What brings you to the tree?
A question, something on your mind, or simply curiosity. Start wherever feels right.
A Moment for You
Five minutes per step to notice what matters. Questions to explore, optional reflections and something you could try. Read freely, or download the complete workbook.
Explore your seven steps →Go deeper when you want to.
Explore how noticing can lead to understanding, choice, action and learning from experience. Awareness is present throughout; this route is a way to explore the model, not a required sequence.
Experience brings new awareness. Return to noticing, with what you have learned.
Start with a leaf. Follow it to the roots.
Bring what you already know, feel or wonder about. Touch a branch, the roots, rabbit, stones, seedling or fruit to find articles, deeper foundations and ways into your own exploration.
Choose a coloured branch above, or use the labelled routes below for roots, rabbit holes, stones, seeds and fruit.
The whole model
The trunk connects Awareness, The Five, the Core Matrix, Core Principles and the PentOme Process.
What brings you to the tree?
One experience can connect with several branches. The colours are perspectives, not diagnoses or fixed labels for people.
Looking for a particular term?
Search recognised terms, common names and abbreviations here too. NHS information stays separate from The Five and is shown regardless of your colour filter. Related leaves are optional ways into a conversation, not diagnostic criteria.
Principles, examples, research and older ways of looking.
Follow practical examples into the four Core Principles, then explore historical and symbolic traditions alongside research—with the connections clearly explained.
See the bird’s-eye view →Explore the living roots →Ancient & esoteric traditions →Right now
Just have a chat
I’d like a relaxed chat. We can start with everyday things and see where the conversation goes.
Begin →EXPLORESomething I’m curious about
There’s something I’m curious about. Ask what I’d like to explore or learn.
Begin →EXPLORESomething worth celebrating
I’d like to share something that went well, however small. Ask me about it.
Begin →EXPLOREAsk me something
Ask me a friendly, open-ended question. Start with something light, then follow my answer naturally.
Begin →EXPLORELife right now
I want to talk about where I am in life right now.
Begin →EXPLOREA decision
I have a decision to make and want to think it through.
Begin →EXPLORESomething I want to change
There is something in my life I want to change.
Begin →EXPLOREI don’t know
I’m not sure what I need. Help me start.
Begin →My life
Work & purpose
I want to talk about work, purpose or what I should do next.
Begin →EXPLORERelationships
I want to understand something happening in a relationship.
Begin →EXPLOREHabits
There is a habit or pattern I want to understand better.
Begin →EXPLOREHow I’m feeling
I want to talk about how I have been feeling lately.
Begin →EXPLOREWhat do I really want?
I want to understand what I actually want.
Begin →EXPLOREMoney & security
I want to talk about money, security or what feels important financially.
Begin →EXPLORELife & lifestyle
I want to explore how I spend my time and the kind of life that suits me.
Begin →EXPLOREHealth & wellbeing
I want to explore what is supporting my wellbeing and what may need attention.
Begin →Change & growth
Notice what’s already growing
What’s already growing in your life that you haven’t fully noticed? Explore an ability, relationship, interest or small change.
Begin →EXPLOREPersonal growth
I want to understand how I am growing and who I want to be.
Begin →EXPLOREA pattern I keep repeating
Something keeps happening and I want to understand why.
Begin →EXPLOREWhat might I be avoiding?
Help me explore something I may be avoiding or putting off.
Begin →EXPLOREA next step
Help me turn something I want into one realistic next step.
Begin →EXPLOREWhat have I learned?
Help me notice what I have learned about myself recently.
Begin →Meaning & Purpose
I want to explore what really matters to me.
Begin →EXPLOREAwareness
Help me notice what is happening within me right now.
Begin →EXPLOREInner Exploration
I want to explore the self that is noticing my thoughts, feelings and desires.
Begin →EXPLOREBeing Human
I want to explore what it means to be me and to be human.
Begin →EXPLOREHuman & universe
Help me explore PentOme’s proposition about patterns in human experience and the wider world, starting with a question I choose.
Begin →EXPLOREMy own roots
I would like to explore a teaching or tradition that matters to me, in its own context and in relation to my experience.
Begin →A moment to explore or unwind.
Something to read. Something to notice.
Start with a question and explore a reflection at your own pace.
How can I find a sense of purpose?
What matters, what draws you and what becomes worth living toward.
6 min readRead the reflection →LIFE & REFLECTIONWhy do I keep repeating the same habits?
Look beyond willpower into cues, context, reward and practice.
6 min readRead the reflection →LIFE & REFLECTIONHow can I understand my relationship patterns?
Feeling, connection, boundaries and repeated relational patterns.
6 min readRead the reflection →LIFE & REFLECTIONWhat if different parts of me want different things?
Map the competing signals before forcing a conclusion.
6 min readRead the reflection →