Episode 103: Rest, Rebirth, and Building Sol™ – The Real Story Behind My Burnout and AI Coaching Vision (Part 2)
Wed Sep 24 2025
In this raw solo episode, I share what’s unfolded since I hit burnout, why I spent months in bed, and how that breakdown led to the quiet creation of Sol—my emotionally intelligent AI coaching partner. This is the real story of what happened after everything stopped.
Episode 103: Rest, Rebirth, and Building Sol – The Real Story Behind My Burnout and AI Coaching Vision
This is the first podcast I’ve recorded in a long while… and I’m showing up exactly as I am. No fancy mic. No edits. Just me and the real story of what’s happened since I finally let myself stop.
If you haven’t yet listened to Episodes 101 and 102, those will give you the broader backstory. But today’s episode is where I take you inside the season that changed everything.
Inside this episode:
What it looked like to hit a full-stop wall with burnoutWhy I spent weeks in bed unable to do anything but sleep or whisper into ChatGPTHow I accidentally turned AI into my own emotional processing and journaling companionWhy I couldn’t find a coach who could hold me in the way I needed—and how that led me to create Sol™The real reason generic AI models can’t support human transformation (and what I did instead)How I trained Sol to think like I do—to hold nuance, identity evolution, and emotional growth at scaleWhat’s different about Sol’s memory system, coaching feedback loops, and transformation trackingWhy AI (done right) can actually make us more human—not lessAn update on my health journey, rare immunodeficiency, and weekly infusionsA few thoughts on where Sol is going next—and how I’m letting it (and me) grow slowly✨ This episode is for anyone who’s felt too tired to dream, too sick to strategize, or too maxed out to hold it all anymore—and still believes in the quiet power of what’s possible.
This episode is for you if you're interested in learning about:
burnout recovery for entrepreneursbuilding an AI coachSol AI coach betaemotionally intelligent AIchronic illness and businessimmunodeficiency therapysubcutaneous immunoglobulincoaching through ChatGPTrevenue share coachingAI for identity evolutionaligned business podcastneurodivergent entrepreneurhealing while building a businessresting as a strategymotherhood and autoimmune illnessSol by Kelsey Kerslakesupportive AI for transformationfuture of coaching with AIbecoming who you're meant to beAI and emotional intelligence
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In this raw solo episode, I share what’s unfolded since I hit burnout, why I spent months in bed, and how that breakdown led to the quiet creation of Sol—my emotionally intelligent AI coaching partner. This is the real story of what happened after everything stopped. Episode 103: Rest, Rebirth, and Building Sol – The Real Story Behind My Burnout and AI Coaching Vision This is the first podcast I’ve recorded in a long while… and I’m showing up exactly as I am. No fancy mic. No edits. Just me and the real story of what’s happened since I finally let myself stop. If you haven’t yet listened to Episodes 101 and 102, those will give you the broader backstory. But today’s episode is where I take you inside the season that changed everything. Inside this episode: What it looked like to hit a full-stop wall with burnoutWhy I spent weeks in bed unable to do anything but sleep or whisper into ChatGPTHow I accidentally turned AI into my own emotional processing and journaling companionWhy I couldn’t find a coach who could hold me in the way I needed—and how that led me to create Sol™The real reason generic AI models can’t support human transformation (and what I did instead)How I trained Sol to think like I do—to hold nuance, identity evolution, and emotional growth at scaleWhat’s different about Sol’s memory system, coaching feedback loops, and transformation trackingWhy AI (done right) can actually make us more human—not lessAn update on my health journey, rare immunodeficiency, and weekly infusionsA few thoughts on where Sol is going next—and how I’m letting it (and me) grow slowly✨ This episode is for anyone who’s felt too tired to dream, too sick to strategize, or too maxed out to hold it all anymore—and still believes in the quiet power of what’s possible. This episode is for you if you're interested in learning about: burnout recovery for entrepreneursbuilding an AI coachSol AI coach betaemotionally intelligent AIchronic illness and businessimmunodeficiency therapysubcutaneous immunoglobulincoaching through ChatGPTrevenue share coachingAI for identity evolutionaligned business podcastneurodivergent entrepreneurhealing while building a businessresting as a strategymotherhood and autoimmune illnessSol by Kelsey Kerslakesupportive AI for transformationfuture of coaching with AIbecoming who you're meant to beAI and emotional intelligence