A
Awareness
Noticing what is true, without judgement.
“Take away your opinion, and there is taken away the complaint.”
About · The AURIS framework
Five pillars, held in order and returned to often.
The AURIS Identity System gives structure to work that is otherwise hard to describe. It is used in the AURIS Membership, in one-to-one sessions and in organisational programmes, and it is what every course in AURIS Academy is built from.
This page sets out the five pillars, the courses that teach each one, what a learner can do afterwards, and the five pathways that put the courses in an order that matches a real situation.
The five pillars
U
Understanding
Making sense of the patterns behind the feeling.
R
Regulation
Building capacity for hard days, not avoiding them.
I
Identity
Holding a self that is honest and your own.
S
Stability
Acting from a steady, recognisable place.
The pillars are sequential but not linear. Most people move between them, returning to awareness when circumstances change and to regulation when the days get harder.
The framework is descriptive rather than diagnostic. It names what is happening so that people, and the organisations around them, can respond with something better than advice.
How it is taught
Each pillar, and the courses that build it
Every course names the pillar it primarily builds and what a learner can do by the end of it. Both are read straight from the 23 published courses in the public library, so this page always matches the courses themselves.
Awareness
Noticing what is true, without judgement.
This pillar is worked inside the courses led by the other pillars rather than in a course of its own. Identity Foundations covers all five in order.
Understanding
Making sense of the patterns behind the feeling.
This pillar is worked inside the courses led by the other pillars rather than in a course of its own. Identity Foundations covers all five in order.
Regulation
Building capacity for hard days, not avoiding them.
Free course
Five-Day Reset
Five short days, one AURIS pillar each, used as a structured self-reflection and practice reset rather than a clinical intervention.
What you can do afterwards: Separate an observation from an interpretation without self-blame
Then: Your Five-Day Reset Plan brings together what you noticed, what you learned, an optional regulation choice, a value-led action and a routine you can restart. Results vary; completing an action does not guarantee a change in mood.
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Controlling the Controllables
Choose where to put your effort while recognising practical limits and shared responsibilities. Use ordinary or fictional examples; personal reflection is optional.
What you can do afterwards: Separate direct actions, shared influence and outcomes in a realistic example.
Then: Keep a short plan naming one action, any shared responsibility, a useful contact, a fallback and a review point. Use your notes privately if helpful. Staying Switched On is an optional next course; you may also revisit or adapt this method.
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Identity
Holding a self that is honest and your own.
This pillar is worked inside the courses led by the other pillars rather than in a course of its own. Identity Foundations covers all five in order.
Stability
Acting from a steady, recognisable place.
This pillar is worked inside the courses led by the other pillars rather than in a course of its own. Identity Foundations covers all five in order.
Five pathways
The framework in the order your situation happens in
A pathway is the same framework, put in an order that matches one real situation. Each one answers a single question and recommends a clear route through relevant learning. Where one of the three free Academy courses fits, you can start there; specialist courses show their live individual price before you choose them.
Life and Role Change
Changed career, made redundant or retired, and you still do not feel like yourself?
For anyone navigating a career change, redundancy, retirement or a role that no longer fits. One free course, then four specialist courses on identity, regulation, purpose and stability.
1 free starting course and 4 individually priced courses
Certificate for each completed course
Read the answerAfter Service
Leaving a long structured career: what happens to who you are?
For service leavers and anyone leaving a long structured career. A free introduction, then four courses on delay, job churn, rank and rebuilding meaning.
1 free starting course and 4 individually priced courses
Certificate for each completed course
Read the answerPurpose and What Next
Work gave you a purpose. What happens when it does not any more?
For anyone whose purpose came with the work, and who is asking what now. A free five-day course, then four specialist courses on direction, meaning, regulation and stability.
1 free starting course and 4 individually priced courses
Certificate for each completed course
Read the answerFamily and Belonging
Everyone asks how they are. Who asks how you are?
For spouses, partners, families and anyone whose belonging was built around someone else's role. A free course, then four courses on identity, family transition, regulation and meaning.
1 free starting course and 4 individually priced courses
Certificate for each completed course
Read the answerDiscipline and Self Command
How do you stay steady when you cannot change what is happening?
For anyone carrying pressure they cannot change and wanting a steadier way to meet it. Start with the free Controlling the Controllables, then choose from four specialist practices on attention, preparation, character and daily review.
1 free starting course and 4 individually priced courses
Certificate for each completed course
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A pathway is a suggested order, not a requirement. Every course can be taken on its own, and the free courses stay free. The evidence behind the framework is published in our publications.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Follow the question that matters to you.
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