THE SOLEPATH FRAMEWORK
The 22 SolePaths
Every SolePath is made up of three Paths — your Joyful Path, your Progression Path and your DarkPath.
The 22 Paths sit within six SolePath Categories. Each Category represents a broad natural gift; each Path is a particular way that gift is expressed.
Your three-Path braid may include Paths from one, two or three different Categories.
A voice for the SolePaths. These readings are lovingly shared by Deneen Kendall, whose own SolePath braid brings together Intuitive Creator and Spiritual Balance, with Intellectual Expert as her DarkPath. Taken from BELONGING — Book I, each reading offers a little time to listen, reflect, and perhaps recognise something of yourself in the words.
A MOMENT TO LISTEN
Meet the 22 SolePaths
Twenty-two natural gifts. Twenty-two ways of contributing. And a place for every one of them.
Begin with Deneen Kendall’s short introduction to the SolePath Quick Reference from BELONGING — Book I. Then explore the six Categories below, listening to each in your own time.
Two ways to explore your SolePath. BELONGING helps you recognise your natural gifts and contribution. BECOMING explores how those qualities express themselves in the way you love, work, grow and live.
FIRE
Charismatic
What can be experienced?
The Charismatic helps life come alive. Their Fire awakens energy, engagement and movement.
LISTEN AND EXPLORE
The Charismatic SolePaths
Listen as Deneen Kendall introduces the natural gifts, contributions and challenges of the Charismatic Paths.
From BELONGING — Book I · SolePath Quick ReferenceAdventurer — explores
▶ BELONGING — Listen
▶ BECOMING — Listen
You are naturally drawn towards experience, discovery and movement. You tend to meet life by exploring what is possible to experience and where you might move next.
Gladiator — strives
▶ BELONGING — Listen
▶ BECOMING — Listen
You naturally bring energy to challenge, achievement and forward movement. You tend to notice what needs to be accomplished and apply yourself to making it happen.
Influencer — gathers
▶ BELONGING — Listen
▶ BECOMING — Listen
You naturally engage people and shape response. You notice how others are responding and often bring energy, enthusiasm or connection that draws people together.
Leader — directs
▶ BELONGING — Listen
▶ BECOMING — Listen
You naturally notice direction and movement. You tend to see where things need to go and help people move towards that direction together.
Performer — expresses
▶ BELONGING — Listen
▶ BECOMING — Listen
You naturally bring things to life through expression. Whether through words, presence, creativity or action, you have a gift for making something felt, seen or experienced.
WATER
Compassionate
Who needs to feel valued?
The Compassionate helps people feel valued through care, connection and restoration.
LISTEN AND EXPLORE
The Compassionate SolePaths
Listen as Deneen Kendall introduces the natural gifts, contributions and challenges of the Compassionate Paths.
From BELONGING — Book I · SolePath Quick Reference
Caretaker — supports
▶ Compassionate Caretaker — BELONGING
You naturally notice what is needed and move towards supporting it. Your care is often expressed through practical help, steadiness and attention to another person’s wellbeing.
Facilitator — connects
▶ Compassionate Facilitator — BELONGING
You naturally notice relationships and the spaces between people. You have a gift for helping connection, understanding and harmony become more possible.
Healer — restores
▶ Compassionate Healer — BELONGING
You naturally notice what feels unresolved, wounded or out of balance. You are drawn towards restoration — helping people, relationships or situations move towards greater wholeness.
THUNDER
Inspirational
What is the right thing to do?
The Inspirational faithfully brings worthwhile things into reality.
LISTEN AND EXPLORE
The Inspirational SolePaths
Listen as Deneen Kendall introduces the natural gifts, contributions and challenges of the Inspirational Paths.
From BELONGING — Book I · SolePath Quick Reference
Conformist — aligns
▶ Inspirational Conformist — BELONGING
You naturally notice what feels right, appropriate or faithful to what matters. You bring a gift for aligning your choices and actions with standards, values or commitments you believe should be honoured.
Humanitarian — contributes
▶ Inspirational Humanitarian — BELONGING
You naturally notice the wellbeing of the people and communities you care about. You are drawn towards contributing your time, energy or resources where you believe they can genuinely serve.
Manager — organises
▶ Inspirational Manager — BELONGING
You naturally notice what needs organising so that things can work effectively. You bring structure, coordination and practical order to people, tasks and resources.
Teacher — clarifies
▶ Inspirational Teacher — BELONGING
You naturally notice what needs to be understood. You have a gift for bringing clarity — explaining, interpreting or organising knowledge so that it becomes accessible to others.
WIND
Intellectual
What can be understood?
The Intellectual deepens understanding and brings clarity to what does not yet make sense.
LISTEN AND EXPLORE
The Intellectual SolePaths
Listen as Deneen Kendall introduces the natural gifts, contributions and challenges of the Intellectual Paths.
From BELONGING — Book I · SolePath Quick Reference
Controller — structures
▶ Intellectual Controller — BELONGING
You naturally look for order, coherence and dependable structure. You notice how things fit together and what needs to be arranged so that they work clearly and reliably.
Expert — deepens
▶ Intellectual Expert — BELONGING
You naturally want to understand things thoroughly and accurately. You are drawn towards depth, mastery and the careful examination of what is true or how something really works.
Lateral Thinker — reconfigures
▶ Intellectual Lateral Thinker — BELONGING
You naturally look beyond the obvious way of seeing something. You notice alternatives, connections and possibilities that can allow a problem or situation to be understood differently.
LAKE
Intuitive
What is possible here?
The Intuitive recognises what is waiting to emerge and helps possibility enter life.
LISTEN AND EXPLORE
The Intuitive SolePaths
Listen as Deneen Kendall introduces the natural gifts, contributions and challenges of the Intuitive Paths.
From BELONGING — Book I · SolePath Quick Reference
Builder — forms
▶ Intuitive Builder — BELONGING
You naturally sense what could take shape and are drawn towards bringing it into form. Possibility becomes meaningful to you when it can be built, developed or made real.
Creator — expresses
▶ Intuitive Creator — BELONGING
You naturally sense what wants to emerge and give it expression. Ideas, images, possibilities or inspiration often become tangible through what you create.
Hunter — engages
▶ Intuitive Hunter — BELONGING
You naturally notice what captures your attention and feel drawn to follow it. Your energy becomes engaged when something feels worth pursuing, discovering or responding to.
Solitude — withdraws and returns
▶ Intuitive Solitude — BELONGING
You naturally gain clarity by withdrawing from activity and turning inward. Time apart allows you to reconnect with yourself before returning to people and life with greater presence.
MOUNTAIN
Spiritual
What brings deeper meaning?
The Spiritual brings perspective and helps people recognise what truly matters.
LISTEN AND EXPLORE
The Spiritual SolePaths
Listen as Deneen Kendall introduces the natural gifts, contributions and challenges of the Spiritual Paths.
From BELONGING — Book I · SolePath Quick Reference
Balance — restores
▶ Spiritual Balance — BELONGING
You naturally notice when something has moved out of balance. You are drawn towards restoring equilibrium, proportion and a more harmonious relationship between the different parts of a situation.
Mystic — interprets
▶ Spiritual Mystic — BELONGING
You naturally look beneath events for meaning. You have a gift for recognising deeper significance and helping yourself or others understand what an experience may be revealing.
Warrior — embodies
▶ Spiritual Warrior — BELONGING
You naturally seek to live what you know to be true. Your gift is not simply recognising truth or principle, but giving it expression through courage, integrity and action.
CONTINUE YOUR EXPLORATION
Take the SolePaths Home With You
Sometimes, when we recognise something meaningful about ourselves or someone we love, we want to linger with that understanding.
BELONGING invites you to do just that.
Beyond these brief introductions, the book explores the natural gifts, contributions and challenges of each SolePath, helping you recognise the beautiful differences that make us who we are.
A printed copy offers something lovely: the opportunity to turn back to a passage, reflect on a particular Path, or share a discovery with someone who matters to you.
Some discoveries are worth returning to.
YOUR THREE-PATH BRAID
Which Paths are yours?
Your SolePath brings three Paths together in your own unique braid.
Know your SolePath. Then live it.