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The Resistance Trilogy

Every creative person knows the feeling — the day you intend to start the work, and the work does not start. Steven Pressfield names the force and calls it Resistance. Rick Rubin sits with it and treats it as weather to be read. Elizabeth Gilbert refuses to be impressed by it.

7 days 12–15 min/day Audio-first Creative
The premise

Three writers on the same block.

Seven days with three serious voices on the same problem, so you leave with three working models for your relationship to the creative work that matters most to you.

Day 1, free

The blank page.

Day 1 frames the path. The three temperaments — Pressfield's military discipline, Rubin's monastic openness, Gilbert's playful refusal — and what each one is reaching for. By the end of Day 1 you have named your own default temperament, the inner voice on the soundtrack of your creative life. The rest of the path expands the chorus.

Day 1 of any path is free in the app.

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The 7-day arc

Each day, one idea. In sequence.

01
The blank page
12 min · Three writers, one problem, three temperaments — name the path
Free
02
Naming the enemy
15 min · Pressfield on Resistance — universal, cunning, and pointing at the meaningful work
03
Turning pro
15 min · The amateur waits to feel ready. The professional shows up regardless
04
The antenna
15 min · Rubin's reframing — the artist as receiver, and the practice of paying attention
05
The practice
15 min · Seeds, experiments, craft — and detachment from outcome
06
Ideas as guests
15 min · Gilbert's refusal — curiosity over fear, and the rejection of the suffering-artist myth
07
Three temperaments, one practice
15 min · The synthesis — when to reach for each voice, and the integrated artist you are becoming

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Day 1 is free in the app. The full curated catalogue is €7.99/mo — cancel anytime.

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