Dream Lab
It's time to love your work.
Who is Dream Lab for?
You worked hard to build your career, but work leaves you feeling empty and unfulfilled.
You want good health, hobbies, and happy relationships. But that's hard to achieve when work leaves you stressed and depleted.
You want to do work that is fulfilling to you, and you want to get paid.
You need to figure out what's next for your career, but feel overwhelmed in your job search or career pivot.
7 Benefits of Completing Dream Lab:
Feel confident you explored all options for your next career chapter.
Create a vision for work you'll love - whether it's a job, business idea, or cause.
Define your life purpose and wake up every day excited to live your purpose.
Access tools, experts, and motivation that will help you take action during the course.
Get help building and leveraging your career network.
Finish the course with a step-by-step, time-bound action plan for how to make your new vision a reality.
Quiet the voice in your head saying you're meant to do something more with your life.
Pivot with Purpose.
You deserve a life path that reflects the truest expression of your spirit. We’ll help you find that path and create lovable work.
Dream Lab creator, career satisfaction expert and Forbes.com contributor Laurel Donnellan envisions a future where every person pursues their unique "soul work" and lives a healthy, fulfilling life. Her goal is to end work-related misery. Laurel combined her own experience as an HR executive with academic research and ancient wisdom to develop a change model that has helped hundreds of people find lovable work and live happier lives.
Read Laurel's bioMiserable work ruins lives
The average person spends 90,000 hours - one third of their life - working. If you spend a third of your life in misery, it's unlikely the other two thirds will be joyful.
Miserable work also has a negative impact on your health and the health of people around you. People dissatisfied with their careers are more likely to:
- experience exhaustion, burnout and stress;
- develop diseases such as cancer, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes;
- have children with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and ADHD.
For findings on the impact of job dissatisfaction on adult and child health, see our Resources page.
What Is Dream Lab?
Dream Lab is a self-paced online career planning and self-discovery program.
Built around 12 core principles and a framework called The Donnellan Method, Dream Lab guides you to learn from your Past, make peace with the Present, and dream about possibilities for your Future.
As you work through the modules, you will read content and watch videos of creator Laurel Donnellan as she explains each of the Principles.
You will also complete journaling, visualizations and self-reflection exercises to apply the 12 principles and generate personal insights about your own life and career.
One client describes the program as: "A unique combination of spiritual and pragmatic. The self-discovery process is gentle, but it also helped me make real progress every week."
Do the work.
Expect epiphanies.
How it works
With this self-paced online program, you decide how quickly or slowly you want to progress to the next chapter in your career.
The course content includes reading, exercises, videos and homework, plus a half-day to one-day "Soul Adventure." In total, the course requires roughly 50 hours to complete.
Students eager for results can complete the program in one week. Others who need to balance self-discovery with existing obligations typically complete the program in 1 to 2 months.
Practical Curriculum
Online lessons you can do at your own pace. Course modules include videos and workbooks that will lead you to personal epiphanies and real change.
Guidance From Our Founder
There are 5 videos where Laurel, our founder and CEO, will guide and support you along your journey inside the course.
Contemplative Practice
Complete self-reflection exercises and guided visualizations to apply each of the 12 principles. These practices will allow you to make breakthroughs and move forward even in life's challenges.
Your "Soul Adventure"
Clear your calendar and go on a search for connection with yourself and higher wisdom. Seems unreasonable? The proof will be in your results.
"Amazing. The program helped me find a career I often talked about but never seriously considered."
Katherine left a 30-year career in digital media. Her passion for ceramics led to her opening a unique home furnishings store selling items handcrafted by local artists.
"I didn't feel qualified to call myself an artist until completing this program."
Artist Kent C Weakley discovered Dream Lab after struggling to figure out his career purpose. After going through Dream Lab, he discovered his true passion for art and design.
Dream Lab Pricing Options
From independent journey to guided exploration, pick the Dream Lab option that best serves your career needs.
"If you're open to the possibilities, it can change your life."
High school principal Manuschka M. describes feeling disenchanted with her career. Through the program, she rediscovered her passion for education, explored other career possibilities, and now finds joy running an unconventional vocational college.
Dream Lab alumni have a clear vision and plans for their next career chapter.
"Over the years, I've tried many career programs designed to identify your strengths. In my experience, The Donnellan Method is the most effective program for helping you identify what to do with your life. I’m now clear about my interests and have a clear sense of purpose guiding me into my next chapter."
Michael R.
Ready to start loving your work?
You have the talent and ability to pursue your dream career.
You just need help defining your vision and creating a plan with clear steps.
We'll help you figure out where to go from here. Give us a call.
Schedule your free consultation
Dan Guerra, Psy.D.
Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker, World Traveler
“I was grateful the program helped me develop a clear vision and action plan for my next work steps.”
Cara Costella
Director, MBA Alumni Career Management
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
“The interactive virtual workshop helped Wharton Women’s Circles alumnae leaders facilitate remarkable conversations about purpose. Grounded in research, the approach provides practical tools for groundbreaking results.”
Alastair Onglingswan, Esq.
Co-Founder of GreenSoul Shoes
"I was busy but I lacked purpose and a clear path for where I wanted to go. The way the program is designed – looking at your past, your present, your future – is so beautiful. This... program got me focused on my dreams."
