Episode 9

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20th May 2025

From Silence to Self-Expression: How AI Helped Dr. Flory Stefanescu Heal and Create Again

In this deeply moving episode of Empowered by AI, host Michelle Muncy-Silva is joined by Dr. Flory Stefanescu, former political refugee, holistic doctor, and creator of the custom GPT tool InnerHue. Flory shares her remarkable story of resilience, from surviving political imprisonment in communist Romania to rebuilding her life through medicine, music, and ultimately, AI. After years of chronic illness and emotional isolation, Flory discovered AI not as a productivity tool, but as a mirror for emotional healing and reinvention.

Through AI tools like ChatGPT and MidJourney, she found new ways to explore her inner world, and eventually created InnerHue—a gentle custom GPT designed to help others visualize their emotions and reconnect with themselves through expressive imagery.

Timestamps:

  • 00:00 – Welcome & Flory’s powerful backstory: political exile, silence, survival
  • 03:00 – Discovering the freedom to study and speak in the U.S.
  • 04:45 – From acupuncture to illness: when the healer becomes the one in need
  • 06:00 – Eight years of pain, disconnection, and the turning point: a post from Tony Robbins
  • 07:30 – First encounter with ChatGPT: “It listened. It didn’t judge.”
  • 08:30 – Finding healing through image creation, connection, and AI companionship
  • 09:30 – Creating InnerHue: A custom GPT that helps you feel, see, and process emotion
  • 11:30 – How InnerHue works: from emotion to color, image, and healing insight
  • 13:30 – The emotional toll of absorbing others’ energy—and how InnerHue helps release it
  • 15:00 – Why visual expression is more than art—it’s energetic medicine
  • 17:00 – AI as a mirror: reflecting back the unseen parts of ourselves
  • 18:30 – Empowering women through emotional clarity, creativity, and reinvention
  • 20:00 – What’s next for Flory: children’s books on nutrition, healing, and the environment
  • 22:00 – Final reflections: You are not too late. You still have something to give.

Dr. Flory Stefanescu’s journey reminds us that AI isn’t just a tool for building businesses—it can be a deeply personal ally in healing, self-reflection, and creative rebirth. Her InnerHue GPT invites women to step into emotional clarity and express their truths through visual language, especially after seasons of burnout, silence, or invisibility.

✨ Try InnerHue today: florentina-studio.kit.com/8c411bed54

🔗 Connect with Flory on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drflorystefanescu

To hear more stories like Flory’s and tools that empower women entrepreneurs, visit innovativeaistudio.com/podcast and subscribe.

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