Name the feeling
Find clear language for an experience that may be difficult to explain.
About The Lantern Project
Carrying light to places that can be hard to reach.
We chose the name The Lantern Project because a lantern does more than glow. It carries light forward. Like a paper lantern rising into the night, The Lantern Project is meant to bring clarity, encouragement and useful guidance into moments that may otherwise feel dark or difficult to reach.
Every light shared can help someone see their next step more clearly.
The meaning behind the magnet
A small reminder that carries a larger purpose.
The paper lanterns on The Lantern Project magnet represent guidance moving outward into the community. The magnet can live on a refrigerator, classroom board, office cabinet or any everyday place where someone may need it. Its code creates a direct path to free emotional intelligence resources.
The magnet is meant to keep that path visible. It quietly reminds people that support, reflection and a practical next step are within reach.
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Why The Lantern Project exists
Good guidance should not be hard to find when life feels hard.
When people feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected or simply unsure of what is happening inside them, the first barrier is often language. It is difficult to ask for help, reflect clearly or make a change when you cannot name what you are experiencing.
The Lantern Project is designed to close that gap. It brings together guidance on feelings, personal qualities, guided pathways and short, private practice through Lantern Arcade in one welcoming place. A visitor can begin with a familiar word, better understand what may be going on and practice one manageable action. The games are not tests or diagnoses. Like the guides, they offer a place to begin, not a lecture or a promise of a quick fix.
What The Lantern Project is building
From “I do not know what to do” to a next step you can carry.
Understand the signal
Explore what the feeling may be pointing toward without judgment.
Strengthen a quality
Connect the moment to a quality such as patience, resilience or confidence.
Take one useful step
Turn reflection into a realistic action that can begin right now.
The long term aim is simple: make trustworthy emotional intelligence tools easier to reach and easier to use in homes, schools, workplaces and community settings. The Lantern Project can help people find language and direction before uncertainty becomes isolation and before a difficult moment feels impossible to move through.
Practice what the guides explain
A short game can make the next step easier to recognize.
Lantern Arcade gives visitors a private place to practice the path from feeling to action. Its quick games, daily challenges and real life quests help turn an idea into something a person can try in an everyday moment.
Recognizewhat may be present→Choosewhat may support you→Practicewhat you could do next
Try a Lantern Arcade gameThe partnership behind The Lantern Project
Community access meets mental wellness experience.
The Lantern Project is a collaboration between The Guided Pathway Foundation and Give Energy Make Smiles. Each partner brings a different part of the same belief: people deserve practical tools that help them understand themselves and move forward with greater confidence.
The nonprofit partner
The Guided Pathway Foundation
The Guided Pathway Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charityworking to make practical emotional intelligence education and personal growth resources more accessible. The Foundation develops pathways that help people move from awareness to action and connects individuals and families with useful community support.
Federal EIN: 41-4735497
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The wellness partner
Give Energy Make Smiles
Give Energy Make Smiles is a mental health practice led by Kayla Luu, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Its work includes online therapy, guided journals, self help books and creative digital tools designed to support emotional awareness, resilience and personal growth.
Its educational materials and practical mental wellness perspective help ground The Lantern Project in language that is compassionate and useful in everyday life.
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Place The Lantern Project somewhere it can be seen and reached. Complete the form and The Guided Pathway Foundation will review your request and contact you about delivery.
We respect your privacy.Your information is sent to The Guided Pathway Foundation and its form-delivery provider so we can review, respond to and fulfill your request. Please do not include a child's name, school, exact address, or other private information.
Bring The Lantern Project to Your Community
Help carry The Lantern Project into more communities.
Whether you are a family hoping to introduce these resources locally, or a business, school or organization ready to support community well being, your sponsorship can help bring The Lantern Project to more homes and shared spaces.
Wherever you are starting
This is a place to pause, understand and begin again.
The Lantern Project does not replace therapy, medical care or crisis support. It offers education, reflection and a grounded place to find your next step. Sometimes that step is small. It still matters.
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