AI should expand your capacity—not replace your humanity.

AI isn’t knocking on our door anymore—it’s already inside, making itself a cup of tea and reorganizing the spice rack. It’s been around for years, but now it’s fully settling in. So the real question isn’t “Should we use it?” It’s “How do we use it?”

I see AI as another step in how we live and work—one that can free us up to do more of what we actually care about. Done right, it takes certain tasks off our plate so we can be more of the humans we’re meant to be. Done wrong, it turns into a crutch that replaces our own thinking, feeling, and deciding. Like any tool, it’s only as good—or as harmful—as the way it’s used.

For me, AI isn’t a magic brain that replaces my own. It’s more like a sous-chef who organizes the ingredients I’ve already chosen. My work is about taking big, tangled ideas and making them simple and digestible. AI helps me do that faster and more clearly. And with Unsnag—the custom AI tool I built—I’ve been able to turn my process into something I can use anytime I hit a snag.

Here’s the difference: Unsnag isn’t just “talk to a bot and hope it has answers.” It’s trained on a specific process—one with a start, middle, and end. It doesn’t advise or decide for you. It reflects your own words back in a way that makes you see what’s really going on, especially when you’re too close to see it yourself. That has been life-changing for me. Therapy has helped. Coaching has helped. Books have helped. But having a process I can run through anytime—without waiting for a session or a sign from the universe—has been a game-changer.

Of course, AI isn’t all sunshine. There are valid concerns—like the environmental impact of the massive computing power it needs. And yes, that matters. But so do all the other ways our modern lives take a toll: how we produce food, how we travel, how we consume just about everything. To me, the bigger issue is how far we’ve drifted from living in ways that reflect our values, care for each other, and keep us connected to ourselves. We’ve built a culture that runs on overthinking, overdoing, and overachieving, and then wonders why we’re burned out and making short-sighted choices.

My hope is that if a tool like Unsnag can help people reconnect with themselves—even in small ways—that ripple can grow. More clarity. More capacity. More willingness to make decisions that aren’t just convenient but actually good for us, our communities, and the planet. That’s the long game I’m playing. The more I use Unsnag to get back to myself, the more I can show up in my own life with presence and care. And from that place, it’s a lot easier to choose what matters over what’s easy.

AI won’t save us. It can’t feel for us, care for us, or live our lives for us. But used well, it can clear some of the noise so we can get back to the business of being human. And that’s a future worth working toward.