
AI for Entrepreneurs Without Losing Your Humanity: Intuition, Sovereignty & Your AI Dream Team with Natalie MacNeil ⎸Enter the Portal EP# 69
AI for entrepreneurs is everywhere right now. But how do we use it without losing our intuition, our discernment, and the parts of us that make us human? I first heard Natalie MacNeil talk about AI on Kate Northrup's podcast, and I remember sitting on the other end going, "Thank you, Natalie." So I was so delighted to finally have her on Enter the Portal. Natalie is a futurist, an Emmy Award-winning media entrepreneur, and the founder of AI Dream Team®, and she comes to AI with a deep self-development, spiritual, and intuitive background. That's rare, and it's exactly the conversation I wanted to have. Natalie had just come back from a month-long digital detox. Even with an app that blocks her phone in the mornings, she said she could still feel how it "just has its claws in us." Part of that month was in a fishing village on Crete, where people run little markets and go out on the boats every day, and AI feels a world away. Then she shared a quote she'd seen: "Everyone wants a village, but not enough people want to be a villager." I said yes right away. I've been building The Wild Ones since 2020, and I see it all the time. Then we get into Natalie's portal moment. She walked away from She Takes on the World while it was still growing, before she knew AI was next. That's actually how I found her years ago, so I resonated with so much of this story. And then I got to nerd out. Natalie explains why she treats AI as a team rather than a tool , how to train it on your business and values with projects, skills, and connectors, and how she drops into meditation or breathwork before she opens a single AI workflow, so her intuition stays in the lead. We also had to go there: AI safety and regulation, jobs, cybersecurity, misinformation, and data centers (I see them going up here in New Mexico). Natalie is grounded and hopeful about it all, and she reminds us that we are not powerless. She left me with a question I want to pass on to you: what does it really mean to be human, to you? I hope you love this one as much as I did. Episode Breakdown 07:41 — AI and humanity: the deeper question of who technology allows us to become 13:19 — Digital detox: reclaiming boredom, creativity and presence after a month offline 29:10 — Rebuilding local community, resilience, and real-world connection in an increasingly digital world 35:16 — Natalie's portal moment: leaving She Takes on the World, releasing an old identity, and trusting what came next 49:53 — Using AI without losing your intuition, creativity, discernment, or sovereignty 53:34 — AI for entrepreneurs: building an AI Dream Team with roles, skills and connectors 67:15 — AI safety, regulation, jobs, cybersecurity, data centers, and staying hopeful about our human future Resources Mentioned in This Episode The Future Thread, Natalie MacNeil's newsletter : the three threads she's tracking for the future, plus what she's experimenting with and reading. AI Dream Team® by Natalie MacNeil : Natalie's program for building an AI team trained on your business and values. Natalie MacNeil's website Natalie MacNeil on Instagram 5 Calls : the tool Natalie mentions for calling your U.S. representatives about AI safety, oversight and environmental impact. Connect with Jenner Linden Follow The Wild Ones on Instagram Join The Wild Ones Community Subscribe & Review If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts ! Your support helps this show reach more seekers, creatives and Wild Ones who need these conversations. 🎙 Thanks for tuning in to Enter the Portal ! Keep exploring, stay curious, and embrace your wild, beautiful self.






