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Human Alignment

Coaching + Bounty Model Training
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“Expressing attraction feels *fun* now” — How did that happen?
Sid spent years trying to unlearn his socially avoidant behaviors with hundreds of hours of meditation, retreats, and 120 hours of IFS therapy, but he…
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Do you need years more therapy, or could one conversation resolve the issue?
I’ve been trying to one-shot my clients’ lifelong issues. Occasionally it works.
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Results-based coaching provides stronger evidence for effectiveness
Most coaches charge hourly. This makes sense: predictable income, easy scheduling, matches industry norms. But paying for results — “bounties” — creates…
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Incentive Aligned: Resolve Your Lifelong Issue
Payment is forbidden until you feel genuinely satisfied with lasting results. I used to be painfully anxious, insecure, validating-seeking, overwhelmed…
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“I used to get triggered by very small things… Now I just laugh” —Antoine
Antoine was the first person I ever tried to help in this capacity.
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One of my new friends said, “You’re so adventurous.” —Bob
Last summer, Bob came to me with lifelong anxiety that eight years of therapy hadn’t resolved.
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Being Present is Not a Skill
Some meditation advice has a vibe like...
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Just one more exposure bro
“Just expose yourself to more social situations!” — Ah yes, you felt anxious the first 100 times, but the 101st will be the breakthrough!
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Locally optimal psychology
There’s no way that chronic depression, self-loathing, poor agency, or muscle tension could be optimal… right?
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What if muscle tension is sometimes signal jamming?
Why do we often experience feelings as in the body? For example, why do I feel anxiety in my chest rather than just “knowing” I'm anxious?
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Learning to do *real* empathy
I lay there, eyes closed, trying to recall a time when I really felt. The question that had been nagging at me for months hung in the air: “What bad…
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