Why unconditional love?

The experience of unconditional love is at the root of many pathways that lead to a meaningful life. But our access to this experience has been severed.

The modernization of our world has shed the social systems that once provided a world embedded with meaning through spirituality, community, and connection. As a result, the world is suffering an acute crisis of nihlisim, polarization, and isolation.

We aim to address these issues through the lens of unconditional love, with a focus on creating conditions that prioritize experience over theory. We are committed to move people beyond ideas and into felt connection, shared presence, and lasting transformation through our projects.

We are Applied Love Labs, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit established in 2019, formerly known as TILT.

Who we are

As a team of scientists and builders, we have honed in on a significant gap between how people perceive unconditional love and its transformative potential.

Our work is to bridge that chasm and bring unconditional love to the lives of those looking for meaning and flourishing through science backed projects.

As a team of scientists and builders, we have honed in on a significant gap between how people perceive unconditional love and its transformative potential.

Our work is to bridge that chasm and bring unconditional love to the lives of those looking for meaning and flourishing through science backed projects.

Our vision

We envision a world in which

people and communities have the tools to experience and apply unconditional love

and can use these tools to support one another in a return to wholeness and meaning.

Our mission

Applied Love Labs builds science-informed tools 

for accessing the transformative power of love.

for accessing the transformative power of love.

We accomplish this through facilitating new experiences of unconditional love, and sharing frameworks for interpreting these experiences.

We believe that accessing these experiences brings hearts and minds the healing required to navigate modern distraction, loneliness, and the search for meaning.

Core Principles

Meeting people with compassion

Creating with authenticity

Fostering belonging

Measuring impact pragmatically

Creating with intuition

Validating with science

Core Principles

Meeting people with compassion

Creating with authenticity

Fostering belonging

Measuring impact pragmatically

Creating with intuition

Validating with science

Our team

A team of scientists and builders, who believe in love

Eric Smith

Executive Director

Eric is a cognitive psychologist, researcher, and strategist. He is good at believing in the right people for the right things. His work centers on the knowledge that love is the fuel of creation and the connective force that brings people, ideas, and systems into meaningful alignment.

Eric Smith

Executive Director

Julia Mossbridge

Founder & Chief Science Officer

Julia is an author, researcher, and cognitive scientist exploring the nature of love, time, and technology. Her work seeks to deepen understanding of how human experience connects with underlying physical forces, bridging science and intuition to expand how we perceive reality and our role within it.

Julia Mossbridge

Founder & Chief Science Officer

Justin Gray

Board Treasurer

Justin is an award-winning five-time entrepreneur and CEO with a track record of launching and scaling companies to successful exits totaling over $500 million. He brings deep operational expertise and a pragmatic approach to growth, helping organizations translate vision into sustainable, high-impact outcomes.

Justin Gray

Board Treasurer

Catherine Geanuracos

Interim Board Chair

Catherine builds companies, technologies, and campaigns addressing urgent global challenges. She has led large-scale initiatives, including Live Earth, overseeing strategy, partnerships, and operations. She advises platforms powering political and social campaigns to rapidly build impactful digital and mobile experiences.

Catherine Geanuracos

Interim Board Chair

Steve Fields

Board Member

Steve Fields is the founder of Fields Law Firm, where he has built a trusted resource for injured and disabled clients. His broader work reflects a commitment to mission-driven ventures, with a focus on advancing holistic health, healing, and systems that better support individuals in vulnerable moments.

Steve Fields

Board Member

Manuel “Manny” García

Board Member

Manny is an attorney working at the intersection of law, community health, and public service. He founded AMGarcia Law to support immigrant communities, focusing on federal immigration, international matters, and Tribal Nation advisory. His background spans cross-border disputes and public health initiatives, grounded in dignity, clarity, and action.

Manuel “Manny” García

Board Member

Wolfram Alderson

Co-founder and Board Member

Wolfram is an artist, social entrepreneur, and health innovator whose work spans science, systems change, and creative practice. Over four decades, he has led initiatives advancing human and environmental health, exploring love, interconnectedness, and creativity as transformative forces for both individual and collective well-being.

Wolfram Alderson

Co-founder and Board Member

Amber Williams

Board Member

Amber is an award-winning designer and strategist working at the intersection of technology and human experience. Her work combines research, product design, and equity-driven innovation to make emerging technologies more accessible and human-centered.

Amber Williams

Board Member

Support team

Ryden Holman

Ryden is co-founder of The Mycelorium, which helps develop ALL's early ideas into real offerings. Ryden is a venture builder with deep experience helping startups and nonprofits launch, fund, and scale. Her work is grounded in the belief that businesses are best built by communities of people with meaningful relationships, and that building together strengthens those bonds.

Ryden Holman

Thomas Skowron

Thomas is a software developer and problem solver focused on building responsible technology at scale. He leads development with an emphasis on integrity and resilience, aiming to move fast without breaking what matters. His work is grounded in the belief that strong systems can ignite self-awareness, belonging, and inner growth.

Thomas Skowron

Michael Sapiro

Dr. Sapiro teaches internationally on transformation, expanded human capabilities, and psychedelic psychotherapy. He leads retreats and offers ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for first responders, veterans, and broader communities. His work integrates science and lived experience to help individuals access healing, resilience, and a deeper sense of purpose and possibility.

Michael Sapiro

Our capabilities

With our partners, Applied Love Labs applies our research into a broad range of collaborations, from organizing events and developing curricula, to designing apps and imagining new technology-based experiences. We see no bounds for which unconditional love can be channeled and embrace any technology or project that delivers its healing, transforming, and connecting power.

Through each project, our focus remains the same: expose people to situations that are conducive to experiencing unconditional love and flourishing.

We look forward to collaborating and applying
unconditional love with you.