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AI For The Busy Human
Hosted by Bella Vasta · EN
AI For The Busy Human is a podcast for people who do not have time to learn every AI tool on the planet — but want to use the ones that will actually change their daily life. Every episode is one real problem, one real tool, and one workflow you can use tonight. Hosted by Bella Vasta — Phoenix-based AI consultant, business speaker, and single mom who has spent three years figuring out what AI can actually do for normal, busy, non-technical people.
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The Resistance Tax: What Avoiding AI Is Costing You Every Single Day | Ep 12
Mar 2900:14:22Tap to summarizeIf you are wondering why you should start using AI in everyday life — this is the episode. AI will not replace you. But a person using AI is already ahead of you. This is about closing that gap. AI For The Busy Human · Episode 12 · Hosted by Bella Vasta This is the season finale of AI For The Busy Human. No prompts today. No tutorials. Just the truth about what it is costing you — right now, every day — to keep doing things the hard way when a faster, better option already exists. Bella Vasta calls it the Resistance Tax: the invisible price you pay in time, energy, creativity, and money every time you avoid the tool that could have helped you. This is the episode she has been building to all season. It is not about technology. It is about your life. In This Episode You Will Discover: What the Resistance Tax is and how to calculate what it is actually costing you Why most people who say AI is not for them have never had a good guide What becomes possible in your real daily life when you stop paying the tax Key Takeaways: The Resistance Tax is the sum of everything you pay — in time, energy, creativity, and money — every day you do things the hard way when a better tool already exists. Resistance is not about technology. It is about fear of looking stupid, fear of change, and the comfort of a hard thing you already know how to fail at. If you tried AI and it did not work, it was not because you were not smart enough. It was because you did not have a good guide. That is what this series was. The people who get ahead in the next few years will not necessarily be the most talented. They will be the ones who figured this out first and moved. You do not have to be obsessed. You do not have to follow every update. You just have to start. One episode. One prompt. One problem solved. That is enough. “AI will not replace you. But a person using AI will. And the gap is widening every single day you wait.” — Bella Vasta Want All The Prompts In Season One For FREE In One PDF? Prompts From This Episode I just finished listening to Season 1 of AI For The Busy Human. I want to start using AI in my daily life. Based on what I learned, help me pick the three episodes most relevant to my specific situation: [describe your life briefly — are you a parent, caregiver, business owner, do you struggle most with health, home, work, or something else]. Then give me a simple three-week plan for working through the prompts from those three episodes, starting with the easiest one. 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Transcribe →Vision Boards Are Dead. How to Use AI to Build One That Actually Works. | Ep 11
Mar 2900:14:22Tap to summarizeIf you have ever done a vision board, ever wanted to direct your future, or ever wanted to change you life.. this episode is for you. Vision boards are boring and don't appeal to all your senses. In this epsiode, I am going to teach you how to flip this on your head, brainwash yourself, and use ai for a vision board that works. AI For The Busy Human · Episode 11 · Hosted by Bella Vasta Most people can visualize their best life for about four seconds before grocery lists and work emails pull them back. Vision boards help for a week and then become wallpaper. In this episode, Bella Vasta shows you how to use ChatGPT, Suno, and AI image tools to create a 5D immersive vision — a piece of your future you can see, hear, and feel every single day. You write your future life in vivid detail. You turn it into a personal anthem. You generate images of it. You build a video. People pay five thousand dollars for this kind of transformation work. You are about to do it for free. In This Episode You Will Discover: How to write a sensory-rich vision of your life three months from now — in first person, present tense How to turn your vision into a personal anthem using Suno AI — and why that matters neurologically How to generate images and a short video of your future life and use them every morning Key Takeaways: A vision board is a picture. A 5D vision is an experience. The difference between looking at something and being inside it is the difference between inspiration that fades and a neurological pattern that builds. Writing in first person, present tense is not an affirmation trick. It is how you give your brain a specific, detailed picture of where it is going — which is the precondition for neuroplasticity. The song prompt is the most surprising one. Music bypasses cognitive resistance in a way text cannot. Playing your personal anthem every morning is a different kind of commitment to your vision than reading it. AI-generated images from your vision are specific to you — your physical description, your exact scenes, your life. Not a stock photo of someone else’s success. This is what transformation coaches charge thousands of dollars for. The technology to do it yourself exists, it is free, and it takes one evening. “Your brain cannot tell the difference between vividly imagining your future and living it. This gives your brain something vivid to work with.” — Bella Vasta Want All The Prompts In Season One For FREE In One PDF? Prompts From This Episode Do these in order. The vision comes first. Everything else builds from it. Prompt 1 — Write your 5D visionI want to create a vivid, detailed, sensory-rich vision of my life three months from now. Write it in first person, present tense, as if I am already living it. Include all five senses: what I see, what I hear, what I feel physically and emotionally, what I smell, and what I know to be true about myself. Make it specific, not generic. Make it feel like a movie scene of my best life. Here is what I want to be true about my life in three months: [describe your goals, feelings, and life circumstances in as much detail as you can]. Prompt 2 — Turn your vision into a songTake the 5D vision you just wrote for me and turn it into song lyrics. Make it feel like a personal anthem. Empowering but not cheesy. Confident but grounded. Use imagery from my vision. Reference specific details from my life. Structure it with verses, a chorus, and a bridge. Keep it around three minutes. Prompt 3 — Generate the song in Suno[Go to suno.com. Paste your lyrics. In the style field, type something like:] Upbeat indie pop, warm female vocals, acoustic guitar with light electronic production, inspiring, 110 BPM, feels like a sunrise drive with the windows down. [Choose whatever genre makes your heart respond — R&B, gospel, country, lo-fi, hip hop. The style is yours.] Prompt 4 — Generate images of your visionBased on the 5D vision you wrote for me, create five detailed image generation prompts I can use in ChatGPT, Midjourney, or any AI image tool. Each should describe a specific scene from my vision with vivid detail: setting, lighting, mood, colors, what is happening. Make them cinematic. Include my physical description so the images feel like me, not a generic person. [Describe your appearance briefly.] Prompt 5 — Build your vision videoBased on the five image prompts from my 5D vision, create five short video scene descriptions for an AI video generator. Each scene three to five seconds. Describe camera movement, lighting, atmosphere, and what is happening. These will combine into one short video with my personal anthem playing underneath. Use ChatGPT for Prompts 1, 2, 4, and 5. Use Suno.com for Prompt 3. Combine the video scenes in any free video editor — CapCut works well. 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Transcribe →How to Use AI to Actually Understand Your Fitness Tracker Data | Ep 10
Mar 2900:17:58Tap to summarizeYou are walking around with a watch tracking your vitals and your phone logging your health...what do you do with all of that info? In this episode I am going to show you how Ai will help you understand your fitness tracker data so you can run your life more efficiently. AI For The Busy Human · Episode 10 · Hosted by Bella Vasta You paid three hundred dollars for a computer on your wrist. It knows your steps, your heart rate, your sleep score, your active calories, your stress levels, your recovery. And what you do with all of that data is close your rings. Maybe. In this episode, Bella Vasta shows you how to use ChatGPT as a personal health coach that reads your fitness data, explains what it means in plain language, builds you a realistic plan, and — in the most emotionally resonant prompt of the series — tells you where you are already winning that you cannot see. Your data has a story. This episode teaches you how to read it. In This Episode You Will Discover: How to paste a week of fitness tracker data into AI and get a real analysis, not a guilt trip The sleep improvement prompt that gives you three specific changes starting this week The encouragement prompt — and why it is the most important one in this episode Key Takeaways: Fitness trackers are great at measuring. They are terrible at explaining. AI is the translator that turns your numbers into a plan you can actually follow. The fitness analysis prompt works best when you give it a full week of data — not just one day. Patterns only appear when there is enough data to compare. Sleep data is the most underused tracker feature. Most people glance at their sleep score and move on. The sleep analysis prompt turns that score into a specific, actionable plan. The encouragement prompt is not a feel-good bonus. It is a therapeutic reframe. All-or-nothing thinkers in particular need to hear where they are already succeeding before they can accept a plan for where to improve. The week-over-week comparison prompt is what turns a one-time check-in into a habit. Use it every Sunday. Adjust. Repeat. “Your tracker has been measuring your life. It is time for someone to actually explain what it means.” — Bella Vasta Want All The Prompts In Season One For FREE In One PDF? Prompts From This Episode Use these in order. Start with fitness, then sleep, then encouragement. The week-over-week prompt is for your second Sunday. Prompt 1 — Fitness data analysisHere is a week of my fitness data from my Apple Watch [or Fitbit, Garmin, etc.]. [Paste your weekly summary — steps, workouts, active calories, heart rate.] My average resting heart rate this week was [number]. I am a [describe yourself briefly]. Analyze this data. Tell me what patterns you see. Am I getting enough activity for someone my age and situation, or am I falling short. Be honest but not harsh. Explain it like a coach who genuinely cares about me, not like a doctor reading a chart. Prompt 2 — Sleep analysisHere is my sleep data from this past week from my Apple Watch [or tracker]. [Paste your nightly data — total sleep time, deep sleep, REM, when you fell asleep, any wake-ups.] Analyze this sleep data. Tell me what patterns you see. What is causing my deep sleep to be low. What is keeping me awake. And give me a realistic sleep improvement plan with three specific changes I can start this week. Prompt 3 — Realistic sleep planBased on my sleep analysis, give me a realistic sleep improvement plan. I need my alone time after my kid goes to bed so I am not willing to go to bed at 9 PM. But I am open to adjustments. Give me three small changes I can start this week that would improve my deep sleep and my overall sleep quality. Be specific. Tell me what to do, when to do it, and why it works. Prompt 4 — The encouragement promptTurn this week of fitness and sleep data into encouragement. Where am I already winning that I cannot see. What am I doing right that I am probably not giving myself credit for. Be specific. Use my actual numbers. I am someone who tends toward all-or-nothing thinking and I need to hear what is going well, not just what needs to improve. Prompt 5 — Week-over-week comparisonHere is my fitness and sleep data from this past week. Compare it to last week. What improved. What slipped. Did my sleep changes make a difference in my energy or my movement. And based on what you see, adjust my fitness plan and my sleep plan for the coming week. If I had a rough week, make next week gentler. If I had a strong week, challenge me a little more. Paste your tracker data as text into ChatGPT or Gemini. You do not need to export anything — just read the numbers off your app and type them in. 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Transcribe →How to Use AI to Plan Outfits from Your Own Closet | Ep 9
Mar 2900:17:41Tap to summarizeYou do not need more clothes or to stand in your closet and feel like you have nothing to wear. You do not have to wonder what a redesign of your home would look like. IN this episode I will show you how to use Ai to redesign your home, and use ai for outfits in your closet. This will be great for all DIY designers, realtors, and fashionistas. AI For The Busy Human · Episode 9 · Hosted by Bella Vasta You are standing in front of a full closet with nothing to wear. Tonight you will stand in front of a full fridge with nothing to make. This weekend you will stare at your living room walls wondering what color to paint them and ultimately do nothing. In this episode, Bella Vasta shows you how to use ChatGPT and Gemini as a personal stylist, chef consultant, and interior design assistant — all using photos of what you already own. Three workflows. Three problems solved. One episode. In This Episode You Will Discover: How to photograph your closet and get three outfit combinations built from what you already own How to turn your fridge contents into a weekly meal plan with one grocery list How to visualize a room redesign before spending a single dollar Key Takeaways: The closet photo prompt works because you are not describing your clothes in words — you are showing them. The AI sees what you have and builds combinations from reality, not imagination. The lookbook prompt turns AI outfit suggestions into something you can save on your phone and reference every morning. No more starting from zero. Meal planning works best when the AI knows your constraints — time, budget, dietary needs, and what is actually in your fridge right now. The more you tell it, the more useful the plan. Room visualization is the one that makes people emotional. Seeing your actual room with proposed changes applied — before you spend money on paint or curtains — changes how you make decorating decisions. All three workflows use the same core skill: take a photo, describe your constraints, and let AI make the decision you have been paralyzed by. “You do not have a closet problem, a fridge problem, or a decorating problem. You have a decision fatigue problem. AI makes the decision.” — Bella Vasta Want All The Prompts In Season One For FREE In One PDF? Prompts From This Episode Three workflows, all seven prompts. Use the closet prompts for outfits, the fridge prompts for meals, the room prompts for your home. Prompt 1 — Closet outfit builderHere are photos of items from my closet. I am a [describe yourself]. I need [number] outfit combinations for [occasion and context]. Tell me which pieces to pair together, what shoes and accessories to add, and what vibe each outfit gives off. Be specific about colors and layering. If something does not work with any of the other pieces, tell me so I can stop trying. Prompt 2 — Personal lookbookBased on these closet pieces and the outfits you just suggested, create a visual lookbook for me. Generate images showing each outfit combination styled together. Include a title for each look and a short note on when to wear it. Make it feel like a personal style guide I can save on my phone and reference anytime. Prompt 3 — Fridge to dinnerI have these ingredients in my fridge: [list what you have]. I also have basic pantry staples like olive oil, salt, pepper, and soy sauce. Suggest three easy dinners I can make in under thirty minutes. For anything I am missing, write me a short grocery list. Keep it simple. I am a tired [describe yourself], not a chef. Prompt 4 — Weekly meal planBuild me a simple weekly dinner plan based on easy meals similar to what we just planned. Keep ingredients overlapping so I am not buying a million different things. Give me one grocery list for the whole week. Budget friendly. Nothing fancy. Prompt 5 — Room redesign advisorHere is a photo of my [room]. I want to update it but I do not know where to start. [Describe any constraints — light direction, budget, style preference.] Tell me what changes would make the biggest visual impact for the least money. Be specific about paint colors, curtain styles, and any furniture swaps or additions. Explain why each change will make the room feel better. Prompt 6 — Room visualizationNow generate an image of this same room with those changes applied. Show me what it would look like with [specific changes]. Keep the existing [items you are keeping]. I want to see this before I spend any money. Prompt 7 — Contractor mood boardCreate a mood board for this room redesign. Include the paint color with the exact name, the curtain style and where to buy them, a rug suggestion with a link or brand recommendation, and any other pieces. Format it so I can show it to a contractor, a designer, or my partner and they can see exactly what I want. Use ChatGPT or Gemini for all seven. The image generation prompts require ChatGPT with GPT-5o or Gemini’s image mode. 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Transcribe →How to Use AI to Understand Instructions and Estimates (and Never Feel Dumb Again) | Ep 8
Mar 2900:15:41Tap to summarizeYou are not dumb. The world just stopped coming with instructions. This episode is for those that get stuck with electronics, your car, or anything on the computer. I am going to teach you how AI is your new instructions. AI For The Busy Human · Episode 8 · Hosted by Bella Vasta There is a warning light on your dashboard that looks like a tiny submarine. You Googled it and got fourteen results that do not quite match yours. Your mechanic handed you a repair estimate with six line items you do not understand. And your iPhone is showing an error message that means absolutely nothing to you. In this episode, Bella Vasta shows you how to use ChatGPT as your personal tech support, mechanic translator, and explain-it-to-me-like-I’m-five button for every device, appliance, and vehicle in your life. In This Episode You Will Discover: How to take a photo of any warning light and get a plain-language explanation in seconds The prompt that breaks down a mechanic estimate line by line so you know what to push back on How to use voice mode in ChatGPT for hands-free tech troubleshooting Key Takeaways: Warning lights exist to inform you, not intimidate you. A photo and a ten-word description is enough for AI to tell you exactly what it means, whether it is urgent, and what to check first. The mechanic estimate prompt is one of the most financially valuable prompts in this series. Walking back in knowing what to push back on changes the negotiation entirely. Voice mode is the most underused feature in ChatGPT. When your hands are full, when you are under a sink, when you cannot type — speaking the problem out loud gets you better answers faster. Error messages are written for engineers. You are not an engineer. But you are someone who can paste a screenshot into AI and get a human explanation in fifteen seconds. This works for everything that beeps, blinks, or breaks — appliances, phones, tablets, smart home devices, cable boxes, routers. If it has an error code, AI can translate it. “You should never have to feel dumb about something you just have not been taught yet.” — Bella Vasta Prompts From This Episode These prompts work for any vehicle, device, or appliance. Swap in your specifics. Prompt 1 — Dashboard warning lightWhat is this dashboard warning light? I drive a [year, make, model]. Explain what it means in simple terms. Is it urgent or can it wait. What should I check first before going to a mechanic. And if I do need a mechanic, what should I expect them to say and what is a reasonable cost range so I do not get overcharged. Prompt 2 — Mechanic estimate translatorI just got this repair estimate from my mechanic. I drive a [year, make, model]. Break down every line item for me in plain language. Tell me what each repair actually is, whether it is urgent or can wait, and whether the price they are quoting is in a normal range. Flag anything that looks overpriced or unnecessary. I want to walk back into this shop knowing what to push back on. Prompt 3 — Phone or device error messageI just took a screenshot of an error message on my [device type]. I do not understand what it means. Explain it to me in simple language. Is this something I need to worry about. Walk me through how to fix it step by step. Assume I know nothing. Do not skip steps. Tell me exactly what to tap and where to find it. Prompt 4 — Appliance troubleshooting via voice mode[Say out loud to ChatGPT voice mode:] My [appliance] is flashing an error code that says [code]. It is a [brand] [type], about [age] years old. What does that code mean and what should I try first. Talk to me like I have never fixed anything in my life. ChatGPT handles all four of these. Use the camera feature for warning lights. Use voice mode when your hands are full. Want All The Prompts In Season One For FREE In One PDF? 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Transcribe →Stop Googling Your Symptoms and Use AI Instead | Ep 7
Mar 2900:13:49Tap to summarizeStop Googling symptoms at 1:47 AM and ending up four pages deep into a medical website. There is a better way — and this episode shows you how to use AI instead. AI For The Busy Human · Episode 7 · Hosted by Bella Vasta It starts with a weird symptom. And then it ends with you quietly planning your own funeral at 2 AM because Google connected your headache to three rare diseases. In this episode, Bella Vasta shows you how to use ChatGPT or Claude as a calm, organized health thinking partner — one that helps you document your symptoms clearly before an appointment, understand what your doctor told you afterward, and ask smarter follow-up questions. Not a replacement for medical care. A replacement for panic. In This Episode You Will Discover: How to organize your symptoms before an appointment so you walk in with specifics, not anxiety How to understand what your doctor actually said in plain language after the visit Why AI is better than Google for health questions — and exactly where the line is Key Takeaways: The problem with Googling symptoms is not that the internet lies. It is that search results are built to match keywords, not to triage your specific situation. AI thinks with you instead of just surfacing alarming possibilities. Organizing your symptoms before an appointment is the single biggest thing you can do to improve the quality of your medical care. Doctors make better decisions when patients give them organized, specific information. The after-appointment prompt is the one most people skip and regret. Paste your notes from the appointment while you are still in the parking lot. Let AI organize what you heard before you forget. AI will tell you when to call a doctor. It will also tell you when something is urgent. It is not trying to alarm you and it is not trying to reassure you. It is trying to help you think clearly. The line is clear: AI helps you prepare, understand, and ask better questions. It does not diagnose, prescribe, or replace a conversation with your actual doctor. "Google is not your doctor. But neither is panic. There is a better tool for this." — Bella Vasta Prompts From This Episode These four prompts replace the 2 AM Google spiral with something that actually helps. Prompt 1 — Symptom organizer I have a doctor's appointment coming up and I need help organizing my symptoms. Here is what is going on: [describe everything — what you are experiencing, when it started, what makes it better or worse, any other symptoms]. Help me organize this into a clear, specific account I can give my doctor. Then tell me what additional details I should try to remember or track before my appointment. Also give me three specific questions I should ask. Prompt 2 — After the appointment translator I just came from a doctor's appointment. Here is what they told me as best as I can remember: [paste your notes]. Translate everything into plain language. Explain each term. List what I need to do next — medications, follow-up appointments, tests, lifestyle changes. Flag anything that sounds like it needs to happen soon. And tell me the one question I should have asked but probably did not. Prompt 3 — The 2 AM sanity check I noticed something about my body tonight that is worrying me. [Describe what you noticed — be specific about location, what it feels like, how long it has been there, any changes.] I am trying to think clearly instead of spiral. Help me organize what I know. Tell me what questions I should be asking. And tell me honestly whether this is something I can wait until morning to call my doctor about, or whether I should go to urgent care tonight. Prompt 4 — Lab results translator I just received lab results and I do not fully understand them. Here they are: [paste results]. Explain each value in plain language. Tell me which values are outside normal range and what that typically means. Identify any values that my doctor will likely want to discuss. And tell me what questions I should bring to my follow-up appointment based on what you see here. Use ChatGPT or Claude for all of these. If you have medical records to reference, NotebookLM from Episodes 3 and 4 works here too. Reminder: AI is a thinking partner, not a diagnostic tool. Want All The Prompts In Season One For FREE In One PDF? 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Transcribe →What to Say to Your Kid When Nothing Is Working | Ep 6
Mar 2900:12:13Tap to summarizeParenting doesn't have to be a solo job in 2026. Ai can help you be a better parent by helping give guidance, feedback loops, and tactics to use with your kids. In today's episode you will learn how to leverage Ai to be the best version of yourself as a parent.  AI For The Busy Human  ·  Episode 6  ·  Hosted by Bella Vasta It is 8:15 PM. Bedtime was supposed to start at 7:30. You have said the same three sentences four times. And your kid is doing that thing where they are not technically refusing but they are also not technically doing anything. You feel your patience running out in real time. In this episode, Bella Vasta shows you how to use ChatGPT to write custom parenting scripts built around your specific child — their age, their triggers, their wiring — and how to use AI to spot the behavioral patterns you have been too tired to notice. This is the episode parents share with other parents. In This Episode You Will Discover: How to get an AI-written parenting script built specifically for your child and your situation Why the same instruction delivered in a different way gets a completely different result How to spot the behavioral patterns that explain why the hard nights keep happening Key Takeaways: The same instruction delivered in the wrong way will fail every time with a child who is wired for specific sensory input or clear structure. AI writes the version that fits your child, not a generic child. Giving ChatGPT your child’s specific wiring — age, diagnosis, triggers, what works and what does not — produces scripts that actually land instead of scripts that escalate things further. Pattern spotting is the thing most parents cannot do when they are in the middle of the hard stretch. Pasting a month of calendar notes into AI and asking what it sees changes that. The transition warning script is the most requested prompt from this episode. Warning a child about a transition before it happens, in the right language for their brain, reduces meltdowns dramatically. You do not need a crisis to use this. The best time to run the pattern-spotting prompt is during a relatively calm week, so you can see what is coming before it arrives. “You are not a bad parent. You have been using the wrong script. Let’s write a better one.” — Bella Vasta Prompts From This Episode Prompt 1 — The bedtime script: You are a gentle but firm parenting coach who specializes in children with [any diagnosis or just “strong-willed kids” or “anxious kids”]. My child is [age] years old and struggles with [specific transition — bedtime, morning routine, homework time, etc.]. She does well with [what works] but falls apart when [what triggers difficulty]. Write me a bedtime script I can use tonight. Include: the transition warning I give fifteen minutes before, the actual instruction sequence, and what to say if she starts to resist. Keep the language calm and specific. Avoid vague instructions. Prompt 2 — Pattern spotting: Look at this last month of calendar events, daily notes, and observations about my child. I have been tracking good days, bad days, meltdowns, schedule changes, and anything I noticed. Show me any patterns. When is she more likely to have a hard time. Is there a day of the week, a time of day, an activity, or a person that correlates with the difficult behaviors. Tell me what you see that I might have missed because I am too close to it. Prompt 3 — Transition warning script: My child is [age] and [brief description of their wiring]. Write me a transition warning script I can use before any activity change. It should acknowledge what they are currently doing, tell them how much time is left, tell them what is coming next, and give them a small sense of control in the transition. Keep it under five sentences. Make it warm but clear. Prompt 4 — The workplace version: I manage a team and I have an employee who [describe the specific dynamic — resists feedback, shuts down in meetings, takes criticism personally, etc.]. I have tried [what you have tried]. Write me three different ways to deliver this message: [the message you need to deliver]. One direct, one collaborative, one that focuses on impact rather than behavior. Paste Prompt 1 into ChatGPT tonight. Tell it about your specific child. The more detail you give it, the better the script. Want All The Prompts In Season One For FREE In One PDF? 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Transcribe →How to Plan a Trip Without the Meltdown Using AI | Ep 5
Mar 2900:15:05Tap to summarizePlanning a vacation should not feel like a second job. After this episode, you will be excited to use ChatGPT to plan your vacation on a budget you decide. AI For The Busy Human · Episode 5 · Hosted by Bella Vasta Seventeen tabs. Three hotel comparison sites. A Google Doc full of expired links. A group chat where everyone says they are flexible but no one is actually flexible. By the time you book everything, you need a vacation from planning the vacation. In this episode, Bella Vasta shows you how to use ChatGPT or Gemini as your personal travel planner — one prompt builds a full day-by-day itinerary with realistic costs, backup options, and everything organized in one place. No more decision fatigue. No more feeling like you are managing a project instead of planning something fun. In This Episode You Will Discover: How one prompt builds a complete day-by-day trip itinerary with costs and logistics The AI-powered sitter document that handles everything when you travel with kids How to use NotebookLM to store your travel plans and find anything in seconds Key Takeaways: Trip planning fails not because you are disorganized but because the research phase is genuinely exhausting. AI collapses hours of tab-browsing into a single prompt. The itinerary prompt works best when you give it everything — destination, dates, budget, travel style, who is coming. The more context, the better the plan. Storing your trip in NotebookLM means you can ask questions about your own trip in seconds. “What time does our train leave on day two?” Done. The sitter document prompt is the one parents say changes everything. One document with every emergency number, every routine, every preference — generated in minutes. Budget matters to the AI just as much as it matters to you. Tell it your actual budget and it will keep everything within range, not just suggest the aspirational version. “You are not bad at planning. You are tired of planning without a system. Now you have one.” — Bella Vasta Prompts From This Episode Prompt 1 — Full trip itinerary: Plan a long weekend trip to [destination] from [start date] to [end date]. I am flying from [city]. [Describe yourself — solo, couple, family, etc.]. I like [your preferences — food, music, nature, history, etc.] and prefer local neighborhoods over tourist traps. I want a realistic daily schedule with morning, afternoon, and evening blocks. Include approximate costs for each activity and any reservations I should make in advance. My total budget for the trip excluding flights is [budget]. Prompt 2 — Budget accommodation: Based on this itinerary, suggest three accommodation options in different price ranges for [destination] during [dates]. For each option tell me: price per night, neighborhood, what is walkable from there, and who it is best for. I want the best value option, not just the cheapest. Prompt 3 — The sitter document: I am traveling for [number of days] and leaving my [age] year old at home with a sitter. Create a complete sitter instruction document. Include: emergency contacts, medical information including medications and allergies, daily routine including wake up time, meals, school schedule, bedtime routine, key preferences and dislikes, house rules, and anything a caregiver needs to know to handle a situation without calling me. Format it so I can print it or send it as a PDF. Prompt 4 — Packing list: Create a complete packing list for a [number of day] trip to [destination] in [month]. I am [describe yourself]. The trip involves [activities]. Include sections for clothing, toiletries, documents, electronics, and anything destination-specific. Flag any items I would regret forgetting. Once your trip is planned, paste everything into a NotebookLM notebook so you can ask questions about your own itinerary during the trip. Want All The Prompts In Season One For FREE In One PDF? 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Transcribe →How to Use AI to Prepare for a Doctor Appointment | Ep 4
Mar 2900:11:42Tap to summarizeAfter this episode, you will never sit on that paper-covered table guessing at your own health history again. I am going to show you how to use Ai to prepare for your doctors appointment and feel confident and stress free. AI For The Busy Human · Episode 4 · Hosted by Bella Vasta You have a folder somewhere in your house with your child’s IEP documents in it. And every time you open it, you feel like you are reading a legal contract written in a foreign language. In this episode, Bella Vasta shows you how to use Google NotebookLM to turn a stack of IEP paperwork into a plain language brain you can actually talk to — before the meeting, during the meeting, and after. You will walk away with an AI that knows your child’s entire educational history and can answer your questions in seconds. No more nodding along. No more feeling like the least informed person in the room. In This Episode You Will Discover: How to build an AI that knows your entire medical history and can answer questions about it The prompts that prepare you for any appointment — including questions you did not know to ask How to use AI after an appointment to understand what the doctor actually said Key Takeaways: You are not guessing at your health history because you are disorganized. You are guessing because no system was ever built to help you hold it all together. NotebookLM is that system. A personal health brain takes about twenty minutes to set up and lasts forever. Upload every document once, ask questions forever. The pre-appointment prompt is the one that changes your relationship with healthcare. You walk in with specific, informed questions instead of vague anxiety. After the appointment is where most medical information disappears. Paste your notes into the AI immediately after, while you remember what was said, and let it organize what happened and what comes next. This works for your parents just as much as it works for you. If you are coordinating care for an aging parent, this is the single most practical tool in this entire series. “You are not uninformed. You are under-resourced. There is a difference. And now you have a resource.” — Bella Vasta Prompts From This Episode Prompt 1 — Build your health summary: Summarize my health history for a new doctor in one page. Highlight current medications and dosages, known allergies, major medical events or surgeries, ongoing conditions, and anything a new provider should know immediately. Use plain language. Prompt 2 — Pre-appointment prep: I have an appointment with a [specialist type] coming up for [reason]. Based on my health history in these documents, what questions should I be asking. What should I make sure to mention. What am I probably forgetting. Prompt 3 - After the appointment translator: I just came from a doctor’s appointment. Here is what they told me as best as I can remember: [paste your notes]. Translate everything into plain language. Tell me what each term means. List any follow-up items, medication changes, or things I need to schedule. Flag anything that sounds urgent. Prompt 4 — Caregiver version: Summarize my mother’s current medications, recent lab results, and any follow-up items from her last three appointments. Flag anything that seems urgent or time-sensitive. I am coordinating her care and I need to walk into her next appointment knowing what to ask. Paste these into NotebookLM after uploading your documents. Or use ChatGPT or Claude directly — just paste or upload your records. Note: AI is not a doctor. It does not diagnose, prescribe, or replace medical advice. Want All The Prompts In Season One For FREE In One PDF? 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Mar 2900:12:32Tap to summarizeYou should never leave your child's IEP meeting wondering what just happened. Today, I am going to teach you how to use Ai to actually understand your child's IEP. After this episode, you will be empowered and not anxious. You have a folder somewhere in your house with your child’s IEP documents in it. And every time you open it, you feel like you are reading a legal contract written in a foreign language. In this episode, Bella Vasta shows you how to use Google NotebookLM to turn a stack of IEP paperwork into a plain language brain you can actually talk to — before the meeting, during the meeting, and after. You will walk away with an AI that knows your child’s entire educational history and can answer your questions in seconds. No more nodding along. No more feeling like the least informed person in the room. AI For The Busy Human · Episode 3 · Hosted by Bella Vasta In This Episode You Will Discover: Why your IEP documents are impossible to read — and how AI translates them in seconds How to build a NotebookLM notebook that knows your child’s entire school history The exact prompts to prepare for your next IEP meeting and follow up after it Key Takeaways: When you leave an IEP meeting feeling lost, that is not a reflection of your intelligence — it is a reflection of a system that was never designed to be parent-friendly. AI changes that. NotebookLM becomes your child’s IEP brain — upload every document and it can answer any question you have, in plain language, in seconds. The meeting prep prompt is the most important one. Ask the AI what questions you should be asking before you walk in the door, and you will never sit in silence again. Follow-up is where most IEP commitments disappear. A thirty-second prompt after the meeting turns verbal agreements into a written checklist with names, dates, and deadlines. If your child has a 504 or an IEP, this workflow works for both. If they do not, it works for any school documentation — report cards, evaluations, teacher notes. “You are not uninformed. You are under-resourced. There is a difference. And now you have a resource.” — Bella Vasta Prompts From This Episode 1 - Plain Language IEP Summary: Summarize this IEP in plain language. What are the key goals at school and at home. List them in simple bullet points a parent can understand without any jargon. 2 - Meeting Prep Questions: Option [number] sounds good. Give me step-by-step instructions. Keep it simple. I am tired. 3 - After Meeting Follow Up Check List: Based on these meeting notes and the current IEP, create a follow-up checklist. What was agreed to, who is responsible, and what should I check on in thirty days. 4- Progress Check In: Based on the goals in this IEP, create a simple monthly check-in I can use at home. Give me five observable things to look for and a simple way to track whether my child is making progress. Paste any of these into NotebookLM after uploading your documents, or into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini if you prefer. Want All The Prompts In Season One For FREE In One PDF? 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