A grounded approach to going inward
Find your way
back to
your own
light.
A guided experience for people who are
holding everything together —
and slowly losing themselves in the process.
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THE FLAME - YOUR STEADY SELF
Always there. Never lost. Illuminating what we choose to honor.
CLARITY · STEADINESS · PRESENCE · GRATITUDE
THE LANTERN FRAMEWORK
Think of yourself
as a lantern.
Inside is a flame — your steady, regulated self. Around it are walls: the roles, beliefs, and ways of being you've learned to carry.
The Lantern Method helps you see those walls clearly — and find your way back to the flame.
WALL 01
What you Carry
The roles, reactions, and ways of being you've learned to carry — often without realising it.
WALL 02
Where it came from
Understanding where these patterns first formed — and meeting them with compassion instead of judgment
WALL 04
The parts of you that feel most true — what brings you clarity, steadiness, and lightness.
What you choose to illuminate
The identities you've taken on — and the distance between who you are and who you've been performing as.
What you've become
WALL 03
In fast-moving worlds, we learn
to leave ourselves behind.
Not all at once.
Quietly. Gradually.
Through the ways we've learned
to keep going.
The Lantern Method creates space
to return to your own light.
RETURNING
TO YOURSELF
You’ve spent so much time carrying what was needed,
you’ve lost touch with yourself in the process.
You want to reconnect with who you are —
beneath the roles, expectations, and what you've learned to carry.
You feel disconnected from yourself,
but aren’t sure how to come back.
A space to slow down, notice what you’ve been carrying, and reconnect with your inner light.
For those at the edge
of inquiry —
Curious enough
to look inward
WHO IS THIS FOR
ABOUT POONAM
CLINICIAN · OPERATOR · MOTHER
Poonam Patel
Hi, I’m Poonam. I’m a nurse practitioner turned healthcare executive — and a South Asian–born American woman.
For the last twenty years, I’ve spent my career helping others heal and leading at high levels, while quietly carrying the expectation to hold it all together myself.
Somewhere between caring for others, building a career, raising a family, and learning how to keep going, I began to lose touch with myself in the process.
The Lantern Method grew from that experience — and from the realization that many of us learn how to function long before we learn how to stay connected to ourselves.
Session 01
Seeing what
you carry
Begin by noticing the roles,
reactions, and ways of being
you've learned along the way
Session 03
Creating space from
what you carry
Learn to observe what you
carry without becoming
consumed by it.
Session 02
Understanding
where it came from
Explore how these patterns
first formed — and meet them
with compassion instead
of judgment.
Session 04
Choose what
to illuminate
Reconnect with what feels
most true — and move forward
with greater clarity and intention.
COHORT EXPEREINCE
Four sessions.
One arc back to self.
Each cohort is small, intentionally — 8 to 10 people, four 60-minute live sessions,
and a workbook to anchor the experience between gatherings.
THE DETAILS
A small cohort.
An intentional experience.
Cohort size
Sessions
Format
Live sessions
+ workbook
4 × 60 min
8–10
Small enough to feel personal
Live, virtual, fully held
Real-time + reflective practice
WHAT THIS IS NOT
A different
kind of
inward work.
The Lantern Method is not therapy or clinical care.
It is a guided reflective experience — grounded in
nervous system awareness, emotional honesty, and
encourages curiousity to go inward.
Your light is still there.
Let's find our way back to it.
Small intentional cohorts.
Add your email to be notified when the next one begins.
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"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.
Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive."
HOWARD THURMAN
The Lantern Method
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