The Crossroads Compass
There’s more to life than this. Find out what’s in the way.
Ten honest questions show which of five crossroads you’re standing at, and the ancient story that has walked that road before you.
- Your Crossroad, named in plain language
- The myth that speaks to it, and what it reveals
- One small step you can take this week
Created by Brandon Millett and Laura Law. Brandon is a film producer and certified professional coach with a master’s degree in psychology and a concentration in mythology. Laura is a West Point graduate, Army veteran, and publishing executive.
You don’t have to know what’s wrong to begin.
Feeling stuck rarely arrives with a label. Maybe it’s restlessness. Maybe the life that once fit now feels a size too small.
The Compass does the sorting. You just answer honestly, and get back a name for where you are and a way to move.
“The time for the passing of a threshold is at hand.”
— Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Five crossroads
Everyone gets stuck. Not everyone gets stuck the same way.
Each crossroad asks something different of you. The Compass shows which one you’re facing now, so you stop solving the wrong problem.
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Control
When you can’t control the outcome.
You’re gripping tighter on things that were never fully yours to decide.
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Choice
When every choice feels like the wrong one.
Every path has a cost, and you keep waiting for certainty.
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Courage
When doing what matters takes courage.
You know the next step you need to take. Fear is standing in front of it.
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Release
When it’s time to let go.
The past still has a hold on you, and letting go feels like losing.
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Renewal
When the life you know no longer fits.
The old path is gone, and the new one hasn’t shown itself yet.
Your results
Not a personality label. A reading you can use.
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Your Crossroad
Which of the five you’re facing, and why it keeps you circling.
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Your Story
The myth or legend, from Dante to Hercules, that faced the same turn.
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What it means for you.
What the story reveals about your situation when you look closely.
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Your first step.
One concrete step to complete this week, not someday.
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