Hey there, {{first_name | friend}},

I can’t believe I get to type this sentence: here is the cover of my book, The AI Empowered Family! 🎉

Getting here took 3 rounds. My publisher, Wiley, sent a few first options. I gave feedback, and they came back with another one (I shared it here in a previous newsletter). It was close, but it didn’t feel like me yet.

My publicity team agreed that we hadn’t quite nailed it, and they gave me a homework assignment. While I was visiting them in Nashville, they sent me to a local bookstore with one job: take a photo of every cover that made me stop and feel something.

When I got home, I uploaded those photos into ChatGPT. I didn’t ask it to design my cover. I asked it to identify the themes across the very different books I had selected. It spotted the pattern right away: big, bold type you can read from across the room, strong contrast, and something with movement behind the title.

My publicist passed that board to my publisher, and round 3 was perfect. The new version has it all: a giant bold “AI,” dots bursting out behind it like the Let Them cover, and that bright magenta, gold, and green palette. I never would have picked hot pink on my own, and now I can’t picture this book in any other color. It feels right.

The AI Empowered Family: How to Reduce the Mental Load of Parenting comes out April 6, 2027, and it’s available for pre-order now:

Pre-orders are a big deal for a new book. Every copy ordered before launch day counts toward first-week sales, which helps bookstores decide how many copies to stock and helps more families find it. If this newsletter has lightened your load even once, a pre-order is the best thank you I could ask for.

Tomorrow I’m hosting a screening of No Country for Mothers, part of the American Motherhood Tour from Moms First. The film looks at why the “girl boss” and “trad wife” labels keep moms divided, and at the movement pushing for paid leave, child care, and other real support for families.

Tomorrow, Monday, November 9, at 7:00 PM CT.
Free and virtual.

All moms and allies are welcome. Comfy clothes recommended.

This Thursday, Arjita Sethi of Build with AI Club and I are teaming up for a free, 60-minute live workshop just in time for Thanksgiving. You’ll build your own family AI charter, then a holiday helper that runs on it, so your AI follows your family’s values all season long.

Thursday, November 12, at 12:00 PM CT
Free and virtual

Registration is approved by the host, so watch your inbox for confirmation.

The trick that helped design my book cover works for so much of family life. Grab the photos and screenshots you’ve been saving, and ask AI to describe what you love. You still make the choices. AI just helps you see the pattern.

Once you’re happy with your profile, save it for future use or consider loading it into your profile settings in your AI tool so it can serve as context to make your interactions more personalized.

1. Find your home style

Act as an interior designer. Review these photos of rooms or home designs. Do not design a room for me. Instead, identify the patterns and trends, and describe what I’m drawn to, including colors, materials, furniture shapes, lighting, and overall mood. Format the output as a short visual style profile. [UPLOAD PHOTOS OF YOUR HOME OR INSPIRATION]

Mom Tip: Your Pinterest boards and Instagram saves count. Here’s my “home style” which ChatGPT called “relaxed traditional.”

2. Find your personal style

Act as a personal stylist. Review these looks that I’ve saved and photos of outfits I feel great in. Do not pick new outfits for me. Instead, describe my personal style, including colors, fits, fabrics, and overall vibe. Format the output as a printable visual style profile with my top themes, my go-to palette, and a short “shop for this, skip this” list that I can download and save.  [UPLOAD PHOTOS]

Mom Tip: Add a few photos where you felt your best, even if they’re from years ago. Here’s my personal style, which Claude called “joyful, polished, and color-forward” which is really thanks to stylist Morgan Wider who pushed me out of my all black phase. If you need a laugh, check out the outfit formulas Claude made for me, which manage to be both accurate and ridiculous.

3. Find your foodie vibe

Act as a family food stylist. Review these recipes that I’ve saved. Do not write a meal plan for me. Instead, describe my food vibe, including the flavors, cuisines, cooking methods, and prep times that show up most. Format the output as a printable visual food profile with my top themes and my preferred ingredients that I can download and save. [UPLOAD SCREENSHOTS OR PASTE RECIPES].

Mom Tip: I pulled mine from the top saved recipes in my New York Times Cooking app. Here’s my foodie vibe, where my Dot proved what I always knew to be true - I love beans!

Next up, I’m putting together a thank-you gift for everyone who preorders The AI Empowered Family. I want it to be something you’ll use, so I’d love your vote.

Until next time,

P.S. I’m starting to plan my book tour with stops in Atlanta, Austin, the Bay Area, Las Vegas, and New York. Want to bring a conversation about AI and families to your team or organization in these cities? Just hit reply.

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