Everyone has a story worth keeping forever

How it works

Everyone’s memories, gathered into one.

A story built together — curated into a series of chapters you keep forever.

See how it works

The whole process in 60 seconds, with sound

The short version is below — you never have to press play to understand it.

Create an account

Start The Everlasting for yourself, or as a gift for someone you love — a parent, a partner, a friend. It takes a minute.

The Everlasting

How would you like to begin?

Preserve your own story, or give one to someone you love.

For myselfRecord your own life story, one question at a time.

For someone else — a giftSet up their story before they open it — photos and all.

Sit down with Jess

Your virtual interviewer asks warm questions and follows what matters. They just talk — no typing, no prep, nothing to learn.

Optional: a professional lighting & microphone kit is available →

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John, that sounds like a big challenge, how did your parents react?

Family joins in — one link, no app

Share a single link. Children, grandchildren, and old friends answer their own questions and upload their videos and photos, from any device, anywhere.

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We curate your chapters

Every voice and photo is woven into short films, set gently to music — a growing series your family shares and keeps forever.

Many voices in. One keepsake out.

Everyone’s voices & photos

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One story, gathered from Mom and 9 others.

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A series you keep forever

Chapter 01

How we met

12 chapters · in their own voiceShare · Keep forever

Other tools capture what happened. We capture who you are.

The Everlasting was built on one key insight: to truly understand a person’s identity, you have to ask the questions that decades of research have shown actually reveal it — not surface events, but the values, beliefs, and defining moments beneath them.

Schwartz’s Theory of Basic Human Values

57 peer-reviewed studies · 90 countries

Establishing the universal structure of human values — what people prioritize, how they make decisions, and what they stand for at the core of who they are.

McAdams’s Narrative Identity Theory

Decades of research

Demonstrating that we understand ourselves through the stories we tell — the chapters, turning points, and defining moments that explain how we became who we are.

These two frameworks are the architecture behind every question Jess asks. This isn’t an interview — it’s a structured portrait of a person, reaching past the timeline to the essence beneath it.

Values, not just facts

Questions designed to surface what you believe, how you make decisions, and what you stand for — not just a timeline of events.

The stories behind who you became

Identity-forming moments. The hard years. The turning points. What you learned and what it cost you — the things you’ve never been asked before.

Multi-perspective truth

Your family adds their own memories. Your children record how you made them feel. The result is a portrait richer and truer than any single voice could tell.

Examples of the questions this produces

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What did you want most as a child that you rarely got?

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When in your life did you feel most like yourself?

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What’s a belief you held at twenty that you’ve since let go of?

Yours, and your family’s — always

The people you love keep your stories. Forever.

Your stories are kept safe by your Historians — the people you choose and trust to share them with the family, for generations. Your recordings are always yours, always downloadable, never locked away.

And one day, if you choose, they can also become The Everlasting Presence — your voice and your wisdom, for the Historians you name, only after your lifetime. Built only from your own words. Nothing is created unless you say yes.

A granddaughter and her grandfather together

Three generations, one story

Membership

Everything you need, for $20 a month.

5 days free. Cancel anytime. Your recordings are always yours to keep.

The Everlasting membership

$20/ month

after your 5-day free trial

Up to six hours of interviews per month
Up to 10 GB of storage at any time
A new story chapter every month — yours to keep
Invite the whole family — one link, no app
Photos, voice, and video woven in
A trusted historian stewards your stories forever
Download anything, anytime — always yours

Start your story free

No commitment · cancel anytime

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chapters in

Then, if you want it: The Life Portrait

Once your collection is rich enough, you can commission a human-crafted, 60–75 minute documentary of a life — the heirloom your family gathers around. $1,000 one-time.

Learn more

Always separate, never bundled. The Life Portrait is a one-time keepsake you choose only when you’re ready — it is not part of the $20/month, and never required. Your chapters are yours either way.

You own your stories Download anytime Encrypted & secure No AI training without consent Your data, deleted on request

Everyone has a story worth keeping forever.

Everyone’s memories, gathered into one.

Create an account

How would you like to begin?

Sit down with Jess

Family joins in — one link, no app

We curate your chapters

Many voices in. One keepsake out.

Simple enough for anyone.Meaningful enough for everyone.

Other tools capture what happened. We capture who you are.

Schwartz’s Theory of Basic Human Values

McAdams’s Narrative Identity Theory

Values, not just facts

The stories behind who you became

Multi-perspective truth

The people you love keep your stories. Forever.

Everything you need, for $20 a month.

Then, if you want it: The Life Portrait

Your stories are worth capturing.

Everyone’s memories, gathered into one.

Create an account

How would you like to begin?

Sit down with Jess

Family joins in — one link, no app

We curate your chapters

Many voices in. One keepsake out.

Simple enough for anyone.Meaningful enough for everyone.

What it meant to their families.

Other tools capture what happened. We capture who you are.

Schwartz’s Theory of Basic Human Values

McAdams’s Narrative Identity Theory

Values, not just facts

The stories behind who you became

Multi-perspective truth

The people you love keep your stories. Forever.

Everything you need, for $20 a month.

Then, if you want it: The Life Portrait

Your stories are worth capturing.