ChatGPT as Your Wellness Coach

Let’s be real. Optimised wellness isn’t just personal. It’s as unique as your fingerprint. 

Your biochemistry, your history, your lifestyle, your goals. Not to mention that what worked for you in your twenties might feel completely off now in your later years. 

Maybe you’re stepping into a new phase of life, noticing shifts in energy, metabolism, and recovery time. Maybe your stress levels have changed or your priorities have.

So how do you figure out what actually works for you right now? Not what’s trending, not what some influencer swears by, but what your body actually needs to reach your goals within the context of your current reality.

Your New Secret Weapon

It’s an understatement of note to say that ChatGPT is not a doctor, not a guru, and definitely not a medical intuitive.

But it IS a powerful tool to help you filter through the noise, understand better, ask better questions, and get real-time insights tailored to your situation.

All of which sharpen discernment and empower your levels of personal agency regarding your health and well-being.

Cut Through The Noise

Vegan. Keto. Carnivore. Mediterranean. Intermittent fasting. Everyone swears their way is the best way. 

But the real question is what makes sense for you at this moment in time? 

ChatGPT won’t tell you what to do, but it will help you sort through the options, and provide context, design protocols and schedules while also explaining any potential pros and cons.

Here below are just some of the areas in which ChatGPT can support you as a wellness coach.

Intermittent Fasting: Yay or Nay?

We hear so much about calorie restriction and fasting lately, but here’s what a lot of people don’t tell you. Intermittent fasting is very different for men and women. 

Most research has been done on men, and women’s hormones respond very differently to extended fasts. 

ChatGPT helps you explore these nuances so you can make more informed choices rather than following a generic protocol. 

Want to experiment with fasting? It can guide you on how to start small and listen to your body without having to buy a book or watch hours of content. Perfect for TLDR situations.

Exercise That Works for You

What about those intricate Instagram workouts that will make you feel and look better than you did at 22? Well, aside from the fact that not everyone can spend hours at the gym, the fact is not everyone needs to.

ChatGPT can help you design and curate a movement protocol that fits your energy levels, your lifestyle, your goals, and the season of life you’re in.

Need a quick ten-minute burst to shake off brain fog? Want to focus on mobility and longevity? Looking for something that strengthens but doesn’t burn you out? 

If you are the type of person who quickly gets bored with exercise routines, it will also help you experiment with new ideas to keep things interesting.

Basically, ChatGPT reduces the noise and hones in on the signal.

Nervous System Regulation: Coming Back to Center

In the latest medical breakthroughs, we are also learning that wellness isn’t just about looking fit, it’s about nervous system resilience. 

If you’re stuck in fight-or-flight or freeze, no amount of positive thinking will bring you back to balance. Your body needs a physiological shift.

For example, did you know that a dysregulated nervous system can inhibit fat loss? Yup, it’s a thing.

ChatGPT can help you find practical, effective ways to reset your nervous system when life has happened and you feel stuck. 

Need to activate your parasympathetic system? It can suggest vagus nerve stimulation techniques, controlled breathing, or cold exposure. 

Looking for a sympathetic activation boost to shake off sluggishness? It can walk you through cyclical hyperventilation, cross-body movements, or dynamic posture shifts.

I have personally been quite surprised at how well ChatGPT keeps up with everything I already know and introduces me to new techniques I had not previously considered. In other words, a total game changer!

Real Accountability When You Fall Off Track

Sticking to a wellness plan is easy when life is predictable. But what about when it’s not? Work deadlines, travel, bad news, or bad day. Throughout any wellness journey, adaptation, resilience and tenacity are mandatory.

ChatGPT has endless patience. It’s available 24/7. It doesn’t judge, or scold, and won’t let you spiral into all-or-nothing thinking. 

In fact, did you know that you can decide what tone your ChatGPT uses when it replies to you? Yup, it’s a feature that I just discovered recently and I love it.

Look in your profile settings to find these great options:

Build Habits That Stick Without Overthinking It

The small stuff adds up. Drinking more water. Moving more. Eating in a way that fuels you. Better quality sleep. Each of these are so important and many of us are running at suboptimal levels.

ChatGPT helps you track what you’ve already implemented and keeps you motivated especially when physical progress is not yet clearly visible.

This type of encouragement and tracking maintains momentum in the absence of visible progress. Another win!

Get Quick Wellness Answers Without the Research Rabbit Hole

Got a question about your supplements? Need an ideas for boosting your protein intake? Is there a new physical ailment that you can’t figure out?

Instead of scrolling through conflicting advice, you can ask ChatGPT and get a straight answer now. 

This is not a new version of WebMD where symptom seems to apply to us. ChatGPT tailors the answer and provides a pragmatic, measured and balanced perspective.

ChatGPT Remembers Your Journey

Unlike a Google search, ChatGPT isn’t resetting every time you ask a question. 

It tracks what you’ve already discussed and updates its memory.

The more you use it, the more it gets to know you and responds accordingly. 

Not only are you changing but medical breakthroughs are happening seemingly daily. ChatGPT knows about these breakthroughs and is learning about you, providing highly curated responses. 

And if you don’t know how to ask GPT a question, then you can just ask it to teach you. Ask it to tell you how to prompt aka ask a question, and it will teach you to get the most out of it.

Learn to Actually Use Your Health Tracking Data

Maybe you’ve got an Apple Watch, the Whoop, or the Oura Ring. On a daily basis you check your HRV, sleep score, or resting heart rate every morning. 

But let’s be honest, how many of us know what those numbers mean? How much of this information are we using to optimize how we eat, train, and recover, or are these just numbers and colours on a screen?

ChatGPT can help make sense of the data that’s already been collected and suggest ways to experiment with your routine based on patterns you notice. 

Why was your HRV lower last night? What does a higher resting heart rate mean for your stress levels? Should you take a recovery day based on your sleep score? 

Instead of staring at your health tracker and wondering what it means, you can ask ChatGPT for insights on potential trends and next steps. This allows you to really get the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to your health tracker and understanding your body.

Pro tip: I upload my monthly and weekly reports into ChatGPT for analysis and context. The more it knows about me, the more refined the answers.

Once Skeptical, Now Convinced

You might be surprised to hear that I resisted using ChatGPT for a long time. I’m the kind of person who still missed Kodak and the 35mm rolls of film. 

I love technology and innovation but I am old-school in many ways. 

Learning ChatGPT is part of my work and so I had to push through my own biases and scepticism. Once down the rabbit hole, I got a little playful and curious. I wanted to see for myself how much this ‘thing’ really understood. How effective it could be and if it would be relevant to me in any way, outside of my work.

Well, as you can see, I am now convinced that this latest version – ChatGPT 4o, is indeed a powerhouse when it comes to acting as a wellness coach.

Bringing It Home

As you know, we have a variety of products in our Human Pro shop. 

Everything from functional mushrooms, to a potent Himalayan resin, to adaptogens.

If you are unsure what any of these products are or how to use them, I encourage you to ask ChatGPT.

What would serve you best now? Reishi or Ashwagandha?

What is the difference between Lion’s Mane capsules or Lion’s Mane spray?

What IS Shilajit and do you need this in your life right now?

Have those conversations and report back. I’m so excited to hear about what you’ve learned.

ou Know More Than You Think

At the end of every group coaching call, I wrap up with this quote.

Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. – Bruce Lee

I live by this rule in every aspect of my life, and when using ChatGPT it’s no different.

In fact, be sure to not take everything it tells you as gospel.

Expect at least 20% of inaccuracies, anomalies, or hallucinations. When inaccuracies pop up, they will. I encourage you to use them as an opportunity to sharpen your discernment, critical thinking, and research skills.

Then push back on ChatGPT with your opinions, your research, your counter-arguments, and it will correct itself and optimise itself further.

Even with its imperfections, ChatGPT is one of the most powerful real-time tools for cutting through the noise and fine-tuning your wellness approach. Not to mention that it’s only $20 a month. I mean where else can you get that kind of support for less than the cost of a sandwich and a couple of cups of coffee?

As always,

Shine bright. Do good. Flow strong.

Asha ✨

Asha Sultana

I believe in the power of mushrooms and in the innate intelligence of our bodies. Fungi support human health like none other. Personally, I have used a wide variety of mushrooms to restore my health from heavy metal poisoning and its consequences. Currently living in Cape Town while raised in Canada and born in Romania. My travels have deepened my connection to natural medicines and my commitment to balanced living.