Stoicism · Mindfulness · Leadership · Intentional Living
Ancient Wisdom.
Modern Transformation.
A 16-week program — or four standalone 4-week courses — that rewires how you think, lead, and live. Thousands of hours of philosophy, neuroscience, and behavioral science distilled into one clear path forward.
Course Philosophy
Three Beliefs That Drive Everything
This is not a traditional lecture-only course. Transformation requires full integration of ancient wisdom and modern science — practiced daily, not merely studied.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
Marcus Aurelius • Meditations
This course didn’t begin in a classroom. It began in a hospital bed after a severe traumatic brain injury, a fractured spine, and the long, involuntary stillness that followed. What emerged from that recovery — after 30 years of teaching and a lifetime in philosophy — is the Intelligent Life Guide.
What Students Say
Students who lived it first.
"The Dichotomy of Control alone changed how I run my team. Three months in and I'm still using it daily."
"I expected another self-help course. I got an actual operating system. The integration thesis is the real product."
"Week 15 changed my relationship with alcohol without ever asking me to quit. The 90% framework is genuinely novel."
"Professor Hanna's voice is rare. He's lived what he teaches. The TBI story alone makes the course unlike any other."
"I bought Course 2 to test the waters and immediately upgraded to the bundle. The integration across units is what makes it work."
"Course 3 (EI + Entrepreneurship) saved me from a co-founder breakup. The 'positions vs. interests' frame was the key."
Student names anonymized at their request — outcomes verified by Professor Hanna.
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7 Days of Stoic Practice
A free 7-day Stoic journal drawn directly from Week 1 of the course. Morning prompts, evening reflections, and the one Epictetus principle that changes everything. No purchase needed — just an email.
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How the Program Works
One Journey. Four Entry Points.
Every unit stands alone as a 4-week course at $149. Complete all four and you have the full 16-week ILG — or save $99 with the bundle from the start.
of the Mind
Mastery
Entrepreneurial
Transformation
Take courses in any order. Each stands alone. Together, they form a complete personal operating system.
16-Week Course
The Intelligent Life Guide
Eight interconnected disciplines explored over four units — each building progressively on the last to construct a unified framework for purposeful living. New: each unit is now also available as a standalone 4-week course from $149.
The philosophical and leadership roots that anchor every discipline that follows.
Nervous system regulation, present-moment awareness, and the science of leadership presence.
The inner and outer dimensions of building something that matters — and sustaining it.
Rewiring thought patterns, building lasting habits, and the Personal Blueprint capstone.
Podcast Library — Episode Index Available
180+ Episodes — In Production
All 8 series are fully scripted and indexed. Episode titles and descriptions are live in the Professor Portal. Production is underway.
The Sober Advantage
6-Week Certification 6-Week Course & Certification
amp; Lifestyle Upgrade
For professionals who drink socially but suspect they perform better without it. The Sober Advantage is a science-backed 6-week certification in the 90% alcohol-free lifestyle — no abstinence required, no identity crisis included.
Pass all weekly quizzes, 6 exams, and the comprehensive 50-question final exam (80% minimum) to receive your professional digital certificate.
Mindfulness Art Gallery
Contemplative Visual Practice
Original artworks from the ILG collection — each a meditation anchor designed to evoke polyvagal safety states. Click any piece to view and purchase.
© 2025 R.A. Hanna Group, LLC · All artworks by RTB
Enrollment & Pricing
Choose Your Path Forward
Start with a single 4-week course or commit to the full integrative journey. One-time payment. Lifetime access. 30-day money-back guarantee.
The full ILG bundle (all four + Sober Advantage): $497
You save $99 — and get The Sober Advantage ($197 value) free.
Four Standalone 4-Week Courses
Each course stands on its own. Take any in any order. Each ships with a student workbook, slide deck, worksheets, and a certificate of completion.
Bundles & Premium
Neuroscience-backed certification in the 90% alcohol-free lifestyle for professionals.
$197One-time · Lifetime access
All four 4-week courses, the full Sober Advantage, and lifetime access to every update.
$497Save $99 vs. buying separately · Lifetime access
Everything in the bundle, plus live monthly Q&A and a personal Blueprint review by Professor Hanna.
$597Per year · renews if you want it to
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About
Professor R.A. Hanna
He built it from the wreckage. Now he teaches it.
Professor R.A. Hanna has been an entrepreneur since before he knew the word. At nine years old he was pushing a mower through neighborhood lawns, shining shoes on the sidewalk, and rolling a paper route before dawn — earning his own way from the very beginning.
Those early years also gave him something that no classroom could: the discipline, teamwork, and character of scouting. Hanna earned the rank of Eagle Scout — and the friendships forged on those trails have never broken. He still backpacks and fishes with those same childhood companions. The Stoic principle of investing in enduring relationships was never abstract for him; it was simply the life he had always lived.
It was in those scouting years that he first encountered the person who would shape everything that followed. His mentor — a man of extraordinary warmth, wisdom, and quiet moral authority — was the living proof that a person’s character is their most powerful asset. The relationship that began on those early-morning trails became one of the defining forces of Professor Hanna’s life: a demonstration, renewed daily, that a great mentor does not give you answers — he teaches you how to ask better questions.
Decades later, that mentorship endures in the most joyful way. Most mornings, Professor Hanna shares coffee with his mentor — now ninety years old and still as sharp, funny, and fiercely insightful as ever. He is known in Professor Hanna’s circle with great affection as “The WOF” — the Wise Old Fart — and the title is worn as the highest possible honor.
Drawn to hospitality — an industry built entirely on the art of serving others — he graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and earned his place in some of the finest restaurants and private clubs in Los Angeles. From that foundation he built a small catering operation that grew into a multi-faceted foodservice company employing more than 300 people, driven by a servant-first management philosophy.
The step into education was a natural one. He brought dual MBAs in Finance and Entrepreneurship, and something more important — a life fully lived in the disciplines he taught. In recent years that work has expanded into educational consulting, partnering with institutions to strengthen student engagement and develop purposeful, integrated learning.
The Day Everything Stopped
For more than thirty years he stood at the front of college classrooms and watched something quietly accumulate in his students. They were talented. Ambitious. And increasingly overwhelmed — not by coursework, but by the experience of simply being alive. Then came the accident. The medical team catalogued the damage: a severe traumatic brain injury, a fractured spine, and multiple internal injuries.
There is a particular kind of humility that only serious physical injury can produce. And in that enforced, involuntary stillness — something began to clarify.
The Long Road Back
Recovery was not a straight line. He learned viscerally what neuroscience had long established — that the breath could regulate the nervous system, that movement could change the architecture of the brain, that the ancient Stoics had mapped the territory of suffering with extraordinary precision, and that meaning — not comfort — was the engine of recovery.
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