much differently now. Emotional Updating is an incredibly powerful technique and I would recommend it to anyone."

  • S, age 58

    "I've become a much stronger person in that I believe/trust in myself more and I'm accepting that I am worthy. I'm also discovering who I am, who I want/could be and that yesterday is gone and that life's choices today are mine to make."

Our Process

Orientation

Introduction to the Vivir approach during an in-person or virtual group orientation workshop.

Onboarding

New student intake questionnaire and educational videos introducing key emotional fitness concepts.

Phase 1

13-week introductory intensive to build the foundation of an emotional fitness routine with twice-weekly private sessions and once-weekly group sessions.

Phase 2

13-week consolidation process to solidify independent practice with intermittent private sessions and once-weekly group sessions.

To have the best life possible, in its essence, is simple:
Always confront reality, always respond positively, and if you have out-of-date responses, always update them.

People aren't broken. They're blocked.

Emotional distress is always an opportunity for growth. It's data from within your system saying that something needs to change to get you back into a more balanced, calm, serene state.

The question is: Do you want to spend the rest of your life stuck in a state of distress?

People who have tried REIU have found it helpful for:

Anxiety

Addiction

Depression

Low Self-Worth

Relationship Issues

Codependency

Performance Disorders

PTSD

Stress Disorders

Psychosomatic Disorders

Abuse Related Disorders

Eating Disorders

OCD

Fears & Phobias

Body Image Disorders

This is a skill set, and we learn to change ourselves.
The sky's the limit in terms of emotional fitness. It just depends on how far we want to go.

Enrollment

Join an upcoming cohort and get started with an in-person or virtual Orientation workshop.

Note: Services not available to residents of Ontario, Canada at this time.

Registration

Program Cost

Signup fee: $585 – Includes orientation, onboarding, and first month’s tuition
Monthly tuition: $262 – Five payments
Total: $1895 – About $73 per week across 26-weeks

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