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Is It Okay to Use AI as Your Therapist? Plus: Going No Contact With Family (Couch Talks)
30 July 2026

Is It Okay to Use AI as Your Therapist? Plus: Going No Contact With Family (Couch Talks)

Feeling Things with Amy & Kat

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This week we're tackling a listener question that's been on everyone's mind: is it okay to use AI as your therapist? We break down the real pros and cons, from accessibility to the risk of over-relying on something that can't read a room or hold real accountability.

Then we dig into a gut-wrenching anonymous voicemail from a mom navigating estrangement from one of her sons…we also talk about how social media algorithms may be quietly reinforcing family cutoffs once someone goes down that road.

We lighten things up with a listener's amazing story about her mom, a 1960s nursing student who was so determined to give birth without twilight sleep medication that she bit her lip through labor rather than make a sound, delivered 7 of her 9 kids naturally, and went on to become a Lamaze instructor.

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