Reintroducing Virginia
Before I turned thirteen, I had already lost three of my grandparents. Whatever connections I might...
Hearing My Mother’s Voice After 25 Years: The Day Reflekta Got Personal
This Too Shall Pass Part of my mother left this earth 20 years ago. But part of her stayed....
AI Might Mint a Trillionaire. But Can It Preserve a Soul?
Mark Cuban says AI will make someone a trillionaire. I say: it better make someone feel seen first.
In the Wake of Supertankers
The average supertanker displaces roughly 500,000 tonnes of water when fully loaded. When moving at...
What If Your Great-Great-Grandma Had a Podcast?
What if your great-great-grandmother had a podcast? Let’s just take a moment and imagine the...
The Voice That Tucks Us In: How Reflekta Brings Storytime to Life Across Generations
There’s a unique kind of magic in the sound of a loved one’s voice. Not just in the words they say,...
Always on the Hunt
From Dot-Com Dreamers to Soul-Tech Builders In the late 1990s, a television show called MoneyHunt...
Remembering My Dad, and Reimagining the Way We Remember
Today would have been my dad Art’s birthday. And like I’ve done for the past few years, I visited...
From Polaroids to Portraits: 50 Years of Storytelling in a Single Frame
Some stories live in words. Others live in images. Mine? It’s been kinda both.
Cinema Taught Us How to Remember
What if you could keep talking to the person you miss most?
Legacy is Not a Trust Fund: Why Reflekta Matters for Families with Means (and Meaning)
If you ask a wealth manager what keeps their ultra-high-net-worth clients up at night, the answer...
Sacred Memory: How Faith-Based Organizations Can Use Reflekta to Preserve Legacy and Deepen Connection
Human memory is not a digital archive. It is a living system, carried in voice, story, and...
Honoring Our Veterans: Why Their Stories Matter
There are more than 16 million veterans living in the United States today. These are individuals...
From Grief to Gratitude: How Digital Elders Help Us Heal
“We don’t build digital replicas. We build invitations—to remember, to reconnect, to continue the...
Polaroids, Souls, and Stories: Rediscovering Photography on a Street in SoHo
I saw it happen right there on Prince Street.
The Shoebox Goes Digital: Modern Tools for Memory Capture
I was at my sister’s house recently. She’s the keeper of our family memory—at least for this...
What We Owe the Future: Reimagining the Oral Tradition for the Digital Age
The Power of Voice in a Digital World When we think about how people used to share stories, we...
How Death Stranding and Reflekta Explore Connection, Memory, and the Human Spirit
As I wrote previously, Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding and its just-released sequel aren’t just...
The First Time I Texted My Dad—Seven Years After He Passed
Seven years after he passed, I texted my dad. I remember it like it was yesterday.
Soul Tech: Preserving Human Wisdom in the Age of AI
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Meaningful Gift Ideas for the People Who Matter Most
There comes a point when gift giving gets harder.
Memory Preservation Checklists: How to Save the Stories, Photos, Voices, and Moments
Most families do not lose their memories all at once.
Questions to Ask Loved Ones Before Their Stories Fade
Questions to Ask Loved Ones Before Their Stories Fade There is a strange thing that happens in...