ORIGINAL JUNE 2024: I used to be painfully anxious, insecure, romantically validating-seeking, overwhelmed by emotions, avoidant, depressed, in chronic pain, etc. I unlearned it. Then I wondered: “How could it’d have been 10x easier?”
I created my own models drawing from Predictive Processing, and now I help founders, AI people, and highly agentic individuals resolve their most painful emotional issue— especially when years of therapy, IFS, and meditation fell short.
UPDATED 2025 MAY 15:
At the founding, this service was “100% bounty” — all payment literally forbidden until long-term results.
I learned two things from running this experiment:
First, there are people who are best served by more routine paths, like talk therapy or self-help apps, and then there are people who are serious.
Second, even with serious people, results require both our inputs: my insight and your effort.
The structure now reflects this.
Payment is committed: half at beginning, and half at bounty, at the time of your genuine satisfaction with results.
You may choose from two tiers:
$30k priority - 8 weeks of deep unlearning (substantial take-home work)
$12k standard - 8 weeks of deep unlearning (substantial take-home work)
Contact: Twitter or email chris@chrislakin.com
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