Chi'Va Founders

Embracing New Ventures Beyond Perfectionist Burnout Somewhere between “this has to work” and “I can’t do this anymore,” I burned out. Not from laziness or lack of skill, but from trying to hold everything together alone. The startup. The vision. The ...

Here’s What Actually Helped. The Ways Our Founders Need Chi’Va Too: From the outside, we may seem like we have it all figured out. We’re building something meaningful, innovative, and transformative. We speak with confidence about trauma, healing, an...

Finding Light in the Shadows: A Journey for Self & Society Through Chi’Va. The journey of the founders of Chi’Va began not as a mission to create an app but as one of personal struggle. They were ordinary people—artists, dreamers, and seekers—until l...

By Ricardo As founders, we’re expected to be resilient, sharp, and always one step ahead. But let’s be real—building something from the ground up comes with a level of stress and uncertainty that can feel overwhelming. Anxiety isn’t just a passing wo...