Episode Transcript
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[00:00:29] Speaker B: Welcome to Vital Signs. I'm your host, Jen Godet, where we talk about all things peak human performance, health, well being and everything in between so that you can protect your greatest asset, your health. I'm really excited about today. I have a very special guest. A dear friend of mine, Amber Vilhauer is here to talk about alignment and the role of alignment in health. Because after all, it is sort of the foundation of all things joy and living the best life that we can possibly live. In a world that's moving faster than ever, it's easy to fall out of sync with our own health, values and purpose. But what if the secret to high performance and peace of mind was actually alignment inside and out? Let's welcome our amazing guest, Amber. Welcome to the show.
[00:01:18] Speaker C: Thank you so much, Jen. I love this show, so it's really fun for me to be here.
[00:01:23] Speaker B: So, Amber, you are known for helping entrepreneurs align their businesses with their core talents, beliefs and their deeper purpose. How does that concept of alignment translate to personal health and well being, peak human performance?
[00:01:40] Speaker C: Exactly. Because honestly, when it comes to performance, I feel like so many people, especially in today's age, Jen, I think you'll agree, are guarded, right? We're nervous, we're scared, we're overwhelmed, we're depleted, we're exhausted. And these are all signs that you're actually living out of alignment. Because when you are living in alignment, it is such a natural, calming, grounded place to be. It's almost like a world inside of the world where you feel very protected, you feel healthy and strong and resilient. And it really comes from living in line with your deepest beliefs, needs and values. And a lot of times people haven't done the work to kind of get down to the root of the truth of who they are. So we're all just coping and doing the very best that we can. But coping a lot of times looks like having that extra glass of wine or eating those extra chips or chocolates or making excuses for not exercising. And the body can't sustain that kind of misalignment. And so it starts to signal, hey, something's wrong here through disease or through getting sick or cancer or something else. And so honestly, in my belief system, if we can just really get to the truth of who we are and live fully self expressed and in alignment, you will stay healthy and resilient and strong, especially in a time where the demands have never been higher.
[00:03:08] Speaker B: So let's, let's just be real here because I know, I know the audience is like, oh, that's great. That sounds lovely. But I'm a single mom. I work two jobs trying to do all the things and I don't even know who I am anymore. I don't remember what joy looks like or I don't even know how to get to that place. Like back us up a little bit and take us a little bit on a journey of if we're in that stage and we're of course we're sick because we're run down and we're like all the things like how do we disrupt that pattern enough so that we can start to get back and do that self discovery.
[00:03:45] Speaker C: So for me it was 2019 and I was married. I had a very successful business and on the outside it looked like everything was great. And it was. I had a baby that I loved, we had money, I had freedom. But on the inside, something was off, Jen. Something was really off and I didn't know what it was. I didn't know how to access it, even though I think that I'm a pretty self aware person.
But I just. Something was off and I had a blind spot. I kept hiring consultants and mentors and who else could help me figure this thing out? And it literally took Covid and the world shifting for me to wake up. And all of a sudden, through the process of the world changing on the outside, my world started changing on the inside. And I finally stopped avoiding and being so guarded. And when I decided to really look at what has really been going on, it was as if I had created a castle of my own design to be safe in. And you know, I had these early beliefs, Jen, that I formed for very good reason that said it was safer to be invisible in the world. It was safer to give my power to everybody else around me. It was safer to people please. And that got me in a world of hurt. So after 2020, I changed everything. I unfortunately ended my marriage. But we consciously co parent now I am a single mom CEO so I really understand the pressures and demands of that. But I decided to get into alignment. And that is exactly what I'm speaking of. And now being on the other side of such a change, I can tell you that it's, it's real. It is true that you can be busy, you can have ultra responsibility, aging parents, all the things and you can still have this resilience on the inside because you're not hiding from yourself anymore. You, you fully admit the things about yourself that you don't necessarily love. And you start moving toward more emotional fitness to make sure that you are living a life that fulfills you. That is life giving, not life taking. And really, at the end of the day, it was these little micro changes. I mean, yes, the divorce was more significant, but by all other marks, not a lot changed on the outside, but a lot changed on the inside. And it was worth every single moment to get here because I now have so much more resilience handling today's changes. But I see a lot of other people really struggling.
[00:06:21] Speaker B: You know, I had. I had a similar journey. Mine was a few years before yours, and I fully understand that because a lot of times, what do we do? And why do we build that castle of safety for ourselves? We built it in the eyes of what we've been told by parents, by society, by everybody else, what success and safety looks like. You know, and it's really funny because that I remember what so many people would come out to me and go, oh, you're my life goals. And I was like, really? Because I'm crying at 2am because I'm so miserable. I mean, chronic pain. I don't know. I don't take any time for myself. I was in health care, so I lived for everybody but myself. I wasn't just on the back burner. I was on floor, like, splattered.
And so, you know, it was so. My trigger was so many people saying, saying that, and then my husband saying, you know what? I don't think this is a good fit anymore because, like, there's no room for me. And. And I was like, wait a minute. You're my human.
Yeah. So it take it. Sometimes it takes something external to kind of like knock us in the head and say, hey, it's time to get brutally honest. But that's not easy, Amber. So I know people are feeling this in their gut and they're like, I don't even know what it feels like anymore to be me because I've lived for so many people. Listen, you are seen. You are heard today. And I know I'm going to get questions about this. And it's. How do I even get started? Because I feel really icky right now. I feel like you just called me out.
[00:07:45] Speaker C: No, don't feel icky. Feel safe and seen and supported. I'm going to tell you something. So get out your iPhone, pull up the Audio Notes app that just allows you to voice record and find a quiet hour away from everybody. And I want go to walk if you need to. But what I would recommend you do is voice everything that you are secretly feeling into that voice note. And everything. Talk about your finances, your childhood, your spouse, your parents, the pull, the work. You know, what does it feel like to work out? Be brutally honest, finally. Okay. And then just make sure that nobody else sees this. But what I did is I took that audio note, I transcribed it, I uploaded it into AI and I said, give me an honest assessment of what all of this means. And I would just start asking it questions like, is this sustainable? Help me make a plan. What are some questions that I could be thinking about to help me move toward what I do want instead of a way from what I don't want? And all of a sudden, I started engaging in an objective dialogue that felt safe and private to me. And it was unbelievable how freeing it was. I got the accountability I needed, I got the questions that I needed. I got stronger. I got more courageous and resilient here again. And it just gave me peace of mind. And that cognitive overload went away. So then I started doing this in my business, and I thought, well, shoot, I'm just going to voice note everything that I'm worried about or concerned about in my business and get an objective opinion now. Disclaimer. Here it is. AI. It's a software. Right. So it's not like I'm putting all of my hopes and dreams on a software, but it really is a fast and easy way to help me discern what's true and what is a bias and what is made up or what is extreme thinking. It just helped me to kind of calm things down and give me something to focus on. So that honestly might be a good next step for you. That feels really safe.
[00:09:52] Speaker B: You know, I really love that, that, that vocalizing and then having something that literally doesn't have an emotional attachment to you.
[00:10:01] Speaker C: Yeah. And we're not going to therapy for the next year, and I'm not knocking therapy. There's a place for it, but listen, people are on fire right now. It's like, I don't even have another hour to wait before I get an answer. So that's one of the things that I grateful for. I think AI is here to help a lot of people kind of navigate through what they're experiencing right now.
[00:10:24] Speaker B: I think that's. I think that's really amazing. And before, before we went live on the air, we were talking a little bit about, like, what is a simple practice or simple question that. That anyone watching this today can. Can use to just begin reconnecting with what is true and healthy and aligned for them. And you said you had a question this year so I'm going to ask you, what is that question that we can ask day?
[00:10:49] Speaker C: It is, and I have it in my final chapter of my book because it's a question that guides me all the time. And it's so simple, you might laugh, but it is. Who would I be proud to be?
And so, for example, if I am running late and I, I have all of these expectations in my head about the type of dinner I should be having and then what am I going to do for the next holiday and how should I get in touch with my dad or da, da, da, da, like all of the stuff that we think about. I pause and I say, who would I be proud to be in this moment? And it really, it's so quickly guides my next step. Like, I wouldn't be proud to be a chaotic stress case. I would be proud to be more calm and grounded. I would be proud of just rolling down the window and letting the air go through my hair and taking a moment for myself instead of giving my last fume out to a voice note to a team member. That wasn't necessary. You know, it's like it guides what I'm consuming. It guides my workout. Taking a hike instead of staying indoors. And all of a sudden, you know, when you really reflect on who you would be proud to be and you make choices to be that person, you'll find such deep inner peace and fulfillment and joy comes because you know, you're doing things that are in line with what your body truly needs to sustain the kind of pressures that we have right now.
[00:12:12] Speaker B: I absolutely love that. And that was a complete truth bomb that was just dropped. We do have to break. But, but think about that. Who would I be proud to be in this moment and let that guide you? Let's think about that. We will be right back for more after these important messages.
Foreign welcome back to Vital Signs. I'm Jan Gode, your host, here with Amber Vilhauer, an expert in alignment. Before the break, Amber challenged us to ask the question, who would I be proud to be in this moment so that we could kind of reconnect and make the choices that are going to keep us more in line with who we are and find that inner peace that we're craving. But, Amber, you mentioned a terminology that we haven't really spoken much on this show about in the past, and it was cognitive overload. So I know people heard that and they go, wait, what the heck is cognitive overload? So do you mind unpacking what cognitive overload is and how we might be able to recognize that in ourselves.
[00:13:43] Speaker C: Yeah, I bet when I said it, you were like, wait, that sounds familiar. And it's because it's something that we're all faced with now more than ever before. And it's because there's such a sheer high volume of content going in every single day. And forget about like the extra from social media and the things that we choose to put into our brain. I just mean input from what's going on in the world. Because especially right now, we have to pay attention to what's going on in the world in ways that maybe we haven't a year ago, but then you have. AI has drastically accelerated information and our consumption is just. We're so challenged by it right now. Not to mention day to day life of like decision fatigue. My gosh, we've never had more choice. And the stakes are so much higher than they've ever been before, especially as you're aging. And then if you have a family and then if you have aging parents and then if you have financial worries, I mean, it's just too much for the average person. So what it can feel like, for those of you who are introverts, you know exactly what this feels like. It's like if you go to a networking thing and two hours in you're like shrinking and you just can't handle it anymore and you need quiet alone time in order to like recover your body. It can absolutely feel like that. Or if you've had any sort of brain injury, like a concussion, it can kind of feel like that too. Except now it's an everyday occurrence for most people. Sometimes people say at 1:00 in the afternoon, I just cannot handle a single other piece of information.
So really what this means is it's time to take your overall fitness to a different level. And I mean mental, emotional, physical and spiritual fitness. You have to really optimize each of those quadrants in order to be a whole and happy person. In today's age. We can't just say I'm not an emotional person and not be emotionally fit. We have to really exercise that in all ways. And you know, you don't need me to tell you all of the different ways to be fit. I mean, it's anything from nature to breath work, to journaling, to talking to a friend, to using AI to brain dump and get it out of your system. There are all sorts of different things that you can do, but usually we sacrifice in some of these quadrants and we are not tackling our overall fitness and our brains are the ones that are going to suffer at the end of the day the most because we're constantly problem solving and we're not even getting as much sleep at night, which is when our brain restores. So by getting into alignment you are getting into your most natural state, into your most natural way of being, which means that you will have more energy to tackle the day to day.
[00:16:36] Speaker B: And I know exactly what people are thinking so I'm going to hit you with it because I, I'm, I'm hit you in it. While life's so chaotic and I'm a mom and so many people rely on me, how do I carve out time to do this reset without having guilt? Because guilt is the biggest reason that we don't balance these areas or take this time well.
[00:17:01] Speaker C: I mean we could wait until it gets severe enough to where it's so critical that you won't feel guilty anymore. I mean some people like myself just have to learn the really hard way.
But it usually only takes one or two times of you having to like learn in the extreme last moment when you're sipping oxygen, not feeling well before you recognize like maybe there is something to people saying I should just have a pay attention to my wellness every single day in these different areas and listen as a single mom CEO and I don't have family around, I don't have help. I totally understand. For me it comes down to the micro moments. I don't have the luxury of having three hours in the morning to have this perfect zen morning routine. But I can take five minutes here and 10 minutes there and 13 minutes over there and that's going to have to be enough. So I actually kind of turned it into a game with myself of how can I fill up my cup in these three minutes that I have. Most people waste those three minutes by scrolling mindlessly on social media instead of finding an app that like recharges your nervous system or you know, breath work to get that energy level up. So this is going to come down to what you focus on matters now more than ever before. So it's time to just take it really, really serious.
[00:18:26] Speaker B: And let's be real. In today's day and age, technology and automations and artificial intelligence is replacing some of the more mundane work tasks that were our brain breaks which as a result if we're working or if we're an entrepreneur, we're now doing all what's known as high value work, which means problem solving. Even more so if we didn't have cognitive overload and burnout before. We definitely have it now. And I love that you said what it felt like because I thought immediately it's, It's Thursday at 3pm I can't do anything after 3pm on a Thursday because that's it. I've thought Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. And by that time my brain just like, nope, peace out. I need to take a break. And so that's when I put my hardest gym workout, for example, so I can burn through that and restore. So I love the idea of these micro moments and I want to just highlight something that Amber said.
[00:19:22] Speaker C: For those who didn't hear it in.
[00:19:23] Speaker B: The back, stop the scroll. That's not helping you. If you are on, on social and scrolling or if you're going to Netflix and mind numbing out, those are minutes you have that you could actually be doing a mindfulness meditation, doing some breath work, doing some mini squats. And listen, I had, I'm a grandma now. And so I had the baby. I was babysitting because the need arose and I still had to work. So how did I get it in? Well, my, my lifts were lifting the baby and he's hysterical. So just because I can't do a traditional workout doesn't mean I can't get some movement in. That's also joyous. So I want to just highlighted some of those things because I thought they were really amazing gems of wisdom and Amber. So when we think about all of this, rest is no longer a reward, it's a requirement. Our brain requires it. And in chaotic times, which we live in right now, even these small shifts can restore energy and clarity. If you were to drop one action item on people today that are listening, that would just rock their world and help them to rest and recharge, recover. What would it be?
[00:20:39] Speaker C: Well, you really have to pay attention to your individual body and preferences. For example, for me, I've noticed that when I go into the forest, you know, because I'm near the Rocky Mountains here in Colorado, when I go on a hike, it is like a supercharger. It is like instantly grounding, energizing. It's like all of that chaos and noise in my head just instantly goes away and I come back feeling really reach start recharged and restored. But the other thing I'll add is that because I actually did recently have a concussion and I have made tons of excuses about why I didn't have time to do anything. But with the concussion, I started taking these little power naps in the afternoon out of sheer necessity. My resilience went through the roof inside of less than 10 days. Less than 10 days of taking like a quick power nap in the afternoons. I felt like my recovery was insane. I have an aura ring that helps me to track that as well. So I know what you're thinking. Like, Amber, I don't have time for a nap. I didn't think I did either until it was a necessity. And then all of a sudden the time opened up. So why don't we just think of it as a necessity now and see if twice a week you could take like a little afternoon power nap. I think it could be an absolute game changer for you.
[00:21:53] Speaker B: I love it. PM power nap. So learn your body. What I, what I'm taking away from this is, hey, we have time. It may only be two minutes. It may be I need to close myself in the bathroom for two minutes ever. It is. We have to do something that's going to recharge our batteries and like detox our brain so that we have that, that reduction of cognitive overload. Amber, we're getting to the end of the segment. How can people reach out to you? If they would like to learn more, if they'd like to learn more about finding alignment in their life and living their best life, how can they reach you?
[00:22:26] Speaker C: Yeah, well, my book Infinite Impact is on Amazon as an audiobook or Kindle or whatever your preference is. And I'm pretty sure I'm the only Amber Vilhauer in the entire world. So if you google me and just do your best shot with the spelling of the last name you.
I do a lot of work with entrepreneurs, but in terms of getting people into alignment, we have a 90 minute facilitated session that my certified guides can do with individuals even if they're not entrepreneurs. So if you're really wanting doubt to get down to the root of the truth of who you are, then we can absolutely help you get into alignment.
[00:23:04] Speaker B: Fantastic. And I'm going to ask you, we have about 30 seconds. What is, what did we not say today that you just feel called to share?
[00:23:13] Speaker C: Yeah, you know something that I've been really hyper focused on in the last year and a half, Jen, is mutual reciprocation.
And when I look at it that way, it no longer feels selfish. It feels like a win win. So when you are giving of yourself to your family, do activities that are equally giving back unto you. You know, like if I love painting, I'm going to paint with my son instead of doing like race cars that are more life taking to me. And then that way we both have a win. So just be really paying attention to how can I have mutual reciprocation in all areas of my life? And you'll be just fine.
[00:23:52] Speaker B: So amazing. I love it. Mutual reciprocation. You've dropped so much love on everyone who is watching today. If you're watching, today's a day to say action. Not tomorrow, not next week. But let's today get into alignment, ask the questions, what would I be proud of? What would make me proud of myself in this moment? Let that guide you. And then, and then let's, let's reduce our cognitive overload, recharge and show up as our best selves. Thank you for being here today, Amber. I appreciate you.
[00:24:18] Speaker C: Thank you.
[00:24:19] Speaker B: And we will be right back after these important messages. You're not going to want to miss what's coming up next. Stick around.
Welcome back to Vital Signs. We are going to shift gears just a little bit because I have something very special for you. Today we're going to talk about the soundtrack of self, how AI music is healing minds. Imagine transforming your personal thoughts into a song that resonates with your emotions. What if this could be a new form of mental health and well being? I have brought to you Justin Breen and Eric Horbex, the co founders of Korvia AI that is attempting to do exactly that. Welcome to the show. Justin and Eric.
[00:25:32] Speaker A: Hello. Hello.
[00:25:34] Speaker D: Hey, thanks for having us.
[00:25:36] Speaker B: You guys have come up with a platform, Korvia AI and what you're doing is you're using technology and the tool to generate songs that are truly resonant. Heart, mind, body, soul. Can you talk a little bit about what it is that Korvia is and how you guys are using music to impact individuals dealing with mental, mental health and well being challenges.
[00:26:05] Speaker A: Well, grateful to be here, Jen.
Really excited to have this discussion.
There was no intent to make Corvia AI a company, no intent to make it a business. But what Eric and I both found that writing these songs and using AI to produce them and create them was like a fast track into your own heart, own soul, letter to your inner child, inner wounds. And so to create a company that will help humanity, humanity collectively do that, that's very exciting for us. But it's as simple as that, that everyone has some type of trauma or mental health or things they need to address. And writing these songs is a fast track to doing that. And then AI very quickly and beautifully can make these incredibly won songs that really impact your soul and how you feel in a very quick amount of time.
[00:27:08] Speaker B: But hold up. What if I'm not a musician and what if I don't have a musical bone in my body?
[00:27:13] Speaker A: I have zero musical background and not one musical bone in my body and very little background with AI in any capacity. Eric doesn't know what big band music is, so he has no musical background either. That does not. That does not matter. By the way, one of our partners within the company is a longtime manager of Aerosmith, so he does have a musical background, but it doesn't. Doesn't matter. It literally doesn't matter. That's the beautiful thing behind. Sorry for answering for you, Eric.
[00:27:43] Speaker D: I think. Yeah, well, the, the simplicity of AI and AI music is. It's so good that it can onboard anybody into music who doesn't know anything about music or doesn't necessarily listen to music. I've actually.
People have told me, and I don't know, they don't know that about me, but that I don't like music. I don't even know anyone on the planet that doesn't like music. But it's totally not true. But what I found is that using AI to create your own music, to create your own sound, to create your own like, like, like the sound of your own moment to the sound of your own soul, the sound of your own heart, is an onboarding mechanism into music. I've actually started listening to more music instead of podcasts. I put on music. I've always been a podcast guy, always got some book or a podcast in my ear for net time, productivity wise and all that. But now it's actually music.
[00:28:35] Speaker B: It's really funny. I'm on the complete opposite side of the spectrum. I was classically trained in piano from the age of four. I grew up in a musical family, and so I'm always listening to music because it helps me to focus, ironically enough, with my ADD squirrel brain. But talk to me a little bit about what makes music, especially personalized music, such a powerful tool for emotional healing. I mean, Justin, earlier you said everybody has trauma, everybody has things in their life. We all are dealing with stress. There's so many applications. But what is it about that personalized music that makes it such a powerful tool? And maybe if you could share a story about someone who leveraged the tool and found their own healing.
[00:29:16] Speaker A: Well, we have a podcast where we interview folks and then we create a song in real time.
And without exception, there have been people that are experiencing exactly what you're talking about. The story that really rings true is from Tricia Noel, who was on our show and she did a song about. She had a child when she was 16, and when the child was nine months old, the church took the child away from her and she's barely seen the child since then. And it's something she hadn't routinely talked about, but was able to make a song about it. And everyone was crying in that, in that episode, for obvious reasons. But it's a way to vocalize and harmonize that type of experience, whether it's something that traumatic or whether you're just having a bad day at work, you're having trouble talking to your spouse, your children are annoying you, a co worker's bothering you, whatever that is. And then the other side of that is it's a beautiful way of expressing immense gratitude. We've had people that do songs for their children's, their children's or grandchildren's holiday celebration or a bris or a bar mitzvah and things like that. So there's all these endless opportunities for any type of emotion and making a song out of it.
[00:30:51] Speaker B: You know, a lot of times we lack the words to verbalize what we're feeling. How is it that someone with no musical background can, can have that, create a song if we don't even know how to verbalize what it is we're feeling? Can you speak a little bit to that?
[00:31:11] Speaker D: Yeah, I'll share two things for that One. That's me, right?
[00:31:16] Speaker A: You don't even like music.
[00:31:18] Speaker B: You don't even like it.
[00:31:20] Speaker D: And so really, like, even as simple as ChatGPT is so, so good at just. If you could just like mind dump what you're, what you're experiencing in your life into ChatGPT and have it organize it for you. It can do that. All the models can do that. And it's. And somehow it is so good at taking what you're experiencing. Maybe it's ruminating thoughts. Maybe it's like something that's happening in your life that you just can't get over and you dump it all into chat GPT and have it organize it in some fashion, short story, a song or anything lyrics it somehow like you can, it's. It's an antidote to rumination. You release the thing that you're, that you're experiencing. You can release it through song or, well, song, because that's what we're talking about here. And the second thing I wanted to share was kids. It's really, it's. Kids are, it's. They're fumbling through. What are these emotions? I'm feeling we're actually releasing something called Corvia Kids and I do this with my kid all the time where we take an emotion wheel and have them point to what they're feeling on the wheel and then we make a song about the experience that. That they have. Or it's just pure imagination, like what is going on in your world? And can we turn that into song? And we certainly do that very easy. It takes like five minutes and it's beautiful. It takes their emotions, their experiences, and puts it into something they can hear.
[00:32:45] Speaker B: You know, I think that's really powerful. And I immediately go to the neurodivergent population and the nonverbal population. They have these big feelings and they have no way to express that. It's bottled up. They can't share that in a way that other people understand. And so I see a lot of application here. And the reality is music predates. Music predates speech, as you shared previously, Justin, and talk to me a little bit about how that music helps us to connect with other humans in a deeper way, because that's so important right now. Isolation and this digital society we live in, we're so disconnected. So can you share a little bit about how the music helps us to even express what it is that we're feeling so that others maybe can connect or understand or at least have a little bit of empathy towards what we're unable to maybe express?
[00:33:37] Speaker A: Well, as simple as it sounds, the first thing that a human hears is when they're in utero, it's their mom's heartbeat. So it's.
So that's. That's. We start with music. We start with music.
And if you can listen to the music and feel the lyrics or just with a song without lyrics, it is a way to very quickly process the ultimate feeling of humanity.
And that's why the music industry is so popular. And that's why people identify with a song so quickly, or a commercial jingle, or just a meditation type of noise, or just the sound of the wind, anything like that.
And what we're doing and what we're building is so wonderful because it's a way to very quickly do that in a way that people really aren't aware of yet.
And strategically, business wise, we've created prompts through AI that allow people to kind of simplify their feelings and experiences and then the technology will take it from there.
[00:35:08] Speaker B: That's fantastic. So I just want to summarize a little bit about what we talked about, because I love having an action step for people. And Eric So amazingly already delivered that. But by turning our inner narratives into melody, we're able to find new pathways for healing and self discovery, for expression, for emotional release. And if you're watching this, you're like, what do I do now?
Eric already shared with you what you can do now. You can journal your thoughts and your experiences, whatever's going on inside, put that into a platform such as Korvia AI or ChatGPT and use that to transform that into art form, songs, melodies. And that's an easy first step. If you're watching this, Korvia AI is where you can find them. We do have to take a brief break, but we're going to dive a little further into this. After these messages, we can go right through foreign.
Welcome back to Vital Signs. We are talking about how music transcends language, it transcends culture. With AI, we can harness the power of music to address mental health disparities, to bridge emotional gaps across population and truly reach across everyone diversely and connect on a deeper level. I'm here with Justin Breen and Eric Horbex and we're talking about how Korvia AI caters to this specific problem. So share with me guys. How does Korvia address diverse population with varied emotional and cultural backgrounds? What, what does that look like? And how are you guys leveraging that tool for, for mental health and well being?
[00:37:27] Speaker D: So we are, it's multifaceted. We have, we're partnering right now with addiction recovery centers, we're doing stuff with schools, we're doing stuff with even senior citizens homes. And it's, you could take music into anything, into anywhere. Business and mental health. It is a beautiful tool for self expression. And the way that we, the way that we operate our workshops is really just a collective song creation. It's a collective use of AI and it helps people walk through the process of taking their experiences that they might be dealing with in traditional therapeutic uses. And they can come to us and say, okay, we want to turn what we're experiencing and amplify a lot of what we're experiencing in our emotional and mental health through song. And song is just like a really exponential technology for personal growth in that department.
[00:38:26] Speaker B: And how can we, if we're watching this, we're listening to this, how can we work with something such as corphia to integrate this into our communities, into our community health programs, mental health and well being. I think of elder care and senior citizens and their lack of connection. I think about children. How can we become involved in this if we're Watching this, we're like, okay, this sounds cool, but what does that mean for me? How can I start to raise awareness about this and bring this into my community?
[00:38:56] Speaker A: Well, certainly they can go to our site, Korvia AI and there's workshop forms. You can sign up to be a member.
We have partnership opportunities, collaboration opportunities for those who want to help grow and scale the company. So there's plenty of opportunities in that regard.
And this is one of those rare companies where people are like, well, who's the end user? And there's really, it can be anyone. And so many companies like, oh, what's your target market? And our target market is humans that care about expressing their own heart and soul. It's very simple. So it doesn't matter where you live, it doesn't matter what you do, it doesn't matter how much money you have. All that matters is you have a heart and you have a soul and you want to express that in some way. So it can be done in schools, anywhere, with the health care system anywhere. And the beautiful thing behind this is that everyone is struggling with something. I've spent my life as a journalist and now as an entrepreneur. And so all I do is talk to people. There is no one, no. I've met and interviewed tens of thousands of people. I've met one person that is not struggling with something. And most people are struggling deep, deep, deep, deeply with things that they don't talk to with anyone else. And so this is a way for them to do that very quickly, either for them to share with just themselves or to share collectively or somewhere in between.
[00:40:39] Speaker B: Let me, let me ask you a little question because I know this question will come up and what are some of the ethical considerations when we use AI and such a personal and emotional context? Are there things that as consumers we need to think about and look at when we're thinking about how we enter this kind of a use case of technology.
[00:41:00] Speaker D: So I, I have been thinking about this for a long time and unfortunately like the, we're not there yet. We're not quite there yet for web3 and blockchain and that tech to come in and give us the, the privacy and security that we want when it comes to sharing our most, most intimate emotional and mental health stuff to AI. Like wouldn't it be a great world if I can own all my data when it comes to my emotional well being and hopefully we get there very, very soon. We're just not there yet. But, but one of the, one of the important things that I have Found through doing this work with Korvia is the like intimacy. Because like, what is intimacy? Intimacy is with yourself, right? As soon as you start making, as soon as you start talking it, as soon as you start saying it into the world, it becomes public. And there's this interesting space in between intimacy and public that is the memory right now that we have in our notepads, on the computers and in certain tools like ChatGPT. So far it's not public, it's anonymized data, maybe, but you can put your most intimate thoughts and feelings and relationship struggles or personal development things into this and have it stored and feed it back to you in a way that lands like we've never seen before and lands not just intelligent, not just up here, but lands if you do it through music, it lands more emotional, more with your heart. So it's like this space between public and intimacy that we're actually dancing with right now. So I hope that we don't have to wait too much longer for tech to advance to the point where we own this intimate data. This is intimate data, but we're just not there yet.
[00:42:49] Speaker B: Justin, do you have any thoughts on this? I know that you're very much a big vision thinker. How do you envision the future and how close are we to that sort of blockchain web3 opportunity so that we can utilize this and feel safe doing so in mental health, support, well being, music therapy, etc.
[00:43:10] Speaker A: Thank you. Thank you for asking that. And I've done a lot of reflecting and feeling about that very question. And I'm really on this planet to get something started like this and the way I'm wired in my heart, I have to express how I feel.
I can't hold anything back. I've tried to do that and it does not, it does not work.
And so this is a way for me to express that. And then what I've seen is that now it's. It started with Eric. He's. He started to express himself and then we created a company. And so I have to be the fire starter in not only this, but what, whatever I do and how I've always been my whole life is. I have to tell people how I feel, whether it's writing or saying or now through songs or writing a book that's going to be turned into a movie. So like it's. It just has to be that way for me. And so hopefully, well, it will, it will happen collectively that this will be a way for people to do that as well. And then with any visionary, they don't hold back, they just full speed ahead. And so it's very exciting to be someone who's able to do that and take that big risk of expressing themselves to let others express themselves as well.
[00:44:45] Speaker B: I really appreciate that. And I can remember when music therapy was kind of considered alternative and now it's engaged in so many different traditional medical platforms as well as a tool to use. So this is just one level up on there. So as we blend technology with empathy, AI generated music could honestly become that universal language of healing and connection. And it. If we're going to get started and we're watching this today, how can people start to learn more? How can they reach out to you guys so that they can create their own personalized song and expression?
[00:45:27] Speaker D: So our main site is Korvia AI C O R V I A A I and we can, there's plenty of places in there you can put in your email address and stay in contact with us. There's workshop forms that you can put your information in there to have us corporate workshops and, and teach this type of music creation to groups or individuals. We do online workshops and education programs. It's actually really cool because in the education programs and workshops we can kind of weasel in some AI education, prompt education. What is Web three? What is all, all these things that we're talking about? We can, we can, we can fit that into a workshop. And so it's kind of makes it a fun way of dipping your toes into technology too.
But yeah, anybody. And our socials are not up yet, but Korvia AI is the, is the website and putting in your email address gets you direct contact to Justin and I. We're very, very active with those who sign up.
[00:46:24] Speaker B: Fantastic. And if you're watching and you didn't catch all that, feel free to reach out to me. I'm happy to share that with you as well. You know, I'm on LinkedIn and all the socials, so we're going to have to wrap this show. Unfortunately, all good things come to an end. But thank you so much for sharing what you guys are working on, how you're bridging gaps and truly reaching, reaching the masses in a way that is going to be impactful as we move through this digital age. Thank you so much for your time, guys.
[00:46:52] Speaker D: Thanks for having us.
[00:46:54] Speaker B: And you, yes, you. All good things do come to an end, including this show. But the good news is we will be here same time, same station next week. You have some action items to look at. Start with that brain dump. Start with just conversing, putting out there what you're thinking, feeling, experiencing, and have that in either Korvia AI or something like a chatgpt to start to process some of that so that we can move forward and understand better, be able to better express ourselves.
Until we meet again next week. Have an amazing rest of your day.
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