“I think it is a tool that would be helpful in between counseling sessions.” —Pilot Interviewee

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Northwest University Northwest University sits on a quiet hill in Kirkland, WA, just across Lake Washington from downtown Seattle and next door to Microsoft’s main campus.

My listening tour began at Northwest University, where the community received Lingwell’s vision as a living, outward-facing service: buildinglingwell.substack.com/p/northwest-...

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Carrying Lingwell West As I write this, I am on a flight.

“Carrying Lingwell West” is now live — and I’m excited to share where we’re headed.

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The Long Players When we first started testing Lingwell, I knew it could not be shaped by the short tablet-training encounters we devised alone.

“This is slow work. Uneven work. Sometimes it feels like tuning a radio in a storm. But it’s the only way to ensure Lingwell doesn’t just sound human — it carries the imprint of real human voices.”

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Finding Cultures Around Us If you look closely, there are entire worlds around us most people never notice.

“If you know how to pay attention to their patterns, these are living networks that tell you where people are, and what they need. For me, building Lingwell means stepping into these spaces.”

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Men of Valor When it was time to start the next, and more public, phase of training Lingwell’s voice to match its programming, I didn’t know where to begin.

“What does it mean to feel listened to?
What does it mean to be valued?
How do you know when you have been seen?”

Read here: buildinglingwell.substack.com/p/men-of-valor

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“It surprised me how much better I understood what was bugging me after seeing the words it gave back to me.” —U.S. Army Veteran

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From the Classroom to Lingwell When people ask me how Lingwell came to be, I usually start with the story of veterans in a writing group, or the research I pursued afterward.

“Lingwell is built on the same conviction that guided my teaching: people already carry the wisdom they need — they just need space to surface it.”

New Substack: From the Classroom to Lingwell

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The Hidden Language of Burnout As I write this, I recognize that I am tired.

Our latest piece, The Hidden Language of Burnout, explores how burnout speaks through silence, tension, and unspoken patterns long before exhaustion sets in.

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How I Built Lingwell When I first conceived of Lingwell, I did not set out to build a product.

Every project has a beginning. Our latest Substack post shares Lingwell’s — how it started, what guided it, and what continues to shape its path.

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Finding language for what’s been unsaid is at the heart of what we’re building with Lingwell. Early users remind us that words don’t just describe experience — they can transform it.

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