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Sam Altman says 2025 is the year people start using ChatGPT for their emotional lives — to process relationships, rehearse hard conversations, and even find comfort. So what happens when your clients start doing therapy with an algorithm? In this crossover episode of TwoX Labs x The Soft Science, Dr. Erika Miley breaks down: 🧠 What AI actually is (and isn’t) — and why it can sound empathetic without ever understanding you. 💬 How clients are turning to AI for emotional support — and what needs that really meets. ⚠️ Why therapists must start asking about AI use the same way we ask about coping skills. 🛑 What harm reduction looks like when AI becomes part of the therapy process. 🧩 How professional associations need to protect the field — before insurance companies decide AI can replace human care.   This episode is for therapists, clients, and anyone trying to navigate the messy new frontier where care meets code.

Where pleasure is data, shame gets dissected, and your executive dysfunction is just another reason to question everything you've been told. I'm Dr. Erika Miley—licensed therapist, clinical sexologist, professor, and your favorite neurodivergent bisexual MILF with a brain that won't shut up and a mouth that refuses to cooperate (ask any teacher I've ever had). This space is for: The curious and the kinky The overstimulated and the over it Women over 35 who are done playing small We're talking about sex without purity politics, trauma without making it your whole identity, and desire without a single apology. Because here's what I know: So many of us are living in bodies that were never taught to rest, feel, or want. We're out here raising kids, running businesses, surviving late-stage capitalism, and trying to remember what turns us on besides iced coffee and morally grey book boyfriends. The Soft Science is where we unpack all of it—your mental health, your sexual health, and everything in between. No shame, no bullshit, just research-backed real talk for women who are ready to reclaim their pleasure. Previously known as Sex Talk with Erika Miley—now evolved, expanded, and even less filtered. Let's get into it. 💋  

Does research in sex tell us what women want when it comes to pleasure? Dr. Meredith Chivers shares her 20 years of research. Join me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to me. ► Video Gear: https://kit.co/erikamiley/video-kit ► Podcast Gear: https://kit.co/erikamiley/podcast-setup FOLLOW ME ______________________ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrserikamiley TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sextalkwitherika  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sextalkwitherikamiley 

Let’s talk about how money impacts your sex life, relationships, and power dynamics. Featuring the awesome Kate Dorman. | Join Patreon  

Erika and Erica talk about how things seen as “woo woo” can really help you have a better sex life. Help support this podcast by joining my Patreon: https://patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley 

Bisexuality, what is it and what are the myths around it. Featuring Dr. Lindsey Brooks, a licensed sex therapist. Want more content? Join me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley 

Masturbation is a healthy activity and the data just shows that there's no benefit to stopping. Do you help with sexual compulsion (addiction)? : https://mentalandsexualhealth.com    Don't forget the lube: https://amzn.to/3AeuB4U Patreon: https://patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley 

Let's talk about Sex Talk: The Next Generation. Join me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/sextalkwitherikamiley 

Episode 155: Kenneth joins us today to give us a deeper understanding of sexual pleasure and take us through some parts of his book, Beyond Satisfied: A Sex Hackers Guide to Endless Orgasms, Mind-blowing Connection, and Lasting Confidence, with his unique way of using highly directive images in his course. Click here for full show notes.

Episode 154: We have Merely Ashley with us, a cybersecurity advocate for women in the cybersecurity industry. Ashley joins us today to share her journey as a cybersecurity advocate for women and also more about the concept of cybersecurity in general. Tune in for this and many other exciting topics. Click here for full show notes.

Episode 153: How do you get into, or even survive the emotional rollercoasters associated with polyamorous relationships? In this episode, we speak to Keera Joel, a kinky author, and a narrator who has been supporting the BDSM group for some time. Click here for full show notes.

Dr. Rachel Allyn joins us to expound on the disconnection within our bodies and how to overcome it through body activities such as yoga, breathing exercises, and dynamic body movements. Click here for full show notes.

In this episode, we talk to Searah Deysach, a sex educator and the owner of the Early To Bed sex toys shop. With a mission to create a space where people could freely walk into the store, confidently get information, and purchase sex toys, Searah decided to launch her shop, which now celebrates it's 20-year anniversary. Click here for full show notes.  

In this episode, co-authors of Women and Kink, Jennifer Rehor and Julia Schiffman join us to talk about their book. Click here for full show notes.

Janel Vitale joins Erika to share about the different desire archetypes, how to know your category, and how it can help you fulfil your desires by finding the compatible match. Click here for full show notes.