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

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