What’s Your Relationship with AI?

Let me tell you about my relationship with podcasts.

I haven’t started one. Not because I don’t have ideas or stories or guests lined up — I absolutely do. But because somewhere along the way, the world decided that podcasts should now look good too. You can’t just record something anymore; apparently, you need lighting, angles, HD cameras, and yes, makeup. Suddenly, it’s not a podcast — it’s a performance.

So, instead of launching the thing I wanted to do — audio storytelling — I’ve been stuck in limbo, holding myself hostage with reasons that don’t actually matter. And that’s how I realized: my relationship with podcasts had become unnecessarily complicated.

It made me think — what kind of relationship do you have with AI?

Because here's what I’ve seen: some of us are dancing beautifully with it — exploring, collaborating, using it like a well-placed tool. And some of us are making it way more complicated than it needs to be.

The Simple Joy of AI

I recently had the best little moment at work with a colleague. We were drafting announcements for an upcoming training and both had our AI tools open. We’d feed it a prompt, get back a rough draft, laugh at the weird sentences, then workshop it together. It wasn’t about perfection. It was about partnership — with each other and with the AI.

That’s when AI feels like a healthy relationship: collaborative, creative, useful.

Same thing happened in my personal life when I decided (kind of on a whim) to run a half marathon. I asked my AI: “Is there a race near me this fall?” Boom — Jordan River Half Marathon, eight minutes from my house. “Can you make me a training plan?” Done. Three runs a week starting in June, and I’ll be ready.

Simple. Practical. Empowering.

But you know what most of us do after that?

We spiral.

We go down the rabbit hole — “How fast should a woman my age run? Should I be keto now? What time should I go to bed? Should I be using magnesium baths or cold plunges?” — and suddenly, we’re not doing the thing anymore. We’re just over-prepping, comparing, analyzing, and doubting.

AI isn’t the problem. Our habits are.

The Leadership Trap

The same patterns show up at work — especially for leaders.

You finally get access to AI tools, and instead of letting them simplify your life, you make them another burden. You compare dashboards. You hoard prompts. You worry about using the wrong model or not sounding “human enough.”

And then? You do nothing.

But leadership isn’t about mastering every AI tool. It’s about modeling what it looks like to try. To be curious. To experiment out loud. To say, “Here’s what I’m working on with AI — anyone want to join me?”

Whether you're coaching your team or leading an org, your relationship with AI will shape theirs. So make it a good one.

Let AI Be Easy Again

Your relationship with AI doesn’t need to be perfect. It just needs to be yours — authentic, useful, and honest. Like my new podcast plan: it’s going to be audio-only. I’m not waiting for the lighting to be right or the camera to love me. I’m just going to start.

What’s something you’re delaying because you’re overcomplicating it?

What could AI help you start — today?

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