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TheLantern Project

A free resource from The Guided Pathway Foundation

Find a little light
for your next step.

The Lantern Project offers emotional intelligence tools to help you understand what you are feeling, find direction, and take your next step.

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Choose your starting point

Two guides. One connected path.

Begin with what you feel, or with the quality you want to strengthen.

Cover of Why Do I Feel This Way and How to Change It
Book one · 97 indexed entries

What am I feeling?

Understand why an emotion may be present, how to channel it, and where it can lead.

Explore feelings
Cover of Where to Start and How to Get There
Book two · 40 qualities

What can help me move forward?

Explore a quality, learn how to embody it, and choose one practical next step.

Explore qualities

A guided pathway

You do not need to have the right words yet.

Start with one honest question. The Lantern Project helps you move from recognition to one manageable action.

Walk a sample pathway
  1. 01
    Name itWhat am I feeling?
  2. 02
    Understand itWhy might I feel this way?
  3. 03
    Channel itWhat can I do with it?
  4. 04
    Choose a qualityWhat could help me move forward?
  5. 05
    Take one stepWhat can I do right now?

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Light for right now

A quiet place to pause, name what is here, and focus on the next ten minutes.

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