October 10, 2024 • 28 mins
What if your mental well-being and productivity could coexist in harmony, enhanced by the very technology you once viewed with skepticism? Join us as we engage with Alyssa, a 17-year-old AI enthusiast who began her journey during the chaos of the COVID-19 era. Her story unfolds from doubt to embrace, as she reveals how AI has become a cornerstone in organizing her life and freeing mental space for essential human interactions. Alyssa’s passionate insights highlight the transformative power of AI in maintaining creativity, nurturing collaboration, and supporting holistic health practices to build resilience and manage trauma effectively.
Our conversation ventures into the revolutionary potential of AI in education, aiming to dismantle social inequalities and empower communities with unbiased opportunities. Hear about our shared vision of integrating AI into national security, enhancing decision-making while preserving mental health and teamwork. Together, we imagine a future where technology and holistic living are not adversaries but allies, enabling individuals to thrive both professionally and personally. Alyssa's aspirations of running for public office reinforce our commitment to driving changes in education, technology, and wellness, ensuring a balanced and enriched life for all.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Structuring Chaotic Minds, the
podcast where we turn the chaosof everyday challenges into
structured success.
I'm your host, melissa, andeach episode we'll explore
innovative strategies, real-lifestories and actionable insights
to help you navigate thecomplexities of leadership,
business and personal growth.
Whether you're an entrepreneur,a leader or someone striving
(00:20):
for personal development, thispodcast will give you the tools
to create clarity in the chaos.
Let's dive in.
Alyssa, we're thrilled to haveyou back on Structuring Chaotic
Minds.
Last time, you shared how youhelp us here at the family use
automations with some of oursystems and how you incorporate
(00:41):
AI to do that, but this timewe're going to go into a deeper
focus on your holistic approachand why you believe that
incorporating tools like AI isstill possible.
Plus, we'll dive into someexciting goals about your future
, and we're going to be talkingabout how you feel today.
How are you feeling abouttoday's discussion?
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I'm pretty excited.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
I'm excited to have you.
For those people that are newto our audience, who have not
heard your previous episodes,can you go ahead and give
yourself a brief introduction ofwho you are?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Well, hello listeners .
So my name is Alyssa.
I am 17 years old.
I am a huge AI enthusiast andhave a passion for combining AI
with holistic well-being andeducation.
I like advocating for educationand just being an impactful
student and someone who's makingan impact in the world.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Love it.
We're going to dive in with ourfirst topic or first area, and
that's going to be balancingholistic health and integrating
technology.
So why holistic?
Why AI?
You're deeply committed toholistic health, so that's mind,
body, spirit, but you also likeintegrating technology, so why
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AI?
What drew you to incorporatethese tools in a world where
many people see tech andholistic living as complete
opposites?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Well, I guess you can say that it all showed up in
COVID, where the educationsystems, schools were breaking
down and people were strugglingwith trying to balance
everything.
I was one of them, somebody whowas super against AI and was
like, no, that's not reallygoing to help me with anything,
(02:23):
it's going to make my life somuch worse, it's cheating and
all this other stuff.
But when I realized my friends,who normally would be having a
harder time doing theirclasswork, are more free than I
am, and here I am strugglingtrying to balance all of my
classes and still have time tobe with my family, it was a huge
eye-opener that I'm stressedout, not because of the work,
(02:47):
but because it's an overload ofthings I need to do and I just
don't have time.
So that's why I decided tointegrate.
But can you?
Speaker 1 (02:54):
clarify that, because some people might say oh okay,
so you just had AI go do yourwork.
Is that really what happened?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
No.
So, like I said earlier, I wassuper against it.
I was like you're cheating.
But then I realized I have alot of art blocks, creative
blocks and stuff like that andit's hard for me to consistently
keep my brain going withoutbreaks.
So AI helped me outlinebasically this is what I need to
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do, helped me categorize itinto steps so my brain can
actually process it faster.
And the AI was like not givingyou the answer.
But here you go and it's likewow.
It took me a while because Ididn't know how to prompt at
first, but now it helps so muchmore and an eye opener that, hey
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, this is how much time I'vebeen wasting just trying to
brainstorm what I need to do.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
You've said before that AI and technology should
support, not replace, the humanexperience.
Can you explain how you balanceusing a tool like AI while
staying grounded in yourholistic philosophy, then?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Yeah, of course.
So what I mean is shouldn'treplace personality and stuff
and like what you do is becauseyou can never get rid of human
interaction.
That's always going to be there.
So in order for you to havethose human interactions, you
need to have the mental capacityto have those conversations
with people.
So it's supporting us because,like I said earlier, the brain
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capacity of trying to understandwhat you need to do in your
everyday and if your day ischanging, it's not a fluent
routine and schedule.
It's going to cause overwhelm.
So in order for you to still bementally stable, still get
through the day without feelinglike everything is crashing down
on you, you need to have yourset routines and sometimes it's
like, hey, I need to have thisin my calendar, but I I don't
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have the time to write it down.
Ask the ai to do it and it'llpop up for you later.
It'll sink in, do everythingyou got to do.
It just makes it that mucheasier to still be like I can be
here in the moment with withkids, family, friends and not
worry about my work stuff, andit helps Literally.
It's not something that I canuse to just enhance my
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productivity and still bepresent.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I like that.
What do you believe we muststill hold on to, then, as
humans, even while incorporatingmore technology in our lives
and work?
What do we risk losing if werely on too much automation?
Speaker 2 (05:29):
This is going back to the collaboration and human
interaction piece.
We risk losing that if we're sonose deep into the computers
and we don't take time to stepback, see what we've created and
collaborate with our peersBecause, honestly, it takes all
of our data, it takes all of ourmind processes to create
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something that works foreverybody.
So if you're creating somethingfor yourself, it's not going to
work for the person next to you.
It's not because you guys havedifferent brain processes.
You think differently, so thathuman interaction needs to be
there, regardless of how muchautomation we use.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
You've openly discussed your experiences with
trauma and resilience before onour episodes.
How have both AI and now a moreholistic practices helped you
develop the coping mechanismsyou needed to help with that
trauma, and can they really worktogether?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
I think they definitely can work together.
The reason why I wasn't able tocope with what I was going
through at the time is because Igenerally was handling AP
classes after AP class after APclass.
I taught AP classes, I was insports, I did some volunteer
work, I had four AP classes.
I was in sports, I did somevolunteer work All things I
liked doing.
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The point was I didn't have timeto come back and be like here's
my 15 minute break, let mebreathe, let me talk to my
family, and at the time I wasgoing through something where I
couldn't fully express myemotions, not because I felt
like I was in a bad environment,rather than I didn't have time
to process what I was feeling.
(07:08):
So it made me extremely angry,extremely frustrated, and I saw
a plummet in what I normally wasexceeding at.
It just wasn't the same anymore.
So using AI, like I said, tocreate that outline, to keep
that strategy going for me, andnot having to change and dabble
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with everything that I'm alreadydoing, gave me the opportunity
to hey, let's go get sometherapy, let's go talk as a
family.
This is what we got to do a lotof progress and a lot of growth
, because now I'm able topublicly speak, be on podcasts
and speak about what I got to doand what I've been through,
(07:50):
rather than being like I don'twant to talk to anybody, leave
me alone.
Why are you talking to me inthe first place?
I don't have time to talk toyou.
No, you do so.
There's no excuse, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Yeah, AI as a support , not as a crutch.
There's a lot of fear that AIwill replace jobs, relationships
or even creative processes.
How do you use AI to enhanceyour emotional resilience?
Speaker 2 (08:24):
and mental health without letting it become a
crutch.
I think I'm able to decipherbetween the two because there's
a lot of apps out there, there'sa lot of resources you can use
that balance your life.
I use sometimes these meditationthings that are personalized
just for me because theywouldn't work for another person
(08:44):
.
I don't think I am extremelyhave all these mental health
issues because I don't, so Idon't need all the therapy that
another person would need, butthat it's not my crutch, because
I can still go throughout theday, still have my creative
process, but then be like, hey,I need you to edit this for me
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and it's like, okay, I got it.
It's like, all right, that's 15minutes I could be doing
meditating, 15 minutes I couldbe doing taking a walk outside,
walking my dog, going andgetting a snack.
That holistic part of my lifeis being freed up again because
my productivity being enhancedand I think that's a great part.
And it may be difficult forpeople because they don't know
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how exactly to prompt it.
And not even a lie.
It took me some time to figureout how I'm supposed to prompt
things, but simple baby steps.
I need help with this or createa guide for this, and it worked
wonders for building systemsfor healing.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
You've helped us set up systems that automate tasks
around here and give us moretime for the important stuff.
You I like how you highlightedthat.
How do you see this approachhelping more people who need
time for personal healing,self-care and holistic living?
Speaker 2 (10:11):
I think let's use teachers as an example and what
they have to do in theirday-to-day.
I remember, as you as a teacher, you were there from what?
Six in the morning to eight atnight.
I don't even know how thatshift works, but point is if we
were to use a teacher as anexample and how AI can help
their processes.
(10:33):
You're only one person andtrying to teach what 30, maybe
40 kids at a time can getoverwhelming, especially because
everybody, like I said earlier,they have different thought
processes.
Not everybody's on the samepage.
So how are you going to be ableto go and personalize each
teaching and coaching mechanismfor that one student and make
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sure everybody gets that 100%?
It's a lot harder.
I'm not saying it's impossible,but it's a lot harder and it's
more stressful on the teacher.
So, creating those processes tobe like, hey, you already got
something that's helping youpersonalize the teaching, you're
still coaching them, you'restill telling them this is what
you got to do, but getting ridall those teacher.
(11:16):
I have a question and you maythink it's the stupidest
question in the world, butthey're like it's my life or
death type of scenario and Ineed help.
Right, having that frees up theteacher's time.
It helps them understand.
Hey, this is what my kids arenot understanding and I can
teach this as a collective,because that's what everyone is
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struggling on.
Rather than what are peoplestruggling on?
Kids not wanting to even answerbecause they're afraid that
it's something stupid or they'reafraid that they're going to be
laughed at, because it's likehow do you not understand it?
Having those systems in placefrees up the teacher's time,
gives them time to finally calmdown, relax and spend time with
their families, because theydon't get to see their families
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majority of the time becausethey're grading papers or
they're giving out new lessonplans, new exit tickets, and
it's harder for them to fullyrelax or wind down.
So I think if we were toimplement more processes based
off of specialization andpersonalization, it'll help a
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lot more people across all typesof industries.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Bigger goals and impact Bridging gaps with
technology.
One of your biggest passions isclosing economic gaps, but then
bridging digital divides.
How do you see technology, andspecifically AI, helping us
achieve this?
What is the ultimate goal foryou in this area?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
I think the ultimate goal for me in this area is that
everybody's having anopportunity.
Everyone has access.
Sure, people get scared.
They're like, hey, what if thisone person he's probably not
good for our environment hasaccess to this AI and AI goes
bad?
Or what if the AI robots end uptaking all of our information
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and all the sci-fi type ofscenarios Valid points.
But I feel like if everybody hasaccess, access there shouldn't
be a high class, middle class,low class not saying that
everyone should automatically begiven the best type of life,
that's not what I'm saying.
But everybody should start at acommon ground because it's not
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fair that somebody who is borninto a place of wealth doesn't
have to work hard and still getsthe same opportunities as
someone who started from theground up.
They still see a huge gap fromwhat opportunities they're given
, whether it's racial, ethnical,religious, sex type of barriers
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, sex type of barriers they'revery much present.
But an AI if we all input ourdata, if we all come together,
the AI won't be biased and it'llmake sure everyone gets the
opportunity that it needs andthat the equity everyone
deserves, rather than hey, sincethis person is this type of
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color, this person believes inthis.
They don't get the sameopportunity.
So I feel like having an AI whoisn't actually biased can
bridge that gap and make sureeverybody's successful.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Education in the future.
You mentioned wanting to impacteducation on a larger scale.
What's your vision for ai andtechnology like?
How can it help reform theeducation system?
How can it empower communitieswhile still allowing time for
that holistic life you mentioned?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
yeah.
So combining technology and AI,I really do feel like it can
help bridge the educationalbarriers that we have.
By doing AI, you could probablyteach somebody everything they
need to know within a school dayand two hours.
Why?
Because the education system,like I mentioned earlier, is
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broken.
But the reason why it is likethat is because it was meant for
the factory workers.
It was meant for the eight hourday schedules for people who
are at work, working forsomebody else and not on
themselves.
One working at a store for somebillionaire.
(15:38):
And you realize, hey, we'retired all day and school is just
a productive version of adaycare.
You use AI and you understand, Ican learn everything that I
need to, and then some.
Because at school you don'tknow how to do your checkbooks.
You don't know how to do yourcheckbooks.
You don't know how to do taxes.
Sure, you may learn math, butnever in those kinds of real
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life examples.
You go to school and it's likewhen am I gonna need this?
When am I gonna need to createa parabola to buy a?
You know a to buy groceries?
I'm not.
I need that.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Sure it may be nice, it's going to go up.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Yeah, I need to calculate the trajectory of when
that sandal will hit me in theface.
I have to understand, hey, thisis the rocket science to talk
to a female, something like that.
It's just like if we can limitall the other added distractions
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to keep you busy throughout theday, you can end up
understanding hey, what careerfield do I want to go to?
Maybe I want to start my ownbusiness.
This is my own personal growth,my own professional growth, and
using that can build theleaders that we are so hoping
will lead us into tomorrow.
So that's what I think AI canhelp with.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
So hopes for Homeland Defense and beyond.
You're studying for the AirForce and you have hopes to work
for Homeland Defense one day.
How do your holistic values andbeliefs in tools like AI fit
into that?
What's the connection betweennational security and holistic
living for you?
Speaker 2 (17:28):
I think the connection between both of those
is that if I learn what ournation's best interests are, I
can understand hey, this is howI can protect people that I love
.
You know mindful of others, howto speak to others, I can end
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up creating a certain changethat brings you know, holistic
thought processes into even thehighest types of government.
Should you be in the military,you have to be stern.
Don't really talk about youremotions as much, because they
mess with the mind when you'rein the heat of battle.
Point is, if I'm able to fullyaddress my mental state and
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actually work on that and fullyhave a clear vision of what I
need to do, not only will mywork be that much easier, but,
like, it will also help thepeople around me.
And I'm not sure if this ismaking sense, but like, let's
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just say, if somebody is anxious, you can feel that anxiousness
and it's like I'm going to be inthe tech field.
I can't be anxious of anything.
I already know I'm good with ai,so I'm gonna use that piece to
still help me.
You know, like, stay groundedand it'll help the person next
to me.
Stay grounded and we couldstill share that holistic, like
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energy that, hey, this is whatwe gotta do.
We got something to help us.
Here's our tool, let's just getthis done.
And then the nation's safe.
That's what that?
That's like energy.
That, hey, this is what we gotto do.
We got something to help us.
Here's our tool, let's just getthis done.
And then the nation's safe.
That's the main piece that Iwant Make sure our country is
still safe, make sure my familyis still safe, and doing so
without losing my brain cells.
So that's what I want to beable to do.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Personal aspirations of podcast launch.
Running for public office oneday.
You have plans to run forpublic office one day, whatever
space that looks like, but whatchanges do you hope to bring to
the table when it comes toeducation, technology and
wellness?
How do you plan on ensuringthat tools will be provided for
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communities so that they canthrive technologically and
holistically?
Speaker 2 (20:00):
So what I plan on doing when I it's going to be
official that I am going to runfor office because there's I
gotta like, there's so much infront of me that I'm seeing.
That makes me sad.
The education that I used toknow was every student has the
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ability to go to college.
There's opportunity for all.
But now you're not seeing thatopportunity for everybody,
seeing that opportunity foreverybody.
Nobody's really caring aboutthe person in the back.
And it's sad because every kidis bright, Every kid should have
a future, but it's taken awayfrom them because people don't
want to put in the extra work tohelp them out.
(20:44):
So I feel like affordablehousing, having technology
supported for everyone, willmake sure that, hey, these
futures are not necessarily setin stone, but they are secured
because they have the ability tostart just like everybody else.
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They're not behind, they haveeverything that they need and
it's up to them to decide hey,this is what I'm going to do for
my future, this is what I'mgoing to do to help out my
community.
And I feel like taking AI intoeducation and, like I said,
personalizing it to where it'sonly two hours a day and people
learn only what they need tolearn and then work on their
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personal goals and theirprofessional goals and stuff
will be so much easier for likethe holistic part, because they
don't have to worry aboutfitting into a system that only
certain people thrive in andthey don't have to feel like I
am an outcast because I alreadyfeel like the system is putting
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me as a outlier because I don'tfit these criteria.
So I really want to advocatefor a change in education and
end up being that person'sguiding light, so that they
don't feel like they're leftbehind.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Introducing AI Ain't the Bad Guy.
Introducing AI Ain't the BadGuy.
Your podcast, ai Ain't the BadGuy launches October 31st.
You're supposed to be havingthe spooky truth about AI.
What can listeners expect andhow will it address
misconceptions about AI, whilealso trying to push your bigger
message, which is balance andholistic growth?
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Well, I'm pretty excited about that one.
What speakers not speakers, butwhat audiences can expect is
that I'm going to actually bedemystifying these things that
people are putting on the AI.
They say like we've beentalking about this entire
episode that it's going to takeaway our jobs.
(22:54):
It's going to take awayeverything that we're already
doing.
Ai is crap.
I don't know why everybody'sindulging in it.
It's getting rid of humaninteraction and I'm losing my
job because I fortunatelyhaven't accepted that AI is not
going anywhere and that it's notjust a trend.
A lot of people believe that ifwe ignore it, it's going to go
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away.
Unfortunately, that's not thecase, because you got these
electric cars, you have Elondoing whatever he does, and open
AI is just getting bigger andAI processes being put into
Google.
Our think tanks are not goingto stop using AI.
So I want to help peopleunderstand.
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You don't have to fully indulgeand get on the bandwagon.
Ai is great, because that maynot be the case for everybody,
but at least for the people whohate it, they'll understand why
it may be beneficial for them toslowly ease into it rather than
ignore it completely, becauseit's not going to go anywhere.
But if you understand, this ishow I can use it.
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You become irreplaceable.
So that's really what I hopethe episode will end up coming
out to be, and people gain thatinsight from it.
But if not, hey, you know, I'mtrying, man.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
So for listeners who are just beginning to explore
tools like using AI alongsideholistic practices.
What key pieces of advice wouldyou give them to ensure that
they're not losing that humantouch in the process?
Speaker 2 (24:33):
of advice would you give them to ensure that they're
not losing that human touch inthe process?
I would say don't immediatelyget rid of all of your like
routines and systems you have inplace, because it wouldn't make
sense.
Let's say you are used towriting everything in your
calendar and you decide let meuse AI.
And you know you've neverworked a calendar on your phone
in your life.
That's already ruining a systemyou have in place because
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you're not used to it and it'sgoing to eventually, in turn,
ruin the mental balance that youhave because it's like it's
another thing I got to work on.
I have to do this and I'm notused to it and it's making my
life this much harder.
Oh my God, I hate AI.
That's not the point.
It's just working baby stepsand then, once you feel that
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you're more comfortable with it,then you can integrate more.
But don't like force yourselfinto doing something that other
people do because it wouldn't beworth it for you in the long
run.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
What's next for you After your podcast launch?
What other exciting projects orgoals are on the horizon for
you?
Speaker 2 (25:41):
I think, more of advocating and learning how I
can actually become that councilmember, because I think I can.
I speak, but I ramble, let's behonest.
And I speak but I get like theuh, uh, uh, yeah that I'm not as
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great as Clearing my thoughtsand letting somebody know.
This is why something needs tohappen and this will help
everybody, because Blank space.
So I want to end up goingthrough more of the council
processes, learning what I gotto do, go to college and also
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get into the air force, becausehow am I going to say, hey, I
did Homeland defense if I didn'tdo Homeland defense, so I got
to?
You know, those are the nextsteps.
Make sure.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
I don't put away in a nursing home, please.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
Oh yeah, I love how you always remind us.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
That's another reason .
Seriously, I love how youalways remind us that tools like
AI can make things faster andmore efficient, but ultimately
that's what allows us to havethat human connection.
So we do have time for theemotional and the mental
wellbeing to come first, asopposed to the work.
Alyssa's podcast proud mom here, but yeah, ai Ain't the Bad Guy
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is going to be launching onOctober 31st.
I encourage each of you to tunein and explore how technology
can be a force for good whenit's used thoughtfully.
And for those of you who areinterested in the bigger picture
, like future of education orclosing economic gaps in our
communities, alyssa isdefinitely working on something
to keep an eye on.
So thank you so much for joiningus on another episode of
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Structuring Chaotic Minds.
We're excited to continue thesethought-provoking conversations
and we hope we have left youinspired to incorporate the
right tools in your own life inways that support your holistic
health and personal well-being.
Until next time, keepstructuring that chaos.
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Welcome to Structuring Chaotic Minds, the
podcast where we turn the chaosof everyday challenges into
structured success.
I'm your host, melissa, andeach episode we'll explore
innovative strategies, real-lifestories and actionable insights
to help you navigate thecomplexities of leadership,
business and personal growth.
Whether you're an entrepreneur,a leader or someone striving
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for personal development, thispodcast will give you the tools
to create clarity in the chaos.
Let's dive in.
Alyssa, we're thrilled to haveyou back on Structuring Chaotic
Minds.
Last time, you shared how youhelp us here at the family use
automations with some of oursystems and how you incorporate
(00:41):
AI to do that, but this timewe're going to go into a deeper
focus on your holistic approachand why you believe that
incorporating tools like AI isstill possible.
Plus, we'll dive into someexciting goals about your future
, and we're going to be talkingabout how you feel today.
How are you feeling abouttoday's discussion?
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I'm pretty excited.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
I'm excited to have you.
For those people that are newto our audience, who have not
heard your previous episodes,can you go ahead and give
yourself a brief introduction ofwho you are?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Well, hello listeners .
So my name is Alyssa.
I am 17 years old.
I am a huge AI enthusiast andhave a passion for combining AI
with holistic well-being andeducation.
I like advocating for educationand just being an impactful
student and someone who's makingan impact in the world.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Love it.
We're going to dive in with ourfirst topic or first area, and
that's going to be balancingholistic health and integrating
technology.
So why holistic?
Why AI?
You're deeply committed toholistic health, so that's mind,
body, spirit, but you also likeintegrating technology, so why
(01:54):
AI?
What drew you to incorporatethese tools in a world where
many people see tech andholistic living as complete
opposites?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Well, I guess you can say that it all showed up in
COVID, where the educationsystems, schools were breaking
down and people were strugglingwith trying to balance
everything.
I was one of them, somebody whowas super against AI and was
like, no, that's not reallygoing to help me with anything,
(02:23):
it's going to make my life somuch worse, it's cheating and
all this other stuff.
But when I realized my friends,who normally would be having a
harder time doing theirclasswork, are more free than I
am, and here I am strugglingtrying to balance all of my
classes and still have time tobe with my family, it was a huge
eye-opener that I'm stressedout, not because of the work,
(02:47):
but because it's an overload ofthings I need to do and I just
don't have time.
So that's why I decided tointegrate.
But can you?
Speaker 1 (02:54):
clarify that, because some people might say oh okay,
so you just had AI go do yourwork.
Is that really what happened?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
No.
So, like I said earlier, I wassuper against it.
I was like you're cheating.
But then I realized I have alot of art blocks, creative
blocks and stuff like that andit's hard for me to consistently
keep my brain going withoutbreaks.
So AI helped me outlinebasically this is what I need to
(03:23):
do, helped me categorize itinto steps so my brain can
actually process it faster.
And the AI was like not givingyou the answer.
But here you go and it's likewow.
It took me a while because Ididn't know how to prompt at
first, but now it helps so muchmore and an eye opener that, hey
(03:44):
, this is how much time I'vebeen wasting just trying to
brainstorm what I need to do.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
You've said before that AI and technology should
support, not replace, the humanexperience.
Can you explain how you balanceusing a tool like AI while
staying grounded in yourholistic philosophy, then?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Yeah, of course.
So what I mean is shouldn'treplace personality and stuff
and like what you do is becauseyou can never get rid of human
interaction.
That's always going to be there.
So in order for you to havethose human interactions, you
need to have the mental capacityto have those conversations
with people.
So it's supporting us because,like I said earlier, the brain
(04:27):
capacity of trying to understandwhat you need to do in your
everyday and if your day ischanging, it's not a fluent
routine and schedule.
It's going to cause overwhelm.
So in order for you to still bementally stable, still get
through the day without feelinglike everything is crashing down
on you, you need to have yourset routines and sometimes it's
like, hey, I need to have thisin my calendar, but I I don't
(04:50):
have the time to write it down.
Ask the ai to do it and it'llpop up for you later.
It'll sink in, do everythingyou got to do.
It just makes it that mucheasier to still be like I can be
here in the moment with withkids, family, friends and not
worry about my work stuff, andit helps Literally.
It's not something that I canuse to just enhance my
(05:12):
productivity and still bepresent.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I like that.
What do you believe we muststill hold on to, then, as
humans, even while incorporatingmore technology in our lives
and work?
What do we risk losing if werely on too much automation?
Speaker 2 (05:29):
This is going back to the collaboration and human
interaction piece.
We risk losing that if we're sonose deep into the computers
and we don't take time to stepback, see what we've created and
collaborate with our peersBecause, honestly, it takes all
of our data, it takes all of ourmind processes to create
(05:52):
something that works foreverybody.
So if you're creating somethingfor yourself, it's not going to
work for the person next to you.
It's not because you guys havedifferent brain processes.
You think differently, so thathuman interaction needs to be
there, regardless of how muchautomation we use.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
You've openly discussed your experiences with
trauma and resilience before onour episodes.
How have both AI and now a moreholistic practices helped you
develop the coping mechanismsyou needed to help with that
trauma, and can they really worktogether?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
I think they definitely can work together.
The reason why I wasn't able tocope with what I was going
through at the time is because Igenerally was handling AP
classes after AP class after APclass.
I taught AP classes, I was insports, I did some volunteer
work, I had four AP classes.
I was in sports, I did somevolunteer work All things I
liked doing.
(06:48):
The point was I didn't have timeto come back and be like here's
my 15 minute break, let mebreathe, let me talk to my
family, and at the time I wasgoing through something where I
couldn't fully express myemotions, not because I felt
like I was in a bad environment,rather than I didn't have time
to process what I was feeling.
(07:08):
So it made me extremely angry,extremely frustrated, and I saw
a plummet in what I normally wasexceeding at.
It just wasn't the same anymore.
So using AI, like I said, tocreate that outline, to keep
that strategy going for me, andnot having to change and dabble
(07:29):
with everything that I'm alreadydoing, gave me the opportunity
to hey, let's go get sometherapy, let's go talk as a
family.
This is what we got to do a lotof progress and a lot of growth
, because now I'm able topublicly speak, be on podcasts
and speak about what I got to doand what I've been through,
(07:50):
rather than being like I don'twant to talk to anybody, leave
me alone.
Why are you talking to me inthe first place?
I don't have time to talk toyou.
No, you do so.
There's no excuse, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Yeah, AI as a support , not as a crutch.
There's a lot of fear that AIwill replace jobs, relationships
or even creative processes.
How do you use AI to enhanceyour emotional resilience?
Speaker 2 (08:24):
and mental health without letting it become a
crutch.
I think I'm able to decipherbetween the two because there's
a lot of apps out there, there'sa lot of resources you can use
that balance your life.
I use sometimes these meditationthings that are personalized
just for me because theywouldn't work for another person
(08:44):
.
I don't think I am extremelyhave all these mental health
issues because I don't, so Idon't need all the therapy that
another person would need, butthat it's not my crutch, because
I can still go throughout theday, still have my creative
process, but then be like, hey,I need you to edit this for me
(09:07):
and it's like, okay, I got it.
It's like, all right, that's 15minutes I could be doing
meditating, 15 minutes I couldbe doing taking a walk outside,
walking my dog, going andgetting a snack.
That holistic part of my lifeis being freed up again because
my productivity being enhancedand I think that's a great part.
And it may be difficult forpeople because they don't know
(09:32):
how exactly to prompt it.
And not even a lie.
It took me some time to figureout how I'm supposed to prompt
things, but simple baby steps.
I need help with this or createa guide for this, and it worked
wonders for building systemsfor healing.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
You've helped us set up systems that automate tasks
around here and give us moretime for the important stuff.
You I like how you highlightedthat.
How do you see this approachhelping more people who need
time for personal healing,self-care and holistic living?
Speaker 2 (10:11):
I think let's use teachers as an example and what
they have to do in theirday-to-day.
I remember, as you as a teacher, you were there from what?
Six in the morning to eight atnight.
I don't even know how thatshift works, but point is if we
were to use a teacher as anexample and how AI can help
their processes.
(10:33):
You're only one person andtrying to teach what 30, maybe
40 kids at a time can getoverwhelming, especially because
everybody, like I said earlier,they have different thought
processes.
Not everybody's on the samepage.
So how are you going to be ableto go and personalize each
teaching and coaching mechanismfor that one student and make
(10:54):
sure everybody gets that 100%?
It's a lot harder.
I'm not saying it's impossible,but it's a lot harder and it's
more stressful on the teacher.
So, creating those processes tobe like, hey, you already got
something that's helping youpersonalize the teaching, you're
still coaching them, you'restill telling them this is what
you got to do, but getting ridall those teacher.
(11:16):
I have a question and you maythink it's the stupidest
question in the world, butthey're like it's my life or
death type of scenario and Ineed help.
Right, having that frees up theteacher's time.
It helps them understand.
Hey, this is what my kids arenot understanding and I can
teach this as a collective,because that's what everyone is
(11:37):
struggling on.
Rather than what are peoplestruggling on?
Kids not wanting to even answerbecause they're afraid that
it's something stupid or they'reafraid that they're going to be
laughed at, because it's likehow do you not understand it?
Having those systems in placefrees up the teacher's time,
gives them time to finally calmdown, relax and spend time with
their families, because theydon't get to see their families
(11:58):
majority of the time becausethey're grading papers or
they're giving out new lessonplans, new exit tickets, and
it's harder for them to fullyrelax or wind down.
So I think if we were toimplement more processes based
off of specialization andpersonalization, it'll help a
(12:18):
lot more people across all typesof industries.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Bigger goals and impact Bridging gaps with
technology.
One of your biggest passions isclosing economic gaps, but then
bridging digital divides.
How do you see technology, andspecifically AI, helping us
achieve this?
What is the ultimate goal foryou in this area?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
I think the ultimate goal for me in this area is that
everybody's having anopportunity.
Everyone has access.
Sure, people get scared.
They're like, hey, what if thisone person he's probably not
good for our environment hasaccess to this AI and AI goes
bad?
Or what if the AI robots end uptaking all of our information
(13:06):
and all the sci-fi type ofscenarios Valid points.
But I feel like if everybody hasaccess, access there shouldn't
be a high class, middle class,low class not saying that
everyone should automatically begiven the best type of life,
that's not what I'm saying.
But everybody should start at acommon ground because it's not
(13:30):
fair that somebody who is borninto a place of wealth doesn't
have to work hard and still getsthe same opportunities as
someone who started from theground up.
They still see a huge gap fromwhat opportunities they're given
, whether it's racial, ethnical,religious, sex type of barriers
(13:52):
, sex type of barriers they'revery much present.
But an AI if we all input ourdata, if we all come together,
the AI won't be biased and it'llmake sure everyone gets the
opportunity that it needs andthat the equity everyone
deserves, rather than hey, sincethis person is this type of
(14:13):
color, this person believes inthis.
They don't get the sameopportunity.
So I feel like having an AI whoisn't actually biased can
bridge that gap and make sureeverybody's successful.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Education in the future.
You mentioned wanting to impacteducation on a larger scale.
What's your vision for ai andtechnology like?
How can it help reform theeducation system?
How can it empower communitieswhile still allowing time for
that holistic life you mentioned?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
yeah.
So combining technology and AI,I really do feel like it can
help bridge the educationalbarriers that we have.
By doing AI, you could probablyteach somebody everything they
need to know within a school dayand two hours.
Why?
Because the education system,like I mentioned earlier, is
(15:14):
broken.
But the reason why it is likethat is because it was meant for
the factory workers.
It was meant for the eight hourday schedules for people who
are at work, working forsomebody else and not on
themselves.
One working at a store for somebillionaire.
(15:38):
And you realize, hey, we'retired all day and school is just
a productive version of adaycare.
You use AI and you understand, Ican learn everything that I
need to, and then some.
Because at school you don'tknow how to do your checkbooks.
You don't know how to do yourcheckbooks.
You don't know how to do taxes.
Sure, you may learn math, butnever in those kinds of real
(16:00):
life examples.
You go to school and it's likewhen am I gonna need this?
When am I gonna need to createa parabola to buy a?
You know a to buy groceries?
I'm not.
I need that.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Sure it may be nice, it's going to go up.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Yeah, I need to calculate the trajectory of when
that sandal will hit me in theface.
I have to understand, hey, thisis the rocket science to talk
to a female, something like that.
It's just like if we can limitall the other added distractions
(16:41):
to keep you busy throughout theday, you can end up
understanding hey, what careerfield do I want to go to?
Maybe I want to start my ownbusiness.
This is my own personal growth,my own professional growth, and
using that can build theleaders that we are so hoping
will lead us into tomorrow.
So that's what I think AI canhelp with.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
So hopes for Homeland Defense and beyond.
You're studying for the AirForce and you have hopes to work
for Homeland Defense one day.
How do your holistic values andbeliefs in tools like AI fit
into that?
What's the connection betweennational security and holistic
living for you?
Speaker 2 (17:28):
I think the connection between both of those
is that if I learn what ournation's best interests are, I
can understand hey, this is howI can protect people that I love
.
You know mindful of others, howto speak to others, I can end
(17:55):
up creating a certain changethat brings you know, holistic
thought processes into even thehighest types of government.
Should you be in the military,you have to be stern.
Don't really talk about youremotions as much, because they
mess with the mind when you'rein the heat of battle.
Point is, if I'm able to fullyaddress my mental state and
(18:22):
actually work on that and fullyhave a clear vision of what I
need to do, not only will mywork be that much easier, but,
like, it will also help thepeople around me.
And I'm not sure if this ismaking sense, but like, let's
(18:44):
just say, if somebody is anxious, you can feel that anxiousness
and it's like I'm going to be inthe tech field.
I can't be anxious of anything.
I already know I'm good with ai,so I'm gonna use that piece to
still help me.
You know, like, stay groundedand it'll help the person next
to me.
Stay grounded and we couldstill share that holistic, like
(19:07):
energy that, hey, this is whatwe gotta do.
We got something to help us.
Here's our tool, let's just getthis done.
And then the nation's safe.
That's what that?
That's like energy.
That, hey, this is what we gotto do.
We got something to help us.
Here's our tool, let's just getthis done.
And then the nation's safe.
That's the main piece that Iwant Make sure our country is
still safe, make sure my familyis still safe, and doing so
without losing my brain cells.
So that's what I want to beable to do.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Personal aspirations of podcast launch.
Running for public office oneday.
You have plans to run forpublic office one day, whatever
space that looks like, but whatchanges do you hope to bring to
the table when it comes toeducation, technology and
wellness?
How do you plan on ensuringthat tools will be provided for
(19:51):
communities so that they canthrive technologically and
holistically?
Speaker 2 (20:00):
So what I plan on doing when I it's going to be
official that I am going to runfor office because there's I
gotta like, there's so much infront of me that I'm seeing.
That makes me sad.
The education that I used toknow was every student has the
(20:22):
ability to go to college.
There's opportunity for all.
But now you're not seeing thatopportunity for everybody,
seeing that opportunity foreverybody.
Nobody's really caring aboutthe person in the back.
And it's sad because every kidis bright, Every kid should have
a future, but it's taken awayfrom them because people don't
want to put in the extra work tohelp them out.
(20:44):
So I feel like affordablehousing, having technology
supported for everyone, willmake sure that, hey, these
futures are not necessarily setin stone, but they are secured
because they have the ability tostart just like everybody else.
(21:05):
They're not behind, they haveeverything that they need and
it's up to them to decide hey,this is what I'm going to do for
my future, this is what I'mgoing to do to help out my
community.
And I feel like taking AI intoeducation and, like I said,
personalizing it to where it'sonly two hours a day and people
learn only what they need tolearn and then work on their
(21:27):
personal goals and theirprofessional goals and stuff
will be so much easier for likethe holistic part, because they
don't have to worry aboutfitting into a system that only
certain people thrive in andthey don't have to feel like I
am an outcast because I alreadyfeel like the system is putting
(21:50):
me as a outlier because I don'tfit these criteria.
So I really want to advocatefor a change in education and
end up being that person'sguiding light, so that they
don't feel like they're leftbehind.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Introducing AI Ain't the Bad Guy.
Introducing AI Ain't the BadGuy.
Your podcast, ai Ain't the BadGuy launches October 31st.
You're supposed to be havingthe spooky truth about AI.
What can listeners expect andhow will it address
misconceptions about AI, whilealso trying to push your bigger
message, which is balance andholistic growth?
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Well, I'm pretty excited about that one.
What speakers not speakers, butwhat audiences can expect is
that I'm going to actually bedemystifying these things that
people are putting on the AI.
They say like we've beentalking about this entire
episode that it's going to takeaway our jobs.
(22:54):
It's going to take awayeverything that we're already
doing.
Ai is crap.
I don't know why everybody'sindulging in it.
It's getting rid of humaninteraction and I'm losing my
job because I fortunatelyhaven't accepted that AI is not
going anywhere and that it's notjust a trend.
A lot of people believe that ifwe ignore it, it's going to go
(23:18):
away.
Unfortunately, that's not thecase, because you got these
electric cars, you have Elondoing whatever he does, and open
AI is just getting bigger andAI processes being put into
Google.
Our think tanks are not goingto stop using AI.
So I want to help peopleunderstand.
(23:39):
You don't have to fully indulgeand get on the bandwagon.
Ai is great, because that maynot be the case for everybody,
but at least for the people whohate it, they'll understand why
it may be beneficial for them toslowly ease into it rather than
ignore it completely, becauseit's not going to go anywhere.
But if you understand, this ishow I can use it.
(24:02):
You become irreplaceable.
So that's really what I hopethe episode will end up coming
out to be, and people gain thatinsight from it.
But if not, hey, you know, I'mtrying, man.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
So for listeners who are just beginning to explore
tools like using AI alongsideholistic practices.
What key pieces of advice wouldyou give them to ensure that
they're not losing that humantouch in the process?
Speaker 2 (24:33):
of advice would you give them to ensure that they're
not losing that human touch inthe process?
I would say don't immediatelyget rid of all of your like
routines and systems you have inplace, because it wouldn't make
sense.
Let's say you are used towriting everything in your
calendar and you decide let meuse AI.
And you know you've neverworked a calendar on your phone
in your life.
That's already ruining a systemyou have in place because
(24:57):
you're not used to it and it'sgoing to eventually, in turn,
ruin the mental balance that youhave because it's like it's
another thing I got to work on.
I have to do this and I'm notused to it and it's making my
life this much harder.
Oh my God, I hate AI.
That's not the point.
It's just working baby stepsand then, once you feel that
(25:18):
you're more comfortable with it,then you can integrate more.
But don't like force yourselfinto doing something that other
people do because it wouldn't beworth it for you in the long
run.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
What's next for you After your podcast launch?
What other exciting projects orgoals are on the horizon for
you?
Speaker 2 (25:41):
I think, more of advocating and learning how I
can actually become that councilmember, because I think I can.
I speak, but I ramble, let's behonest.
And I speak but I get like theuh, uh, uh, yeah that I'm not as
(26:02):
great as Clearing my thoughtsand letting somebody know.
This is why something needs tohappen and this will help
everybody, because Blank space.
So I want to end up goingthrough more of the council
processes, learning what I gotto do, go to college and also
(26:25):
get into the air force, becausehow am I going to say, hey, I
did Homeland defense if I didn'tdo Homeland defense, so I got
to?
You know, those are the nextsteps.
Make sure.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
I don't put away in a nursing home, please.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
Oh yeah, I love how you always remind us.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
That's another reason .
Seriously, I love how youalways remind us that tools like
AI can make things faster andmore efficient, but ultimately
that's what allows us to havethat human connection.
So we do have time for theemotional and the mental
wellbeing to come first, asopposed to the work.
Alyssa's podcast proud mom here, but yeah, ai Ain't the Bad Guy
(27:04):
is going to be launching onOctober 31st.
I encourage each of you to tunein and explore how technology
can be a force for good whenit's used thoughtfully.
And for those of you who areinterested in the bigger picture
, like future of education orclosing economic gaps in our
communities, alyssa isdefinitely working on something
to keep an eye on.
So thank you so much for joiningus on another episode of
(27:27):
Structuring Chaotic Minds.
We're excited to continue thesethought-provoking conversations
and we hope we have left youinspired to incorporate the
right tools in your own life inways that support your holistic
health and personal well-being.
Until next time, keepstructuring that chaos.
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