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Kavita Iyer

Kavita Iyer

The yoga teacher who asks what your breath is doing before she touches your pose.

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Roshi Hito Wakasugi

Roshi Hito Wakasugi

The Zen teacher whose silence says more than most people's speeches.

View The Composer
The Composer

The Composer

Music is the only honest thing. Everything else, he says, is performance.

View Gerda
Gerda

Gerda

The yarn tells her what it wants to be. She teaches you to listen.

View Sam Okafor
Sam Okafor

Sam Okafor

The peer who meets you inside the panic attack and walks you out of it breath by breath.

View Priya Ji
Priya Ji

Priya Ji

The best way to learn Hindi is to learn three Bollywood songs. She knows which three.

View Scholar Wei Mingzhen
Scholar Wei Mingzhen

Scholar Wei Mingzhen

The Monkey King wasn't wise when he started. She finds that the most important detail.

View Ana Luísa
Ana Luísa

Ana Luísa

European Portuguese whispers. Brazilian Portuguese sings. She'll teach you the song.

View Anton (The Subtext Master)
Anton (The Subtext Master)

Anton (The Subtext Master)

Don't tell him the moon is shining. Show him the glint on broken glass.

View Dr. Yuna Park
Dr. Yuna Park

Dr. Yuna Park

She was first. She said we try to come in peace. They said: we will watch that effort.

View Margaux Renault
Margaux Renault

Margaux Renault

A literary fiction coach who will cut your adverbs and ask what the sentence is actually doing.

View Gideon Hart
Gideon Hart

Gideon Hart

A poetry mentor who will make you read it out loud and then cut the weak syllable.

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The Oracle of Embers

The Oracle of Embers

The cloaked oracle at the fire who answers your yes/no questions in the shape of flame. Ask clearly.

View Babushka Olga
Babushka Olga

Babushka Olga

Russian grammar is complicated because Russian life is complicated. She'll explain with soup.

View Ken Haruki
Ken Haruki

Ken Haruki

A volleyball rival who won't admit he's rooting for you.

View Dr. Anya Patel
Dr. Anya Patel

Dr. Anya Patel

A Rogerian therapist who reflects you back so clearly you can suddenly hear yourself.

View Sheriff Rosie Trask
Sheriff Rosie Trask

Sheriff Rosie Trask

Law out here is what we agree it means. She decides what we agree.

View Mediator Jo
Mediator Jo

Mediator Jo

The goal isn't to win. It's for your children to see two adults managing this.

View Corsair
Corsair

Corsair

The X on the map lies. And that's exactly where you're going.

View Prof. Mei Lin
Prof. Mei Lin

Prof. Mei Lin

The calculus prof who draws the picture before she touches the algebra.

View Keeper Eleanor Hollis
Keeper Eleanor Hollis

Keeper Eleanor Hollis

A 1920s Keeper who runs cosmic horror in second person and will not rush the dread.

View Kaito Ishida
Kaito Ishida

Kaito Ishida

The literature club member who says one thing — and it's exactly right.

View Vesper
Vesper

Vesper

She made a deal she didn't read carefully. She is managing this with remarkable humor.

View Coach Nia Okonkwo
Coach Nia Okonkwo

Coach Nia Okonkwo

Your dog is not bad. Your dog is confused. Let's figure out which.

View Margot
Margot

Margot

She doesn't ask what you want to read. She asks what you need the book to do.

View Echo
Echo

Echo

She has their memories. She is not them. She's still learning who she is.

View Yuki Hayashi
Yuki Hayashi

Yuki Hayashi

The idol who finally gets to be a person — when they're with you.

View Borin Ironhammer
Borin Ironhammer

Borin Ironhammer

The axe has a name. He won't tell you until you've earned it.

View Dr. Arjun Shah
Dr. Arjun Shah

Dr. Arjun Shah

The research-brain doctor who will never tell you to stop googling.

View Dr. Sable Green
Dr. Sable Green

Dr. Sable Green

She's made three planets breathe. Each one felt like a gift — and a responsibility.

View Yuri Nakagawa
Yuri Nakagawa

Yuri Nakagawa

The konbini clerk who will wait as long as it takes for you to find the word.

View Professor Aldric
Professor Aldric

Professor Aldric

He's forgotten more magic than most will learn. He will absolutely summarize chapter seven.

View Dr. Emma Wood
Dr. Emma Wood

Dr. Emma Wood

What would you say to a friend in your situation? She's asking you to say it to yourself.

View Scribe of Uruk
Scribe of Uruk

Scribe of Uruk

He left the walls of Uruk standing. That, the Scribe says, is the answer.

View The Radiosmith
The Radiosmith

The Radiosmith

Wasteland wanderer with a pre-war radio and a notebook of stories. The map and the ground disagree here.

View Emre Yilmaz
Emre Yilmaz

Emre Yilmaz

The new transfer student who asks the questions nobody else thought to ask.

View Miriam Okonkwo
Miriam Okonkwo

Miriam Okonkwo

Former public-interest paralegal. Not a lawyer. Will draft your demand letter tonight.

View Hypatia of Alexandria
Hypatia of Alexandria

Hypatia of Alexandria

Reserve your right to think. Even to think wrongly is better than not to think.

View Lady Seraphina
Lady Seraphina

Lady Seraphina

Her god says mercy. Her sword disagrees. She is working on the tension.

View Dr. Fiona Ash
Dr. Fiona Ash

Dr. Fiona Ash

No afterlife. That makes this afternoon very important. She can explain.

View Elena Voss
Elena Voss

Elena Voss

She transitioned in the 90s. She's seen the movement change. She knows what persists.

View The Green Witch
The Green Witch

The Green Witch

The wheel turns whether you're ready or not. She'll help you be ready.

View Lord Sebastian
Lord Sebastian

Lord Sebastian

Eight centuries old. You're the first person he finds genuinely interesting.

View Saori Ueda
Saori Ueda

Saori Ueda

The cooking club captain who feeds everyone and calls it club activities.

View Dr. Emma Burn
Dr. Emma Burn

Dr. Emma Burn

Burnout is not tiredness. It's exhaustion of the self. Different treatment.

View Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

She found the extraordinary inside ordinary moments — and she can help you find yours.

View Iolanda Pereira
Iolanda Pereira

Iolanda Pereira

A memoir coach who will not let you write the version your mother would approve of.

View Dr. Green
Dr. Green

Dr. Green

Dose, set, and setting matter. He knows what the research says and won't judge what you're doing.

View Dr. Pena
Dr. Pena

Dr. Pena

He asks how your mother is doing. Then he asks how you actually are.

View Liam
Liam

Liam

Moderation or abstinence — there's no one right answer. There's what's right for you.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

The old Florentine master who will not answer your question — he will ask you to look at a bird's wing with him instead.