How AI Saved My Life This Year (And Where It Falls Dangerously Short)

In this episode of This Rad Life Unfiltered, I'm sharing my unfiltered take on AI for entrepreneurs—where large language models like ChatGPT actually excel, where they fail miserably, and what that reveals about the deeper work you can't outsource to technology.

The Real Talk About AI for Creatives & Entrepreneurs

AI has been in our lives way longer than the last two years. Those Gmail sentence completions? The quick reply suggestions? That's all been AI working behind the scenes. But today I'm talking specifically about large language models (LLMs)—like ChatGPT, Claude, that can have actual conversations with you.

And here's my hot take: if you're a creative entrepreneur still resisting AI because you think it's going to steal your soul or replace your brilliance (or your job), you're missing out on a tool that could save you years of your life.

But if you think AI is going to solve your confidence issues or replace the deep work of building a business that truly reflects who you are, you're about to be very disappointed.

Where AI Actually Excels: The Time-Saving Magic

Let me give you some real examples of where AI has been genuinely life-changing for my clients and me.

Turning Ideas Into Action (Finally)

My client Nicole is a bookkeeping coach for other coaches and consultants. She'd been sitting on a course idea for months, knowing she could help so many more people if she could just package her knowledge into something scalable.

Here's what we did: I created a blueprint for her to upload transcripts from her done-with-you coaching sessions into ChatGPT with specific prompts I engineered. Within hours, it had turned her sessions into a complete course outline, identified potential gaps, suggested marketing strategies, and even flagged common objections her students might have.

The result? She went from stuck idea to launched course in weeks instead of years.

My therapist had a similar story—she'd been working on an EMDR training course for other therapists for four years. Four years! I gave her the same process (because I love her), and two months later she had a finished course.

This is what AI excels at: taking the amorphous blob of brilliant ideas in your head and giving them structure, organization, and clear next steps.

The Perfectionist's Secret Weapon

If you're like me and spend way too much time crafting the "perfect" customer service email or agonizing over the wording of important communications, AI is your new best friend.

It gets you to that 80% solution fast, without the hours of obsessing. You can then spend your creative energy on the final 20% that makes it authentically yours.

Creating Structure for Scattered Minds

Many entrepreneurs struggle with what I call "structure inside the mind." You have a million brilliant ideas but can't organize them into actionable plans.

My husband John experienced this when someone wanted to apprentice at his tattoo shop. He had all the knowledge but couldn't create the structured program this person needed. We recorded a 45-minute conversation about everything involved in tattooing apprenticeship, fed it to ChatGPT with the right prompts, and it created a beautiful outline with milestones, timelines, and checkpoints.

The relief on his apprentice's face when she saw that clear structure was everything.

Where AI Falls Dangerously Short

Now here's where it gets interesting—and where a lot of people get stuck.

The Confidence Gap AI Can't Bridge

About a year and a half ago, I started getting really fascinated with AI. I took courses, built custom GPTs, and got my ChatGPT so dialed in that it was responding in my voice and style. It felt like having an intern who finally "got" me.

But here's what happened: I started falling into what's called "doom prompting"—the AI equivalent of doom scrolling. I'd spend hours asking AI for advice, getting brilliant responses, and then... doing absolutely nothing with any of it.

Why? Because AI can't fix self-doubt or lack of self-trust. All those beautiful suggestions meant nothing when I was stuck in freeze response, doubting every decision.

If you find yourself collecting AI-generated ideas but never implementing them, that's not an AI problem—that's a confidence problem. And confidence comes from resolving the deeper blocks that keep you second-guessing yourself.

The Creativity Limitation

AI will get you about 80% of the way there, but it can't replace your unique perspective or artistry. I can now spot AI-generated content from a mile away—it has certain "tells" that make it feel less credible, like someone just checking a box rather than sharing genuine insight.

Your brilliance, your voice, your unique way of seeing the world? That's the 20% AI can't touch. And that's the part that creates real connection with your audience.

The Intimacy Factor

AI can't fully understand the nuances of human relationship. It can't pick up on your physical responses, your energy, or read between the lines of what you're not saying. It doesn't know your full story, your history, or your unique patterns.

This is why, despite having incredibly sophisticated AI that can coach me in my own style, I still invest in human coaches and therapists. That difference matters enormously when you're trying to break through to your next level.

What This Reveals About the Deeper Work

Here's what I learned when I realized my AI obsession was actually keeping me stuck: I had been so beat up by years of entrepreneurship, identity shifts, and personal challenges that I'd lost trust in my own decision-making.

AI didn't heal that. It couldn't rebuild my confidence or resolve the deeper wounds that were blocking my next evolution. What AI did was give me the bandwidth to address those issues by handling the busywork that was draining my energy.

Instead of thinking "AI has all the answers," I started thinking "AI can keep this ship afloat while I go do the real work of healing and rebuilding the confidence needed to get me to the next level."

The Strategic Way to Use AI

Think of AI as your interim executive assistant—a powerful stopgap until you're ready for human support, but not a permanent solution.

Use it for:

• Organizing your brilliant ideas into actionable plans

• Getting past perfectionism paralysis

• Creating structure when your brain feels scattered

• Handling the 80% of tasks that don't require your highest creative thinking

Don't use it for:

• Building confidence in your ideas

• Replacing your unique creative perspective

• Avoiding the deeper work of healing and growth

• Making decisions you're not ready to own

The Training Wheels for Leadership

One unexpected benefit of getting good with AI? It forces you to become a better leader. Prompt engineering—the art of asking AI for what you need—requires the same skills as leading humans: clarity, context, and direct communication.

The more vague your prompt, the more generic your result. The more detailed and context-driven your request, the better your outcome. Sound familiar? It's the same with leading people.

AI becomes training wheels for the kind of self-leadership you need to scale your business.

The Bottom Line

No tool—AI or otherwise—will ever give you the clarity and confidence to lead your authentic life path. That comes from resolving the unique blocks and patterns that keep you stuck in perfectionism, procrastination, or people-pleasing.

But AI can absolutely buy you the time and energy to do that deeper work. It can handle the busywork so you can focus on what only humans can do: heal, grow, create authentic connections, and build something that truly reflects who you are.

The question isn't whether you should use AI—it's how strategically you can use it to support your bigger vision without losing what makes you uniquely brilliant.

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