Navigate your next career move with clarity and confidence.
COMPASS is a 9-week program for high-performing professionals in their 30s who have achieved success - but feel unfulfilled, misaligned, or ready for a more meaningful direction. If your career no longer feels right, but you’re unsure what to do next - this is for you.
Led by former organisational psychologist Matt Defina, COMPASS combines evidence-based psychology, strategic frameworks, and practical coaching to help you move forward with confidence.
Starts Sunday 3rd May, 2023
Runs for 9 weeks
Does this sound like you?
You’re in your 30s, working in a professional job and you’re doing well on paper. But, something feels off.
You’ve built a solid career. You’re capable, respected, and earning good money. From the outside, it looks like you should be happy.
But, you’ve outgrown where you are - what lit you up when you started doesn’t have the same effect anymore. You’ve achieved what you initially set out to, and now you’re looking to what’s next. Except you don’t know what’s next. You feel stuck between options:
Stay where you are
Make a move, but risk getting it wrong
Start something new… without a clear direction
You know you’re capable of more - not just more success, but something more meaningful and aligned. You know what traditional success feels like but now you want to do something that truly lights you up.
You’re at a point where you need to make a decision - but you don’t yet have the clarity or confidence to choose. Yet.
Who COMPASS is for:
COMPASS is designed for a very specific type of person. This is for you if:
You’re in your 30s and have built a successful career or business
You’re capable, driven, and used to performing at a high level
You feel unfulfilled or misaligned in your current path
You know you’ve outgrown where you are
You’re at a point where you need to make a decision about what’s next
You want something more meaningful - but also practical and sustainable
You’re ready to take action, not just think about it
This is not for you if:
You’re early in your career and still exploring broadly
You’re looking for motivation or inspiration without taking action
You want someone to tell you exactly what to do
You’re not in a position to make a meaningful change
What COMPASS does
COMPASS is designed for this exact moment - to help you step back, think clearly, and make a confident decision about what’s next - then take practical steps toward it. You will:
Clarify what actually matters to you now
Identify a realistic and meaningful direction
Make a clear decision about your next move
Build a plan to start moving immediately
This is not about starting over. It’s about making a smart, aligned next move. It’s about get clear on what excites you and making strategic choices too - all within community.
Common situations we help with
You’re considering leaving your job but don’t know what to move toward
You’ve outgrown your current career but feel uncertain about your next step
You have multiple ideas but can’t decide which path to commit to
You feel burnt out and disconnected from your work
You want something more meaningful - but also practical and sustainable
What People Are Saying
OMG this has been AMAZING! Really exceeded my expectations for what I’d get out of 90 minutes - I wish we had all day/week on this! Thank you SO much for organising this container today. What a valuable (and expansive) use of my energy (( <3 )
Matt - A mind blowing amount of knowledge in 90mins
Thankyou Matt. This session has landed as very much timely and relevant. One meaningful goal makes so much sense.
Thank you thank you thank- feeling lighter and motivated!
I really enjoyed Matt’s OMG – One Meaningful Goal workshop. It gave me clear direction and helped break my goal down into something achievable. The process helped me uncover the real purpose behind what I want to achieve and gave me practical ideas for turning that goal into reality in a short timeframe.
The COMPASS Methodology
COMPASS is built around a simple, structured process designed to help you navigate career transition - from uncertainty to clear direction and action. At it’s core, COMPASS will help you create a ‘Purpose-Driven-Life’. This is a simple framework at first glance, but each part of it has depth and practical frameworks and tools to help you.
This is the COMPASS Method: Presence → Purpose → Possibility → Community
1. Presence - Understand where you are
Step out of autopilot and take an honest look at your current situation. Identify what’s working, what’s not, and where you’ve outgrown your current path. Get equipped with nervous system regulation tools to slow down and get clarity, and complete your ‘COMPASS Canvas’ to help you assess where you’re at compared to where you want to be.
2. Purpose - Clarify what matters
Reconnect with what is genuinely meaningful to you now - not what used to matter, or what others expect of you. Define your values, motivations, and what you want more of in your life and work. Define your one meaningful direction (OMG) and lock in your mini action plan (MAP).
3. Possibility - Take aligned action
Expand your thinking around what’s possible - then take aligned action towards the goal you’ve set for yourself. Open up to new options and seeing new or creating new possibilities for yourself, as you focus on practical next steps.
4. Community - Move forward with support
Take action alongside a group of like-minded professionals navigating similar transitions. You’ll gain accountability, perspective, and support as you build momentum and follow through on your next move. Most importantly - you won’t be doing this alone.
Evidence-Based Psychology
COMPASS integrates several evidence-based frameworks, therapeutic approaches and leadership tools:
Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS / Parts Work)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Motivational Interviewing
Narrative Coaching
Mindfulness and Nervous System Regulation
These approaches are used in the program to support you to:
Clarify your vision and your values - what kind of life and career do you want to create and why?
Make effective, aligned decisions that take you towards the life and career you desire (not away from it)
Grow and evolve in the process, so that you can sustain the changes you make and not slip back to old ways
Program Phases
Over 9 weeks, we’ll move through 3 phases:
PHASE 1 - DEFINE YOUR DIRECTION
This is where you step back, get clear, and make the decision about what’s next. It will include the following:
You’ll complete your COMPASS Canvas during a guided Mapping Day - creating a clear, compelling vision for your future and identifying what truly matters to you now.
From there, you’ll define your One Meaningful Goal (OMG) - a single, focused direction for your next chapter - and build your Mini Action Plan (MAP) so you know exactly how to start.
You’ll also establish your High Leverage Ritual (HLR) and Daily Habit Stack (DHS) - giving you the structure to stay grounded, focused, and consistent as you move forward.
By the end of this phase, you’ll have a clear direction, a defined goal, and a practical plan to begin.
PHASE 2 - TAKE ALIGNED ACTION
This is where you move from thinking to doing. It will inc. ude the following:
You’ll begin taking action toward your OMG, guided by your MAP, while being supported by a group of like-minded people navigating similar transitions.
You’ll develop the skills to handle real-world challenges - including how to navigate difficult but necessary conversations (“Clearings”) and how to make confident, aligned decisions using the Make Good Decisions (MGD) framework.
You’ll also complete a structured personal and group challenge designed to mark your commitment and catalyse change - creating a clear break from old patterns and reinforcing your new direction.
This is where clarity turns into real-world momentum.
PHASE 3 - INTEGRATE & EVOLVE
This is where your changes become your new normal.
You’ll be supported to integrate the shifts you’ve made - so you don’t fall back into old patterns - and begin building a life and career that reflects your new direction.
You’ll learn the Purpose-Driven-Life framework, giving you a practical way to continue growing, evolving, and making aligned decisions beyond the program.
You’ll also define what you’re moving away from - and consciously cut ties with what no longer supports your growth - so you can move forward with clarity and confidence.
By the end of this phase, you’re not just thinking differently - you’re living differently.
Program Dates
Note: all times in Melbourne time, all sessions will be conducted on Zoom
PHASE 1 - DEFINE YOUR DIRECTION
Mapping Day (Full-Day, 2 options)
Saturday 25th April (9am - 4pm, Melbourne) or
Saturday 2nd May (9am - 4pm, Melbourne
Join a Mapping Day to complete your COMPASS Canvas
Note: if you can’t attend one of these days, this is not a deal-breaker, let us know and we can guide you to complete this on your own)
Program Kickoff (Full-Day)
Sunday 3rd May (9am - 4pm, Melbourne)
PHASE 2 - TAKE ALIGNED ACTION
Weekly Coaching Calls
12pm - 1.30pm, Thursday’s (Melbourne Time)
From 7th May to Thursday 25th June
PHASE 3: INTEGRATE & EVOLVE
Thursday 2nd July, 12pm - 1.30pm
Saturday 4th July, 9am - 4pm
Note: all calls will be recorded and uploaded to the Community portal on Circle
Program Outcomes
By the end of the program, you will:
Have clarity on your purpose and direction in your life and career
Be equipped with skills and tools to navigate change
Be equipped with frameworks to help you make values-aligned decisions
Feel more confident in who you are as a person and what you’re here to do
Be part of a community of other heart-centered, ambitious leaders
Got questions? Book a call with Matt
There is another way.
A way of living and working that is aligned, meaningful, and grounded in what actually matters to you
Investment
$4,500 AUD - Payment Plan
$4,000 AUD - Pay in Full
If you’re not ready just yet…..
You can join one of our Mapping Days on Saturday 25th April or Saturday 2nd May
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