Healing Entertainment — A New Medium at the Intersection of Storytelling, Neuroscience, and Personalized Wellness

Executive Summary

We are pioneering a new category of media—adaptive, brain-responsive cinematic experiences—that blend storytelling, neuroscience, and wellness to deliver transformative personal journeys. This platform leverages neurofeedback-inspired technology and modular storytelling architecture to help users not just passively watch a story, but to co-create it, while being meaningfully changed in the process. Through real-time brainwave tracking (via EEG), narratives dynamically evolve in response to the user’s internal state, reinforcing emotional regulation, healing, and expanded consciousness. Our long-term vision is a world where inner growth becomes as addictive and engaging as Netflix—where personal evolution is not a chore, but a cinematic adventure.

The Opportunity

The convergence of neuroscience, immersive storytelling, and the booming wellness industry has created a fertile ground for innovation. Consumers are seeking personalized, non-invasive tools for mental and emotional well-being. Yet traditional therapies often feel like work, while most digital content distracts rather than heals.

We propose a new format: Healing Entertainment—a genre-defining medium that transforms therapeutic engagement into emotionally rich, visually stunning, and neurologically targeted stories.

The Solution

At the core of our platform is a proprietary neuroadaptive engine that integrates:

Content Layer: A growing library of 	cinematic stories, each designed to target specific emotional, 	neurological, or psychological outcomes (e.g., calming anxiety, healing trauma, improving focus).

Input Layer: Real-time integration with consumer-grade EEG and biometric devices (e.g., Muse, Cognixion), enabling brainwave data capture.

Feedback Layer: A proprietary system that maps changes in brain state to narrative progression, rewarding 	coherence, regulation, and emotional breakthroughs.

The result: stories that respond to your inner state, only progressing as you transform internally. Users co-create the experience with their own nervous system, making each journey unique, embodied, and unforgettable.

Use Case: Emotional Pattern Rewiring

Imagine a user seeking to shift a recurring emotional pattern—like defensiveness in relationships. After identifying the pattern and associated neural markers (e.g., high beta activity in a certain region), the platform delivers a story experience tailored to train the brain toward more coherent states (e.g., increased alpha/theta). As the user’s brain adapts, the narrative reflects that growth, guiding them toward embodied change.

Applications & Market

We address three booming markets:

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Mental Wellness Tech ($7B+ and growing)
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Immersive Storytelling & Interactive Media

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Therapeutic & Neuroadaptive Tools
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Our content format is modular, scalable, and adaptable across use cases—from entertainment and personal development to clinical and educational contexts.

Revenue Model

1. B2C Platform:
Subscription-based access to a growing library of interactive, healing stories.
Think Netflix meets Headspace meets Choose Your Own Adventure.

2. Creator Tools & SDK:
A platform and toolkit for creators, filmmakers, and wellness professionals to build brain-responsive narratives.

3. B2B Licensing:
Enterprise partnerships with therapeutic clinics, coaching programs, publishers, and wellness platforms seeking immersive neuroadaptive content.

Traction & Prototype

Our first prototype, HYACINTHE, funded by a Swedish art council grant, demonstrated the emotional and neurological potential of meditative, immersive cinema. Building on this success, we’re developing a flexible platform architecture that supports:

Creator onboarding and content integration

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Device-agnostic EEG input
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Modular narrative design
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Scalable neural-mapping protocols
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Competitive Advantage

Category Creation: We’re not competing in an existing space—we're creating a new one.

Unique Fusion: No current platform combines cinematic storytelling, real-time neurofeedback, and personalized healing at this depth.

Visionary Team: Led by a Sundance-awarded filmmaker and interactive artist with deep experience in 	storytelling, immersive design, and wellness technologies.

Founder Statement: Why This Matters

I’m a filmmaker, interactive artist, and lifelong seeker of healing. I've experienced the highs of creative success and the lows of personal struggle. Like many, I’ve turned to distraction in difficult moments—scrolling, binging, numbing. This project is born from a simple question:

What if the things I reach for when I’m weakest could actually help me grow?

This platform is my answer. It’s for people like me—people who want to heal but need it to feel beautiful, compelling, and emotionally alive. I’ve spent years developing immersive narratives and exploring how story can impact mental states. Now, I’m building the tools that turn those insights into a new kind of experience—one where your inner growth is the engine of the story itself.

The Ask

We are currently seeking pre-seed funding to build:

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A scalable MVP of the platform
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A pilot content library targeting key neurological outcomes

Partnerships with EEG device makers and wellness content creators

UX testing with early adopters and clinicians

Funding will support technical development, team expansion, content production, and go-to-market strategy.

The Vision

We imagine a world where healing is not only accessible but desirable—where personal transformation is packaged in the language of story, spectacle, and soul. A world where entertainment becomes medicine. A world where the journey inward is not just meaningful—it’s cinematic.

Contact

Matthew Lessner - montelomax@gmail.com