Hearing about this really hit me because I’ve struggled with meditation the same way. Most of the time, I only think about slowing down when stress is already piling up, even though the whole point is probably to build the habit before everything feels overwhelming.
What stood out to me most was how personal the journey became. After going through years of IVF treatments, emotional setbacks, and even an early miscarriage, she wasn’t just trying to build another meditation app — she was trying to create something that felt healing, calming, and emotionally supportive during one of the hardest experiences a person can face.
Instead of wanting generic meditation videos or paying for apps she barely used, she started wondering if AI could help her create something tailored specifically to fertility, emotional healing, womb connection, and preparing mentally for another embryo transfer.
That curiosity led her to Thunkable, a no-code AI platform designed to help people brainstorm and build apps without needing programming experience. Even without a technical background, she was amazed at how quickly the AI could turn her ideas into something that looked real. The platform generated meditation categories, intention-setting tools, tracking features, and even suggested the app name “Bloom.”
At first, it felt like AI had made app development almost effortless.
But then came the reality check.
The app looked polished, but the actual meditation experience was missing. There was no real audio, no emotional warmth, and no calming human touch behind it. She ended up using OpenAI’s ChatGPT to write meditation scripts and ElevenLabs to create narration audio, but even then, there were playback bugs, robotic-sounding voices, and syncing issues that took away from the peaceful experience she was trying to create.
And honestly, that became the biggest takeaway.
AI can absolutely help people move faster. It can brainstorm ideas, design layouts, organize features, and even help write content in minutes. But something as emotional and human as meditation — especially around IVF, healing, and loss — still depends heavily on empathy, nuance, warmth, and real emotional understanding.
Technology helped build the structure, but the actual healing experience still needed the human side behind it.
— The Grey Ghost