Matt
Co-founder and host
Matt is a co-founder of Kenosis and a host of The Kenosis Podcast. Much of the library began as his notes on the moments he found hardest to carry, and the small steps that helped.
About
Why Kenosis exists.
We went looking for a place that would meet us in a hard moment without a label, a lecture, or a plan for who we were supposed to become. We could not find it. So we started writing it down.
Kenosis began as notes: the moments we kept returning to, the words that helped, the one small thing that made the next minute easier. Those notes became a library of situations, then a forty-day program, then an app that will arrive on January 1, 2027.
It is an old word for setting down what we are carrying, to make room for something lighter. Not losing anything. Not becoming less. Letting the weight go, so there is room to breathe.
What it is, and what it is not.
Kenosis is a companion for the moments in between. It is not therapy, medical care, or crisis support, and it never pretends to be. If what you are carrying feels too heavy to hold alone, the people who can help are listed at the bottom of every page.
Who we are
Three people who needed this too.
We are building Kenosis because we went looking for it and could not find it. A place that meets you in the moment, without a label, and offers one small thing to do.
Astrid
Co-founder and host
Astrid is a co-founder of Kenosis and a host of The Kenosis Podcast. Many of the reflections in the library began as her own stories, told the way she would tell them to someone she loves.
John
Co-founder and host
John is a co-founder of Kenosis and a host of The Kenosis Podcast. He builds the app and the tools behind it, and cares most that it stays calm to use.