In this episode of Try AI for Growth, Sara Vicente Barreto shares how she used AI to plan and pack for a last-minute family holiday to Sal, Cape Verde — without the usual stress. From creating a personalised packing list to understanding hotel activities, local excursions, and weather conditions, AI became her on-the-go travel assistant.

This episode explores how conversational AI can reduce mental load, bring structure to everyday chaos, and help families feel more prepared before they even board the plane. If holiday planning usually overwhelms you, this experiment might change how you approach it next time.

In this episode of Try AI for Growth, Sara Vicente Barreto shares how AI helped her transform a complex, overwhelming field report from a nine-day trip to Mozambique into a structured set of actions, insights, and strategic directions. Instead of getting stuck in the mental load of hundreds of notes, scattered observations, and project details, Sara used AI to extract actions, identify themes, build analyses, and even generate tools she can reuse in the future. Through hits, misses, iterations, and a few unexpected bugs, this episode reveals how AI can lighten cognitive load, accelerate clarity, and turn "I don't know where to start" into meaningful progress. Listeners will walk away with practical ideas for using AI to break down big tasks, reduce procrastination, and move from overwhelm to organisation.

In this episode of Try AI for Growth, Sara Vicente Barreto shares her journey of building her first custom AI agent: a publishing partner designed to edit, optimize, and package her blog posts—without losing her authentic voice. From identifying the pain points of publishing, to designing and training the agent on her unique workflow, Sara reveals the behind-the-scenes process, the lessons learned, and the surprising impact on her creative flow.