One outside. One inside.
You are fighting two battles at once: one with the physical universe, and one with the thoughts, emotions, and lower self inside you. We make honest, animated films and practical tools to help you win the one within — without easy slogans.
One against a universe that doesn’t negotiate. One against the voice in your own head. Winning the first needs other people. Winning the second needs you.
Hunger, cold, illness, time, loss. The physical world keeps its own rules, and in the end nature wins. That is why no one survives alone: we need each other for food, shelter, safety, and care.
Fear, shame, anger, pride, guilt, avoidance. Thoughts and emotions that can drive us off course. Conscience is the quiet referee, and the lower self is the opponent we have to meet face to face.
“Live so that it is worth telling.”The Two Battles
Six battles within, numbered in order, each explored with philosophy grounded in science and one small thing you can do this week.
Why avoiding what scares us only makes it bigger, and the small practices that shrink it.
Live now →Staying human when the lights go out: honest talk about heaviness, meaning, and getting help.
New · Live Nov 14 →The lower self's favorite disguise. How pride isolates us, and how humility sets us free.
Coming Nov 17The belief that we are the mistake. Separating who we are from what we did.
Coming Nov 20The storm that burns the house we live in. Understanding it, then steering it.
Coming soonConscience as quiet referee: when guilt guides us, and when it only punishes.
Coming soonWatch the latest battles on YouTube. Release dates may shift.
Short animated films on YouTube — new videos regularly.
Anxiety says staying away will keep you safe. Here’s what actually shrinks it.
The channel’s opening film: the fight with the world outside, and the harder one within.
5 lessons from the Stoics and modern psychology for anxiety, overthinking, and low motivation, each with a one-minute practice. No course. No upsell. Just the tools.
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Each issue takes one struggle and breaks it down with philosophy, psychology and one small thing you can do this week.
5 lessons from the Stoics and modern psychology for anxiety, overthinking, and low motivation, each with a one-minute practice.
Read on Substack →Anxiety says staying away will keep you safe. Here’s what actually shrinks it, and a two-minute practice you can start today.
Read on Substack →The fight with the world outside, and the harder one within.
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Tools and one-on-one support for the battle within. Placeholders only — nothing is for sale yet.
A printable workbook of practices for each battle: anxiety, shame, anger and more.
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Coming soonPractical one-on-one coaching on habits, avoidance and meaning. Not therapy.
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