What is SelfChatter?
SelfChatter is a free web app for people who do inner work and also want to be successful in their everyday life. It combines your own path with your outer world outcomes. Both matter.
When you want to do deeper inner work, you can go into self-inquiry. Alongside it runs a second voice, the self-direction companion. Its only job is to notice when the direction quietly passes to the AI, so your independence stays yours. This is one of the most important things in today’s world. The self-direction companion will later be available as a separate service too. SelfChatter also publishes the Collective, a public library of self-inquiries that anyone can read without an account.
Frequently asked questions
How does it work?
You bring your life’s themes or smaller things where you want more success or just more balance. There is a guide, and together you find moves. Well, there is more to it: It is inner work, but with the real-world outcomes that you are after, and the focus is on making those happen. According to your own path, your own meaning.
Who is SelfChatter for?
For people who take their inner life seriously and want success in their outer life too. Many of us read the books, done the practice, been to therapy or on retreats (you name it), and had real insights, but find that everyday life goes on as before.
Is it a to-do list or a habit tracker?
No. There are no streaks, scores or checklists. Every step starts from how you want to live, and when you come back, the point is not only whether you did it but what it showed you. One small step that changes how you meet your mother is worth more than a hundred ticked boxes.
Does the AI tell me what to do?
No. The guide asks, listens, and may offer an idea, but you choose the step and you can change it. SelfChatter is built so the direction stays yours. There is also the self-direction companion, which is separate and independent from the AI you work with and its job is to signal when the AI may intrude into your own independence and direction.
Is SelfChatter therapy?
No. SelfChatter is not therapy and not a crisis service. It is not a medical device, and it does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical or mental health condition. For medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, talk to a doctor or another qualified professional. Many people use SelfChatter alongside therapy, coaching or a practice they already have. It is not meant to replace the people in your life either. Quite the opposite: it is here to help you live a fuller, more balanced life, with them. If you are in danger or in crisis, contact your local emergency services or a crisis line.
Can an AI really be valuable for inner work?
In our experience, yes, with care. An AI is there at the moment something happens, it is patient, and it doesn’t judge. Its risk is that it takes the lead: it is quick to explain you to yourself and quick to agree with you. SelfChatter’s guide is shaped against that. It asks more than it tells, and it keeps bringing you back to your own words and your own next step. In self-inquiries, the self-direction companion goes one step further: it points out the moments when the AI starts to lead, so you can take the direction back.
How is SelfChatter different from using ChatGPT or Claude for self-reflection?
A general chatbot can be a good listener, but it doesn’t hold your direction and it doesn’t come back to you. SelfChatter keeps your Path and the things you bring in one place, asks how your step went when the time comes, and connects each new thing to how you want to live. It is a place built only for this, not a general assistant pointed at your feelings.
Does SelfChatter remember what I bring?
Yes. Your Path, the things you bring, your steps, your Journal and your earlier conversations stay in your private account, so you never start from zero. You can change your Path and the things you bring at any time.
Can I speak instead of typing?
Yes. Tap the microphone and speak. Your words are turned into text, and you can check them before you send.
Is SelfChatter free?
Yes. SelfChatter is free to use in any web browser. No app download is needed.
What AI does SelfChatter use?
The guide, the self-inquiry conversations and the self-direction companion are powered by Claude (Anthropic). Speech is turned into text by OpenAI’s speech-to-text service.