During this LIVE podcast we explore why AI isn't actually making our life easier and explore what we can do about it.

AI was supposed to save us time.

So why do so many of us feel more overwhelmed than ever?

We use AI to answer questions, speed up workflows, and handle the tasks we find dull or time-consuming. But while it increases efficiency, it may also be quietly reshaping our ability to think, connect, and build skills.

In this live podcast recording, we’ll explore the hidden human costs of convenience, including:

• Are we outsourcing critical thinking?

• What happens when relationships become frictionless?

• Are we losing skills we once valued?

• Does efficiency actually increase expectations?

Sarah McDowell, Jack Chambers-Ward and Tazmin Suleman will share honest reflections, personal experiences, and practical strategies for using AI consciously, without losing the parts of ourselves that matter.

You’ll leave with fresh perspective, better questions to ask yourself, and practical ways to avoid falling into the Efficiency Paradox.

About The SEO Mindset Podcast

The SEO Mindset podcast gives actionable growth tips and development advice so that SEO professionals can optimise their careers, and not just the algorithms!

Each week hosts, Sarah McDowell and Tazmin Suleman, with the help of their guests, delve into important topics that are often not spoken about, sharing their own experiences, along with practical tips, guidance and advice. Topics covered so far include imposter syndrome, self-belief, anxiety, mindset etc.

About Search with Candour Podcast

Search With Candour features the latest SEO news and in-depth interviews with the world's best digital marketing professionals.

Each week, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by one of the world’s leading SEO and PPC experts to discuss a topic of their choice ranging from broad topics such as avoiding burnout as a content creator and the importance of cultural understanding to more technical subjects like pagination in ecommerce and how to conduct SEO audits.

Once per month, Jack is joined by his co-host Mark Williams-Cook to host a live episode of the podcast recapping that previous month’s biggest SEO news stories.