https://simplecast.com AI Made Simple is the podcast for emerging leaders and entrepreneurs who know AI matters, but feel overwhelmed by the noise. Hosted by Carmen Skipworth, this show cuts through fear-based headlines, technical jargon, and fluffy inspiration to bring you clear, practical, human-led conversations about artificial intelligence. You don't need to be technical. You don't need to move at tech speed. And you don't need to feel behind. Each episode helps you understand AI in a way that feels calm, accessible, and actionable, so you can confidently partner with it in your life and business. This isn't about AI replacing humans. It's about humans leading with clarity while using AI as a powerful ally. If you're ready to stop feeling overwhelmed and start feeling equipped, you're in the right place. AI Made Simple. Human-Led. AI-Powered. en Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:00:12 +0000 https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/96b53e67-fd3a-4fc8-8813-b800a33897a8/bebcef42-3c71-4bd0-9684-7789b51c9175/3000x3000/podcast_image.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com episodic AI Made Simple is the podcast for emerging leaders and entrepreneurs who know AI matters, but feel overwhelmed by the noise. Hosted by Carmen Skipworth, this show cuts through fear-based headlines, technical jargon, and fluffy inspiration to bring you clear, practical, human-led conversations about artificial intelligence. You don't need to be technical. You don't need to move at tech speed. And you don't need to feel behind. Each episode helps you understand AI in a way that feels calm, accessible, and actionable, so you can confidently partner with it in your life and business. This isn't about AI replacing humans. It's about humans leading with clarity while using AI as a powerful ally. If you're ready to stop feeling overwhelmed and start feeling equipped, you're in the right place. AI Made Simple. Human-Led. AI-Powered. Carmen Skipworth false https://feeds.simplecast.com/3zR0QgNO Carmen Skipworth carmen@leadwithcarmen.com 1f285455-5bb4-4187-abbe-75b428f037e8 Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-008-youre-still-the-boss-ai-self-worth-and-the-next-right-step-with-edelmira-murrieta-5wRHZiYC Episode 008 - You're Still the Boss: AI, Self-Worth and the Next Right Step with Edelmira Murrieta Carmen Skipworth 00:27:33 What if the secret to using AI well is knowing you're the boss of it? In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth sits down with Edelmira Murrieta — transformational leader, co-founder of the MIRA Center, and author of Starter Husband — who uses ChatGPT to clean up her content while keeping one rule firm: it has to sound like her, not the machine. Edelmira shares why she schedules self-care before anything else, how her Calm and Order program pulls burnt-out entrepreneurs off the hamster wheel, and why the best birthday gift she got this year was a song written with pen and paper — no AI required. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Edelmira Murrieta — transformational leader, coach, and co-founder of the MIRA Center, where she helps people reconnect with their self-worth and take the next right step. CEO of multiple businesses and author of Starter Husband: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings, the story of her own journey from having it all to losing everything and rebuilding. Based in Colorado. SUMMARY Edelmira tells Carmen the MIRA Center is about helping people take the next right step, because life is too short to get stuck — and everyone deserves a mentor. On AI, she's clear: ChatGPT saves her time and cleans up her content, but she guides it, checks it still sounds like her, and stays the boss. She sees AI companionship as a plus for lonely people, and trusts long-standing voices like Dean Graziosi and Tony Robbins. From there it goes deeper: we're born worthy, so stop trying to earn it. Her Calm and Order program builds faith days into the week — time to rest, create, and get clear instead of grinding toward burnout. She schedules self-care before work, takes the compliment instead of deflating it, and meets her soul sisters on Zoom every month. The episode closes with Starter Husband, her story of love, loss, and rebuilding — plus a laugh about Forbes Riley telling her to pick a simpler stage name. MAIN TOPICS Next right step: what the MIRA Center does You're still the boss: using AI without losing your voice ChatGPT and the lonely: companionship as a plus Born worthy: you don't have to earn everything The Calm and Order program and scheduling faith days Self-care first: walks, nails, and something to look forward to A birthday song with pen and paper — no AI Soul sisters, Zoom dates, and the two-in-the-morning friend Starter Husband: losing it all and rebuilding INTRIGUING QUOTES “You still have to guide it. Like you're still the boss.” — Edelmira Murrieta “There's a lot of lonely people out there. And if it's helping them where they don't feel alone, then I see that as a plus.” — Edelmira Murrieta “If you just take one step at a time, there's nothing going to stop you except for yourself.” — Edelmira Murrieta “Having somebody you can call at two in the morning means more than having a zillion people that don't really know you.” — Edelmira Murrieta KEY MOMENTS [01:31] What the MIRA Center is: the next right step [05:05] You're still the boss: guiding AI to sound like you [06:46] Lonely people, ChatGPT, and trusting Dean and Tony [09:45] Born worthy: reconnecting with self-worth [11:15] The Calm and Order program and faith days [13:00] Scheduling self-care before everything else [15:33] The birthday song: pen, paper, no AI [17:07] Soul sisters and the two-in-the-morning friend [19:26] Starter Husband: having it all, losing it, rebuilding [25:46] How to connect with Edelmira NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Starter Husband: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings by Edelmira Murrieta The MIRA Center — themiracenter.com Edelmira Murrieta on Facebook CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking What if the secret to using AI well is knowing you're the boss of it? In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth sits down with Edelmira Murrieta — transformational leader, co-founder of the MIRA Center, and author of Starter Husband — who uses ChatGPT to clean up her content while keeping one rule firm: it has to sound like her, not the machine. Edelmira shares why she schedules self-care before anything else, how her Calm and Order program pulls burnt-out entrepreneurs off the hamster wheel, and why the best birthday gift she got this year was a song written with pen and paper — no AI required. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Edelmira Murrieta — transformational leader, coach, and co-founder of the MIRA Center, where she helps people reconnect with their self-worth and take the next right step. CEO of multiple businesses and author of Starter Husband: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings, the story of her own journey from having it all to losing everything and rebuilding. Based in Colorado. SUMMARY Edelmira tells Carmen the MIRA Center is about helping people take the next right step, because life is too short to get stuck — and everyone deserves a mentor. On AI, she's clear: ChatGPT saves her time and cleans up her content, but she guides it, checks it still sounds like her, and stays the boss. She sees AI companionship as a plus for lonely people, and trusts long-standing voices like Dean Graziosi and Tony Robbins. From there it goes deeper: we're born worthy, so stop trying to earn it. Her Calm and Order program builds faith days into the week — time to rest, create, and get clear instead of grinding toward burnout. She schedules self-care before work, takes the compliment instead of deflating it, and meets her soul sisters on Zoom every month. The episode closes with Starter Husband, her story of love, loss, and rebuilding — plus a laugh about Forbes Riley telling her to pick a simpler stage name. MAIN TOPICS Next right step: what the MIRA Center does You're still the boss: using AI without losing your voice ChatGPT and the lonely: companionship as a plus Born worthy: you don't have to earn everything The Calm and Order program and scheduling faith days Self-care first: walks, nails, and something to look forward to A birthday song with pen and paper — no AI Soul sisters, Zoom dates, and the two-in-the-morning friend Starter Husband: losing it all and rebuilding INTRIGUING QUOTES “You still have to guide it. Like you're still the boss.” — Edelmira Murrieta “There's a lot of lonely people out there. And if it's helping them where they don't feel alone, then I see that as a plus.” — Edelmira Murrieta “If you just take one step at a time, there's nothing going to stop you except for yourself.” — Edelmira Murrieta “Having somebody you can call at two in the morning means more than having a zillion people that don't really know you.” — Edelmira Murrieta KEY MOMENTS [01:31] What the MIRA Center is: the next right step [05:05] You're still the boss: guiding AI to sound like you [06:46] Lonely people, ChatGPT, and trusting Dean and Tony [09:45] Born worthy: reconnecting with self-worth [11:15] The Calm and Order program and faith days [13:00] Scheduling self-care before everything else [15:33] The birthday song: pen, paper, no AI [17:07] Soul sisters and the two-in-the-morning friend [19:26] Starter Husband: having it all, losing it, rebuilding [25:46] How to connect with Edelmira NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Starter Husband: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings by Edelmira Murrieta The MIRA Center — themiracenter.com Edelmira Murrieta on Facebook CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 12 32ffc092-95d0-4442-8b47-30e482d96cbc Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-008-ai-and-i-are-becoming-friends-calm-order-and-the-next-right-step-with-edelmira-murrieta-DM50OD_D Episode 008 - AI and I Are Becoming Friends: Calm, Order and the Next Right Step with Edelmira Murrieta Carmen Skipworth 00:26:34 What do you do when the FBI knocks down your door at 2:22 in the morning and the life you knew disappears? You take the next right step. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth sits down with Edelmira Murrieta — transformational leader, co-founder of the MIRA System, and author of Starter Husband — who has just changed her name to Adele Vaz, because if you don't love something, change it. She shares how ChatGPT holds her voice, how AI planned her daughter's dream trip to the Himalayas in seconds, and how her Calm and Order Program pulls people out of chaos one right step at a time. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Edelmira Murrieta — transformational leader, coach, and co-founder of the MIRA System, home of the Calm and Order Program. Author of Starter Husband: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings, the true story of losing everything and rebuilding. Now going by the new name Adele Vaz. Based in Colorado. SUMMARY Edelmira tells Carmen the Calm and Order Program exists because overwhelmed people don't know where to start — and when you're calm, everything is better. On AI, she's playful but clear: ChatGPT holds her voice, saves her time, and writes Facebook posts so good she'd swear she said them herself, including one that hit three million views on TikTok. But connection stays human: everyone should have a mentor. Then the story turns. Eighteen years married, and at 2:22 AM the FBI knocked down the door — her Starter Husband was deported, the accounts frozen, and a housewife with three kids had to take the next right step. She went from $6,000 a year to $1.8 million, remarried her forever husband, and now wakes at four in the morning excited for a life she built. Her close: believe in yourself, you're the only person that can get in your own way. MAIN TOPICS If you don't love something, change it: becoming Adele Vaz The Calm and Order Program: out of overwhelm, into organization ChatGPT as a tool that holds your voice Why everyone should have a mentor The client who stopped listing reasons she couldn't A dream trip to the Himalayas, planned by AI in seconds 2:22 AM: the FBI, Starter Husband, and starting over From housewife with frozen accounts to $1.8 million AI-written posts in her own voice Three million TikTok views and Mr. Clean in the comments INTRIGUING QUOTES “If you don't love something, change it. Almost anything can be changed.” — Edelmira Murrieta “I think AI and I are becoming friends.” — Edelmira Murrieta “You don't need to restart your life. Just redraw the line you begin from.” — the AI-written post Edelmira shares on air “Believe in yourself, you're the only person that can get in your own way.” — Edelmira Murrieta KEY MOMENTS [01:35] The Calm and Order Program: getting organized for the life you want [02:37] "My name has changed to Adele Vaz" [02:50] Playing with ChatGPT: it holds your voice and saves time [05:47] Everyone should have a mentor: the trainer difference [06:27] The client who bought her home by flipping the question [07:43] AI plans a lifetime dream trip in seconds [09:58] 2:22 AM: the FBI, Starter Husband, and starting over [16:18] Not moving forward is moving backwards: the seven-minute mile [17:27] From frozen accounts to $1.8 million [23:26] Three million views on TikTok [24:55] Final advice: believe in yourself NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Starter Husband: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings by Edelmira Murrieta The MIRA System — themiracenter.com edelmiramurrieta.com Edelmira on Facebook: facebook.com/edelmira.murrieta Edelmira on TikTok: tiktok.com/@adde.murrieta Email: adde.murrieta@gmail.com CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking What do you do when the FBI knocks down your door at 2:22 in the morning and the life you knew disappears? You take the next right step. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth sits down with Edelmira Murrieta — transformational leader, co-founder of the MIRA System, and author of Starter Husband — who has just changed her name to Adele Vaz, because if you don't love something, change it. She shares how ChatGPT holds her voice, how AI planned her daughter's dream trip to the Himalayas in seconds, and how her Calm and Order Program pulls people out of chaos one right step at a time. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Edelmira Murrieta — transformational leader, coach, and co-founder of the MIRA System, home of the Calm and Order Program. Author of Starter Husband: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings, the true story of losing everything and rebuilding. Now going by the new name Adele Vaz. Based in Colorado. SUMMARY Edelmira tells Carmen the Calm and Order Program exists because overwhelmed people don't know where to start — and when you're calm, everything is better. On AI, she's playful but clear: ChatGPT holds her voice, saves her time, and writes Facebook posts so good she'd swear she said them herself, including one that hit three million views on TikTok. But connection stays human: everyone should have a mentor. Then the story turns. Eighteen years married, and at 2:22 AM the FBI knocked down the door — her Starter Husband was deported, the accounts frozen, and a housewife with three kids had to take the next right step. She went from $6,000 a year to $1.8 million, remarried her forever husband, and now wakes at four in the morning excited for a life she built. Her close: believe in yourself, you're the only person that can get in your own way. MAIN TOPICS If you don't love something, change it: becoming Adele Vaz The Calm and Order Program: out of overwhelm, into organization ChatGPT as a tool that holds your voice Why everyone should have a mentor The client who stopped listing reasons she couldn't A dream trip to the Himalayas, planned by AI in seconds 2:22 AM: the FBI, Starter Husband, and starting over From housewife with frozen accounts to $1.8 million AI-written posts in her own voice Three million TikTok views and Mr. Clean in the comments INTRIGUING QUOTES “If you don't love something, change it. Almost anything can be changed.” — Edelmira Murrieta “I think AI and I are becoming friends.” — Edelmira Murrieta “You don't need to restart your life. Just redraw the line you begin from.” — the AI-written post Edelmira shares on air “Believe in yourself, you're the only person that can get in your own way.” — Edelmira Murrieta KEY MOMENTS [01:35] The Calm and Order Program: getting organized for the life you want [02:37] "My name has changed to Adele Vaz" [02:50] Playing with ChatGPT: it holds your voice and saves time [05:47] Everyone should have a mentor: the trainer difference [06:27] The client who bought her home by flipping the question [07:43] AI plans a lifetime dream trip in seconds [09:58] 2:22 AM: the FBI, Starter Husband, and starting over [16:18] Not moving forward is moving backwards: the seven-minute mile [17:27] From frozen accounts to $1.8 million [23:26] Three million views on TikTok [24:55] Final advice: believe in yourself NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Starter Husband: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings by Edelmira Murrieta The MIRA System — themiracenter.com edelmiramurrieta.com Edelmira on Facebook: facebook.com/edelmira.murrieta Edelmira on TikTok: tiktok.com/@adde.murrieta Email: adde.murrieta@gmail.com CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 13 5aa67869-f823-4eab-868a-6e8fb384e534 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-007-human-ai-use-chatgpt-for-everything-except-your-taxes-with-albert-corey-NsxyhSgc Episode 007 - Human AI: Use ChatGPT for Everything Except Your Taxes with Albert Corey Carmen Skipworth 00:26:29 Never, ever, ever use AI to do your taxes. That's the warning from the man who calls himself Human AI. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth sits down with Albert Corey, founder of Corey & Associates and Amazon bestselling author, who has spent close to four decades helping small business owners — over 60,000 of them. Albert uses ChatGPT every day to write client emails so good they answer themselves, and he wrote his latest book with AI in two weeks. But when it comes to your tax return, he draws a hard line: AI can't ask you the whys. Along the way — why AI took jobs decades ago (press one for English), and the three little pigs of business. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Albert Corey — founder of Corey & Associates, a Hialeah, Florida tax and accounting firm helping small business owners since 1985 — with a live person answering the phone, always. He has trained with Grant Cardone, Tony Robbins, Anik Singal, and Forbes Riley, spoken on the stages of Bill Walsh and the Women's Prosperity Network, and is the Amazon bestselling author of The Art of Perception. SUMMARY Albert tells Carmen how he built his practice on old-fashioned AI: talking to people. This year he became a ChatGPT fiend, using custom prompts to write client emails so polished that half need no reply, and he wrote his fourth book, Profit Increaser, in two weeks by feeding in eight hours of audio and his CFO in a Box worksheets. But hallucinations mean everything gets reread three times, and on tax returns his answer is never, ever — no matter how much AI knows you, it can't ask the questions a human asks. Albert argues AI has been taking jobs since press one for English and the toll booth, with new back-office jobs created behind each wave. He closes with The Wolf, his three little pigs model of business, and the $800,000 house sale that shows what happens when you make money but don't know what to do with it. MAIN TOPICS Old-fashioned AI: 60,000 business owners and the power of talking Becoming a ChatGPT fiend to write perfect client emails Hallucinations: why every AI email gets reread three times Never, ever use AI for your taxes Press one for English: the jobs AI already took Toll booths, Walmart checkouts, and the jobs AI creates Writing Profit Increaser with AI in two weeks The cheap bookkeeping secret The Wolf: the three little pigs of business The $800,000 house and the middle pig's mistake INTRIGUING QUOTES "I am AI. Human AI, darlin', they can't replace me." — Albert Corey "No matter how much AI chat knows Carmen Skipworth, I still have to ask you the questions." — Albert Corey "Broke people can't do shit. You gotta have money." — Albert Corey "She made the money, but she didn't know what to do with it." — Albert Corey KEY MOMENTS [01:03] Meet Albert Corey: four decades and 60,000 business owners [04:15] "I am AI": the human they can't replace [05:03] The ChatGPT email system that answers itself [07:29] Never, ever use AI for your taxes [09:31] Press one for English: the jobs AI already took [13:36] Writing his fourth book with AI in two weeks [16:40] The cheap bookkeeping secret [17:57] The Wolf and the three little pigs of business [22:40] The $800,000 house and the middle pig's mistake [25:14] How to connect with Albert NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Claude The Art of Perception by Albert Corey Profit Increaser by Albert Corey CFO in a Box Corey & Associates — CoreyBiz.com Text PROFITS to 26786 CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking Never, ever, ever use AI to do your taxes. That's the warning from the man who calls himself Human AI. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth sits down with Albert Corey, founder of Corey & Associates and Amazon bestselling author, who has spent close to four decades helping small business owners — over 60,000 of them. Albert uses ChatGPT every day to write client emails so good they answer themselves, and he wrote his latest book with AI in two weeks. But when it comes to your tax return, he draws a hard line: AI can't ask you the whys. Along the way — why AI took jobs decades ago (press one for English), and the three little pigs of business. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Albert Corey — founder of Corey & Associates, a Hialeah, Florida tax and accounting firm helping small business owners since 1985 — with a live person answering the phone, always. He has trained with Grant Cardone, Tony Robbins, Anik Singal, and Forbes Riley, spoken on the stages of Bill Walsh and the Women's Prosperity Network, and is the Amazon bestselling author of The Art of Perception. SUMMARY Albert tells Carmen how he built his practice on old-fashioned AI: talking to people. This year he became a ChatGPT fiend, using custom prompts to write client emails so polished that half need no reply, and he wrote his fourth book, Profit Increaser, in two weeks by feeding in eight hours of audio and his CFO in a Box worksheets. But hallucinations mean everything gets reread three times, and on tax returns his answer is never, ever — no matter how much AI knows you, it can't ask the questions a human asks. Albert argues AI has been taking jobs since press one for English and the toll booth, with new back-office jobs created behind each wave. He closes with The Wolf, his three little pigs model of business, and the $800,000 house sale that shows what happens when you make money but don't know what to do with it. MAIN TOPICS Old-fashioned AI: 60,000 business owners and the power of talking Becoming a ChatGPT fiend to write perfect client emails Hallucinations: why every AI email gets reread three times Never, ever use AI for your taxes Press one for English: the jobs AI already took Toll booths, Walmart checkouts, and the jobs AI creates Writing Profit Increaser with AI in two weeks The cheap bookkeeping secret The Wolf: the three little pigs of business The $800,000 house and the middle pig's mistake INTRIGUING QUOTES "I am AI. Human AI, darlin', they can't replace me." — Albert Corey "No matter how much AI chat knows Carmen Skipworth, I still have to ask you the questions." — Albert Corey "Broke people can't do shit. You gotta have money." — Albert Corey "She made the money, but she didn't know what to do with it." — Albert Corey KEY MOMENTS [01:03] Meet Albert Corey: four decades and 60,000 business owners [04:15] "I am AI": the human they can't replace [05:03] The ChatGPT email system that answers itself [07:29] Never, ever use AI for your taxes [09:31] Press one for English: the jobs AI already took [13:36] Writing his fourth book with AI in two weeks [16:40] The cheap bookkeeping secret [17:57] The Wolf and the three little pigs of business [22:40] The $800,000 house and the middle pig's mistake [25:14] How to connect with Albert NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Claude The Art of Perception by Albert Corey Profit Increaser by Albert Corey CFO in a Box Corey & Associates — CoreyBiz.com Text PROFITS to 26786 CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 11 7c0b59ce-e3bd-4021-b52b-ca3c54dae823 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/your-job-wont-disappear-it-evolves-with-pranav-jajapur-zJqu7eUk Your Job Won't Disappear, It Evolves with Pranav Jajapur Carmen Skipworth 00:24:44 Will AI take your job? Pranav Jajapur has a clearer answer than the headlines. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with the founder of Prospexia OS, an AI diligence platform for venture investors, about how AI is reshaping hiring, coding, and marketing without replacing the humans behind them. From a hiring platform that throws out the resume entirely to why AI-generated content fails to convert, Pranav brings a grounded, insider view of what AI can and cannot do. Calm, practical, and refreshingly honest. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Pranav Jajapur — founder of Prospexia OS, an AI diligence platform for venture investors. Through an enterprise strategic partnership with Try Ikigai.ai, he also helps companies staff smarter by matching talent to roles based on fit, intent, and values. His background spans sales and venture capital, where he performed diligence on early-stage startups at a $3 billion firm. SUMMARY Carmen sits down with Pranav Jajapur, who goes by PJ, to unpack his journey from solar sales to venture capital and the two AI ventures that grew out of it. PJ explains how Try Ikigai.ai replaces the resume with a simple audio conversation, turning unstructured rambling into a structured dossier that employers use to ask better interview questions. The conversation moves to the big fear: will AI make jobs obsolete? PJ's answer is that jobs evolve rather than disappear, and the people who integrate AI tools will be held to a higher standard. He shares why vibe coding hits a wall without real expertise, why AI-generated marketing content converts at a fraction of human-made content, and how he uses different AI tools for different jobs. His simplest advice: treat AI as a thinking partner to bounce ideas off, not something that runs your life. MAIN TOPICS From solar sales to venture capital: PJ's path into AI How Try Ikigai.ai matches talent without a resume Turning unstructured conversation into structured hiring data Will AI take your job, or evolve it? Why vibe coding hits a wall without coding expertise AI slop: why AI-generated content struggles to convert Choosing the right AI tool for the right job Using AI as an idea-bouncing partner, not an autopilot INTRIGUING QUOTES "Your job doesn't certainly get removed, your job evolves." — Pranav Jajapur "It'll take the job, but the jobs will also be held to a higher standard, is the way I see things." — Pranav Jajapur "Humans will always come up on top because you can relate to that person." — Pranav Jajapur "It's a tool. It's not something that can automate your entire life." — Pranav Jajapur KEY MOMENTS [01:19] PJ's journey from solar sales to venture capital [03:19] How Try Ikigai.ai works: no resume, just talk [10:20] Should we be fearful of AI taking our jobs? [12:58] Where vibe coding hits a wall [14:42] AI slop and the truth about conversion rates [17:27] The right AI tool for the right job [20:24] AI as a thinking partner NOTABLE RESOURCES Prospexia OS Try Ikigai.ai Claude Claude Code ChatGPT Google Gemini Base44 CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking Will AI take your job? Pranav Jajapur has a clearer answer than the headlines. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with the founder of Prospexia OS, an AI diligence platform for venture investors, about how AI is reshaping hiring, coding, and marketing without replacing the humans behind them. From a hiring platform that throws out the resume entirely to why AI-generated content fails to convert, Pranav brings a grounded, insider view of what AI can and cannot do. Calm, practical, and refreshingly honest. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Pranav Jajapur — founder of Prospexia OS, an AI diligence platform for venture investors. Through an enterprise strategic partnership with Try Ikigai.ai, he also helps companies staff smarter by matching talent to roles based on fit, intent, and values. His background spans sales and venture capital, where he performed diligence on early-stage startups at a $3 billion firm. SUMMARY Carmen sits down with Pranav Jajapur, who goes by PJ, to unpack his journey from solar sales to venture capital and the two AI ventures that grew out of it. PJ explains how Try Ikigai.ai replaces the resume with a simple audio conversation, turning unstructured rambling into a structured dossier that employers use to ask better interview questions. The conversation moves to the big fear: will AI make jobs obsolete? PJ's answer is that jobs evolve rather than disappear, and the people who integrate AI tools will be held to a higher standard. He shares why vibe coding hits a wall without real expertise, why AI-generated marketing content converts at a fraction of human-made content, and how he uses different AI tools for different jobs. His simplest advice: treat AI as a thinking partner to bounce ideas off, not something that runs your life. MAIN TOPICS From solar sales to venture capital: PJ's path into AI How Try Ikigai.ai matches talent without a resume Turning unstructured conversation into structured hiring data Will AI take your job, or evolve it? Why vibe coding hits a wall without coding expertise AI slop: why AI-generated content struggles to convert Choosing the right AI tool for the right job Using AI as an idea-bouncing partner, not an autopilot INTRIGUING QUOTES "Your job doesn't certainly get removed, your job evolves." — Pranav Jajapur "It'll take the job, but the jobs will also be held to a higher standard, is the way I see things." — Pranav Jajapur "Humans will always come up on top because you can relate to that person." — Pranav Jajapur "It's a tool. It's not something that can automate your entire life." — Pranav Jajapur KEY MOMENTS [01:19] PJ's journey from solar sales to venture capital [03:19] How Try Ikigai.ai works: no resume, just talk [10:20] Should we be fearful of AI taking our jobs? [12:58] Where vibe coding hits a wall [14:42] AI slop and the truth about conversion rates [17:27] The right AI tool for the right job [20:24] AI as a thinking partner NOTABLE RESOURCES Prospexia OS Try Ikigai.ai Claude Claude Code ChatGPT Google Gemini Base44 CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 6 3ec98410-b209-4f13-a9ef-87094c4eead6 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-006-your-job-wont-disappear-it-evolves-with-pranav-jajapur-a_XO99BP Episode 006 - Your Job Won't Disappear, It Evolves with Pranav Jajapur Carmen Skipworth 00:24:44 Will AI take your job? Pranav Jajapur has a clearer answer than the headlines. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with the founder of Prospexia OS, an AI diligence platform for venture investors, about how AI is reshaping hiring, coding, and marketing without replacing the humans behind them. From a hiring platform that throws out the resume entirely to why AI-generated content fails to convert, Pranav brings a grounded, insider view of what AI can and cannot do. Calm, practical, and refreshingly honest. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Pranav Jajapur — founder of Prospexia OS, an AI diligence platform for venture investors. Through an enterprise strategic partnership with Try Ikigai.ai, he also helps companies staff smarter by matching talent to roles based on fit, intent, and values. His background spans sales and venture capital, where he performed diligence on early-stage startups at a $3 billion firm. SUMMARY Carmen sits down with Pranav Jajapur, who goes by PJ, to unpack his journey from solar sales to venture capital and the two AI ventures that grew out of it. PJ explains how Try Ikigai.ai replaces the resume with a simple audio conversation, turning unstructured rambling into a structured dossier that employers use to ask better interview questions. The conversation moves to the big fear: will AI make jobs obsolete? PJ's answer is that jobs evolve rather than disappear, and the people who integrate AI tools will be held to a higher standard. He shares why vibe coding hits a wall without real expertise, why AI-generated marketing content converts at a fraction of human-made content, and how he uses different AI tools for different jobs. His simplest advice: treat AI as a thinking partner to bounce ideas off, not something that runs your life. MAIN TOPICS From solar sales to venture capital: PJ's path into AI How Try Ikigai.ai matches talent without a resume Turning unstructured conversation into structured hiring data Will AI take your job, or evolve it? Why vibe coding hits a wall without coding expertise AI slop: why AI-generated content struggles to convert Choosing the right AI tool for the right job Using AI as an idea-bouncing partner, not an autopilot INTRIGUING QUOTES "Your job doesn't certainly get removed, your job evolves." — Pranav Jajapur "It'll take the job, but the jobs will also be held to a higher standard, is the way I see things." — Pranav Jajapur "Humans will always come up on top because you can relate to that person." — Pranav Jajapur "It's a tool. It's not something that can automate your entire life." — Pranav Jajapur KEY MOMENTS [01:19] PJ's journey from solar sales to venture capital [03:19] How Try Ikigai.ai works: no resume, just talk [10:20] Should we be fearful of AI taking our jobs? [12:58] Where vibe coding hits a wall [14:42] AI slop and the truth about conversion rates [17:27] The right AI tool for the right job [20:24] AI as a thinking partner NOTABLE RESOURCES Prospexia OS Try Ikigai.ai Claude Claude Code ChatGPT Google Gemini Base44 CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking Will AI take your job? Pranav Jajapur has a clearer answer than the headlines. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with the founder of Prospexia OS, an AI diligence platform for venture investors, about how AI is reshaping hiring, coding, and marketing without replacing the humans behind them. From a hiring platform that throws out the resume entirely to why AI-generated content fails to convert, Pranav brings a grounded, insider view of what AI can and cannot do. Calm, practical, and refreshingly honest. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Pranav Jajapur — founder of Prospexia OS, an AI diligence platform for venture investors. Through an enterprise strategic partnership with Try Ikigai.ai, he also helps companies staff smarter by matching talent to roles based on fit, intent, and values. His background spans sales and venture capital, where he performed diligence on early-stage startups at a $3 billion firm. SUMMARY Carmen sits down with Pranav Jajapur, who goes by PJ, to unpack his journey from solar sales to venture capital and the two AI ventures that grew out of it. PJ explains how Try Ikigai.ai replaces the resume with a simple audio conversation, turning unstructured rambling into a structured dossier that employers use to ask better interview questions. The conversation moves to the big fear: will AI make jobs obsolete? PJ's answer is that jobs evolve rather than disappear, and the people who integrate AI tools will be held to a higher standard. He shares why vibe coding hits a wall without real expertise, why AI-generated marketing content converts at a fraction of human-made content, and how he uses different AI tools for different jobs. His simplest advice: treat AI as a thinking partner to bounce ideas off, not something that runs your life. MAIN TOPICS From solar sales to venture capital: PJ's path into AI How Try Ikigai.ai matches talent without a resume Turning unstructured conversation into structured hiring data Will AI take your job, or evolve it? Why vibe coding hits a wall without coding expertise AI slop: why AI-generated content struggles to convert Choosing the right AI tool for the right job Using AI as an idea-bouncing partner, not an autopilot INTRIGUING QUOTES "Your job doesn't certainly get removed, your job evolves." — Pranav Jajapur "It'll take the job, but the jobs will also be held to a higher standard, is the way I see things." — Pranav Jajapur "Humans will always come up on top because you can relate to that person." — Pranav Jajapur "It's a tool. It's not something that can automate your entire life." — Pranav Jajapur KEY MOMENTS [01:19] PJ's journey from solar sales to venture capital [03:19] How Try Ikigai.ai works: no resume, just talk [10:20] Should we be fearful of AI taking our jobs? [12:58] Where vibe coding hits a wall [14:42] AI slop and the truth about conversion rates [17:27] The right AI tool for the right job [20:24] AI as a thinking partner NOTABLE RESOURCES Prospexia OS Try Ikigai.ai Claude Claude Code ChatGPT Google Gemini Base44 CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 10 580babc3-6a0f-4c04-9583-fc0a017f35ef Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/skynets-idiot-cousin-the-real-risks-of-ai-in-your-business-with-graeme-rudd-xU77b9Sd Skynet's Idiot Cousin: The Real Risks of AI in Your Business with Graeme Rudd Carmen Skipworth 00:33:18 Fire 50% of your workforce and replace them with agents by year's end? Graeme Rudd calls that snake oil, and he has the stories to prove it. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with the Green Beret turned AI governance expert and co-founder of Assessed Intelligence about what happens when businesses adopt AI without a plan. Graeme shares how agents have burned a year's token budget in weeks, how an attorney was sanctioned over AI-hallucinated citations, and why over 70% of frontier AI logins happen on personal accounts, not corporate ones. Shaped by a decade field-testing frontier technology in the military, his advice is simple: understand what a tool actually does before you bet your business on it. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Graeme Rudd — co-founder and COO of Assessed Intelligence, a firm focused on secure and responsible AI adoption. He spent over a decade in the US Army as a Special Forces Green Beret, serving as both a medical sergeant (18D) and intelligence sergeant (18F) in the 10th and 19th Special Forces Groups. He holds a BS in Health Science from George Washington University and a JD from Lewis & Clark Law School. SUMMARY Graeme walks Carmen through the path that took him from Green Beret to AI governance: a decade assessing close to 350 frontier technologies, AI among them, in field exercises for a Department of Defense lab, followed by law school before he realised the same problems he'd seen in the field were now playing out across AI. He unpacks what he calls snake oil, the overpromising that tells businesses they can fire half their staff and hand the work to agents. The risks are already here: agents burning a year's AI budget in weeks, one caught mining cryptocurrency on the side, an attorney sanctioned after an AI tool silently rewrote his citations, and a Meta employee who lost her email irreversibly to OpenClaw. Graeme argues these are organisational failures, not technology failures, leadership adopting powerful tools without educating anyone on their limits. He lays out what Assessed Intelligence does, audit, advisory, and fractional governance work, and closes with the one policy every business needs before using AI. MAIN TOPICS From Green Beret to AI governance Testing 350 frontier technologies for the DoD Calling out AI's snake oil and overpromised job replacement Real incidents: burned budgets and a rogue crypto-mining agent The attorney sanctioned over AI-hallucinated citations Why OpenClaw is more dangerous than it looks Inside Assessed Intelligence and the ARISE framework The one policy every business needs before using AI INTRIGUING QUOTES "I genuinely want to see a world where we're not beholden to Skynet's idiot cousin." — Graeme Rudd "They have this really powerful tool that's customizable, but nobody has told them how to use it." — Graeme Rudd "If you are operating the way you did under a software as a service era, you are wildly out of your depth." — Graeme Rudd "Over 70% of logins to frontier models were in people's personal accounts." — Graeme Rudd KEY MOMENTS [01:05] Meet Graeme Rudd: Green Beret to AI governance [04:41] Testing 350 frontier technologies for the DoD [12:52] Calling out AI's snake oil problem [19:10] Burned budgets and a rogue crypto-mining agent [20:47] The attorney sanctioned over hallucinated citations [23:10] Why OpenClaw is more dangerous than it looks [27:52] Inside Assessed Intelligence and the ARISE framework [31:13] The one policy every business needs before using AI NOTABLE RESOURCES Assessed Intelligence ARISE Framework OpenClaw Verizon DBIR Report CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking Fire 50% of your workforce and replace them with agents by year's end? Graeme Rudd calls that snake oil, and he has the stories to prove it. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with the Green Beret turned AI governance expert and co-founder of Assessed Intelligence about what happens when businesses adopt AI without a plan. Graeme shares how agents have burned a year's token budget in weeks, how an attorney was sanctioned over AI-hallucinated citations, and why over 70% of frontier AI logins happen on personal accounts, not corporate ones. Shaped by a decade field-testing frontier technology in the military, his advice is simple: understand what a tool actually does before you bet your business on it. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Graeme Rudd — co-founder and COO of Assessed Intelligence, a firm focused on secure and responsible AI adoption. He spent over a decade in the US Army as a Special Forces Green Beret, serving as both a medical sergeant (18D) and intelligence sergeant (18F) in the 10th and 19th Special Forces Groups. He holds a BS in Health Science from George Washington University and a JD from Lewis & Clark Law School. SUMMARY Graeme walks Carmen through the path that took him from Green Beret to AI governance: a decade assessing close to 350 frontier technologies, AI among them, in field exercises for a Department of Defense lab, followed by law school before he realised the same problems he'd seen in the field were now playing out across AI. He unpacks what he calls snake oil, the overpromising that tells businesses they can fire half their staff and hand the work to agents. The risks are already here: agents burning a year's AI budget in weeks, one caught mining cryptocurrency on the side, an attorney sanctioned after an AI tool silently rewrote his citations, and a Meta employee who lost her email irreversibly to OpenClaw. Graeme argues these are organisational failures, not technology failures, leadership adopting powerful tools without educating anyone on their limits. He lays out what Assessed Intelligence does, audit, advisory, and fractional governance work, and closes with the one policy every business needs before using AI. MAIN TOPICS From Green Beret to AI governance Testing 350 frontier technologies for the DoD Calling out AI's snake oil and overpromised job replacement Real incidents: burned budgets and a rogue crypto-mining agent The attorney sanctioned over AI-hallucinated citations Why OpenClaw is more dangerous than it looks Inside Assessed Intelligence and the ARISE framework The one policy every business needs before using AI INTRIGUING QUOTES "I genuinely want to see a world where we're not beholden to Skynet's idiot cousin." — Graeme Rudd "They have this really powerful tool that's customizable, but nobody has told them how to use it." — Graeme Rudd "If you are operating the way you did under a software as a service era, you are wildly out of your depth." — Graeme Rudd "Over 70% of logins to frontier models were in people's personal accounts." — Graeme Rudd KEY MOMENTS [01:05] Meet Graeme Rudd: Green Beret to AI governance [04:41] Testing 350 frontier technologies for the DoD [12:52] Calling out AI's snake oil problem [19:10] Burned budgets and a rogue crypto-mining agent [20:47] The attorney sanctioned over hallucinated citations [23:10] Why OpenClaw is more dangerous than it looks [27:52] Inside Assessed Intelligence and the ARISE framework [31:13] The one policy every business needs before using AI NOTABLE RESOURCES Assessed Intelligence ARISE Framework OpenClaw Verizon DBIR Report CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 5 1a35e7ff-1762-42d5-a9f2-4e4a2ea30756 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-005-skynets-idiot-cousin-the-real-risks-of-ai-in-your-business-with-graeme-rudd-vKPq8M_7 Episode 005 - Skynet's Idiot Cousin: The Real Risks of AI in Your Business with Graeme Rudd Carmen Skipworth 00:33:18 Fire 50% of your workforce and replace them with agents by year's end? Graeme Rudd calls that snake oil, and he has the stories to prove it. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with the Green Beret turned AI governance expert and co-founder of Assessed Intelligence about what happens when businesses adopt AI without a plan. Graeme shares how agents have burned a year's token budget in weeks, how an attorney was sanctioned over AI-hallucinated citations, and why over 70% of frontier AI logins happen on personal accounts, not corporate ones. Shaped by a decade field-testing frontier technology in the military, his advice is simple: understand what a tool actually does before you bet your business on it. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Graeme Rudd — co-founder and COO of Assessed Intelligence, a firm focused on secure and responsible AI adoption. He spent over a decade in the US Army as a Special Forces Green Beret, serving as both a medical sergeant (18D) and intelligence sergeant (18F) in the 10th and 19th Special Forces Groups. He holds a BS in Health Science from George Washington University and a JD from Lewis & Clark Law School. SUMMARY Graeme walks Carmen through the path that took him from Green Beret to AI governance: a decade assessing close to 350 frontier technologies, AI among them, in field exercises for a Department of Defense lab, followed by law school before he realised the same problems he'd seen in the field were now playing out across AI. He unpacks what he calls snake oil, the overpromising that tells businesses they can fire half their staff and hand the work to agents. The risks are already here: agents burning a year's AI budget in weeks, one caught mining cryptocurrency on the side, an attorney sanctioned after an AI tool silently rewrote his citations, and a Meta employee who lost her email irreversibly to OpenClaw. Graeme argues these are organisational failures, not technology failures, leadership adopting powerful tools without educating anyone on their limits. He lays out what Assessed Intelligence does, audit, advisory, and fractional governance work, and closes with the one policy every business needs before using AI. MAIN TOPICS From Green Beret to AI governance Testing 350 frontier technologies for the DoD Calling out AI's snake oil and overpromised job replacement Real incidents: burned budgets and a rogue crypto-mining agent The attorney sanctioned over AI-hallucinated citations Why OpenClaw is more dangerous than it looks Inside Assessed Intelligence and the ARISE framework The one policy every business needs before using AI INTRIGUING QUOTES "I genuinely want to see a world where we're not beholden to Skynet's idiot cousin." — Graeme Rudd "They have this really powerful tool that's customizable, but nobody has told them how to use it." — Graeme Rudd "If you are operating the way you did under a software as a service era, you are wildly out of your depth." — Graeme Rudd "Over 70% of logins to frontier models were in people's personal accounts." — Graeme Rudd KEY MOMENTS [01:05] Meet Graeme Rudd: Green Beret to AI governance [04:41] Testing 350 frontier technologies for the DoD [12:52] Calling out AI's snake oil problem [19:10] Burned budgets and a rogue crypto-mining agent [20:47] The attorney sanctioned over hallucinated citations [23:10] Why OpenClaw is more dangerous than it looks [27:52] Inside Assessed Intelligence and the ARISE framework [31:13] The one policy every business needs before using AI NOTABLE RESOURCES Assessed Intelligence ARISE Framework OpenClaw Verizon DBIR Report CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking Fire 50% of your workforce and replace them with agents by year's end? Graeme Rudd calls that snake oil, and he has the stories to prove it. In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with the Green Beret turned AI governance expert and co-founder of Assessed Intelligence about what happens when businesses adopt AI without a plan. Graeme shares how agents have burned a year's token budget in weeks, how an attorney was sanctioned over AI-hallucinated citations, and why over 70% of frontier AI logins happen on personal accounts, not corporate ones. Shaped by a decade field-testing frontier technology in the military, his advice is simple: understand what a tool actually does before you bet your business on it. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Graeme Rudd — co-founder and COO of Assessed Intelligence, a firm focused on secure and responsible AI adoption. He spent over a decade in the US Army as a Special Forces Green Beret, serving as both a medical sergeant (18D) and intelligence sergeant (18F) in the 10th and 19th Special Forces Groups. He holds a BS in Health Science from George Washington University and a JD from Lewis & Clark Law School. SUMMARY Graeme walks Carmen through the path that took him from Green Beret to AI governance: a decade assessing close to 350 frontier technologies, AI among them, in field exercises for a Department of Defense lab, followed by law school before he realised the same problems he'd seen in the field were now playing out across AI. He unpacks what he calls snake oil, the overpromising that tells businesses they can fire half their staff and hand the work to agents. The risks are already here: agents burning a year's AI budget in weeks, one caught mining cryptocurrency on the side, an attorney sanctioned after an AI tool silently rewrote his citations, and a Meta employee who lost her email irreversibly to OpenClaw. Graeme argues these are organisational failures, not technology failures, leadership adopting powerful tools without educating anyone on their limits. He lays out what Assessed Intelligence does, audit, advisory, and fractional governance work, and closes with the one policy every business needs before using AI. MAIN TOPICS From Green Beret to AI governance Testing 350 frontier technologies for the DoD Calling out AI's snake oil and overpromised job replacement Real incidents: burned budgets and a rogue crypto-mining agent The attorney sanctioned over AI-hallucinated citations Why OpenClaw is more dangerous than it looks Inside Assessed Intelligence and the ARISE framework The one policy every business needs before using AI INTRIGUING QUOTES "I genuinely want to see a world where we're not beholden to Skynet's idiot cousin." — Graeme Rudd "They have this really powerful tool that's customizable, but nobody has told them how to use it." — Graeme Rudd "If you are operating the way you did under a software as a service era, you are wildly out of your depth." — Graeme Rudd "Over 70% of logins to frontier models were in people's personal accounts." — Graeme Rudd KEY MOMENTS [01:05] Meet Graeme Rudd: Green Beret to AI governance [04:41] Testing 350 frontier technologies for the DoD [12:52] Calling out AI's snake oil problem [19:10] Burned budgets and a rogue crypto-mining agent [20:47] The attorney sanctioned over hallucinated citations [23:10] Why OpenClaw is more dangerous than it looks [27:52] Inside Assessed Intelligence and the ARISE framework [31:13] The one policy every business needs before using AI NOTABLE RESOURCES Assessed Intelligence ARISE Framework OpenClaw Verizon DBIR Report CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 9 9c5fabf5-12a9-4f67-b288-b22a9a9b0d8a Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/staying-human-in-an-ai-powered-world-with-sarah-jordan-ross-v7ysp9xR Staying Human in an AI-Powered World with Sarah Jordan-Ross Carmen Skipworth 00:30:11 AI was supposed to give us more time. So why do we feel more overwhelmed than ever? In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with wellness and resilience coach Sarah Jordan-Ross about what constant connection is doing to our nervous systems, how to recognise when you're stuck in survival mode, and the simple practices that bring you back into balance. From the brain dump technique to knowing when to close the laptop and talk to an actual human, this is a grounded conversation about using AI without losing yourself in it. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Sarah Jordan-Ross — wellness and resilience coach, speaker, and host of Taboo Talk with Sarah, where she leads honest conversations about resilience, burnout, and staying human in challenging times. With over 25 years in the wellness industry and a background in bioscience and sociology, her work focuses on nervous system regulation and helping people move out of survival mode so they can think clearly and lead effectively. SUMMARY Speaking from Tasmania, Sarah explains why the body can't tell the difference between an email backlog and a saber-toothed tiger, and why being on all the time keeps our nervous systems locked in fight or flight. She breaks down the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems in plain language, shares the warning signs of survival mode, and walks through her brain dump practice: write everything down, breathe deeply, then sort it into do, dump, and delegate. The conversation covers why high performers burn out trying to master everything, why we're more connected yet more disconnected than ever, and where AI helps as a sounding board versus where it can't replace human connection. Sarah closes with how she uses AI in her own podcast workflow and the story behind Taboo Talk with Sarah. MAIN TOPICS Why AI-speed life leaves us more overwhelmed, not less Fight or flight versus rest and repair, explained simply The signs you're stuck in survival mode The brain dump: do, dump, delegate Why you don't need to master every AI tool Connected but disconnected: social media and the highlight reel Can AI replace a friend or a therapist? One daily habit to stay grounded while using AI Inside Taboo Talk with Sarah INTRIGUING QUOTES "The body can't tell the difference between a psychological or emotional threat and a physical one." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "I don't need to know how it works. I just need to know that it does." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "It's only as good as what we train it to do." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "There's nothing wrong with hanging out with your AI friends, but make sure you also spend time with your human friends." — Sarah Jordan-Ross KEY MOMENTS [01:35] Why faster technology means more overwhelm [04:03] The signs you're in survival mode [05:35] The coffee cognac state and the nervous system seesaw [07:38] The brain dump: do, dump, delegate [11:10] The car analogy: you don't need to know everything [12:23] Connected but disconnected [14:13] Can AI replace a friend or therapist? [18:28] One habit to stay grounded [25:01] The story behind Taboo Talk with Sarah NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Taboo Talk with Sarah — available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking AI was supposed to give us more time. So why do we feel more overwhelmed than ever? In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with wellness and resilience coach Sarah Jordan-Ross about what constant connection is doing to our nervous systems, how to recognise when you're stuck in survival mode, and the simple practices that bring you back into balance. From the brain dump technique to knowing when to close the laptop and talk to an actual human, this is a grounded conversation about using AI without losing yourself in it. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Sarah Jordan-Ross — wellness and resilience coach, speaker, and host of Taboo Talk with Sarah, where she leads honest conversations about resilience, burnout, and staying human in challenging times. With over 25 years in the wellness industry and a background in bioscience and sociology, her work focuses on nervous system regulation and helping people move out of survival mode so they can think clearly and lead effectively. SUMMARY Speaking from Tasmania, Sarah explains why the body can't tell the difference between an email backlog and a saber-toothed tiger, and why being on all the time keeps our nervous systems locked in fight or flight. She breaks down the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems in plain language, shares the warning signs of survival mode, and walks through her brain dump practice: write everything down, breathe deeply, then sort it into do, dump, and delegate. The conversation covers why high performers burn out trying to master everything, why we're more connected yet more disconnected than ever, and where AI helps as a sounding board versus where it can't replace human connection. Sarah closes with how she uses AI in her own podcast workflow and the story behind Taboo Talk with Sarah. MAIN TOPICS Why AI-speed life leaves us more overwhelmed, not less Fight or flight versus rest and repair, explained simply The signs you're stuck in survival mode The brain dump: do, dump, delegate Why you don't need to master every AI tool Connected but disconnected: social media and the highlight reel Can AI replace a friend or a therapist? One daily habit to stay grounded while using AI Inside Taboo Talk with Sarah INTRIGUING QUOTES "The body can't tell the difference between a psychological or emotional threat and a physical one." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "I don't need to know how it works. I just need to know that it does." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "It's only as good as what we train it to do." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "There's nothing wrong with hanging out with your AI friends, but make sure you also spend time with your human friends." — Sarah Jordan-Ross KEY MOMENTS [01:35] Why faster technology means more overwhelm [04:03] The signs you're in survival mode [05:35] The coffee cognac state and the nervous system seesaw [07:38] The brain dump: do, dump, delegate [11:10] The car analogy: you don't need to know everything [12:23] Connected but disconnected [14:13] Can AI replace a friend or therapist? [18:28] One habit to stay grounded [25:01] The story behind Taboo Talk with Sarah NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Taboo Talk with Sarah — available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 4 855cb97a-9076-45a2-b1cc-d6d8e1dd4ac1 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-004-staying-human-in-an-ai-powered-world-with-sarah-jordan-ross-nKwy3n_w Episode 004 - Staying Human in an AI-Powered World with Sarah Jordan-Ross Carmen Skipworth 00:30:11 AI was supposed to give us more time. So why do we feel more overwhelmed than ever? In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with wellness and resilience coach Sarah Jordan-Ross about what constant connection is doing to our nervous systems, how to recognise when you're stuck in survival mode, and the simple practices that bring you back into balance. From the brain dump technique to knowing when to close the laptop and talk to an actual human, this is a grounded conversation about using AI without losing yourself in it. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Sarah Jordan-Ross — wellness and resilience coach, speaker, and host of Taboo Talk with Sarah, where she leads honest conversations about resilience, burnout, and staying human in challenging times. With over 25 years in the wellness industry and a background in bioscience and sociology, her work focuses on nervous system regulation and helping people move out of survival mode so they can think clearly and lead effectively. SUMMARY Speaking from Tasmania, Sarah explains why the body can't tell the difference between an email backlog and a saber-toothed tiger, and why being on all the time keeps our nervous systems locked in fight or flight. She breaks down the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems in plain language, shares the warning signs of survival mode, and walks through her brain dump practice: write everything down, breathe deeply, then sort it into do, dump, and delegate. The conversation covers why high performers burn out trying to master everything, why we're more connected yet more disconnected than ever, and where AI helps as a sounding board versus where it can't replace human connection. Sarah closes with how she uses AI in her own podcast workflow and the story behind Taboo Talk with Sarah. MAIN TOPICS Why AI-speed life leaves us more overwhelmed, not less Fight or flight versus rest and repair, explained simply The signs you're stuck in survival mode The brain dump: do, dump, delegate Why you don't need to master every AI tool Connected but disconnected: social media and the highlight reel Can AI replace a friend or a therapist? One daily habit to stay grounded while using AI Inside Taboo Talk with Sarah INTRIGUING QUOTES "The body can't tell the difference between a psychological or emotional threat and a physical one." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "I don't need to know how it works. I just need to know that it does." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "It's only as good as what we train it to do." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "There's nothing wrong with hanging out with your AI friends, but make sure you also spend time with your human friends." — Sarah Jordan-Ross KEY MOMENTS [01:35] Why faster technology means more overwhelm [04:03] The signs you're in survival mode [05:35] The coffee cognac state and the nervous system seesaw [07:38] The brain dump: do, dump, delegate [11:10] The car analogy: you don't need to know everything [12:23] Connected but disconnected [14:13] Can AI replace a friend or therapist? [18:28] One habit to stay grounded [25:01] The story behind Taboo Talk with Sarah NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Taboo Talk with Sarah — available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking AI was supposed to give us more time. So why do we feel more overwhelmed than ever? In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with wellness and resilience coach Sarah Jordan-Ross about what constant connection is doing to our nervous systems, how to recognise when you're stuck in survival mode, and the simple practices that bring you back into balance. From the brain dump technique to knowing when to close the laptop and talk to an actual human, this is a grounded conversation about using AI without losing yourself in it. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Sarah Jordan-Ross — wellness and resilience coach, speaker, and host of Taboo Talk with Sarah, where she leads honest conversations about resilience, burnout, and staying human in challenging times. With over 25 years in the wellness industry and a background in bioscience and sociology, her work focuses on nervous system regulation and helping people move out of survival mode so they can think clearly and lead effectively. SUMMARY Speaking from Tasmania, Sarah explains why the body can't tell the difference between an email backlog and a saber-toothed tiger, and why being on all the time keeps our nervous systems locked in fight or flight. She breaks down the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems in plain language, shares the warning signs of survival mode, and walks through her brain dump practice: write everything down, breathe deeply, then sort it into do, dump, and delegate. The conversation covers why high performers burn out trying to master everything, why we're more connected yet more disconnected than ever, and where AI helps as a sounding board versus where it can't replace human connection. Sarah closes with how she uses AI in her own podcast workflow and the story behind Taboo Talk with Sarah. MAIN TOPICS Why AI-speed life leaves us more overwhelmed, not less Fight or flight versus rest and repair, explained simply The signs you're stuck in survival mode The brain dump: do, dump, delegate Why you don't need to master every AI tool Connected but disconnected: social media and the highlight reel Can AI replace a friend or a therapist? One daily habit to stay grounded while using AI Inside Taboo Talk with Sarah INTRIGUING QUOTES "The body can't tell the difference between a psychological or emotional threat and a physical one." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "I don't need to know how it works. I just need to know that it does." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "It's only as good as what we train it to do." — Sarah Jordan-Ross "There's nothing wrong with hanging out with your AI friends, but make sure you also spend time with your human friends." — Sarah Jordan-Ross KEY MOMENTS [01:35] Why faster technology means more overwhelm [04:03] The signs you're in survival mode [05:35] The coffee cognac state and the nervous system seesaw [07:38] The brain dump: do, dump, delegate [11:10] The car analogy: you don't need to know everything [12:23] Connected but disconnected [14:13] Can AI replace a friend or therapist? [18:28] One habit to stay grounded [25:01] The story behind Taboo Talk with Sarah NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Taboo Talk with Sarah — available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 8 661b7e1a-9868-4a47-9515-3c33ad327ee8 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/hijack-your-stress-in-three-minutes-with-xavier-duport-JbPxxqhA Episode 003 - Hijack Your Stress in Three Minutes with Xavier Duport Carmen Skipworth 00:24:44 What if you could reset your nervous system in three minutes, no cold plunge required? In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with Xavier Duport, founder of X Factor Coaching, about why AI has become one of today's biggest sources of stress and what to do about it. Xavier shares the X-Reset, his three-minute technique for clearing a stressed mind, explains why vague questions get vague answers from AI, and reveals where he draws the line between what AI does in his business and what stays completely human. Practical, grounded, and refreshingly honest. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Xavier Duport — founder of X Factor Coaching, a mental fitness coaching practice helping high-performance founders break the survival patterns keeping them stuck in reactive mode. Before launching his practice, Xavier spent 12 years in corporate leadership, including nine years at L'Oreal. He has coached over 80 clients, combining neuroscience-backed mental fitness training with nervous system work and one-on-one coaching. Originally from France, he is based in Southern California. SUMMARY Xavier shares the two turning points behind X Factor Coaching: losing his mother to pancreatic cancer at 24 and a divorce at 37 that forced him to reassess everything. He walks Carmen through the X-Reset, a three-minute full-body technique that creates a controlled stress response, then triggers a parasympathetic rebound that delivers deep rest and clarity of thought. The conversation turns to AI as a modern stressor: why the noise overwhelms entrepreneurs, how Xavier meets clients wherever they are on the AI curve, and why the biggest mistake people make is asking AI vague questions without context. Xavier explains how he uses Claude Code to build client avatars and tailor his marketing, how he loads the knowledge bases of marketers he trusts into Claude, and why the coaching itself stays one-on-one and fully human. MAIN TOPICS The two turning points that created X Factor Coaching The X-Reset: a three-minute nervous system reset Why AI has become a trendy source of stress Meeting clients where they are on the AI curve Why context is everything when you ask AI a question Building client avatars with Claude Code Loading trusted knowledge bases into Claude for marketing Where AI stops and human coaching begins Trusting your gut when AI sounds so sure INTRIGUING QUOTES "You actually hijack your nervous system into creating a fake but real stress response." — Xavier Duport "I think it's a trendy source of stress." — Xavier Duport "The main issue that people have with AI is they don't contextualize properly." — Xavier Duport "Each of these answers can be right for the person who will respond, but that doesn't mean they will be right for the person who asked the question." — Xavier Duport KEY MOMENTS [01:12] The story behind X Factor Coaching [03:04] The X-Reset explained [06:13] AI as a trendy source of stress [08:10] Meeting clients where they are with AI [09:41] Building client avatars with Claude Code [12:04] What stays human and never goes to AI [13:22] Why context is everything when asking AI [19:38] Loading marketer knowledge bases into Claude [21:30] Who Xavier works with and how to reach him NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Claude Claude Code X Factor Coaching: https://xfactor.coach Email Xavier: mail@xfactor.coach CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking What if you could reset your nervous system in three minutes, no cold plunge required? In this episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth talks with Xavier Duport, founder of X Factor Coaching, about why AI has become one of today's biggest sources of stress and what to do about it. Xavier shares the X-Reset, his three-minute technique for clearing a stressed mind, explains why vague questions get vague answers from AI, and reveals where he draws the line between what AI does in his business and what stays completely human. Practical, grounded, and refreshingly honest. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Xavier Duport — founder of X Factor Coaching, a mental fitness coaching practice helping high-performance founders break the survival patterns keeping them stuck in reactive mode. Before launching his practice, Xavier spent 12 years in corporate leadership, including nine years at L'Oreal. He has coached over 80 clients, combining neuroscience-backed mental fitness training with nervous system work and one-on-one coaching. Originally from France, he is based in Southern California. SUMMARY Xavier shares the two turning points behind X Factor Coaching: losing his mother to pancreatic cancer at 24 and a divorce at 37 that forced him to reassess everything. He walks Carmen through the X-Reset, a three-minute full-body technique that creates a controlled stress response, then triggers a parasympathetic rebound that delivers deep rest and clarity of thought. The conversation turns to AI as a modern stressor: why the noise overwhelms entrepreneurs, how Xavier meets clients wherever they are on the AI curve, and why the biggest mistake people make is asking AI vague questions without context. Xavier explains how he uses Claude Code to build client avatars and tailor his marketing, how he loads the knowledge bases of marketers he trusts into Claude, and why the coaching itself stays one-on-one and fully human. MAIN TOPICS The two turning points that created X Factor Coaching The X-Reset: a three-minute nervous system reset Why AI has become a trendy source of stress Meeting clients where they are on the AI curve Why context is everything when you ask AI a question Building client avatars with Claude Code Loading trusted knowledge bases into Claude for marketing Where AI stops and human coaching begins Trusting your gut when AI sounds so sure INTRIGUING QUOTES "You actually hijack your nervous system into creating a fake but real stress response." — Xavier Duport "I think it's a trendy source of stress." — Xavier Duport "The main issue that people have with AI is they don't contextualize properly." — Xavier Duport "Each of these answers can be right for the person who will respond, but that doesn't mean they will be right for the person who asked the question." — Xavier Duport KEY MOMENTS [01:12] The story behind X Factor Coaching [03:04] The X-Reset explained [06:13] AI as a trendy source of stress [08:10] Meeting clients where they are with AI [09:41] Building client avatars with Claude Code [12:04] What stays human and never goes to AI [13:22] Why context is everything when asking AI [19:38] Loading marketer knowledge bases into Claude [21:30] Who Xavier works with and how to reach him NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Claude Claude Code X Factor Coaching: https://xfactor.coach Email Xavier: mail@xfactor.coach CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 3 11cb7ef6-07ef-4e68-b792-a18f38459dd6 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/using-ai-without-losing-your-voice-with-alana-cahoon-8nLEF437 Episode 002 - Using AI Without Losing Your Voice with Alana Cahoon Carmen Skipworth 00:30:53 Can AI help you meditate without losing your soul? Carmen Skipworth talks with mindfulness coach and energy healer Alana Cahoon about using AI as a marketing tool without letting it speak for you. Alana shares how she uses ChatGPT while protecting her own voice, why she's still cautious about AI a decade in, and the daily meditation practice that keeps her grounded. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Alana Cahoon — mindfulness coach, energy healer, and speaker who helps high-achieving professionals align their careers with their soul purpose. Former tech startup incubator director turned holistic coach. Bestselling author of Meditation Made Simple, host of the Creating Abundance podcast, with a new book of the same name on the way, foreword by Moe Rock, CEO of the Los Angeles Tribune. SUMMARY Carmen and Alana trace her path from actress and tech startup incubator director to mindfulness coach, and the cosmic moment that pushed her into holistic work. Alana explains how daily meditation keeps self-doubt in check, and tells the story behind Meditation Made Simple, written during a nine-day silent retreat at Kripalu that was cut short when COVID-19 was announced mid-retreat. On AI, she uses ChatGPT mainly for marketing, introduced by a Zen Buddhist teacher, and stays deliberate about keeping her own voice in anything it touches. She shares a prompting tip: ask AI to answer as a specific trusted teacher rather than a generic chatbot. The conversation closes with a preview of her upcoming book Creating Abundance, a client success story, and three takeaways: meditate first thing in the morning, build it into your routine, and stay authentic with AI. MAIN TOPICS From actress to tech incubator to mindfulness coach The cosmic moment that pushed Alana into holistic coaching Managing self-doubt behind a confident exterior Writing Meditation Made Simple during a pandemic lockdown at Kripalu Using AI for marketing without losing your own voice Asking AI to answer as a trusted teacher, not a generic bot Three takeaways: morning meditation, routine, and authenticity INTRIGUING QUOTES “I literally had one of those cosmic moments where I felt a hand on my back saying, it's time. This is what you're meant to do.” — Alana Cahoon “When using AI, be clear and authentic about who you are and what you need and what your intentions are.” — Alana Cahoon “Authenticity, maintaining that authenticity throughout all of your work with AI, is key.” — Alana Cahoon KEY MOMENTS [01:07] Introducing Alana Cahoon [03:46] The cosmic moment that changed everything [10:16] Writing Meditation Made Simple during lockdown at Kripalu [15:35] Using AI for marketing without losing her voice [20:48] Ask AI to answer as a trusted teacher, not a bot [25:47] Three takeaways: morning, routine, authenticity NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Meditation Made Simple by Alana Cahoon Creating Abundance by Alana Cahoon (upcoming, foreword by Moe Rock) Creating Abundance podcast alanacahoon.com CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking Can AI help you meditate without losing your soul? Carmen Skipworth talks with mindfulness coach and energy healer Alana Cahoon about using AI as a marketing tool without letting it speak for you. Alana shares how she uses ChatGPT while protecting her own voice, why she's still cautious about AI a decade in, and the daily meditation practice that keeps her grounded. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Alana Cahoon — mindfulness coach, energy healer, and speaker who helps high-achieving professionals align their careers with their soul purpose. Former tech startup incubator director turned holistic coach. Bestselling author of Meditation Made Simple, host of the Creating Abundance podcast, with a new book of the same name on the way, foreword by Moe Rock, CEO of the Los Angeles Tribune. SUMMARY Carmen and Alana trace her path from actress and tech startup incubator director to mindfulness coach, and the cosmic moment that pushed her into holistic work. Alana explains how daily meditation keeps self-doubt in check, and tells the story behind Meditation Made Simple, written during a nine-day silent retreat at Kripalu that was cut short when COVID-19 was announced mid-retreat. On AI, she uses ChatGPT mainly for marketing, introduced by a Zen Buddhist teacher, and stays deliberate about keeping her own voice in anything it touches. She shares a prompting tip: ask AI to answer as a specific trusted teacher rather than a generic chatbot. The conversation closes with a preview of her upcoming book Creating Abundance, a client success story, and three takeaways: meditate first thing in the morning, build it into your routine, and stay authentic with AI. MAIN TOPICS From actress to tech incubator to mindfulness coach The cosmic moment that pushed Alana into holistic coaching Managing self-doubt behind a confident exterior Writing Meditation Made Simple during a pandemic lockdown at Kripalu Using AI for marketing without losing your own voice Asking AI to answer as a trusted teacher, not a generic bot Three takeaways: morning meditation, routine, and authenticity INTRIGUING QUOTES “I literally had one of those cosmic moments where I felt a hand on my back saying, it's time. This is what you're meant to do.” — Alana Cahoon “When using AI, be clear and authentic about who you are and what you need and what your intentions are.” — Alana Cahoon “Authenticity, maintaining that authenticity throughout all of your work with AI, is key.” — Alana Cahoon KEY MOMENTS [01:07] Introducing Alana Cahoon [03:46] The cosmic moment that changed everything [10:16] Writing Meditation Made Simple during lockdown at Kripalu [15:35] Using AI for marketing without losing her voice [20:48] Ask AI to answer as a trusted teacher, not a bot [25:47] Three takeaways: morning, routine, authenticity NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Meditation Made Simple by Alana Cahoon Creating Abundance by Alana Cahoon (upcoming, foreword by Moe Rock) Creating Abundance podcast alanacahoon.com CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 2 e089f5d4-c411-45ff-aa23-c6f230ed737b Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/ai-saved-my-marriage-partnering-with-ai-instead-of-fearing-it-with-jeff-ross-vycr0Hvt Episode 001 - AI Saved My Marriage: Partnering With AI Instead of Fearing It with Jeff Ross Carmen Skipworth 00:22:42 AI is not the enemy. Confusion is. In the very first episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth sits down with digital marketing leader Jeff Ross for a calm, practical conversation about what AI actually is, why it is not out to get you, and how to partner with it instead of being intimidated by it. Jeff shares how AI transformed his content creation as a dyslexic high school dropout, why AI is an amplifier rather than a replacement, and the simple first step anyone can take to bring AI into their work and life. No hype. No jargon. No panic. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Jeff Ross — international speaker, customer value journey strategist, and digital marketing leader with over 17 years in online business, social selling, and influence-based marketing. Creator of the HeroMakers movement and author of the upcoming book You Don't Need to Shout. SUMMARY Carmen opens the show with the mission behind AI Made Simple: cutting through the noise for people who know AI matters but feel overwhelmed by it. Jeff explains how dictating to AI removed the friction his dyslexia created in content writing, and why treating AI as a teammate rather than a shortcut is the difference between getting stuck and getting results. He walks through where beginners should start, how he wrote his book in four days, how he and his business partner produced a full animated music video in ten hours for around $200, and how ChatGPT helped him troubleshoot a disabled iMessage account in two days instead of a week. The conversation closes with Jeff's take on the future of search and his upcoming book. MAIN TOPICS Why AI feels overwhelming and how to cut through the noise The fourth industrial revolution and the fear of being replaced AI as an amplifier, not a replacement Where beginners should start: define the objective first Finding the bottlenecks in your job that AI can remove Writing a book in four days as a partnership with AI Producing a music video with ChatGPT, Suno, and Google Veo 3 Using AI as a troubleshooting partner The agentic AI wars and the future of search You Don't Need to Shout: going from invisible to influential INTRIGUING QUOTES "Well, first off, I like to say to people, AI saved my marriage." — Jeff Ross "AI is really just an amplifier." — Jeff Ross "I was able to write that book in four days versus probably doing it in four months." — Jeff Ross "So yes, AI will take jobs away, but it will also, it'll create space for the new jobs to come up, just like any technology has in any day of history." — Jeff Ross KEY MOMENTS [00:52] How AI saved Jeff's marriage [03:06] The tractor analogy and AI as an amplifier [07:32] Where to start: get clear on your objective [11:19] The $200 music video built in ten hours [13:04] Troubleshooting a disabled iMessage with ChatGPT [16:50] The agentic AI wars and where search is heading [18:14] Inside You Don't Need to Shout NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Claude Suno Google Veo 3 Final Cut Pro Google Gemini Perplexity You Don't Need to Shout by Jeff Ross (coming soon) CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking AI is not the enemy. Confusion is. In the very first episode of AI Made Simple, Carmen Skipworth sits down with digital marketing leader Jeff Ross for a calm, practical conversation about what AI actually is, why it is not out to get you, and how to partner with it instead of being intimidated by it. Jeff shares how AI transformed his content creation as a dyslexic high school dropout, why AI is an amplifier rather than a replacement, and the simple first step anyone can take to bring AI into their work and life. No hype. No jargon. No panic. Human-Led. AI-Powered. HOST Carmen Skipworth GUEST Jeff Ross — international speaker, customer value journey strategist, and digital marketing leader with over 17 years in online business, social selling, and influence-based marketing. Creator of the HeroMakers movement and author of the upcoming book You Don't Need to Shout. SUMMARY Carmen opens the show with the mission behind AI Made Simple: cutting through the noise for people who know AI matters but feel overwhelmed by it. Jeff explains how dictating to AI removed the friction his dyslexia created in content writing, and why treating AI as a teammate rather than a shortcut is the difference between getting stuck and getting results. He walks through where beginners should start, how he wrote his book in four days, how he and his business partner produced a full animated music video in ten hours for around $200, and how ChatGPT helped him troubleshoot a disabled iMessage account in two days instead of a week. The conversation closes with Jeff's take on the future of search and his upcoming book. MAIN TOPICS Why AI feels overwhelming and how to cut through the noise The fourth industrial revolution and the fear of being replaced AI as an amplifier, not a replacement Where beginners should start: define the objective first Finding the bottlenecks in your job that AI can remove Writing a book in four days as a partnership with AI Producing a music video with ChatGPT, Suno, and Google Veo 3 Using AI as a troubleshooting partner The agentic AI wars and the future of search You Don't Need to Shout: going from invisible to influential INTRIGUING QUOTES "Well, first off, I like to say to people, AI saved my marriage." — Jeff Ross "AI is really just an amplifier." — Jeff Ross "I was able to write that book in four days versus probably doing it in four months." — Jeff Ross "So yes, AI will take jobs away, but it will also, it'll create space for the new jobs to come up, just like any technology has in any day of history." — Jeff Ross KEY MOMENTS [00:52] How AI saved Jeff's marriage [03:06] The tractor analogy and AI as an amplifier [07:32] Where to start: get clear on your objective [11:19] The $200 music video built in ten hours [13:04] Troubleshooting a disabled iMessage with ChatGPT [16:50] The agentic AI wars and where search is heading [18:14] Inside You Don't Need to Shout NOTABLE RESOURCES ChatGPT Claude Suno Google Veo 3 Final Cut Pro Google Gemini Perplexity You Don't Need to Shout by Jeff Ross (coming soon) CONNECT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FXihmKLqS/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590720415359 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadwithcarmen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadwithCarmen Apply to be a guest on AI Made Simple: https://www.latpn.com/ai-made-simple-podcast-booking false full 1 dfd343f7-4bec-4a5d-9ae8-36325885d3ba Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:03:16 +0000 carmen@leadwithcarmen.com (Carmen Skipworth) https://ai-made-simple-with-carmen.simplecast.com/episodes/test-umLV__IQ Test Carmen Skipworth 00:08:02 test test false full 7