We navigate reality throughout our lives – from the toddler taking first steps, to the student’s first day at a new school, to young adults learning to live together in their new apartment, to a grandparent in the midst of meeting with a new specialist doctor. Across our lifetime, and everyday within this, we navigate our reality, even though we don’t often describe what we think, feel, say, or do, in this way. However, when we think about what we do as “Navigating Reality®”,

I started thinking about the work I do as “Navigating Reality®” in the early 2000s, about twenty years ago. I was consulting with more college-aged students during that time, whose parents were concerned about their futures. During our getting-to-know-each-other beginnings, instead of describing what I do as ‘consulting’, I started explaining what I do as being like a ‘reality navigator’ – someone who helps people navigate their reality better. This explanation made sense to