Stages
A practical and powerful path to understanding human development and deepening your capacity to serve, lead and live with clarity.
Discover the STAGES Model of Human Development
This is not just theory. STAGES is a grounded, research-based model of ego development that reveals how we make meaning in life — and how that meaning evolves through distinct and predictable stages.
Now being used worldwide by therapists, coaches, educators, and leaders, STAGES is helping individuals and institutions:
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Navigate personal growth and shadow work
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Increase compassion and communication across worldviews
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Develop more effective leadership strategies
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Build healthier, more connected cultures
What Is the STAGES Model?
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STAGES is a research-based model of ego development that charts how we make meaning at different points in our life. It maps twelve distinct stages of awareness, organized into three developmental tiers:
Concrete: Focused on tangible needs, safety, and basic identity
Subtle: Where emotional nuance, empathy, and personal insight begin to flourish
MetAware: A higher level of consciousness where awareness itself becomes the object of reflection
This isn’t a hierarchy or rigid system — it’s a dynamic matrix that helps us understand how people think, feel, and relate based on where they are developmentally. And most importantly, it allows us to meet them there with clarity and care.
Why This Masterclass MattersÂ
Many of us want to help, guide, or heal others — but we often miss the key insight: people operate from different meaning-making systems.
STAGES provides a clear framework to:
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Understand how individuals make sense of themselves and the world
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Communicate more effectively across perspectives
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Honour every stage without judgment or superiority
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Integrate development into therapy, leadership, teaching, and personal growth
This masterclass isn’t just about learning a theory — it’s about developing the skill to see what’s really going on beneath the surface and to support lasting, compassionate transformation.
Course Modules
MODULE #1
Get to know yourself. You’ll learn how to tune it all out and turn your attention inward.
MODULE #2
Learn what self-love looks like and how to incorporate it into your daily routine.
MODULE #3
Learn how to connect with others and still value the unique individual you are inside.
MODULE #4
Bring the inside out. Show up as the most authentic version of yourself every day.
MODULE #5
Looking forward. Set life goals that align with who you really are inside.
MODULE #6
With goals in sight, create a road map to the life you’ve always dreamed of.
Meet Your Guide: Kim Barta, MA
Kim Barta is a licensed psychotherapist, healer, and global teacher with over three decades of experience in personal development, trauma resolution, and spiritual psychology.
His background blends clinical expertise, indigenous healing practices, and experiential methods that meet people exactly where they are — from severe mental health challenges to the highest levels of conscious evolution.
Having worked with individuals, institutions, and organizations worldwide, Kim brings the STAGES model to life with clarity, compassion, and direct application. He doesn’t just teach theory — he teaches from lived experience, real client work, and an unwavering commitment to growth.
What You’ll Walk Away With
By the end of this masterclass, you’ll have a grounded understanding of:
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The 12 developmental stages and how they shape identity, belief systems, and communication
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The difference between being subject to something (e.g. emotions, relationships) and being able to see it as an object of awareness
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Practical tools for applying STAGES in your work — whether you’re supporting clients, students, teams, or your own personal evolution
You’ll also learn how to identify the core developmental needs at each stage, communicate in ways that land more effectively, and recognize the deeper patterns behind conflict, confusion, or disconnection.
Enroll Now and Start Your Developmental Journey
Limited seats available. This is not just learning it’s transformation in motion.
Payment Plan
$49/mÂ
12 monthly payments
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Access to 1 new module every 60 days
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Access to 1 monthly group coaching call
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Printable self-love workbook
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Membership to the Self-Love community
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Live text support
Pay in Full
$499
 Save $89
- Immediate access to all 6 modules
- Access to weekly group coaching calls
- Hardcover self-love workbook
- Membership to the Self-Love community
- Live phone + text supportÂ
Course + Coaching
$799
Best deal!
- Immediate access to all 6 modules
- Weekly 1:1 + group coaching calls
- Hardcover self-love workbook
- Membership to the Self-Love community
- Live phone, text, and video support
Ready to Begin?
Join a global community of therapists, teachers, and conscious leaders who are learning how to hold more complexity and create more impact.
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