THE SCHOOLHOUSE
SESSIONS
A handful of guests. A vintage turntable. And a one-room schoolhouse.
Courageous conversations on the human experience – through the power of three perfectly chosen songs.
June 25th & July 23rd
6:30pm-9ish | $99
just 30 minutes east of Minneapolis.
By invitation or application only.
Conversation transforms.
But music moves you forward…faster.
Step inside the Schoolhouse Sessions…
This summer, an intimate circle will gather inside a restored 1859 schoolhouse, hidden deep in the woods.
A place where the walls still hum with curiosity, the chalkboards remember a thousand questions, and every creak of the floorboards tells a story.
Here, learning isn’t about getting the answers “right.”
It’s about leaning in — to reflection, discovery, and the voice inside you that’s been trying to get your attention.
By invitation or application only, these concierge-style evenings are designed for the boldly curious: the ones who desire to be called upon, asked the questions they’ve not dared ask themselves yet. The ones who are quietly (or not so quietly) looking for a shift — in clarity, perspective, and their next empowered answer.
How It Works…
A handful of guests gather round a vintage turntable. Three-hand picked records crackle to life, based on the evening’s topic. We’re not just spinning records, we listen the way people rarely do anymore: fully…consciously.
Each song expertly curated to stir something real: a memory, a feeling, a belief you didn't know you were carrying. Evocative questions emerge, unfolding from the music, shaped by the people in the room.
Together, we’ll explore meaningful themes most of us are quietly navigating, but rarely give voice to: ambition, identity, relationships, reinvention, loneliness, loss, creative expression, purpose — and the lives we’re building around our thoughts and emotions.
Through three curated songs and guided conversation that rattles the cage of your status quo, you'll be invited to sit with what comes up, encouraged to vocalize what’s stirring inside you, and challenged to a new way forward.
Playful, immersive, and thoughtfully imagined, the Schoolhouse Sessions are designed to help you hear what you need to hear: fresh clarity; unexpected perspective; deeper human connection; your next empowered step. Homework you can’t wait to do.
(And yes, you can even ring the bell.)
Ready to join us?
Like a sound check before a concert, we first make sure we’re all in tune.
Everyone who joins the Schoolhouse Sessions applies with a complimentary 15-minute RSVP Session with me, your host, Bethany.
Part calibration, part conversation, we’ll get into your world for a moment: where are you ready to be heard?
Your private session contributes to shaping the evening itself. The session topic, and the songs chosen to carry it, are drawn from everyone in the room.
So on the day, the energy is right, the people are your people — and we can all play, together.
Why Music?
Because music gets us there faster.
Music is anything but background noise: it is the gateway to a new level of consciousness, the doorway to deeper levels of transformation.
Research shows music activates more areas of the brain simultaneously than almost any other human experience—which might be why, when we've thought ourselves in circles, music can open a portal to new possibilities. It bypasses the surface-level and brings us straight into what’s real. A single song can surface a memory, shift a mood, or say the thing we didn’t yet know how to say.
Music is also a powerful antidote to loneliness. Even when listening by oneself, it reminds us that someone, somewhere, has felt this before; has put language to it, melody to it, made something out of it. In listening, we’re no longer alone.
When we listen together, we’re not just hearing music—we’re stepping into something shared. And in that space, something shifts: the room softens. The conversation deepens. The distance between people disappears, just a little.
When we couple the practice of 'conscious music listening' with curious, connected conversation, real change isn't only possible – it's inevitable.
Music opens the door. Conversation walks you through it.
Bethany Wrede Peterson is an equal parts personal growth + music junkie with waaaay too many band T's. Her purpose in life is to help others feel alive and connected: to themselves, to their possibilities, to their relationships, to music, and to the moment.
A rare vinyl enthusiast (read: addict), Bethany believes the power of a perfectly chosen song can change everything.
She is a Certified High Performance Coach™ and a Certified Positive Psychology Coach based near Minneapolis. She partners with clients globally.
Meet your Host
Apply now.
You deserve a room that's already in tune when you walk in. That's why everyone who applies to join the Schoolhouse Sessions starts with a private 15-minute session with me — a little like a sound check before the show. We'll get into your world for a moment, and together we'll know if this is your vibe. So on the day, the energy is right, the people are your people, and we can just play.
There is no cost to apply & book your session below. Once welcomed in, each evening session is $99.