True North
Insight to Action
A personal development platform that turns psychological frameworks into practical, usable tools — so understanding yourself becomes something you can actually do something with.
BeginOrientation before movement
Most personal development advice tells you where to go. True North starts one step earlier: it helps you find out where you've been and where you are.
The platform translates established psychological frameworks into structured, interactive experiences. No jargon, no vague affirmations, no bumper sticker doctrine. The path to healing a broken leg is the same for most of us. The path to healing what makes you a person is going to be different for everyone.
True North is a holistic healing ecosystem that allows clients to partner with providers to create a custom recovery path: a path from insight to action.
What began as a set of client guides and workshop materials has grown into an interconnected system: written guides for depth, presentations for teaching, infographics for quick reference, and interactive applications for practice.
Three interconnected practices
The heart of True North is a psychological self-discovery application built around three modules that feed one another — reflection, rehearsal, and the daily record that connects them.
Memory Reconstruction
Revisit formative experiences with structure and distance — mapping how past events shaped present patterns, without getting lost in them.
Open Memory WeaverAssertiveness Practice
Rehearse difficult conversations in a safe space — building the skill of saying what you mean, clearly and without apology or aggression.
Open Speak Your TruthJournal
Keep a daily entry and let the record work for you — the journal remembers what came before and surfaces insights when a pattern is worth naming.
Open Daily CompassOne framework, many formats
A showcase of True North materials — and of a working philosophy: the same idea, built for the page, the screen, the room, and the hand. Links open each piece.
Client Guides
Core Beliefs — Client Guide
A structured workbook for surfacing and examining the foundational beliefs that steer everyday choices.
Open guide Written GuideConflict Resolution — Client Guide
Practical tools for navigating disagreement: understanding conflict styles and moving toward resolution.
Open guide Facilitator EditionConflict Resolution — Facilitator Guide
The companion edition for coaches and facilitators: session flow, discussion prompts, and delivery notes.
Open guideInteractive & Apps
True North — Self-Discovery App
The interactive platform itself: memory reconstruction, assertiveness practice, and psychological profiling in one connected experience.
Launch app Web Application · LiveMemory Weaver
The Memory Reconstruction module as a standalone tool — a guided space for revisiting formative experiences and mapping how they shaped present patterns.
Launch app Web Application · LiveSpeak Your Truth
The Assertiveness Practice module as a standalone tool — a low-stakes place to rehearse hard conversations before having them for real.
Launch app Web Application · LiveDaily Compass
The Journal module as a standalone tool — a daily entry that builds on the entries before it and surfaces insights as patterns emerge.
Launch appBuilt by a career translator of complexity
True North is designed and built by Ed — a training and education content developer with 25+ years of experience turning complex subject matter into materials people can actually use.
His career spans technical writing for aerospace and defense, eLearning and instructional video production, learning management systems, and building training infrastructure for advanced manufacturing. True North applies that same discipline — clear objectives, honest language, thoughtful design — to the hardest subject there is: ourselves.
Find your bearing
Interested in the platform, the materials, or working together on training and development content? Reach out — the compass points both ways.
Contact Ed