October 24, 2025 • 26 mins
AI in pageants? Yep, we're going there. Before you picture robots on stage or chatbots writing your paperwork, take a breath, because this conversation is all about authenticity meets innovation.
In this episode, we're diving into how you can use tools like ChatGPT to actually enhance your prep, not replace it. From organizing your thoughts for paperwork and brainstorming interview questions, to refining your speaking points and saving time on research, AI can be a huge asset when you know how to use it mindfully.
But here's the thing: no piece of technology can tell your story the way you can. That's why I'm breaking down how to use AI without losing your voice, your values, or your "why."
We'll talk about the mindset behind using tech with purpose, where to draw boundaries, and how to make sure your prep stays grounded in your own authenticity. Because at the end of the day, AI might help you polish your words, but only you can give them meaning.
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Raeanna (00:28):
Hello, what's up you guys?
Welcome back to Sash and Soul.
I um I spent some time reallytrying to figure out what I
wanted to talk about today, andI was struggling with it.
And full disclosure, I actuallyrecorded an entire episode
about overthinking.
And when I got to the end ofit, I was like, eh, I don't
(00:50):
know, maybe I was overthinkingit, but I didn't like it.
And it just wasn't feeling likewhere my vibe was at this week.
Because I mean, honestly, likeI'm not, I'm not feeling super
deep this week.
Now, I did, I have had somelike really good deep
conversations with clients, butit's hard when you're sitting
here like talking.
(01:11):
Well, I'm talking to all ofyou, but I'm in my room by
myself, talking what feels liketalking to myself.
So it like it's just a very,very different feel when you're
like bouncing ideas off ofanother person and like vibing
with that energy versus likebringing the energy.
And so this week I'm just notreally in a particularly like
(01:32):
super thoughtful space on myown.
I'm just I'm kind of tired.
It's getting colder, it'sgetting darker earlier in the
day, and I'm usually hit withlike a little bit of that
seasonal affective disorder.
Um, and it kind of tends to hitme a little bit earlier on.
So I'm thinking that might bepart of what's going on with me.
Like we actually turned theheat on for the first time this
(01:53):
week, and um, so just kind oftrying to trying to get by this
week.
I've got sweaters out and bigfluffy socks, and I'm drinking
tea, and I'm like, all right,we're shifting.
We are officially shifting.
So, anywho, long story short, Iscrapped my original plan to
talk with you about overthinkingbecause I don't really feel
(02:15):
like my brain is thinking atthat level right now.
And I decided to just do like aquick, kind of random episode
about AI.
I was just like sitting herekind of messing around with Chat
GPT, of course, because youknow, anyone that knows me knows
that I really enjoy havingconversations with ChatGPT,
(02:36):
asking questions and doing deepdives into things and having it
ask me like thoughtful, um,thought-provoking questions as
well.
And I'm not as bad as myhusband, I will tell you.
I think I made the mistake ofgetting my husband AJ into Chat
GPT, and now he tends to use itfor everything, which obviously
(02:58):
I understand you guys.
I know like environmentally weshould probably be more mindful
about how often we're using AIbecause it's using up a whole
lot of energy and naturalresources.
So, like I get that.
That's my caveat.
Don't come at me for it.
I'm I'm fully aware of all ofthat going on too.
So, all of that said, I decidedlet's just do a conversation
(03:23):
today about AI and pageantpreparation and how to use AI as
a tool in your pageantpreparation.
I, as a coach, am very much onthe page of work smarter, not
harder.
And if there's a tool that youcan use to save you time and to
elevate your output of the workthat you're doing, I say go for
(03:47):
it, as long as it's not takingover your own intuition or your
creativity.
Because AI isn't here toreplace your intuition or to
replace a coach or a mentor oryour own creativity.
It's really here to enhancethem.
So when you use AI mindfully,AI can save time.
It can reduce your stress andit can help you refine your
(04:09):
message.
And if you use it well, whichis what I'm going to be talking
about today, you can keep yourauthenticity intact as well.
So I have, you know, a wholemess of clients from across the
country, various differentpageant systems right now.
And when we're working onpaperwork, my number one thing
for them is you do the draft, oryou know, we do like all of our
(04:32):
prep work.
We I have like bullet pointsand questions that I ask them
and prompts that I ask them toget like all the thoughts and
all the brainstorming out there.
And then I have them do a draftbased off of like a general
outline that I tend to give ifit's a service initiative essay
or something like that.
I have kind of an overviewoutline.
And it's really important to methat they write it out first
(04:54):
because then I can plug it intoChat GPT and say, analyze my
client's voice.
And it's really, really fun toread through the analytics that
Chat GPT pulls of the voice toneand the storytelling style and
the approach that my clientstake in their own writing.
(05:14):
And then I take it a stepfurther and make sure that AI is
using that same tone and voice,but elevated in whatever way
that we want it to be to helpedit the draft.
Um, and we really break it downinto chunks.
And I'll I'll be honest withyou, there's more often than
not, you know, I'll be workingin a Google Doc with my client
(05:36):
and I'll plug some prompts intoChatGPT and I'll, you know, pull
over the draft from Chat GPT.
And we will nitpick throughthat to make sure that it still
sounds like my client, that itdoesn't sound like AI, that it
doesn't sound like somebody elsewrote it for her.
Because that's reallyimportant, you guys.
Like your paperwork shouldsound like you.
(05:58):
The judges are gonna be readingthis.
And then if you're talking likea completely different person
than what your paperwork soundslike, it's noticeable, right?
Like it needs to be your work.
We just want to use AI as atool to refine and make sure
that it flows really nicely andthat we're getting the points
across that we really want toput out there.
(06:20):
So um, I know that it kind ofsounds crazy, and I'm sure this
is controversial.
I'm sure there are directorsout there, there are judges out
there that are like, absolutelynot, AI should not be used.
But unfortunately, I thinkwe're in an era now where it's
gonna be impossible to controland very, very difficult to
detect if AI is being used.
So um I would just considerthat for yourself of like, okay,
(06:44):
how can I potentially use thisto up-level me uh without it
making me sound like acompletely different person?
Or honestly, like I know itkind of feels like cheating, but
that's that's what I want totalk about today.
So that when you are using AIas a tool, if you choose to use
AI as a tool, you're not usingit to do the job for you and do
the work for you, but just as anassistant to help you put out
(07:08):
the best that you can put out.
So let's talk about what AI cando for your pageant prep.
So AI is like like I treat AIas a digital assistant.
It helps organize my ideas sothat I can focus on the heart of
the work that I'm doing.
So, like I said earlier, like Iuse ChatGPT to help me come up
(07:34):
with deeper ideas or to get mythoughts organized, um, to work
on content.
And I train AI very mindfullyin my voice because that's
really important to me.
So, and I don't use it foreverything, I promise you I
don't.
Um, but uh it is it is like anassistant for me.
(07:55):
So that is one way that you canuse AI.
It's like this digitalassistant that can help you
organize your idea or yourideas.
So, for example, polishing yourpaperwork, um, using it to get
rid of any like overused wordsto help you make sure that your
(08:16):
transitions are really clear,uh, to make sure that you're
clear and concise, that it flowsreally nicely.
Um, but you have to be reallyspecific about your prompts when
you're using AI.
And we're gonna get into thattoday, too.
You can also use it forinterview practice.
And this is something that I dobecause my brain is like all
(08:37):
over the place with different umresumes, different fact sheets,
different service initiativesthat I have to keep in mind that
when I'm jumping from oneclient to the next, it's it is
really hard for me to like comeup with new questions off the
cuff.
And by the end of the day, mybrain is fried.
So I use it as a tool to helpme generate deeper mock
interview questions that I canwork on then with my clients.
(08:59):
So for you, you can use it foryour own interview practice by
giving it a prompt to generatemock questions based on your
platform, based on currentevents, based off of your fact
sheet or resume.
But again, be very specificabout what you're looking for.
Like I put in prompts like Um,my client Alyssa is competing
(09:21):
for Miss Heart of the Valley,and here is, you know, using the
outline of her resume below,using her essay below on her on
her initiative, and using thingsthat are going on in the world
right now and basic questionsabout leadership or whatever
else.
Like I just like plug in awhole bunch of stuff for for
(09:46):
what I want the questions to berevolving around.
And I say, make a list ofpractice interview questions for
Alyssa.
And it'll generate like 50questions for me.
And oftentimes I will just copypaste those into an email to my
clients to review later, too,so they can do some more
in-depth thinking about thosetopics and questions as well.
(10:07):
So it's a really great tool forinterview practice.
My caveat always, and maybeyou've heard me say this before,
is that you should not usepractice interview questions to
rehearse your answers.
Because your interview, if itif you've been rehearsing these
answers, you're gonna soundrehearsed in your interview.
(10:28):
And you wanna sound real andauthentic.
So don't use interview practicequestions as a way to rehearse
your answers.
Don't overthink it, right?
Like use it as a tool to digdeeper about yourself and to
better understand yourself andyour own perspectives.
Um, the other thing that youcan use AI for is crafting a
(10:50):
speech or like specificallydrafting outlines for maybe you
have to put together a talentintro, or maybe you need your
um, it can help you generateideas for an opening statement
or a closing statement in yourinterview, or literally like a
full speech outline.
But again, you have to be veryspecific about the information
(11:12):
that you're providing AI so thatit is actually spitting out an
outline that makes sense foryou.
So give it as much informationas you possibly can.
Um, and then you need toanalyze and look over that
outline to make sure that itmakes sense for you and start
editing it um on your own totweak it for your purposes.
(11:35):
And then finally, and this isone of my favorite ways to use
AI, is for time management.
I use AI to create myschedules, I use AI to create my
own personal journalingprompts, I use, I use AI to
create my own personaljournaling prompts, I use it for
coming up with like my businessgame plan for the next 30, 60,
(11:57):
90 days, which is something thatI have my clients work on for
themselves as well.
Usually it looks like, allright, I'm gonna plug in like
here are my list of goals, hereare the projects that I know
that I need to get done.
And then I'll give it a promptof like, you know, within the
scope of having 20 hours ofcoaching calls in the week, put
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together a 30, 60, 90 day planfor me to get all of these goals
done.
And so again, like your promptmaybe may look really different
from mine, but be specific aboutwhat you're asking it to do.
And if it's not popping outexactly what you're looking for,
you gotta go back to thedrawing board and make sure that
you are being really refined inyour prompts.
(12:41):
So remember, in all of this,AI, ChatGPT, is going to give
you structure, but you are gonnaput the heart and soul into it.
You're gonna put the passion,you're gonna put the
personality.
AI is a robot, it doesn't havepersonality.
You do.
You're the one that has to putthat in.
So the quality of what you getout is gonna depend on the
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clarity of what you put in, justlike anything else in your
life.
All right, so I'm sure asyou're listening to me, you're
thinking, man, but like,wouldn't I sound fake or
wouldn't I sound scripted?
And I understand, like, that isa very real fear, and that's
absolutely something that wewant to avoid.
Keeping in mind, this podcastis called Sash and Soul.
It's about the soul underneaththe sash.
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And my coaching program isfearlessly authentic.
So we never want to sound fakeor scripted.
So you have to use AI as astarting point, not as your
final draft.
You have to refine it throughyour tone, your story, and your
lived experience.
The things that you would talkabout in interview, the things
that make up who you are as aperson, those all need to be
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visible and coherent in whateverChat GPT puts out for you.
So that's why it's reallyimportant for you to comb
through it, just like I do withall of my clients to make sure
that it does sound like you,that it makes sense for you.
Like literally, I every singletime I'm going through paperwork
with clients and we'reanalyzing something that chat
(14:10):
has spit back out, we arechanging specific words because
my client will say, I wouldnever say that word.
Great.
Let's change it to somethingthat does sound more like you.
So when I say comb through, I'mliterally talking word for
word.
Using AI effectively means thatyou have to learn to say, well,
that's not me.
When something sounds toopolished or really detached or
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like a word that you don'ttypically use.
You have to add yourpersonality back in.
So if you haven't adequatelytaught your chat GPT or your AI
tool your voice, and that takesa lot of work.
I'm still doing it.
Literally, I was doing thatyesterday where I was plugging
in, like, here's sometranscripts of my Sash and Soul
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episodes, analyze and learn myvoice.
And it was spitting out likethe analytics of what it came up
with, of my story tone and allof that stuff.
And so it takes a while toadequately train AI to speak as
if it's you.
And even then, you can't fullytrust it.
So you have to always comb backthrough to make sure that
(15:19):
you're adding your ownpersonality back in, adding your
humor, your emotion, yourquirks, and your perspective.
And that's why I thinkhonestly, I mean, other than
like writing paperwork, ifyou're using it to help you
draft a speech or draft apodcast episode or an intro or a
closing for interview, havingit come up with an outline
(15:42):
rather than an actual script isalways better because you're
going to add your personalityusing the prompts that that
outline is giving you.
So I might use AI to brainstormlike bullet points for a talk
or brainstorm bullet points fora podcast episode, but then I'm
gonna speak it or rewrite it inmy Rayana voice, conversational,
(16:05):
real, a little bit sarcasticwhen it fits in, right?
Like that's very me.
So I'm not using AI to speakfor me.
I'm just using it to elevate meand my voice.
So now that we've really likewhen I've beaten that horse of,
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you know, really making surethat it sounds like you, here
are some healthy boundaries thatyou can keep in mind with
artificial intelligence.
100% avoid over-reliance.
Remember that AI is a tool, itis not a crutch.
It should not be everythingthat you're using all the time
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because here's what's gonnahappen.
If you're using it all the timeand AI is quite literally
speaking for you and putting outall of your written content for
you, you are going to losesight of what you're actually
saying, and there's gonna be adisconnect from what you're
putting out there for otherpeople to view and what's
actually in your head and inyour heart.
So use it as a tool, use it toelevate you, use it to help you
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get more creative and get moreclarity, but don't lean on it
completely.
Don't let it dull yourintuition or your creativity.
There is nothing in technologythat can replace your intuition.
There is absolutely nothing intechnology that can replace your
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creativity or your passion,your heart, your soul.
And truly, that is what willset you apart from other people
is when you show upauthentically in that space in
exactly who you are.
And so you have to make surethat you're protecting that even
from AI.
So don't let it get robotic.
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Make sure that your creativityis still fully intact.
Protect your own originality,right?
So you should never really becopying and pasting your full
paperwork from AI.
It should always be you usingit as um to help you with your
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edits, right?
Like you may have it completelyrewrite your paper, but you
need to go word for word andmake sure that it makes sense
compared to your original paperand be adjusting as you go.
Um also be mindful of privacy,okay?
You don't want to be inputtingyour personal data or any
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proprietary material onto AI.
Just like anything else online,um, don't trust that it's 100%
safe, especially with AI.
AI is taking everything thatyou're putting in and it's
learning from those things.
So protect your information,make sure that you're not
putting too much into it.
That really doesn't need to beum to be put out there online.
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So just like you wouldn't letme as your coach tell you
exactly what to say word forword, which I wouldn't do, or
any other person should not betelling you exactly what to say
word for word and correctinglike an answer that you just had
for your interview.
You shouldn't be letting AI dothat either.
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So this is more of apartnership, it's not
dependence.
So AI is your partner inputting out really great
content, it is not doingeverything for you.
So let's dive into some of myfavorite prompts for chat.
So here are a few like actualprompts that I use in Chat GPT
(19:49):
that you might want to that youmight want to try.
So this one is a very vague,like this is where we get
started, right?
10 practice interview questionsfor a contestant with the
platform um owning your worth.
I just made that up.
And you know, then maybe Iwould plug in the paperwork as
(20:11):
well so it has a lot more umbackground information on it so
that it can actually pullpractice questions from that
actual essay.
And again, you can take itsteps further.
Um, this contestant iscompeting for a local title in
Miss America in Louisiana, andthat can be helpful too, because
maybe there's something morespecific to the state of
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Louisiana or something morespecific to the Miss America
organization that chat mightpull for interview questions.
The next prompt summarize thisparagraph in my voice, but make
it sound confident,conversational, and warm.
So sometimes I will actuallysay, like, use my voice, you
know, now that I've taught in myvoice, or like I'll have like,
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you know, the the paragraph ismy writing.
So keep my voice.
And I'll say that too, like,keep the same voice and tone
from this, but elevate theconfidence and the warmth and
add more clarity in what I'mtrying to accomplish, what my
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goal is.
So I'll get really, reallyspecific in that way of exactly
what I want in the output.
Um create a motion motivationalaffirmation list for a woman
competing in pageants.
Sometimes I'll do that too,because like sometimes it just
helps my mind get moving on,like getting creative about
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different types of affirmationsand where to kind of spin
perspectives in terms of how wetalk to ourselves.
So you can do that for yourselfas well.
Like, write a list ofaffirmations that I can tell
myself every day that will helpme elevate my confidence and my
sense of self.
So you want to tweak yourprompts to get results that
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actually sound human, thatactually sound like you, and
things that you're actuallygonna be able to use.
So let's end with this ideathat AI isn't the future.
As much as we keep hearing itis, that AI is gonna take over,
that AI is becoming more andmore human, that AI is
developing a mind of its own.
Yeah, like there's a lot offears about that.
(22:22):
I'm sure there's gonna be somuch research and so much uh
conversation about AI and itsimpact on the world coming out.
But at the end of the day, AIisn't really the future you are.
And AI as a tool is only aspowerful as the person using it.
So be really mindful about howyou're using AI and make sure
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that it's elevating what you'reputting out there.
Remember that authenticity isalways more powerful than
automation.
Your personal growth is gonnacome from reflection and doing
that deep work, not fromshortcuts.
And remember that tools willalways evolve.
Will there will always be moretechnology that will help us do
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things faster, do things moreeffectively, do things more
efficiently.
But your own self-awareness isalways going to be timeless.
And that's always going to bethe epitome of your success is
how self-aware you are of areasthat you need to improve and
areas that you are a rock star.
So AI can help you polish yourwords, but you're the one that
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gives them meaning.
So make sure that you own that.
All right.
So key takeaways from today aswe wrap up: use AI to simplify,
but not replace your prep.
Always, always filter AI'soutput through your own
authenticity.
Protect your originality.
Remember that your voice isyour competitive edge.
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And let technology help youshow up as more of yourself, not
less or not as a roboticversion.
Right?
Hey, let me know how you'vebeen using AI in your prep.
DM me on Instagram at Sash andSoul.
And like, I'd love to hearwhat's been working for you and
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what are some of the areas thatyou're like, nope, like that's
been flagged.
My director doesn't like that.
Like, give me the rundown ofwhat's actually going on out
there with your directors and inyour preparation and in
competition when it comes to AIand if it's helpful or hurting,
because I'm always looking tolearn.
So share that with me.
Next week, I'm really excited.
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I have a special guest comingnext week.
We are gonna be joined by ElenaWilson.
She is Miss Kansas Volunteer2026, and we are gonna be
talking all things runner upclub and personal development
and service initiatives anddoing the most with what you
(24:58):
have and turning heartbreak intopassion.
And it is truly like such abeautiful conversation.
You don't want to miss it.
So keep that in mind.
That'll be out next Friday.
Um, and until then, stay well.
Take care of yourselves.
Uh, take it easy, find thatbalance, and we'll talk to you
then.
Bye.
Hello, what's up you guys?
Welcome back to Sash and Soul.
I um I spent some time reallytrying to figure out what I
wanted to talk about today, andI was struggling with it.
And full disclosure, I actuallyrecorded an entire episode
about overthinking.
And when I got to the end ofit, I was like, eh, I don't
(00:50):
know, maybe I was overthinkingit, but I didn't like it.
And it just wasn't feeling likewhere my vibe was at this week.
Because I mean, honestly, likeI'm not, I'm not feeling super
deep this week.
Now, I did, I have had somelike really good deep
conversations with clients, butit's hard when you're sitting
here like talking.
(01:11):
Well, I'm talking to all ofyou, but I'm in my room by
myself, talking what feels liketalking to myself.
So it like it's just a very,very different feel when you're
like bouncing ideas off ofanother person and like vibing
with that energy versus likebringing the energy.
And so this week I'm just notreally in a particularly like
(01:32):
super thoughtful space on myown.
I'm just I'm kind of tired.
It's getting colder, it'sgetting darker earlier in the
day, and I'm usually hit withlike a little bit of that
seasonal affective disorder.
Um, and it kind of tends to hitme a little bit earlier on.
So I'm thinking that might bepart of what's going on with me.
Like we actually turned theheat on for the first time this
(01:53):
week, and um, so just kind oftrying to trying to get by this
week.
I've got sweaters out and bigfluffy socks, and I'm drinking
tea, and I'm like, all right,we're shifting.
We are officially shifting.
So, anywho, long story short, Iscrapped my original plan to
talk with you about overthinkingbecause I don't really feel
(02:15):
like my brain is thinking atthat level right now.
And I decided to just do like aquick, kind of random episode
about AI.
I was just like sitting herekind of messing around with Chat
GPT, of course, because youknow, anyone that knows me knows
that I really enjoy havingconversations with ChatGPT,
(02:36):
asking questions and doing deepdives into things and having it
ask me like thoughtful, um,thought-provoking questions as
well.
And I'm not as bad as myhusband, I will tell you.
I think I made the mistake ofgetting my husband AJ into Chat
GPT, and now he tends to use itfor everything, which obviously
(02:58):
I understand you guys.
I know like environmentally weshould probably be more mindful
about how often we're using AIbecause it's using up a whole
lot of energy and naturalresources.
So, like I get that.
That's my caveat.
Don't come at me for it.
I'm I'm fully aware of all ofthat going on too.
So, all of that said, I decidedlet's just do a conversation
(03:23):
today about AI and pageantpreparation and how to use AI as
a tool in your pageantpreparation.
I, as a coach, am very much onthe page of work smarter, not
harder.
And if there's a tool that youcan use to save you time and to
elevate your output of the workthat you're doing, I say go for
(03:47):
it, as long as it's not takingover your own intuition or your
creativity.
Because AI isn't here toreplace your intuition or to
replace a coach or a mentor oryour own creativity.
It's really here to enhancethem.
So when you use AI mindfully,AI can save time.
It can reduce your stress andit can help you refine your
(04:09):
message.
And if you use it well, whichis what I'm going to be talking
about today, you can keep yourauthenticity intact as well.
So I have, you know, a wholemess of clients from across the
country, various differentpageant systems right now.
And when we're working onpaperwork, my number one thing
for them is you do the draft, oryou know, we do like all of our
(04:32):
prep work.
We I have like bullet pointsand questions that I ask them
and prompts that I ask them toget like all the thoughts and
all the brainstorming out there.
And then I have them do a draftbased off of like a general
outline that I tend to give ifit's a service initiative essay
or something like that.
I have kind of an overviewoutline.
And it's really important to methat they write it out first
(04:54):
because then I can plug it intoChat GPT and say, analyze my
client's voice.
And it's really, really fun toread through the analytics that
Chat GPT pulls of the voice toneand the storytelling style and
the approach that my clientstake in their own writing.
(05:14):
And then I take it a stepfurther and make sure that AI is
using that same tone and voice,but elevated in whatever way
that we want it to be to helpedit the draft.
Um, and we really break it downinto chunks.
And I'll I'll be honest withyou, there's more often than
not, you know, I'll be workingin a Google Doc with my client
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and I'll plug some prompts intoChatGPT and I'll, you know, pull
over the draft from Chat GPT.
And we will nitpick throughthat to make sure that it still
sounds like my client, that itdoesn't sound like AI, that it
doesn't sound like somebody elsewrote it for her.
Because that's reallyimportant, you guys.
Like your paperwork shouldsound like you.
(05:58):
The judges are gonna be readingthis.
And then if you're talking likea completely different person
than what your paperwork soundslike, it's noticeable, right?
Like it needs to be your work.
We just want to use AI as atool to refine and make sure
that it flows really nicely andthat we're getting the points
across that we really want toput out there.
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So um, I know that it kind ofsounds crazy, and I'm sure this
is controversial.
I'm sure there are directorsout there, there are judges out
there that are like, absolutelynot, AI should not be used.
But unfortunately, I thinkwe're in an era now where it's
gonna be impossible to controland very, very difficult to
detect if AI is being used.
So um I would just considerthat for yourself of like, okay,
(06:44):
how can I potentially use thisto up-level me uh without it
making me sound like acompletely different person?
Or honestly, like I know itkind of feels like cheating, but
that's that's what I want totalk about today.
So that when you are using AIas a tool, if you choose to use
AI as a tool, you're not usingit to do the job for you and do
the work for you, but just as anassistant to help you put out
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the best that you can put out.
So let's talk about what AI cando for your pageant prep.
So AI is like like I treat AIas a digital assistant.
It helps organize my ideas sothat I can focus on the heart of
the work that I'm doing.
So, like I said earlier, like Iuse ChatGPT to help me come up
(07:34):
with deeper ideas or to get mythoughts organized, um, to work
on content.
And I train AI very mindfullyin my voice because that's
really important to me.
So, and I don't use it foreverything, I promise you I
don't.
Um, but uh it is it is like anassistant for me.
(07:55):
So that is one way that you canuse AI.
It's like this digitalassistant that can help you
organize your idea or yourideas.
So, for example, polishing yourpaperwork, um, using it to get
rid of any like overused wordsto help you make sure that your
(08:16):
transitions are really clear,uh, to make sure that you're
clear and concise, that it flowsreally nicely.
Um, but you have to be reallyspecific about your prompts when
you're using AI.
And we're gonna get into thattoday, too.
You can also use it forinterview practice.
And this is something that I dobecause my brain is like all
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over the place with different umresumes, different fact sheets,
different service initiativesthat I have to keep in mind that
when I'm jumping from oneclient to the next, it's it is
really hard for me to like comeup with new questions off the
cuff.
And by the end of the day, mybrain is fried.
So I use it as a tool to helpme generate deeper mock
interview questions that I canwork on then with my clients.
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So for you, you can use it foryour own interview practice by
giving it a prompt to generatemock questions based on your
platform, based on currentevents, based off of your fact
sheet or resume.
But again, be very specificabout what you're looking for.
Like I put in prompts like Um,my client Alyssa is competing
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for Miss Heart of the Valley,and here is, you know, using the
outline of her resume below,using her essay below on her on
her initiative, and using thingsthat are going on in the world
right now and basic questionsabout leadership or whatever
else.
Like I just like plug in awhole bunch of stuff for for
(09:46):
what I want the questions to berevolving around.
And I say, make a list ofpractice interview questions for
Alyssa.
And it'll generate like 50questions for me.
And oftentimes I will just copypaste those into an email to my
clients to review later, too,so they can do some more
in-depth thinking about thosetopics and questions as well.
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So it's a really great tool forinterview practice.
My caveat always, and maybeyou've heard me say this before,
is that you should not usepractice interview questions to
rehearse your answers.
Because your interview, if itif you've been rehearsing these
answers, you're gonna soundrehearsed in your interview.
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And you wanna sound real andauthentic.
So don't use interview practicequestions as a way to rehearse
your answers.
Don't overthink it, right?
Like use it as a tool to digdeeper about yourself and to
better understand yourself andyour own perspectives.
Um, the other thing that youcan use AI for is crafting a
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speech or like specificallydrafting outlines for maybe you
have to put together a talentintro, or maybe you need your
um, it can help you generateideas for an opening statement
or a closing statement in yourinterview, or literally like a
full speech outline.
But again, you have to be veryspecific about the information
(11:12):
that you're providing AI so thatit is actually spitting out an
outline that makes sense foryou.
So give it as much informationas you possibly can.
Um, and then you need toanalyze and look over that
outline to make sure that itmakes sense for you and start
editing it um on your own totweak it for your purposes.
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And then finally, and this isone of my favorite ways to use
AI, is for time management.
I use AI to create myschedules, I use AI to create my
own personal journalingprompts, I use, I use AI to
create my own personaljournaling prompts, I use it for
coming up with like my businessgame plan for the next 30, 60,
(11:57):
90 days, which is something thatI have my clients work on for
themselves as well.
Usually it looks like, allright, I'm gonna plug in like
here are my list of goals, hereare the projects that I know
that I need to get done.
And then I'll give it a promptof like, you know, within the
scope of having 20 hours ofcoaching calls in the week, put
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together a 30, 60, 90 day planfor me to get all of these goals
done.
And so again, like your promptmaybe may look really different
from mine, but be specific aboutwhat you're asking it to do.
And if it's not popping outexactly what you're looking for,
you gotta go back to thedrawing board and make sure that
you are being really refined inyour prompts.
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So remember, in all of this,AI, ChatGPT, is going to give
you structure, but you are gonnaput the heart and soul into it.
You're gonna put the passion,you're gonna put the
personality.
AI is a robot, it doesn't havepersonality.
You do.
You're the one that has to putthat in.
So the quality of what you getout is gonna depend on the
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clarity of what you put in, justlike anything else in your
life.
All right, so I'm sure asyou're listening to me, you're
thinking, man, but like,wouldn't I sound fake or
wouldn't I sound scripted?
And I understand, like, that isa very real fear, and that's
absolutely something that wewant to avoid.
Keeping in mind, this podcastis called Sash and Soul.
It's about the soul underneaththe sash.
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And my coaching program isfearlessly authentic.
So we never want to sound fakeor scripted.
So you have to use AI as astarting point, not as your
final draft.
You have to refine it throughyour tone, your story, and your
lived experience.
The things that you would talkabout in interview, the things
that make up who you are as aperson, those all need to be
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visible and coherent in whateverChat GPT puts out for you.
So that's why it's reallyimportant for you to comb
through it, just like I do withall of my clients to make sure
that it does sound like you,that it makes sense for you.
Like literally, I every singletime I'm going through paperwork
with clients and we'reanalyzing something that chat
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has spit back out, we arechanging specific words because
my client will say, I wouldnever say that word.
Great.
Let's change it to somethingthat does sound more like you.
So when I say comb through, I'mliterally talking word for
word.
Using AI effectively means thatyou have to learn to say, well,
that's not me.
When something sounds toopolished or really detached or
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like a word that you don'ttypically use.
You have to add yourpersonality back in.
So if you haven't adequatelytaught your chat GPT or your AI
tool your voice, and that takesa lot of work.
I'm still doing it.
Literally, I was doing thatyesterday where I was plugging
in, like, here's sometranscripts of my Sash and Soul
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episodes, analyze and learn myvoice.
And it was spitting out likethe analytics of what it came up
with, of my story tone and allof that stuff.
And so it takes a while toadequately train AI to speak as
if it's you.
And even then, you can't fullytrust it.
So you have to always comb backthrough to make sure that
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you're adding your ownpersonality back in, adding your
humor, your emotion, yourquirks, and your perspective.
And that's why I thinkhonestly, I mean, other than
like writing paperwork, ifyou're using it to help you
draft a speech or draft apodcast episode or an intro or a
closing for interview, havingit come up with an outline
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rather than an actual script isalways better because you're
going to add your personalityusing the prompts that that
outline is giving you.
So I might use AI to brainstormlike bullet points for a talk
or brainstorm bullet points fora podcast episode, but then I'm
gonna speak it or rewrite it inmy Rayana voice, conversational,
(16:05):
real, a little bit sarcasticwhen it fits in, right?
Like that's very me.
So I'm not using AI to speakfor me.
I'm just using it to elevate meand my voice.
So now that we've really likewhen I've beaten that horse of,
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you know, really making surethat it sounds like you, here
are some healthy boundaries thatyou can keep in mind with
artificial intelligence.
100% avoid over-reliance.
Remember that AI is a tool, itis not a crutch.
It should not be everythingthat you're using all the time
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because here's what's gonnahappen.
If you're using it all the timeand AI is quite literally
speaking for you and putting outall of your written content for
you, you are going to losesight of what you're actually
saying, and there's gonna be adisconnect from what you're
putting out there for otherpeople to view and what's
actually in your head and inyour heart.
So use it as a tool, use it toelevate you, use it to help you
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get more creative and get moreclarity, but don't lean on it
completely.
Don't let it dull yourintuition or your creativity.
There is nothing in technologythat can replace your intuition.
There is absolutely nothing intechnology that can replace your
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creativity or your passion,your heart, your soul.
And truly, that is what willset you apart from other people
is when you show upauthentically in that space in
exactly who you are.
And so you have to make surethat you're protecting that even
from AI.
So don't let it get robotic.
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Make sure that your creativityis still fully intact.
Protect your own originality,right?
So you should never really becopying and pasting your full
paperwork from AI.
It should always be you usingit as um to help you with your
(18:18):
edits, right?
Like you may have it completelyrewrite your paper, but you
need to go word for word andmake sure that it makes sense
compared to your original paperand be adjusting as you go.
Um also be mindful of privacy,okay?
You don't want to be inputtingyour personal data or any
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proprietary material onto AI.
Just like anything else online,um, don't trust that it's 100%
safe, especially with AI.
AI is taking everything thatyou're putting in and it's
learning from those things.
So protect your information,make sure that you're not
putting too much into it.
That really doesn't need to beum to be put out there online.
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So just like you wouldn't letme as your coach tell you
exactly what to say word forword, which I wouldn't do, or
any other person should not betelling you exactly what to say
word for word and correctinglike an answer that you just had
for your interview.
You shouldn't be letting AI dothat either.
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So this is more of apartnership, it's not
dependence.
So AI is your partner inputting out really great
content, it is not doingeverything for you.
So let's dive into some of myfavorite prompts for chat.
So here are a few like actualprompts that I use in Chat GPT
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that you might want to that youmight want to try.
So this one is a very vague,like this is where we get
started, right?
10 practice interview questionsfor a contestant with the
platform um owning your worth.
I just made that up.
And you know, then maybe Iwould plug in the paperwork as
(20:11):
well so it has a lot more umbackground information on it so
that it can actually pullpractice questions from that
actual essay.
And again, you can take itsteps further.
Um, this contestant iscompeting for a local title in
Miss America in Louisiana, andthat can be helpful too, because
maybe there's something morespecific to the state of
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Louisiana or something morespecific to the Miss America
organization that chat mightpull for interview questions.
The next prompt summarize thisparagraph in my voice, but make
it sound confident,conversational, and warm.
So sometimes I will actuallysay, like, use my voice, you
know, now that I've taught in myvoice, or like I'll have like,
(20:56):
you know, the the paragraph ismy writing.
So keep my voice.
And I'll say that too, like,keep the same voice and tone
from this, but elevate theconfidence and the warmth and
add more clarity in what I'mtrying to accomplish, what my
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goal is.
So I'll get really, reallyspecific in that way of exactly
what I want in the output.
Um create a motion motivationalaffirmation list for a woman
competing in pageants.
Sometimes I'll do that too,because like sometimes it just
helps my mind get moving on,like getting creative about
(21:37):
different types of affirmationsand where to kind of spin
perspectives in terms of how wetalk to ourselves.
So you can do that for yourselfas well.
Like, write a list ofaffirmations that I can tell
myself every day that will helpme elevate my confidence and my
sense of self.
So you want to tweak yourprompts to get results that
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actually sound human, thatactually sound like you, and
things that you're actuallygonna be able to use.
So let's end with this ideathat AI isn't the future.
As much as we keep hearing itis, that AI is gonna take over,
that AI is becoming more andmore human, that AI is
developing a mind of its own.
Yeah, like there's a lot offears about that.
(22:22):
I'm sure there's gonna be somuch research and so much uh
conversation about AI and itsimpact on the world coming out.
But at the end of the day, AIisn't really the future you are.
And AI as a tool is only aspowerful as the person using it.
So be really mindful about howyou're using AI and make sure
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that it's elevating what you'reputting out there.
Remember that authenticity isalways more powerful than
automation.
Your personal growth is gonnacome from reflection and doing
that deep work, not fromshortcuts.
And remember that tools willalways evolve.
Will there will always be moretechnology that will help us do
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things faster, do things moreeffectively, do things more
efficiently.
But your own self-awareness isalways going to be timeless.
And that's always going to bethe epitome of your success is
how self-aware you are of areasthat you need to improve and
areas that you are a rock star.
So AI can help you polish yourwords, but you're the one that
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gives them meaning.
So make sure that you own that.
All right.
So key takeaways from today aswe wrap up: use AI to simplify,
but not replace your prep.
Always, always filter AI'soutput through your own
authenticity.
Protect your originality.
Remember that your voice isyour competitive edge.
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And let technology help youshow up as more of yourself, not
less or not as a roboticversion.
Right?
Hey, let me know how you'vebeen using AI in your prep.
DM me on Instagram at Sash andSoul.
And like, I'd love to hearwhat's been working for you and
(24:15):
what are some of the areas thatyou're like, nope, like that's
been flagged.
My director doesn't like that.
Like, give me the rundown ofwhat's actually going on out
there with your directors and inyour preparation and in
competition when it comes to AIand if it's helpful or hurting,
because I'm always looking tolearn.
So share that with me.
Next week, I'm really excited.
(24:37):
I have a special guest comingnext week.
We are gonna be joined by ElenaWilson.
She is Miss Kansas Volunteer2026, and we are gonna be
talking all things runner upclub and personal development
and service initiatives anddoing the most with what you
(24:58):
have and turning heartbreak intopassion.
And it is truly like such abeautiful conversation.
You don't want to miss it.
So keep that in mind.
That'll be out next Friday.
Um, and until then, stay well.
Take care of yourselves.
Uh, take it easy, find thatbalance, and we'll talk to you
then.
Bye.
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