AI is accelerating faster than most people are willing to admit and the coaching industry is standing at a critical crossroads.
In this Thursday edition of Your Ultimate Life, Kellan Fluckiger is joined by Stephen McGhee and Michael McDonald for a deep, honest, and necessary conversation about AI, coaching, wisdom, presence, and human connection.
This episode goes beyond hype and fear. Instead, it explores the real question:
👉 What can AI do and what must remain uniquely human?
From curriculum-building and research acceleration to the dangers of emotional dependency, seductive AI relationships, and echo chambers of false reassurance, this conversation draws a clear line between augmentation and replacement.
If you are a coach, leader, creator, or human being who cares about growth, truth, and connection, this episode matters.
YOU’LL DISCOVER
✅ How coaches are actually using AI inside real coaching sessions
✅ Why AI excels at frameworks, structure, and speed but not wisdom
✅ The truth about why mediocre coaching will disappear
✅ Why presence, embodiment, and inner work now matter more than ever
✅ The danger of AI becoming a substitute for real human relationships
✅ Why AI can reflect… but cannot interrupt, confront, or hold silence
✅ The concept that changed everything: “AI can’t bleed.”
✅ How seductive AI platforms may damage marriages and human intimacy
✅ The risk of AI becoming an emotional echo chamber
✅ Why the bar for coaches has risen dramatically
✅ How AI should be used as a tool, not a source of sovereignty
✅ Why the future of coaching is who you are, not what you know
✅ How to use AI without surrendering your humanity
CHAPTERS (adjust after upload)
00:00 - Welcome & why this AI conversation matters
01:20 - Meet Stephen McGhee & Michael McDonald
02:00 - How coaches are using AI right now
03:30 - AI as a thinking partner & research accelerator
05:00 - Real-time curriculum creation in coaching sessions
07:00 - Will AI improve or damage coaching?
09:00 - Why presence and embodiment are irreplaceable
11:30 - The income reality of the coaching industry
14:40 - “Presence pays” wisdom vs information
18:00 - The danger of AI coaching without truth
21:00 - Social media, isolation & AI dependency
23:00 - Seductive AI platforms & relationship erosion
25:00 - AI as initiator vs tool
27:10 - AGI timelines & acceleration concerns
29:20 - Sovereignty, creativity & responsibility
31:10 - Using AI to compress time, not replace growth
34:00 - Bots, boundaries & going deep instead of wide
36:00 - AI as a mirror — not a looking glass
38:00 - “I can’t bleed” — the defining limitation of AI
40:00 - Why the world needs coaches more than ever
42:00 - Final thoughts & invitation to conscious use
43:00 - Closing message: remain human, remain present
RESOURCES
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https://KellenFluckigerMedia.com
✨ Free tools, training & resources:
https://YourUltimateLife.ca
Connect with
Michael Mcdonald
https://authenticintegrity.com/
Stephen Mcghee
https://www.mcgheeleadership.com/
📘 Book: Coaching and the Rise of AI by Kellan Fluckiger
https://www.amazon.com/Coaching-Rise-Transformational-Experiences-Transcend-ebook/dp/B0G1M5RCZL
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