The Incentive Aligned Coaching Experiment
Pay only if your life changes — You decide. We help highly agentic individuals resolve lifelong issues after all other attempts have fallen short.
Periods of flow in everyday life are more frequent and reliable than ever. —founder ($15k)
I don't feel my life or my relationship is in crisis anymore. —($8k)
Expressing attraction feels fun now. —founder ($6k)
Why Incentive-Aligned?
After making significant progress with my own anxiety/depression/emotional numbness through counseling, I wondered if it could’ve been quicker and easier. So I researched, tested my models with others, and became convinced that rapid growth is often possible for sticky lifelong issues. Example:
You’re only allowed to pay us if your life changes — You decide. This:
Creates incentives for taking less time.
Our approach can be quick because it's about unlearning rather than learning. We draw from Predictive Processing (“the brain is a multi-layer prediction machine” —Scott Alexander) and Adler, but mostly from experience and independent research.
More recently we’ve begun training more coaches. Some are already way better than me!
@ChrisChipMonk / chris@chrislakin.com
For professional development & personal growth — not therapy, not medical treatment. No certs or licenses to be found! Confidentiality: Information shared helps understand patterns and improve practice. Identifying details kept confidential.
Results
If you were to ask my high school friends that’s not a word they would use.
We met at a prediction market conference. Before our session he tried 8 years of therapy and 1 year of seeking “scary situations”. $3k.
Founder:
Periods of flow in everyday life are more frequent and reliable than ever. Also I’m less nervous and tense around people.
$15k.
I definitely don't live in bliss every day, but I don't feel my life or my relationship is in crisis anymore. Things feel light and hopeful.
$8k.
Founder in SF:
a new skill I didn’t learn in 3 years of IFS.
Expressing attraction feels fun now.
Previously, he had a lifelong block on “owning desire”. $6k.
A lifelong pushover is no more. $4k.
Before working with us, he tried most of the TPOT meditation advice.
Engineer in SF: more flow during work. $7.5k.
The 2% of my life feels more like 0.2% now. Only took 2–3 weeks, surprisingly
Unwanted habit has nearly ceased since we spoke 3 months ago. $1.5k (gradual $12k over 3 years).
An AI engineer became less conflict-avoidant and expresses more disagreements at work. $2.5k.
I can now say no to things that don't serve me. Also, I've taken on a major role that would have previously been overwhelming — but I'm handling it well.
AI policy researcher. $2k.
i’ve always done too much stuff i actually don’t want. but not in the last month.
10% net income.
Founder, less procrastination. $7.5k.