WHO WE ARE
OUR MISSION
We help you take your life back in a world making it harder to live well. We begin with media that helps you see clearly — through the podcast, The Nine newsletter, and social content across mind, body, and spirit. But insight is only the beginning. We are building the tools and experiences that help people move from making sense of the chaos to actually living well inside it.
THREE PILLARS. ONE PURSUIT.
Life is too big to navigate without a map. And if you’re trying to take your life back, you need to know where to go. So we’ve mapped the full human experience – Mind, Body, and Spirit — making the major struggles, questions, and areas of life visible.
MAKING SENSE
A map only helps if the guidance inside it can be trusted. Because we care about helping people live well, we approach the mission with care and nuance. Everything we create is shaped by four sources: Science → how things workSpirituality → what it all meansHistory → what time revealsLived Experience → what holds up in real life Not every piece of media uses all four at once. But together, these sources help us give people the kind of guidance they actually need: clear enough to use, honest enough to trust, and nuanced enough for real life.
MAKING SENSE
A map only helps if the guidance inside it can be trusted. Because we care about helping people live well, we approach the mission with care and nuance. Everything we create is shaped by four sources:Science → how things workSpirituality → what it all meansHistory → what time revealsLived Experience → what holds up in real life Not every piece of media uses all four at once. But together, these sources help us give people the kind of guidance they actually need: clear enough to use, honest enough to trust, and nuanced enough for real life.
CONTRIBUTING TEAM
This has always been a shared pursuit.These are some of the people who helped shape it.
AUSTIN
Production
GRIFFIN
Journalism
BRAM
Film
