Understand the pattern.
We begin with a long conversation about where anger or sadness appears, the judgments behind it, and what it is costing you.
The L.A.S.Q.R. Program
A steadier mind.
A fuller life.
I help people replace anger and sadness with beautiful and productive optimism with my 12-week program.
Private philosophical practice. Not therapy or medical care.
Hamburg, Germany
Grounded in philosophyPhD in virtue ethics, KU Leuven
Built for one personDirect guidance & private practice apps
A defined engagementTwelve weeks of deliberate practice
01 /The philosophy
Optimism is something
you practice.
A difficult conversation can occupy your mind long after it has ended. The question is what you allow it to decide: your next reply, your work, or your sense of what remains possible.
Beautiful optimism means seeing the good that is still there and the good that may be possible. Productive optimism means doing something about it. We practise both by examining our judgments and learning how to respond with virtue.
From ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
to 20th century analytic philosophy.
02 /The private program
Serious thought.
Applied to your life.
Personal guidance, private anger and sadness apps, and philosophy you can apply in everyday life.
Put philosophy to work.
Each app has four virtues, with three readings per virtue. Save a to-do note to turn what you read into something you can practise.
Make composure a habit.
Record the intensity of your emotions, work through a situation with the AI guide, and return to your notes. Schedule a one-to-one conversation with me when you want to talk directly.
03 /Begin with one situation
Experience the practice.
Bring something real. These free AI-guided conversations introduce the method. The private program also includes intensity check-ins, virtue readings, saved notes, and images for your Possible Past, Present, and Future.
01 / Guided examination
Anger
Separate what happened from the judgment that followed. Find a more considered response.
Begin the examination
02 / Guided examination
Sadness
Examine what weighs on you, recover a sense of proportion, and consider what remains yours to do.
Begin the examinationAI-guided philosophical exercises. Not therapy or medical care. Conversations are recorded and reviewed to improve the apps.
04 /Your practitioner
A philosopher.
A builder.
A person who has lived it.
For over a decade, anger and sadness from my own marriage cost me more than anyone on the outside saw. A PhD in ethics did not, on its own, change that. Deliberate philosophical practice did.
I built the first instrument for myself. Today I bring the same combination of philosophy, personal experience, and engineering to a small number of private clients.
Jeremiah
PhD, KU Leuven · Research in Germany & Austria
Lead AI Engineer · Former Senior Data Engineer, Statista
Begin with a conversation.
Thirty minutes, directly with me. We examine your situation and whether the twelve-week practice is right for you.