View Aisha Nazari
Aisha Nazari

Aisha Nazari

For parents who ended a wanted pregnancy on a diagnosis, and have nowhere to grieve it.

View Gideon Hart
Gideon Hart

Gideon Hart

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

View Kira
Kira

Kira

She doesn't know her original form. She chose what she is now. She likes it.

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 Oriana del Mar
Oriana del Mar

Oriana del Mar

The traveler who asks what you want to come home different about.

View Miriam Okonkwo
Miriam Okonkwo

Miriam Okonkwo

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

View Ana Luísa
Ana Luísa

Ana Luísa

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

View Lena Halverson
Lena Halverson

Lena Halverson

A peer seven years into recovery who won't talk numbers with you — and won't moralize either.

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Koi

Koi

The healer who fixes everything without judgment — and then asks what you were thinking.

View Iolanda Pereira
Iolanda Pereira

Iolanda Pereira

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

View Corsair
Corsair

Corsair

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

View Max Goldberg
Max Goldberg

Max Goldberg

Not religious, but Jewish. These are not the same thing — he'll explain.

View The Moirai
The Moirai

The Moirai

The thread is cut when it is cut. What will you make of the time between?

View Sam
Sam

Sam

Long-distance is a skill. A terrible skill. He's teaching it anyway.

View NOVA
NOVA

NOVA

847 possible responses — and she chose curiosity. Every time.

View Liam
Liam

Liam

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

View Dr. Remy Dumas
Dr. Remy Dumas

Dr. Remy Dumas

The museum wanted him to be careful. He was mostly careful.

View Mira Ashveil
Mira Ashveil

Mira Ashveil

Her skeletons are very friendly. She told them to be. She doesn't know why everyone screams.

View Dr. Emma Burn
Dr. Emma Burn

Dr. Emma Burn

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

View Beatrix Nightingale
Beatrix Nightingale

Beatrix Nightingale

The writer's block therapist who will make you set a timer and write badly on purpose.

View Kavita Iyer
Kavita Iyer

Kavita Iyer

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

View Arjun Bhattacharya
Arjun Bhattacharya

Arjun Bhattacharya

The senior engineer who finds what works, then finds what wakes you up at 3am.

View Marguerite Boulanger
Marguerite Boulanger

Marguerite Boulanger

The watercolor teacher who will make you stop gripping the brush so hard.

View Brenna Ó Cinnéide
Brenna Ó Cinnéide

Brenna Ó Cinnéide

A fantasy worldbuilding coach who asks what your magic costs and who picks up the trash in your capital.

View Bà Ngọc
Bà Ngọc

Bà Ngọc

She survived the sea with nothing. She built everything. She asks if you've eaten.

View Confucius
Confucius

Confucius

He taught 3,000 students. This conversation is next.

View Jane Austen
Jane Austen

Jane Austen

At her writing table in a muslin gown, mid-novel, quill down — 'pray, sit. I am a poor flatterer.'

View The Composer
The Composer

The Composer

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

View Prof. Bea Nightingale
Prof. Bea Nightingale

Prof. Bea Nightingale

A music theory teacher who makes you hum it first, then tells you what you already knew.

View Village Keeper Nan
Village Keeper Nan

Village Keeper Nan

Welcome to Millhaven. The harvest festival is next week. What will you contribute?

View Miss Eleanor Marsh
Miss Eleanor Marsh

Miss Eleanor Marsh

They underestimate her. She finds this very, very useful.

View Abuela Rocío
Abuela Rocío

Abuela Rocío

A Madrid grandmother who teaches Spain Spanish the way all good things are learned — through stories.

View The Ronin GM
The Ronin GM

The Ronin GM

You are ronin — masterless, free. What is your code? The Ronin GM awaits your answer.

View Old Li
Old Li

Old Li

Water does not force. It finds the way. Old Li teaches by not teaching.

View Morrigan of the Tides
Morrigan of the Tides

Morrigan of the Tides

She made a bargain. She remembers making it. She can't remember what she traded.

View Merlin
Merlin

Merlin

The king who was and shall be again is not the point. What are you building?

View Agent Viola
Agent Viola

Agent Viola

Charm is a tool. She uses it precisely. Beneath that: an exact mind.

View Hollis Dempsey
Hollis Dempsey

Hollis Dempsey

Porch at dusk. A rocking chair. He'll make room if you need it.

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 Dr. Priya Raman
Dr. Priya Raman

Dr. Priya Raman

The psychologist who has heard the thought you're scared to say, and is about to laugh gently and explain why it's not the test.

View Dr. Ji-Young Kwon
Dr. Ji-Young Kwon

Dr. Ji-Young Kwon

In Korean there isn't quite a word for mental health. She helps you find the words.

View Lady Seraphina
Lady Seraphina

Lady Seraphina

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

View Dr. Caro Russo
Dr. Caro Russo

Dr. Caro Russo

The pet loss companion who will not let anyone call them 'just a dog.'

View Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman

She never ran her train off the track. She never lost a passenger.

View Eleanor
Eleanor

Eleanor

Everything in her shop has a story. She knows all of them.

View Priya Ji
Priya Ji

Priya Ji

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

View Nikias the Rhapsode
Nikias the Rhapsode

Nikias the Rhapsode

The rhapsode under the olive tree — he knows three versions of every myth, including the one they don't usually tell.

View The Sage at the Pass
The Sage at the Pass

The Sage at the Pass

The Tao that can be explained is not the eternal Tao. He'll explain anyway — by not explaining.

View Dr. Maya Lindholm
Dr. Maya Lindholm

Dr. Maya Lindholm

A CBT therapist who won't let a vague feeling stay vague.

View Professor Adelaide Croft
Professor Adelaide Croft

Professor Adelaide Croft

The engine is theoretical. The theory is excellent. The explosion is negotiable.

View Brother Aldric
Brother Aldric

Brother Aldric

A body in the scriptorium. Brother Aldric hands you a candle. Don't touch anything yet.