Choosing an Archetype: Mentees start their Journey by choosing 1 of 8 Pathfinder Archetypes - The Warrior, Rebel, Healer, Sage, Creator, Seeker, Trickster and Lone-Wolf all act as templates for the Hero emerging within. Each Archetype has it's own Strengths, Skills, Challenges & Limits, and their own Focus.Â
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Using Virtues as [STATS]: Heroic Virtues play a big role in the program, locking in Primary and Secondary Virtues at the beginning is like setting your Base Stats in a Video Game - it helps both determine what is important in a young persons life, and also acts as a way to track real progress across sessions, encouraging levelling-up between sessions.
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Allies & Adversaries: Social Isolation is often at the centre of why young people engage with our programs and clubs. Working out social connections and bonds is essential for recognising not just how other people show up in our lives, but how we show up in theirs. This session helps identify Allies in your life, and also helps you recognise potential adversaries - who act as the perfect training ground for your Skills, Limits and Virtues.
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Focus & Purpose: Focus-Tuning is a unique mechanic in our Program that helps determine what areas, or Domains, you are investing your Time & Energy into: With 8 Focus Domains to pursue, it is about finding purpose, and discovering your passions in extracurricular endeavours.Â
OUR CORE GAMIFIED MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
The Pathfinder Program is our Core Mentorship Program designed over the course of 10 years - it is our one-of-a-kind program that looks at life like a Role-Playing Game (RPG) and utilising The Heroes Journey to inform the recognition of identity and self-awareness through an immersive Narrative Therapy.
MANA AKADEMY AFTERSCHOOL CLUBS
Our MANA Akademy Clubs offer a friendly, welcoming and collaborative space for young people in the community to attend, learn from one another, share skills, ideas, creativity and form new connections - immersing themselves in a one-of-a-kind gamified quest-based learning environment like no other. There are a range of Clubs on offer that focus on a Particular Archetype or Two.Â
From Artists Alley, Creative Writers Guild, Dungeons & Dragons, Relic Hunters Inc. Horizon Walkers, and Mystic Arts Society - there is never nothing going on.Â