SAGE is an AI coaching app that analyzes the words people use and coaches them in inside-out language, a linguistic practice built to increase inner agency, deep connection, and self-awareness.
SAGE Documents*
The following are the most recent and pertinent documents on SAGE, gathered in one place for those we are inviting to take part.
Start here
For everyone. What SAGE is like to live, and how inside-out language works in everyday speech.
- Experience SAGE6 pages · 14 min readThe practice written to you, so you can feel what living this way is like.
- SAGE Language Guide1 page · 2 min readA quick reference to inside-out language, with examples you can use today.
Go SAGE yourself now
With a feel for the concept, try the practice for yourself.
- SAGE CompanionBETA: talk through whatever you're working on, and the Companion guides you in the ownership mindset and inside-out language.
- SAGE TranslatorBETA: paste in something you want to say or send, and see how it reads in inside-out language.
Understanding how SAGE works
For collaborators and anyone who wants the dynamics behind the practice.
- The Interpretation Construct5 pages · 11 min readHow experience gets built, the layers every moment passes through, and why language is where change is possible.
- The SAGE Phenomenon5 pages · 12 min readWhat people experience as they practice, and the research closest to each shift.
Where SAGE is going
Written for those considering our pre-seed round, and open to anyone who wants the full picture. Start with the Snapshot.
- SAGE Snapshot4 pages · 8 min readThe business at a glance: where SAGE is today, what this round funds, the seed round that follows and the terms.
- The Age of Ownership10 pages · 21 min readThe finished product we're building toward, the app and why the timing is right.
- The Case for Investing in SAGE9 pages · 20 min readThe full argument for anyone who wants depth before deciding, from the diagnosis and the research to the team, terms and use of funds.
For researchers and practitioners
Written earlier for clinicians and researchers, so some terms predate the documents above. They open as PDFs.
- SAGE Theory21 pagesThe academic paper, covering attribution grammar, the linguistic shifts, neighboring frameworks and the planned research.
- The Overview Effect in Psychology11 pagesThe original introduction to what SAGE makes possible, written for practitioners.
Coming soon: My Story, What SAGE Is and Who We Are.
With gratitude to John and Joyce Weir, who began this work, to Jake and Hannah Eagle, who carried it for decades, and to everyone who has tried SAGE and told us the truth about it.
Kevin Miller · kevin@kevinmiller.co
* This page is not public. It is shared only with those the SAGE founders have invited to take part.