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ikigAI
Find what makes your life worth living with AI
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Find what makes your life worth living with AI
3 followers
What most Westerners know about ikigai (a reason for being) is WRONG. Ikigai transcends career aspirations and that popular 4-circle diagram. Dr Mieko Kamiya, the mother of ikigai psychology, showed that true ikigai is the felt sense that life is worth living. ikigAI is built on her research with AI trained on decades of ikigai scholarship and positive psychology, and bridges Japanese and Western ideas of purpose. Delivering the most authentic and holistic ikigai discovery experience available.
Hi Product Hunt! 🌸
I'm the dev behind ikigAI. Nice to meet you all!
For a while, I was deep in the 9-5 grind, every day felt mundane, I was not happy, and I eventually lost the thread of why I was even alive. Maybe this sounds familiar to some of you. So, I went down the self-help rabbit hole. I eventually found ikigai, which enticed me because I am already ingrained in Japanese culture — but then I learned something that would later change how I build this product.
That popular 4-circle diagram you see everywhere for ikigai does not represent the true Japanese philosophy. It's a Western adaptation by a British man named Marc Winn that went viral. The actual concept is ancient but was scientifically pioneered in 1966 by Dr Mieko Kamiya, a Japanese psychiatrist who wrote *Ikigai-ni-Tsuite* (On the Meaning of Life), the first study on ikigai psychology. She treated marginalized leprosy patients in post-war Japan, alleviating their suffering with psychological frameworks based on what ikigai is really about, the felt sense that your life is worth living (Ikigai-kan); what gets you to wake up in the morning.
I built ikigAI on her authentic framework so users can finally discover what invokes their Ikigai-kan. The app skillfully utilizes the Western perspective for an overall more holistic and nuanced experience. The workflow is simple: Two distinct, introspective assessments, then your data is synthesized by a wise AI mentor trained on 60+ years of ikigai scholarship and positive psychology. The result? A beautiful Ikigai Scroll — a personalised, circa 5,000-word guide to what your ikigai is and a path forward in life.
No subscription. No hassle. Just pay once to generate your Ikigai Scroll and keep it forever.
I'd genuinely love feedback from this community:
- Do you feel like AI purpose/ikigai discovery could help you?
- Is the concept of the Ikigai Scroll satisfactory?
- Anything that breaks, confuses, or feels off?
I read every comment and reply the same day!
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