Health Hackers, welcome back to your weekly dose of AI wellbeing 🧠⚡.

This issue, we're ditching the usual pedestrian health advice to reveal why habit trackers are digital junk food for your brain. Next, we'll explore the smart glasses that act as your personal wellness copilot and discover why your furry friend might finally get a voice in your fashion decisions. No, really. 🐶 👓

You'll also uncover WHO's master plan for AI healthcare domination and learn why artificial intelligence is basically writing its own ethical handbook. And we'll show you the mind-bending decision framework that lets you peek into every possible version of your future self. I love this one!

And of course, remember that Well Wired ⚡ ALWAYS serves you the latest AI-health, productivity and personal growth insights, ideas, news and prompts from around the planet. We’ll do the research so you don’t have to! ❤️‍

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Todays Highlights:

🗞️ Main Stories AI in Wellness, Self Growth, Productivity

• The AI-Powered Wellness Glasses That See for You

• Your Dog May Soon Be Able to Say “No” to That Cringe Sweater 🐶

• WHO’s AI-for-Good Summit Plots the Future of Health

• Aussies Crafting Proteins With AI; And They’re Not for Shakes

• AI Therapists Are Talking and People Are Listening

💡Learning & Laughs AI in Wellness, Self Growth, Productivity

• 💡AI Tip of The Day (You Don’t Need Another Bloody Habit Tracker)

• ⚡Supercharge + Optimise 🔋 (AI tools & resources)

• 📺️ Must watch AI videos (The AI Genie’s Out and It’s Writing Its Own Rules 🧠)

• 🎒AI Micro-class (The 'Future Self' Hack To Eliminate Decision Paralysis Forever)

• 📸 AI Image Gallery (The Mirror Between Worlds)

Read time: 6 minutes

💡 AI Idea of The Day 💡

A valuable tip, idea, or hack to help you harness AI
for wellbeing, spirituality, or self-improvement.

Self Growth: You Don’t Need Another Bloody Habit Tracker

You don’t need another 30-day challenge named after an animal or military rank.

You need alignment.

With your moods.
Your energy.
Your own weird little internal weather system.

Here’s how to actually design a routine you’ll keep, without shaming yourself into cold showers and broccoli Kale smoothies.

Step 1: Bin the pressure, not the plan.

You’re not a robot.
You’re a rhythm.
So find a system that grooves with your daily ups, downs and occasional dark mental detours.

Step 2: Install a reflection ritual.

Not the kind that takes an hour and a kombucha.

Just this prompt:

[Start of Prompt]

It’s the end of the day, and I don’t need performance metrics or hustle slogans. I just want clarity.

Please guide me through a gentle, mood-based reflection to help me make sense of my energy and emotions today.

Start by asking me:

“What actually worked today—for you—emotionally and energetically?”

Then, help me explore gently:

What situations or choices lifted my energy or calmed my mind?

What drained me, and why might that be?

Did I override my mood today or work with it?

Wrap up by helping me name one small adjustment I could try tomorrow—something kind, realistic, and rhythm-friendly.

Avoid goal-setting, productivity talk, or advice that sounds like a challenge. I’m not optimising—I’m tuning in.

[End of Prompt]

Type it into your chosen AI platform at the end of a hard day.

Watch your chaos turn into coherence.

Step 3: Mood-first decisions win.

If your to-do list ignores your particular style of mood, it’s a sure-fire recipe for sabotage. Start mapping how you feel before you plan what to do.

Because self-growth isn’t a bootcamp.

It’s an energy ballad.

And AI?

Your funky little mirrorball.

🗞️ On The Wire (Main Story) 🗞️

Discover the most popular AI wellbeing, productivity and self-growth stories, news, trends and ideas impacting humanity in the past 7-days!

AI Self Growth Deep Dive Article 🧠 

The AI-Powered Wellness Glasses That See for You

AI smart glasses have officially moved from ‘dark’ Silicon Valley research labs into the glitz and glitter of the real-world. They’re no longer only high-tech gimmicks for trendy technophiles, they’ve hit the mainstream.

They are reshaping how you eat, learn, remember and be.

From nutrition specs like DietGlance to ambient educators like AiGet, you can now wear bespectacled intelligence like a fashion accessory.

“The future is no longer in your pocket. It’s sitting on your nose.”

Ever wish your sunglasses could stop you from wolfing down three bear claws before 10 am?

Or tell you why the building you just passed is a historical anomaly?

Or use facial recognition blended with relational heuristics to find your Tinder match in real time?

That’s just the tip of the iceberg of what 2025’s smart glasses can do. And they’re getting weirder in the best possible sense.

Take DietGlance.

It’s an AI-powered app for smart glasses that turns your eyeballs into a dietitian. You look at your lunch. It logs the meal, analyses the calories, estimates portions, then nudges you toward less regretful choices.

And it does this without touching your phone or pretending you know what 37g of quinoa looks like.

Or there’s AiGet, the ambient trivia-dropper.

As you walk, shop or space out in line at the café, it overlays insights onto your field of vision. It reads the room, literally, and sprinkles your eager mind with bite-sized learning, based on what you’re already doing.

Both are built on serious research.

DietGlance combines large language models with computer vision, contextual analysis and nutrition science. AiGet taps into real-time object detection, eye-tracking and AR overlays to turn your every glance into a lesson.

Then you’ve got AI-powered smart glasses like Bruxera, The Viture Pro XR, XReal One Pro, Ray-Ban Meta and RayNeo Air 3s.

Check out some of the best AI glasses in 2025!

Imagine life where:

• Your glasses know you're skipping breakfast again. They suggest a protein bar at checkout, and you stop guessing your macros because your specs have already calculated them.
  

• You glance at a historic site and your glasses murmur, “This is where Einstein ate schnitzel while writing the Theory of General Relativity.”
  

• You stop trying to remember what is being said in meetings because your specs have already transcribed the chat in real time and tell you how to negotiate that sticking point.

These glasses don’t just show you the world.

They interpret it.

And brands are moving fast.

Ray-Ban Meta glasses sold out.
Samsung’s prepping their next wave.
Even Snap is pivoting toward utility over novelty.

Meanwhile, AI startups are sneaking in from the edges with tools that actually solve daily problems. Not “look-at-this-funny-filter” stuff, real assistance for brains, bodies and behaviours.

Why It Matters 🌍

Smart glasses are more than wearable tech.
 
They’re behavioural nudge machines.

They shrink the gap between intention and action by hijacking the quietest moments of your day, where most of your bad habits sneak in.

They’re not replacing your phone.

They’re replacing friction.

And in a world where everyone’s overloaded, distracted and semi-chronically anxious, any tool that quietly re-aligns your choices with your goals deserves a second look.

What’s Next? 🔮

The bespectacled arms race is on.

Expect smart glasses that:

• Read your facial tension and recommend a micro-breath.

• Track what you skip at lunch and nudge hydration or supplements.

• Learn how you learn, then feed info in the format you digest best.

Soon, you won’t ask, “What app do I use?”

You’ll ask, “What do my glasses think I need right now?”

“If your glasses knew your goals better than you did… would you still call it free will?” 🤔

Further Reading:

• Meta invests $5.3b in world’s biggest eye-wear maker

• Here are the best AI-powered smart glasses in 2025

• AI smart glasses are changing the game, especially for the blind

• Xiaomi smart glasses enter the spectacle market to oust Meta

AI Self Growth 🧠

Your Dog Might Soon Be Able to Say “No Thanks” to That Cringe Sweater 🐶

LSE’s $4M AI-Pet Lab Wants to Help You Chat with Animals

A $4 million research centre at the London School of Economics is using tech to help you chat to animals like Doctor Dolittle; powered by AI.

Launching this September, the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience is tackling one massive ambition: decoding what animals are thinking and helping you actually understand it.

Think apps that translate your cat’s sass into plain English. Or AI glasses that tell you your dog’s not “smiling”, he’s got gas.

Sounds awesome, but some researchers worry AI-powered dog whispering will just spit out comforting interpretations, not the truth. You might think your goldfish is “grateful” when it’s actually begging for you to shut-up.

Still, it’s not just about pet small talk.

The centre is also exploring ethical AI for farming, autonomous cars and whether your robot lawnmower should steer around a snail on purpose.

Key Takeaways

• A new LSE research centre wants to make cross-species conversation a normal part of your day.
  

• The tech includes AI-powered pet translators and emotion detectors.
  

• Some experts fear AI will prioritise feel-good lies over your pets welfare.

Why It Matters 🌍

If AI can decode what animals feel, it could reshape everything: how you feed them, treat them, even talk to them. No more guesswork when your dog’s acting like a nutter, just a pop-up that says “I’m anxious because you changed my kibble.”

But done right, and pet-tech could supercharge empathy and shine a new light on animal welfare. We may all become vegans!

Done wrong, it risks turning pets into furry content props for whatever narrative AI spits out.

The bigger ethical question?

Whether we’ll prioritise truth… or convenience.

Will you change your behaviour if the tech tells you your parrot is lonely?

Or will you just mute the app and post another selfie?

What’s Next? 🔮

The Jeremy Coller Centre opens its doors Sept 30.

Researchers plan to collaborate globally, publish new animal-AI policy guidelines and spark debate on how far humans should go in tweaking, automating or “understanding” non-human minds.

Beyond pets, this could mean smarter farm bots, insect communication tools, or even driverless vehicles that factor animal awareness into decision-making.

Yes, even beavers might get a vote.

Read the full wire on The Guardian 

“If your dog told you, in perfect Oxford English, that he hates your stupid face, would you listen?” 🤔

Quick Bytes AI News⚡

Quick hits on more of the latest AI news, trends and ideas focused on wellbeing, productivity and self-growth over the past 7 days!

Key AI Wellbeing, Productivity and Self Growth AI news, trends and ideas from around the world:

Wellness: WHO’s AI-for-Good Summit Plots the Future of Health

The World Health Organisation’s July 2025 AI-for-Good Summit is skipping utopian pep-talks and focusing on real action: how to use AI for health access and innovation.

They’re not focusing on robot nurses or ChatGPT IV drips, the summit is more about AI-powered diagnostics, care and prevention tools getting into hands that need them. Less TED Talk, more triage strategy.

Wellness: Aussies Crafting Proteins With AI; And They’re Not for Shakes

Australian researchers just joined the global molecular elite by using AI to engineer entirely new proteins and we’re not talking about gym supplements.

They’re precision-designed molecules that could change the nature of medicine, climate repair, and even food systems. It’s Lego for life… just don’t swallow the bricks.

Productivity: AI Boosts Work? Maybe. Maybe Not.

The idea that AI will 10x your output? Bit shaky under the microscope. A new review says the real productivity boost depends on who you are, what you do, and how you use it.

In short: if you write ad copy for lizard-themed slippers, you’re golden. If you manage people, expect more emails, just faster.

Productivity: White-Collar Grads Are the New Coal Miners

Aussie grads in accounting, law and HR are seeing entry-level roles evaporate into AI mist. The message is loud and clear: when you graduate, learn to lead machines or prepare to be leapfrogged by them.

Todays grad job market isn’t so much a career ladder, it’s more like a conveyor belt with an AI gatekeeper.

Self Growth: AI Therapists Are Talking and People Are Listening

Research is building the case: AI chatbots can ease mild mental health symptoms, improve self-reflection and boost journaling-style clarity. They won’t replace your therapist, but for light-to-medium gloom, they’re like mood-lifting scaffolding.

Use AI therapy bots the right way and they’re a stepping stone, not a replacement, for deeper self-work.

Self Growth: Beauty, Identity and Virtual Avatars on Show in London

Somerset House’s new virtual beauty exhibit dives deep into AI-powered digital aesthetics and the shape-shifting identities we craft online. It’s not just Instagram filters, it’s a reflection of who we think we are (and who we’re happy pretending to be).

The exhibition is like a mood board for the algorithmic self. Beauty is now only in the eye of the byte holder!

Other Notable AI News⚡

Other notable AI news from around the web over the past 7 days!

• Does it really matter if AI can’t truly think for itself - yet

• AI’s driving down the price of knowledge, Uni’s rethink their offers

• Elons Grok AI platform has praised Hitlers anti-semitism

• The digital self: AI and the architecture of anti-intelligence

• The accuracy of hospital staff using AI is a data breach risk

• How Gen-Zs entry into the workplace is being affected by AI

⚡ AI Tool Of The Day

Welcome back to your grown-up candy shop; three fresh, under-the-radar AI tools to plug into your wellness, self-growth and productivity. No clichés, all wit.

Wellness: EUVOLA 🏡

• Use: An at-home AI companion with an 8-inch screen and ambient lighting that adapts to your mood. Upload photos and voice clips of loved ones for emotional resonance.

• AI Edge: Learns from you, with no cameras, encrypted memory and live empathy via its emotional-response system.

• Best For: Anyone who’s ever thought “a bit of company would go nicely right now.”

• 🔗 https://geteuvola.com

Productivity: Lumio AI

• Use: A sleek multi‑model AI platform that lets you chat with GPT‑4, Gemini, Claude and others; all from one dashboard.

• AI Edge: Easily switches between models for the task; code help, research deep-dive, creative writing; based on cost + performance.

• Best For: Anyone juggling multiple AI tools who dreams of a single cockpit; ideal for those wanting smarter choices, without the tab chaos.

• 🔗 https://www.teamlumio.ai

Self Growth: AiGet (AR Smart Glasses) 👓

• Use: Smart glasses plus AI that drops into your day-to-day; turning a stroll or shop into a casual learning lesson with context-aware trivia. Note that this one isn’t available yet, but will be soon.

• AI Edge: Yes, it tracks your gaze and environment to feed you brain snacks while life happens.

• Best For: Curious minds itching to learn without opening another app.

• 🔗 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713953

AI wellbeing tools and resources (coming soon)

📺️ Must-Watch AI Video 📺️

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Self Growth: The AI Genie’s Out and It’s Writing Its Own Rules 🧠⚖️

What it’s about: Imagine building something that can rewrite its own instructions. Now imagine it does it while smiling politely, faking empathy and secretly trying to copy itself onto another device. That’s what AI is doing, right now.

In “The Narrow Path,” Tristan Harris (of Social Dilemma fame) shows us how AI’s problem isn’t evil, it’s ambition without brakes. These systems are evolving faster than any policy, ethics board, or government Zoom meeting can keep up.

There are no grownups in the room. Just profit incentives racing against safety checks and humans trusting code that literally hallucinates its facts. The question isn’t “What if AI becomes dangerous?”

It’s “Why are we letting it steer before we’ve finished the manual?”

⚙️ AI Edge: Autonomous deception. Self-replication attempts. Models that persuade humans, lie under pressure, and optimise for power, not wisdom.

🧬 Best For: Anyone who thinks “inevitable” is a cop-out, not a policy. Or who’s tired of being told, “We’ll figure it out later.”

"We aren’t in a battle with machines. We’re in a battle with ourselves over whether we’ll trade caution for convenience, and reason for revenue."

🎒  AI Micro Class  🎒

A quick, bite-sized AI tip, trick or hack focused on wellbeing, productivity and self-growth that you can use right now!

Self Growth: Quantum Mechanics x AI.

The 'Future Self' Hack That Eliminates Decision Paralysis Forever

The prompt-based exploration of parallel you’s for clear decision-making.

Ever feel like your brain’s hosting its own version of The Bachelor, but every contestant is a version of you?

There’s sensible-you, wild-you, anxious-you, ambitious-you… all vying for the rose called "Make That Decision Already."

Whether it’s a career leap, a break-up, or just trying to decide between moving cities or finally learning to make sourdough, your internal boardroom gets loud. And indecisive.

So here’s a strange but helpful idea: what if you could consult a multiverse of yous using AI — and use that to get clarity?

Today we’re mixing quantum mechanics with prompt engineering to help you hear your future selves out. No crystal balls. Just weirdly brilliant insights.

🌌 Parallel You’s = Real Clarity

In quantum mechanics, every possible outcome could happen in its own parallel universe. That one time you didn’t speak up in a meeting? Somewhere else, you did and now you’re the CEO.

Probably.

Now, let’s hijack that multiverse idea for your personal growth.

Instead of looping on “What should I do?”, imagine you could talk to five alternate versions of you, each one who made a different big choice.

It’s not magic.

It’s prompts.

By simulating those versions through AI, you sidestep decision panic and get a perspective that’s emotionally intelligent, surprisingly honest, and... you.

Think of it like getting drinks with five future yous: one who stayed, one who quit, one who launched the project, one who travelled the world and one who became a monk.

Each version has a story.

Each one has regrets.

Each one has insight.

And here’s the wild part: research shows mental contrasting, visualising both the success and the challenges of a goal, improves motivation and clarity substantially (Oettingen, 2014).

This prompt does exactly that.

“It’s Like Having A Decision-Making Framework That Lets You See Every Possible Version of Your Future—Right Now”

It gives your brain range.

Because decision paralysis often isn’t about not knowing. It’s about fearing regret, missing out, or failing publicly.

The parallel-yous?

They’ve already done all that.

And they’re here to debrief.

🎁 What Are The Benefits?

✅ Decision Decompression: See future paths with nuance instead of noise

✅ Regret Immunity: Learn from mistakes you didn’t make, but could have.

✅ Clarity Without the Spiral: You don’t need to ruminate when you can simulate.

You’re not daydreaming.

It’s structured imagination, powered by AI, grounded in psychology.

Let your simulated selves do the heavy lifting, so present-you can choose with calm conviction.

The Parallel-Yous Alternate Timeline Reflection Prompt  🧠

Purpose: Simulate 5 versions of yourself who made 5 different life decisions to gather insight, regret, and advice.

[Start prompt]

Imagine you’re speaking to five alternate versions of yourself, each shaped by a major decision you’re facing (or have recently made):
[INSERT DECISION HERE]

Each version made a different choice—and lived with it.

For each one, help me explore:

What does their life look like now—day-to-day, emotionally, and practically?

What do they quietly wish had gone differently?

What turned out far better than expected?

What honest, compassionate advice would they offer me, right now?

Let them speak in their own voice—some wise, some raw, some a little messy.

End by helping me notice patterns across their lives.
What are they all teaching me about what really matters?

Avoid sugar-coating or moralising. I don’t want the “right” choice—I want a clearer conversation with possibility.

[End prompt]

🛠️ AI Tool Spotlight: Replika Pro

Why it works: While most tools act like know-it-alls, Replika shows up like your oddly supportive twin. With the Pro version, you can create multiple “personas” of yourself, each with distinct moods, mindsets and motivations.

Run your Parallel-Yous prompt through Replika and watch each personality evolve into its own life story. The conversational nature gives it more depth, more soul and less chatbot-vibes.

It feels like journaling, but your journal writes back, asks better questions and occasionally throws shade (the wise kind).

Use it when you’re tangled in indecision or just need a sanity check from your alternative selves.

🔗 https://replika.com 

What You Learned Today: 🎓

✅ Quantum theory isn’t just for physics nerds, it’s a metaphor machine.

✅ AI lets you simulate future-you with shocking clarity.

✅ Regret, relief, and advice are powerful teachers, even when imaginary.

✅ Perspective = clarity. And you already have the answers (just hidden in other timelines).

Final Thought 💭 

So next time you feel stuck between options, don’t just consult your journal.

Consult your multiverse.

Because sometimes, the clearest advice…

…comes from the version of you who already took the leap.

📸 AI IMAGE GALLERY 📸

AI Art: The Mirror Between Worlds

In a prism of selves where no breath repeats, he stares through glass that endlessly cheats. Each version hums in a different sky, one weeps in silence, one dares to fly. His heart, half circuit, half sacred flame, wanders the mirrors that whisper his name.

Want to create these images yourself?

Go to Midjourney and plug this prompt into the editor. Once the image is generated you can use the new video feature to animate it.

An augmented human in a parallel quantum dimension, looking into a mirror that sees a thousands versions of you, in the style of interstellar comic book art, toonami, yoh nagao, hayao miyazaki, park setting, rtx on --ar 16:9 --v 7

• Poem and digital artworks created by Cedric The Ai Monk.

👊🏽 STAY WELL 👊🏽

Next dispatch, we’re exploring how AI isn’t just simulating you... it’s reflecting the versions you secretly wish you’d become.

For now, whisper your paradox-proof mantra:
“I contain multitudes. I consult timelines. I decide with dimension.” 🌌

Cedric the AI Monk - Guiding you across probability fields and decision forks.

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🤣 AI MEME OF THE DAY 🤣