Happy Friday Reader!

I’m writing you again from my little garage in Venice Beach – the place where my AI magic always starts.

What really happened this week

Picture this: sunshine, pool, a great book called "For Polina" in hand (by Takis Würger – highly recommend!)
And a glucose monitor stuck to my arm.

While my kids splashed around with inflatable bears, I watched – in real time – how my blood sugar reacted to chips and margaritas.

Spoiler: not great. 😅

The moment everything started to shift

My health journey didn’t start with a podcast or a wellness trend.

It started with one sentence from my daughter:
​“Mom, you’re not really listening to me anymore.”

And she was right.
Not just with her. I’d also stopped listening to myself.

After 13+ years of life in California – building a business, getting married, raising two kids, rebuilding a business...

I was in constant go-mode.
Always doing.

Always performing.

Always running.

Never listening.

Then the pandemic hit.

Everything went quiet.
And suddenly… my body got loud.

I was exhausted.
Irritable.
My skin was breaking out like I was 14 again.
I’d gained 10 kilos and felt totally disconnected from myself.

What's going on?

The Aha Moment: No more quick fixes

Perimenopause!

I had no clue this could start up to ten years before actual menopause.
Nobody told me.

I knew something had to change.
No more slapping quick-fix "Band-Aids" on symptoms — I wanted to understand what was really going on.

So I went full detective mode – Agatha Christie style with a hormone handbook.
I read

• "Fast Like a Girl" by Dr. Mindy Pelz,
• ​"Good Energy" by Casey Means,​
• ​"Somebody Told Me" by Susanne Liedtke and Christina Enzmann,
• and followed Dr. Stacy Sims and other experts and influencers talking honestly and holistically about (peri)menopause.

At 14, I sat in biology class watching a dusty video from the ‘70s about how to “wash” properly during puberty.
​Really? That was the headline?

Then came the classic line:
​“The pill will take care of things.”

But no one mentioned how hard it might be to get pregnant later.
Or how wildly hormones shape every phase of a woman’s life — not just our teens.

• No one taught me how to "Tune in".
• How to actually listen to my body.
• How to track the subtle shifts — not just the dramatic symptoms.
• How to be curious instead of ashamed.

I realized: to truly understand my body, I needed a full picture.

First step: Data over drama

Not just food or fitness – but sleep, stress, cycle, glucose… everything.

I tested multiple tools – and my favorite quickly became the Oura Ring.
It tracks my sleep, cycle, stress, activity – and thanks to a partnership with Stelo (currently US only), even my glucose levels.

A tiny coach on my finger – I call it my "mood ring" 😉

But data without clarity? Still useless.

Suddenly, I had tons of data – and zero clarity.
​What did it actually mean?

That’s when my best friend AI came into play.

1. I created a personal health journal — a ChatGPT project using the Plus version, with chat history and training data turned off for security.
2. Each day, I spoke via voice mode my symptoms out loud (no time or energy to type),
3. uploaded anonymized data,
4. and ran weekly prompts – by symptom, mood, and cycle phase.

After one full cycle, I was stunned.
I saw patterns.
I understood why I was tired, irritable, or off.
And for the first time, I could take action – not just suffer.

And by the way — tracking your health in a holistic way?
It’s not just for women in menopause.
It’s something I’ll teach my daughters, too.

Because you don’t need an expensive Oura Ring to do this.
You just need a pen, a journal, and the willingness to "Tune in" — regularly — and listen to your body.

And for $20 a month?
You’ve got a personal health, fitness, and nutrition coach right in your pocket.
Every major chatbot can do that now.

From passive patient to active co-creator

I used to sit at the doctor’s office thinking: “Well… they must know best.”​
Now?

I come in like it’s a board meeting – notes, data, questions in hand.

I say things like:
​“I want to understand what my body needs in the second half of my cycle before I consider hormones.”

For the first time, I feel like the expert on my own body.
And that’s the kind of power I want every person - in particular woman and especially my daughters – to have.

What’s next: My own health-tech stack

Right now, I’m building my own custom buddy health system — a personal, holistic health-tech stack that combines AI tools like Make.com, Notion, and ChatGPT. I’ve created custom GPTs to analyze my sleep, nutrition, cycle, and energy — all powered by my own data. Automated wherever possible.

But most importantly:
I work with my doctors to interpret it and build real strategies.
I’m done blindly following. I want to understand.

So I can check in anytime – with actual clarity.

What I’ve learned

I don’t want to be the next longevity queen.
And I’m not looking to develop full-on „Oura Paranoia“ ,where my ring tells me how to feel.

What I do want?
​A deeper connection with myself.​
(And, okay… I’d like a few of my jeans to fit again.)

I want tools that support me – not stress me out.
​As co-pilot. Not as boss.

A question for you this week:

"What would change if you started listening to your body like you would your best friend?"​
With AI or without – as long as you "Tune In" that’s what matters.

I love to hear from your AI experiements this week.

❤️ from Venice Beach

Simone

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