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Nov 6
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ChatGPT Meal Plans, Therapy, and Coachin...

Alana Kessler
About this episode

In this episode, Alana addresses a growing trend: women replacing real coaching with AI tools. While AI offers immediate, judgment-free advice, Alana stresses that it can't provide the human connection crucial for true healing.


She explains that emotional issues and habits can't be resolved through logic alone; they require the emotional attunement and co-regulation that only a human coach can offer.


Alana also introduces her Sober Eating Sequence™ program, aimed at reprogramming emotional patterns and creating a secure relationship with food and the body. The episode emphasizes that while AI can be a useful tool, it should not replace the indispensable human element in coaching.


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Invisible Weight Detox

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The Sober Eating Sequence™

The proven 3-phase method to end food and dieting chaos, and release weight naturally through a new way of eating — without dieting, restriction, or counting macros. This is where you finally trust your body and food choices, feel at ease in your skin, and stop circling back to food as the problem. → Enroll here


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Takeaways

  • AI can mirror data—but not the emotional chemistry of being seen and supported.

  • True healing happens through co-regulation with another human, not self-analysis.

  • You can’t heal a safety wound with more control or logic.

  • Self-awareness without integration becomes self-criticism.

  • Coaching isn’t about information—it’s a nervous system experience.

  • Connection, not perfection, is what rewires old patterns and restores trust.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Emotional Eating Unwrapped

00:32 The Rise of AI in Coaching

02:09 The Importance of Human Connection

04:32 The Hidden Dangers of AI Coaching

05:00 Why AI Feels Supportive but Falls Short

05:36 The Role of Real Coaching

13:08 The Sober Eating Sequence™

14:02 The Emotional Experience of Coaching

15:06 The Limitations of AI in Emotional Healing

18:54 Conclusion and Call to Action



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