Method & evidence

How Sage works

The honest page. What Sage does, what it draws on, what it deliberately avoids, and how we handle the most sensitive things: your privacy, and moments of crisis.

The approach, and where it comes from

Sage guides each person separately, helps them name what they feel and need, and then finds the common ground without exposing what either person said. It’s a mediation structure, not a diagnostic one.

It’s informed by well-established relationship frameworks: attachment theory, Gottman’s research on conflict repair, and emotionally focused therapy. “Informed by” is deliberate: we lean on these ideas, we don’t claim to practice them clinically.

What the AI does, and doesn’t

Sage does
  • Listen to each person calmly, without taking sides
  • Reflect what each person feels and help them express it
  • Find the shared need underneath the argument
Sage doesn’t
  • Diagnose, or provide mental-health treatment
  • Decide who’s right, or score your relationship
  • Replace a therapist when one is needed

Privacy as architecture

Your side of the conversation is yours. Your partner never sees your messages, only the shared way forward you both approve. This isn’t a policy promise, it’s how the product is built.

We never use your conversation content for advertising, and we never sell it. On receipts we use a discreet charge that reveals nothing: nothing sensitive shows up on your bill.

In a crisis, Sage isn’t the answer

LoveFix isn’t an emergency service, and Sage isn’t built for urgent risk. When someone is in danger, we surface support resources for reference and point toward real help; we never pretend to replace it. That safety path is always available, never behind a session.

It does not replace therapy

We say it plainly because it matters: LoveFix is a first step, not treatment. If you or your relationship need a professional’s care, Sage is a good place to start talking, and a good nudge toward that help.

Start where it hurts

Which fight are you having?

Tap the one that feels closest. We’ll take you straight to a calm place to begin. No typing anything yet.
Taps only, never free text. Your privacy starts before you type a word.
Start with one calm conversation
Two free private sessions. No card.