💡 ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Brée Nachelle has one rule for AI: “I am the loop. You are my tool.”
Brée is a mindfulness facilitator, AI practitioner and the author of Aligned, Not Automated. She spent years as a digital strategist at NASA, then three years recovering from burnout. Now she builds simple automations that find grants, paid speaking gigs and government proposals for her, and she teaches others to do the same, one app at a time.
We’re both former federal employees, so we talk about who you are after the agency job is gone. We also get into what worries her: people giving chatbots nicknames, AI companions replacing friends, and voice cloning good enough to fool our parents. Her advice is to use the tool, then put the phone down and go to the cookout.
🌐 Brée’s website: https://hub.breenachelle.com/
📖 Aligned, Not Automated: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL868M91
📲 Threads: https://www.threads.com/@baronessbree
📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baronessbree/
📲 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/baronessbree
📖 Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sherry-turkle/artificial-intimacy/9780316573962/
🛠️ Zo Computer: https://www.zo.computer/
🎯 KEY TAKEAWAYS
🔹 Simple AI automations can search for grants, paid speaking gigs and job leads and send you the results each week
🔹 Start with one app and one task, and treat each build like a project with a plan
🔹 Pace your calendar to the energy you have today, not the energy you had before burnout
🔹 An accountability community helps you finish goals you’d drop on your own
🔹 Your voice and likeness are online every time you record, so learn how voice cloning works and how to protect yourself
🔹 AI is a tool for work, and real friendships still need time, effort and people in the room
TOPICS
COMMUNITY & CONNECTIONS
INNOVATION
STRATEGIC THINKING
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