02/15/2026
How does a 79-year-old woman, facing serious disabilities and a dire prognosis, transform her life through generative AI tools? Click below for this week’s episode of The State of Greater Western New York Report to discover her remarkable journey of creativity, mental strength, and business innovation.
In the first half of the show, host Chris Carosa welcomes guest Kathy Tarochione, mental strength advocate and founder of the Golden Babes community for women 55+. She shares her story of overcoming health challenges, including COPD, congestive heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis, and long COVID. Starting from zero, she became an early Midjourney adopter, creating over 35,000 graphics and expanding into tools like NotebookLM for interactive podcasts and music videos from her personal poems—demonstrating how AI empowers personal healing, artistic expression, and inspiration.
In the second half, Tarochione explains how she uses Claude for succession planning and bold founder’s vision statements; Lovable for developing a non-medical, sympathetic “mudroom” app to support women 55+ in emotional moments with breathing exercises; and dozens of other AI platforms to build mental-strength tools and content. She emphasizes starting from scratch, precise prompting, and AI as a compassionate companion for life and business.
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