B-subject

Personal Leadership

In Personal Leadership, we will explore what it means to be human. We do this through psychology, philosophy, and the lived experiences of the students. Among other things, we will examine what constitutes 'the good life,' where our self-expectations originate from, and how we can improve our ability to engage with people with different viewpoints from our own and how to resolve conflicts.

Foundation

The subject is a space where we exercise our democratic muscles, and through small activist projects, writing exercises, conversations with each other and with people holding different perspectives in life, we will explore various existential themes.

We explore and discuss various topics such as shame, gender, sexuality, happiness, death, and friendships.

We test different techniques to increase well-being in our daily life, establish good habits, cope with difficult emotions, and resolve conflicts.

We train our critical thinking skills by closely examining the origins of the expectations we feel compelled to meet, and we investigate how these expectations impact us.

Therefore, we are on the lookout for the norms that influence us.

Chandini Rao Rydder

Personal Leadership

Personal leadership is safe space where everyone shares and supports each other. A space where we embrace diversity through listening and accepting each other. A place for inner growth. classes are full of tears, laughter, song, dance - fun!

Mathias Beck Tangaa Andersen

Personal Leadership

I am now capable of speaking in front of a large audience and take responsibility even though I am not always 110% sure what I am doing. But I have the belief that everything will be okay. Best subject ever.

Yuriko Sotomura

Personal Leadership

In this class I learned how to lead myself by using integral theory. I learned that all things can be turned into something usefull - even my week points. I have become better at forgiving myself and I got lots of tips and guidance for my life.

What will we be learning?

We will collectively explore the world, each other, and ourselves.

We all bring different experiences, backgrounds, and cultures, which makes the exploration of life together so exciting! Since there are new students with freash perspectives every semester, you, as a student, can significantly influence the content of the teaching.

The classroom is not a therapeutic space, but it is crucial for it to become a safe space so we can share and become skilled at recieving each other's thoughts, emotions, and worldviews. We achieve this through storytelling, playing, conversations, and exercises - in line with with the old folk high school concept of a "living interactions between people". In this subject, we aim to create a space where everyone will feel comfortable in challenging themselves and their approach to the world.

We will ask questions such as:

What is the good life?
Where do my self-critical thoughts originate from?
Which taboos do I want to break down?
How can I create the change I desire for others and for myself?
What is my role within a community?
What happens when we experience crises in our lives?

Keywords of the subject

Overview of the subject components

Personal Development

Leadership

Empathy

Integral Theory

Teacher

Your teachers in Personal Leaderhsip are

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Astrid Ravn Andersen

Astrid has a master's degree in Danish and psychology and has a special love for language, creative communication and communities. She loves to be in nature, sing together and work with all kinds of creative projects.

Asmus Wisler Møller

Asmus has studied History of Ideas in many different places. He wrote his master's thesis on the importance of curiosity and is generally shaped by an urge to see and understand connections through geography and time.