THE FIVE KEYS
The Five Keys are a way of seeing your life differently, reconnecting with yourself, and discovering what can help you move forward from where you are.
What began as a way to understand my own life became a framework that grew out of my own experiences of change, transition, reinvention, and learning to listen to what I needed in each season of my life.
The Five Keys: G.I.F.T.S. Origin Story
Right after it was safe enough to travel again, in 2021 I bought a minivan and turned it into a camper.
To keep my family informed about my whereabouts while I was away, and as a way to share my adventures with them, I created a YouTube channel called Travel Grandma.
I never expected anyone else to follow me, but to my surprise, people from the van life community started commenting on my videos.
Then, for the next three years I found myself becoming a van life YouTube content creator. Honestly, as glorious as having what seemed like the best of both worlds, I began to feel as though I was living a double life.
One night in particular, while on one of my adventure trips, I was camping in the woods. During that quiet evening, I did a lot of soul searching, asking myself this question: What do I actually want to do with the rest of my life?
The answers came fairly easily to me. I drove home and created The G.I.F.T.S. Method born from what started as discovering that I had a treasure chest of G.I.F.T.S within me, waiting to be unlocked using what became The Five Golden Keys. Watch the video to learn more about this origin story ->
One Key can awaken another.
What you notice through Gratitude may change what you choose through Intuitive Intention.
What you discover about yourself may change how you show up in your relationships.
What you've lived through may reveal wisdom you didn't know you had.
And caring for yourself can create the space to hear, notice, connect, and grow.
The Five Keys work together to help you see your life more clearly and move forward from where you are.
Explore The Five Keys for Yourself
Bring The Five Keys to Others
The Five Keys can be experienced individually, but they can also become the foundation for meaningful conversations with others.
Start a Living Forward Circle
The Living Forward Circle Facilitator Kit gives you the materials, guidance, and resources to create and facilitate your own Circle, whether you meet in person or online.
You don't have to be a coach.
You don't have to be a speaker.
A facilitator's role isn't to have the answers for everyone else.
It's to create the space and allow the conversation to unfold.
The Living Forward Circle materials give you a place to begin.
TAKE THE VOYAGE
The Five Keys grew out of a journey.
A journey of noticing.
Of questioning.
Of discovering what was beneath the surface of my life. I came to see it as a voyage, one where we're constantly learning, changing, and discovering new parts of ourselves along the way.
G.I.F.T.S. A Voyage Home to Yourself is that voyage.
Ready to Go Deeper?
Explore The G.I.F.T.S. Method. If you're interested in going a little deeper and more deliberately study Keys of Gratitude, Intuitive Intention, Family and Friends, Treasure Wisdom, and Self-Live & Care here's where to look next.