The L.A.S.Q.R. Program
Video transcript

A harsh remark can stay with you all day. A disappointment can make it hard to enjoy anything else. How do you respond without letting anger or sadness decide what you do next?

The L.A.S.Q.R. Program is a private, 12-week program for anger and sadness. You get two practice apps, guided conversations, virtue readings, personal notes, and one-to-one conversations with me. Here is how you use it.

In both the anger and sadness apps, you can rate how strongly you feel the emotion, from one to ten. Each check-in is saved with the date and time, so you can look back at how it changes.

Then describe what happened, by typing or speaking. The AI guide asks questions about what upset you, what you think it means, and how you could respond. For example, someone speaking sharply to you does not establish that you have no value. The visible stages help you follow the conversation.

Each app has four virtues chosen for that emotion. Select a virtue to open its three readings. The anger and sadness practices have different selections, because handling anger and living with sadness call for different kinds of practice.

The readings explain ideas from thinkers such as Aristotle, Aquinas, and Plotinus, with everyday examples. You can then save a to-do note: one specific way you will apply what you have read. Your saved notes stay attached to the reading.

You also have three spaces for your own images: Possible Past, Possible Present, and Possible Future. Use them to explore a wish about the past, how you want to respond today, or a future you want to work toward. Here are my examples.

For example, my father has often said that he wishes he had built a successful business to pass on to us. I do not blame him, and I know the past cannot be changed. But the wish still affects me. So I keep an image of that possible past. It lets me see what matters inside the wish: steady work, care for a family, and something valuable passed from one generation to the next. I cannot change the past, but I can understand what I want to carry forward.

I am easily affected by another person's tone of voice, an angry face, or a gesture that feels insulting. I can carry that moment with me as if it proves something about my worth. My Possible Present shows another way. People are scolding me and pointing at me, but I remain calm. Their behavior may be wrong, and I can still answer or set a boundary. But I want to let the sting glide past without letting it damage my sense of virtue, value, or self-worth.

For my Possible Future, I want to read more and spend much less time watching YouTube. So I keep an image of a quiet chair and an open book, with the screen no longer deciding how the evening will pass. The image is not proof that I have reached the goal. It is a direction. It reminds me that the future grows from small repeated choices: one chosen book, one protected hour, one evening when I do not press play.

Your check-ins, conversations, notes, and images stay in your private record. Return to them, download a copy, or delete what you no longer want. This is philosophical coaching, not medical treatment or an emergency service.

When you want to talk with me directly, use the Schedule a conversation button in the app. Choose a time, and we can work through your situation together in a private, one-to-one conversation.

I help people replace anger and sadness with beautiful and productive optimism through my 12-week program. That means finding good things worth pursuing, and doing something about them. To find out whether the program is right for you, book an introductory call at lasqr.com slash program.