The system at a glance.
The Signals tell you that something needs attention. The seven Navigation Points give you possible directions. You remain the Navigator.
Master Map
Any internal or external experience can act as a Signal that attention and adjustment may be needed.
Turn the map into a route.
Move in order. Each step narrows the next decision without asking you to solve everything at once.
Signal → Need → Point → Course → Action → Waypoint
The Decision Matrix keeps the Signal, Immediate Need, Navigation Point, First Course, Anchor Action, and Waypoint connected.
Notice the Signal
What is happening right now—in your thoughts, emotions, body, behavior, relationships, or environment?
Identify the Immediate Need
What would make the next few minutes, the next interaction, or the next step more workable?
Select one Navigation Point
Choose the direction that best matches the Immediate Need—not the strongest assessment score.
Follow the First Course
Use the Point’s first orientation to narrow what kind of response fits the moment.
Choose + do one Anchor Action
Pick one feasible action. Do it before deciding whether you need a different route.
Check the Waypoint
Notice what changed. The result is information, not a pass/fail score.
Waypoint
What does the new information suggest?
One pass at a time.
The algorithm is the repeatable loop underneath Navigate Now. It prevents the framework from becoming a hunt for the “right” Point by treating every response as new information.
Signal → Need → Point → Course → Action → Waypoint
You do not need certainty before moving. You need enough information to choose one reasonable next step, observe what happens, and update the route.
Notice
Name what is communicating that attention or adjustment may be needed: thoughts, emotions, body, behavior, relationships, or environment.
Translate
Ask what would make the next few minutes or next step more workable. Describe the need before choosing the Point.
Orient
Choose the direction that best matches the Immediate Need: Harbor, Tide, Spark, Lantern, Root, Bridge, or Compass.
Narrow
Use that Point’s First Course to decide what kind of response fits without trying to solve the whole situation.
Act
Choose one feasible Anchor Action. Smaller and doable is more useful than theoretically perfect but unavailable.
Reassess
Notice what changed, what did not, and what the new information suggests about staying, shifting, repeating, or finishing.
Open only what you need.
The detailed teaching remains on each Learn page. This reference keeps the Immediate Need and First Course close to the map without duplicating the full lesson.
HarborSafety & Stability+
I need to feel steady enough to continue.
First CourseReduce pressure and create enough comfort and orientation to become steady enough to continue.
Open Harbor Learn page →TideCalm & Balance+
My system is moving faster than I can manage.
First CourseLower the intensity enough to make room around the emotion and regain choice.
Open Tide Learn page →SparkMotion & Momentum+
I know what I need to do, but I cannot get started.
First CourseMake beginning possible by shrinking the first step, reducing friction, and using the energy available now.
Open Spark Learn page →LanternFocus & Clarity+
I cannot see what matters right now.
First CourseReduce mental noise, separate what is known from what is assumed, and bring one priority into focus.
Open Lantern Learn page →RootRestoration & Capacity+
I am running on empty. I need to rebuild my resources.
First CourseReplenish before adding demand; protect limits and restore available capacity.
Open Root Learn page →BridgeConnection & Support+
I need help carrying this.
First CourseMove toward connection that is safe, mutual, and honest while protecting boundaries and dignity.
Open Bridge Learn page →CompassDirection & Meaning+
I do not know what matters next.
First CourseChoose a meaningful, realistic, and revisable next step based on what matters now.
Open Compass Learn page →Ready to navigate?
Navigate Now walks through this same route one decision at a time.