Day 1_Start Here-Dawn of a New Day

Welcome to The Next Step, a site that guides teens and young adults through challenges typical for this time in life.

You may have been part of a lot of programs up to this point. Some helpful. Some maybe not so much.

This is a totally new approach.

How open would you be to trying something new if it could dramatically help you achieve your dreams, placing you squarely in the driver's seat, guiding you step by step and day by day to outsmart what may be getting the best of you?

It's important we emphasize that, while this is an online experience, it's not intended to replace human relationships or a mentor you may have.

It's actually the opposite. We believe you'll find that those relationships will become stronger and better as a result of this experience.

Have programs you've been involved with up to this point increased your confidence and ability to pursue your dreams and have they helped you overcome difficulties that may have blocked you?

So this type of guidance is a little different. Okay, it's a lot different. But it meets you where you're at without being judgy.

For inspiration, go to the video icon above to get the feeling of a new day, a new way, a new start. It's the feeling we're after here. So...just feel it.

Select 'Successful' when you've finished watching the video.

A new way comes with some challenges. It's new. That makes it a challenge, right?

We're offering you day-by-day, step-by-step guidance that will feel a lot like having your own personal navigation system to reach your dreams and show you how to outsmart challenges along the way.

There's something you should know about having your own personal nav system.

The navigational steps (navitents) will guide you, but you have to follow them to get where you want to go. That's the way you'll feel that new day thing.

If you follow the steps and do what they're asking, then bit by bit and day by day, you'll notice things start changing for you.

Situations that used to make you uncomfortable will get easier to handle. Problems won't feel so overwhelming. Good memories will rise to the surface. Your confidence will grow.

How much are you tracking with us so far?

There's something else that makes this so different from other approaches you may have tried.

You can do the navitents with other teens and young adults who you can relate to through a social media forum on this site. It's also okay to go solo if you like. It's completely your call.

If at any time something's bugging you, you need a little more insight or want to make a suggestion, you can share privately with us in the last open box at the bottom of each page.

Posts to us are confidential. Just say what you want to say in the last open space at the bottom of each page, or simply type 'done' to let us know you've finished for the day.

Our responses show up in your inbox icon at the top of the page. Feel free to engage in the way you're most comfortable.

Just curious. How often have you needed solutions but felt like you couldn't be yourself and ask for help about something that's really bothering you?

Here's your chance.

Begin your journey by going to 'A Small Shift. A Glorious Triumph.' You'll see it on your Day Plan.

By the way, you've just finished your 1st navitent. Congratulations!

How important is it to you to keep going with this?