Glossary

This glossary gives a short, plain definition of each term in our model. If a word on the site stops you, look it up here.

Each idea has two names. The model name is precise: Core Self, Alignment, Adaptation, Emotional Template. The everyday phrase is how you might say it to a friend: who you are underneath; responding from your core, not your past; what you learned to do to be okay; your autopilot. Both point to the same thing. Use whichever helps.

A few words have only one job here. "Authentic", for example, only ever describes a response or a way of living that comes from your Core Self. It never names a type of person.

Shared words make some things easier to say. "I think I'm folding" is quicker than a long explanation, and it describes what you're doing, not who you are.

Each entry below links to the page that explains the idea in full. If you're starting from scratch, Core Self and Emotional Template are good first stops.