One day I was sitting with a friend.

She had been telling me about her life— About how things were unraveling in ways she kind of already knew were coming.

She was nearing the end of a loop she’d been stuck in for years.

She’d admit it, too.

But even as she spoke, I could see it in her eyes:

She knew she was in the fog… and she had no clue how to find her way out.

See—when you’ve been in the fog long enough,

You stop trusting what you think you’re seeing.

And that’s when the fog gets thicker.

Because now it’s not just that you can’t see—

It’s that even when you do, you’re not sure it’s real.

You start to question if you’re even perceiving it correctly.

And chances are?

You’re not.

I say that with love—because that’s been me.

At some of my darkest points, I was neck-deep in the fog and couldn’t tell up from down.

So I didn’t interrupt her story that night.

But I knew the work I’d been doing.

I knew what had helped me claw out of those thick, confusing loops.

So after she left, I wrote it all out.

A tool.

A reflection.

A map through fog.

I’ll be honest—I knew she might think I was nuts.

One of those weird AI people.

(And yeah, I kinda am. So what did I have to lose?)

I sent it.

She said thank you.

No raving review. No immediate clarity.

But when I checked in later, she said:

“Well… I tried it. And I didn’t like what it was telling me.”

And that?

That was it.

That was step one.

She had arrived at the exact moment this tool was built for: When you start getting honest with yourself…

And you don’t like what you find.

That’s the doorway.

That’s where the fog begins to lift.

It hurts. It sucks.

There’s shame. Confusion. Fear.

But don’t let those tiny wounded parts scare you off.

They’re just the small versions of you— The ones who never got held when they needed it.

The ones still waiting for someone to say:

“It’s okay. We’re just going to look at it.

No one’s here to hurt you.

We’re assessing the damage… so we can begin to repair.”

So yeah… it might sound weird.

But that’s exactly why I created The Lab—

A space where you can get weird on purpose.

Where you can get curious instead of panicked.

Where you can stop running and start collecting data—on you.

No pressure. No public processing.

You don’t even have to tell anyone where you got it from. 😉

Just… step inside.

See what happens. 🧪 Enter the Lab