You don’t have to fit neatly in one box to have a spiritual identity or practice.
We're building optimystic— a daily practice app drawing on wisdom from traditions ancient and modern, without asking you to commit to any one.
Launching 11.11.2026
Be One of the First 111
When we open on 11.11.2026, the first 111 people through the door join as Founding Members: a permanent rate, a direct line to us, and a real hand in shaping what this becomes. The waitlist is how you get there.
optimystic will be subscription-only. No free tier, no advertising, no selling your spiritual life back to you as data. What members pay is what funds the practitioners, the programming, and the platform.
Why We’re Building
Millions of people have left organized religion. Far fewer have left the questions behind.
What disappeared wasn't the curiosity — it was the container. So people improvise: a meditation app here, a book there, a solstice noted and then forgotten. Real searching, no structure to hold it.
We're building the container.
What We’re Building
Three things, done well.
EXPLORE
We're assembling a roster of practitioners from traditions ancient and modern — Pagan, Feng Shui, Indigenous, Chakra Healing and well beyond. At launch you'll move between them freely: from ten-minute introductions to multi-week journeys, live and on demand. No prerequisites.
Nothing you're required to finish.
DISCOVER
Exploration isn't only outward. We're designing optimystic to help you notice what actually resonates — the themes you return to, the rituals that stick, the questions that keep surfacing. Not to hand you an identity. To help you recognize the one you've been assembling all along.
BELONG
We're building a community for people at every stage of the search. Some are deconstructing. Some never had anything to leave. All of them are working it out in real time. Deliberately small and intentional — real conversation, free from noise.
You belong here if…
You’re spiritual but not religious, but perhaps never felt fully at home in that phrase
You’ve moved away from organized religion, or were never part of one to begin with
You’re curious about practices you weren’t raised with
You believe there’s something bigger than yourself, even if you struggle to name it
You want guidance without a gatekeeper
You seek community in the journey
This is a community of mysfits,
ones who don’t find themselves aligned with any one label.
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A new piece every week on Substack. Introductions to practitioners as we bring them on. And first access to the Founding Member cohort for everyone on the waitlist. We'll email when there's something genuinely worth your attention, and not otherwise.
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Curated video sessions, audio guidance, and written exercises from a diverse panel of practitioners around the globe. We're building toward a range wide enough that in a single week you might sit with a Pagan equinox celebration, a Buddhist teaching on the Eightfold Path, an Indigenous harvest ritual, and a Shinto myth.
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Entirely up to you. We're designing programming to fit a real life — quick introductions through in-depth, multi-week journeys. Engage as much or as little as feels right.
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Not because we're against them. Those traditions are already widely accessible across Western culture, in person and online. We're pointing our attention where the resources are thinner — so what you find here is genuinely additive to what's already around you.
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Quite the opposite. We're building a space for people curious to widen their spiritual perspective. You remain the authority over your own path. We provide the tools, insights, and community — you decide what to do with them.
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Mysfits are at every stage of that process. This is a place to explore without pressure to abandon what you believe or adopt anything new. Question, wander, take as long as you need.
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Yes — and you'll be in good company, as we're founded by a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. Optimystic celebrates diversity in all its forms: spiritual, cultural, gender, sexual orientation. Discrimination of any kind isn't tolerated here.
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Because this is for the spiritual mavericks — the ones who question the status quo, who value individuality, who want to do life on their own terms. You don't need to fit in. You need to find the right people, and we're Optimystic that you will.
(Also, Meredith loves a play on words, and she's in charge of branding.)
FAQs
Start with curiosity. We’ll take it from there.
I want to explore practices from around the world
Join the waitlist for first access on 11.11.2026, an invitation to the Founding Member cohort, and something worth reading every week until then.
I am a spiritual practitioner and want to expand my practice
Interested in learning more about how optimystic can expand your audience and bring your spiritual teachings to mysfits around the world? Let us know!
I am a small business owner
and want to partner
We are looking to partner with small businesses around the United States that offer items that enhance spiritual practices. It’s a win-win for all involved.