Actually Intelligent podcast: Dominic Malone, Wellie
On this episode of Actually Intelligent, Max Thon sits down with Dominic Malone, founder and CEO of Wellie—an AI-powered wellness company on a mission to make burnout a thing of the past. Together, they explore how Wellie uses AI to move from reactive support to predictive insights—helping individuals and organizations spot burnout before it happens.
Dominic shares how Wellie was born from Arise Wellness and the “11 Keys of Well Being,” a human-first framework designed to serve as a wise friend, not a talking to-do list. He opens up about personal loss, Earth as a place to learn, and the value of tapping into ancestral and non-Western wisdom—especially in a world buckling under emotional and mental strain.
Read 3 Things I Learned About Building AI for Wellness from Dominic Malone of WELLie to hear more from Dominic Malone about the 11 keys of well-being, how he built WELLie's MVP with low-code and no-code tools, and why ChatGPT's yearly wrap-up called him a strategist.
show notes:
03:27 - Welly: Your Dynamic AI Companion
06:56 - Value of a Wise Friend"
11:20 - Blending Tech with Human Connection
16:34 - AI's Double-Edged Impact
17:37 - Learning from Ancestral Cultures
22:55 - Using AI for Self-Reflection