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A life coach automated the admin and halved session prep with AI

A bilingual French and English coaching system in Airtable that writes session briefs, summaries and follow-up emails, cutting prep time by 50%.

This coach runs Life Performance Coaching and built a full AI-assisted management system to protect what matters most in a session: presence. Working in two languages, they designed a six-table database, smart forms and an automation engine that does the paperwork so they can do the coaching. It is a clear picture of how the program's AI skills can serve a deeply human practice.

Sophie Duchesne
A life performance coach working with clients in French and English.

AI-Powered Coaching Management System for Life Performance Coaching

Before

Running a coaching practice meant more than sessions. Each client brought visions, sprints, reflections and celebrations to track, and preparing for every conversation took time and energy. Serving clients in both French and English added another layer to every form and email.

“Fully bilingual system (French + English) with automatic language detection”

In their own words

The turning point

During the AI Mastery program, they began designing a system around their real workflow, starting simple and adding complexity step by step. They built a six-table relational database in Airtable and connected GPT-powered fields to it. The key realisation was where AI should sit: handling the administrative load so the coach could stay fully present.

“AI works best as a collaborator, not a replacement for human coaching”

In their own words

After

Today a client submits a reflection, the system detects their language, sends a branded email recap and produces an AI-generated coaching brief. Three AI fields draft the pre-session prep, the session summary and the client follow-up email. A coach dashboard shows active clients and sessions in real time, and session preparation now takes half the time.

What it lets people do

Clients can reflect before each session in their own language through forms that prefill what the coach already knows. The coach walks into every session with a ready brief and leaves with a summary and follow-up email drafted, keeping the whole client portfolio visible in one place.

What they learned

They came away convinced that AI works best as a collaborator, not a replacement for human coaching. Building gradually made the system possible, and bilingual automation taught them to plan language routing carefully. Above all, automating admin turned out to be a way of preserving coaching presence and energy.

“The biggest impact came from automating administrative tasks to preserve coaching presence and energy”

In their own words

AI-Powered Coaching Management System for Life Performance Coaching was built during AI Mastery.

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ACHIEVEMENTS: - Built a complete AI-powered coaching management system for Life Performance Coaching - 3 AI-generated fields: Pre-Session Prep, Session Summary, Client Follow-up Email - Fully bilingual system (French + English) with automatic language detection - Automated email workflow with branded client communication - Session preparation time reduced by 50% - Unified dashboard for real-time client portfolio overview TOOLS: - Airtable (database, forms, automations, interfaces/dashboard) - AI-powered fields (GPT integration within Airtable) - GitHub Pages (project presentation website) - Perplexity AI & Comet (research and development assistance) METHODOLOGY: - Designed a 6-table relational database: Clients, Visions, Sprints, Reflections, Sessions, Celebrations - Created bilingual pre-session reflection forms with dynamic prefill - Built automation engine: client submits reflection > language detection > branded email recap > AI-generated coaching brief - Developed coach dashboard for real-time visibility on active clients and sessions LEARNINGS: - AI works best as a collaborator, not a replacement for human coaching - Starting with simple workflows and building complexity gradually is key - Bilingual automation requires careful planning for language routing - The biggest impact came from automating administrative tasks to preserve coaching presence and energy RELEVANT URLs: - Project Presentation: https://sophiedcoach.github.io/Ai-Mastery-Project/ - Live Airtable System: https://airtable.com/appo3htSkrpDkVLjG - GitHub Repository: https://github.com/SophieDCoach/Ai-Mastery-Project NOTE: This submission is 10 days past the Feb 15 deadline. I completed the project with full dedication and would be grateful if it could still be considered. Thank you.

Written 25 February 2026 Submitted by the storyteller

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