Two Models
The models are instruments. They answer: what is the nervous system doing right now, and what does that make available?
They provide the visual-conceptual architecture that makes the nervous system’s continuous safety/threat evaluation visible and usable. A single architecture for tracking where someone is on the gradient, which direction they’re moving, and what capacity is available from that position.
The Inner Compass & Four-Mode Gradient
The visual-conceptual instrument — how the nervous system orients between safety and threat, made visible and usable.
Read the full model →The Three Awareness Capacities
The calibration system — RE, ER, SEA — what determines how well the compass works.
Read the full model →Scientific Foundations
One describes what the compass does. The other describes what determines how it does it. They are inseparable in practice — and both build on established research traditions.
The Inner Compass & Four-Mode Gradient
- Polyvagal Theory (Porges)
- Approach/avoidance motivation (Elliot, Carver & Scheier)
- Broaden-and-build theory (Fredrickson)
- Window of tolerance (Siegel)
- Secure base theory (Bowlby)
The Three Awareness Capacities
- Attachment theory (Bowlby, Ainsworth)
- Polyvagal theory (Porges)
- Developmental neuroscience (Schore)
- Internal Family Systems (Schwartz)
- Relational neurobiology (Siegel)
From Models to Tools
These models are the foundation for the interactive tools on teg-blue.com — including the Emotional Periodic Table, the Compass assessment, and the mapping system. The models describe the architecture. The tools make it usable.
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