Amanda Benson spent 20 years in emerging tech running one strategy: do more, then do more than that. When AI arrived she used it the way an overachiever would. Then her body told her the strategy was finished.

What came next is the framework at the center of this conversation with host Sarah Dooley.

"Remember. Release. Intentionally Add."

Amanda walks through what it means to remember who you were before the world told you who to be, release what stopped serving you, and add back only the support you actually chose, whether that is AI, a therapist, a teammate, or kids who finally fold their own laundry.

We also get into the question I could not resist asking. Can you be a systems person and a breath work person at the same time? Amanda says yes, and the story she tells about a field of rabbits in the Swedish countryside is the reason.

Her company is called AI+You Studio, and the name is the whole thesis. AI is at its best when you are at your best.

• Why Amanda went all in on AI at the end of 2022
• Training AI to be your executive coach when overwhelm hits
• Remember, release, and intentionally add, explained
• Why adding more tools can leave you more overwhelmed
• Why the future of AI is human led
• The case for picking one AI tool and going deep
• 2 apps vibe coded in a single weekend

00:00 A word from Nookly00:51 Welcome to AI-Empowered Mom02:18 Meet Amanda Benson02:47 20 years in emerging tech, and one big hunch03:40 Using AI to overachieve, and why it stopped working05:00 AI as an executive coach06:14 What stays uniquely human06:37 Remember, release, and intentionally add08:10 Waking up from the bubble at the end of your thirties10:50 The girl in the field12:50 Systems and breath work in the same room13:06 Chatbot mode13:27 One Swedish habit worth borrowing, plus fika14:16 What is in her tech stack14:46 A win to celebrate15:53 Where to find Amanda16:34 Sarah's takeaway

"AI is at its best when you are at your best." Amanda Benson

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