Episode Details

Is AI coming for health coaches, or is it about to make good practitioners even better?

In this episode, Michele Scarlet sits down with FDN business mentor Jenn Malecha to unpack what AI actually means for health practitioners.

They discuss how tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini can support practitioners, why the quality of the prompt matters, what happens when AI confidently gives you inaccurate information, and why critical thinking still matters. Jenn also shares how AI is beginning to be used alongside functional lab data and why not every AI system works the same way.

They also get into an increasingly important question for practitioners: what information should you actually be putting into AI? Michele and Jenn discuss client data, privacy concerns and why convenience shouldn't replace responsibility when working with sensitive health information.

If you're already a health practitioner, building a health coaching practice, or wondering whether AI is going to change the future of this industry, this episode offers a practical look at where AI can help, where it can fall short, and why the practitioner still matters.

Chapters:

00:00 Can AI Replace Health Coaches?
00:47 AI, Tech & the Future of Health Coaching
02:05 Why More Technology Isn't the Answer
04:04 How to Get Better Answers From AI
05:29 Why AI Gives You Generic Content
05:58 Will AI Replace Health Practitioners?
07:36 The Clinical Gaps in AI
10:25 Using AI to Interpret Functional Labs
13:53 ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini
16:41 Why You Can't Blindly Trust AI
17:21 What Happens When AI Makes Things Up
18:39 How Practitioners Should Actually Use AI
19:38 Should You Upload Client Labs to ChatGPT?
22:13 AI, HIPAA & Client Privacy
23:37 Why AI Isn't Replacing the Practitioner