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EP 116: As a midlife woman, do you want to find a “thing”, a passion, something that makes you feel connected to yourself and others? Me too! This mini episode has some serious and practical nuggets for you! Get ready for a step-by-step guide to reclaiming your time and creativity in the second half of our lives. My midlife hottie guest shares all the details of her research on cultivating creativity and framing what she calls our unicorn space, in midlife. 

This week we are doing another quick golden nugget mini-sode excerpt from my past conversation with New York Times best-selling author, Eve Rodksy. Today might be the day where you “get unstuck” and find the “thing” or take the first step on the “thing”. This is crucial for meaning and joy in midlife. We want time for passions and hobbies and midlife magic but we just don’t know where to fuck*n start. 

Enjoy this mini-sode, then dive into the full episode, where we get into so much more of Eve’s research. Finding Your Midlife Thing. A Step-By-Step Plan  and You Don’t Have To Do It All To Have It All With Eve Rodsky. 

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EP 115: Parenting hormonal teens while battling hormones yourself?! Me too! You are not alone there and according to parenting expert Dr. Lisa Damour there are some tools in teaching them to navigate “big feelings”, while maintaining you are own sense of equilibrium, as a parent. Honestly, this was an amazing reminder for myself and I know that so many of you parents will be able to relate. Let’s face it, on top of working a career or being a “stay at home mom” or quasi or full “empty nester and mid-lifing, it’s also our job to set our kids up for emotional success by giving them the tools for self expression and emotional regulation. These are the tools they will carry with them their whole lives and Dr. Lisa is here to break it down for us. 

This week we are doing another quick golden nugget mini-sode excerpt from The Flexible Neurotic Archive. This conversation was with Dr. Lisa Damour, a recognized thought leader by the American Psychological Association. She’s a best selling author, speaker and host of the podcast, Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting. This conversation is always a good one to come back to on parenting teens and helping them manage their emotions, while we manage our own. 

Check out this minisode, then dive into the full episode, where we get into so much more on parenting, the teenage hormonal stew, and building strong connections with your kids. “Midlife Parents Managing The Teenage Buffet Of “Big Feelings”... Real Tools!”

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EP 114: One pill to help reverse cellular aging? Duh! Sign me up. Ready to sleep better, feel better, reduce inflammation, have thicker hair and a million other things? I know the obvious answer is yes… but there’s more. Are you sick of taking a million supplements in the morning and wondering why we haven’t just created one magic supplement with so much that we need? Then this episode is definitely for you! I know you’ve heard of omega 3, fatty acids and fish oil, but let me introduce to you C15:0 the supplement you never knew you needed. I know what you're thinking… sign me the f**k up. According to Fatty15 and several research studies, this supplement “reverses cellular aging to deliver whole body and mind health. C15:0 is the first essential fatty acid to be discovered since the omegas—over 90 years ago. Fatty15 contains a pure, award-winning, C15:0 powder called FA15™.”

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a super important super nerd conversation called Reverse Cellular Aging In A Bottle. My guest, Stephanie Venn-Watson is one of the masterminds behind this magic supplement becoming available to the everyday person. Wait until you hear how her discovery from dolphins is taking human longevity and health by storm. We get into all of it…details, ladies! Long story short, it’s a supplement that is taking the health and wellness world by storm… you need to know about it, so tune into the episode and thank me later. 

Show highlights 

• Fatty15 reverses cellular aging to deliver whole body and mind health
• C15:0 is the first essential fatty acid to be discovered since the omegas—over 90 years ago. Fatty15 contains a pure, award-winning, C15:0 powder called FA15™
• Studying dolphins leads to a huge breakthroughs for humans 
• What is C15:0?
• Better sleep, less inflammation improved mood, sign me up
• Longevity 
• Exercise benefits you never heard about 
• How to reduce midlife hair loss
• Our cells communicate with each other 
• Why there is no such thing as “failure”
• Life plans are unexpected

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EP 113: Plant Medicine, eastern & western approaches to mental health and the power of your intuition… Dr. Ellen Vora discusses the importance of understanding the vast options available to us in midlife for our health and wellness needs. Today we are talking about plant medicine and Dr. Vora’s specific and holistic approach to taking care of your mental health in today’s developing world of medicine and lifestyle which is not a one size fit’s all deal. 

This week we are doing another quick golden nugget mini-sode excerpt from my past conversation with board-certified psychiatrist and holistic mental health care specialist, Dr. Ellen Vora. This conversation is such a good reminder about navigating the world of wellness in a time where we are seeing new options pop up everyday. We discuss the differences amongst western and eastern medicine & holistic medicine and how to know which option is the best for YOU. Remember, we are all different and all have different needs, midlife is about understanding your needs and choosing a path that suits you. Trust me, you won’t want to miss this episode, thank me later!

Enjoy this minisode, then dive into the full episode, where we get into so much more on different types of plant medicines, midlife health practices and Dr. Vora’s personal experiences. Plant Medicines, Sleep & Gut Tools… Finding Your Midlife Flow

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Lift “heavy s**t in midlife” is the name of the game! You know I call them the “dumb and necessary weights”. We keep hearing we have to lift weight in midlife for our brains, body and health. You want to hear exactly the how, why and what from an orthopedic surgeon and longevity specialist? You want to hear exactly how much weight and how many reps? Duh! Met too. Today’s guest says she’s heard every excuse in the book and there is nothing that should stop you from getting informed and knowing that you are worth the daily investment in your health. She has all the information you never even knew you needed. If you want to know what the data says about aging and a cheat sheet on what to do, then this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an educational conversation called Lift Heavy S**t in Midlife. My guest, Dr. Vonda Wright, is a double-board certified orthopedic surgeon and an internationally recognized authority on active aging, longevity, mobility and all the things we care about in midlife. She is a sought after speaker and five times bestselling author and her information is so critical for midlife women. Today we are talking about midlife self-agency, maintaining independence as we get older, weights, nutrition and more. 

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EP 111: Midlife fantasy or real life? A bad case of the “midlife itchies” at 44 which ended up being a huge turning point for this guest. She was post-divorce, filing for bankruptcy  and trying to find her inner fuel and passion again in midlife, despite her father dying, her dog dying, living in a tiny apartment with two teenagers, and having a quick romance that ended up leaving her wanting more. Long story short, she met an astrologist who made her believe in all the midlife woo-woo and started her midlife journey that led her to Paris… which for this guest, at the time was about finding every man in Paris born on November 2, 1968 because he just might be her long lost true love. So, in a true “I am going to save myself” fashion, my guest went off to Paris to look for any guy born on November 2, 1968. This was the date the astrologer gave her. She started this man search on a new instagram account and traveled blindly into the unknown of Paris to “find herself”. I mean, wow… true midlife magic. 

Might have peaked your interest…

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an inspiring and heartfelt conversation called Finding Me Again, True Story! My guest Natasha Sizlo is a best selling author, writer, real-estate agent for The Agency (she can be seen on Buying Beverly Hills TV show) and overall master of the midlife remix. She wrote the best selling book All Signs Point To Paris, A Memoir of Love, Loss and Destiny, which is a true story of her search for a second chance at love, and a midlife adventure prompted by an astrology reading. In this episode, we are getting into self-love, self-responsibility, the importance of creating community and the magic that happens along the way. 

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EP 110: Make-up artist guru and entrepreneur extraordinaire known for Bobby Brown Cosmetics and Jones Road Beauty, Bobbi Brown, shares her secrets for living your “best everyday midlife”. 

This week we are doing another quick golden nugget mini-sode excerpt from my past conversation with beauty entrepreneur and fellow midlifer, Bobbi Brown. This conversation is such a good reminder about midlife being “hard and good”, choosing your hard and being fearless along the way. Trust me, you won’t want to miss this episode, thank me later!

Enjoy this 11 minute minisode, then dive into the full episode, where we get into so much more on health, wellness and parenting. Everyday Midlife - With Bobbi Brown

Some Highlights: 

• Overcoming limiting beliefs 

• Life is work 

• Relationships are also work!

• Being fearless and never saying “I can’t”

• If you don’t know how to do something ask for help

• Choosing your “hard” 

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EP 109: How did she fckn’ do that? How did she put the “cart before the horse”? How did he get over that life threatening challenge? Ever envious of the people who seem to be naturally more resilient, GRITTY? Wow, some people always appear to bounce back. What are their secrets? Can we develop grit? There is a concept called “practical optimism” that is taking the world by storm. It is based in research. Are you looking for midlife personal growth and transformation?! Me too! Bye bye FOMO? My guest today has the answers. 

What if instead of searching for your purpose and waiting for your passion to find you you cultivated your purpose through evidence based strategies? Are you ready to get “gritty” today? 

This episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an inspiring and informative conversation with the author of Practical Optimism: The Art, Science and Practice of Exceptional Well-Being, Dr. Sue Varma. She’s a psychiatric and cognitive behavioral therapist and worked with the survivors of families of 9/11. With two decades of experience in her private practice she is here today to tell us how we can cultivate the lives we really want in midlife using a mindset she coined, “practical optimism”. Today, we talk about developing grit and changing your habits for the midlife you actually fckn’ want. This episode is filled with all the midlife nuggets of motivation we are craving.

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EP 108: Midlife muffin top? Did I get your attention? Are you a midlife woman questioning the sudden appearance of the midlife muffin top? Are you curious as to what is going on inside your body during menopause? Do you find yourself feeling “ugh” about the redistribution of fat? Do you want to work with your body and find the healthiest treatments and solutions for you? Do you want to find answers not just in the weight number on the scale, but overall midlife metabolic health? Look no further midlifer, this episode is definitely for you! 

This week we are doing another quickie golden nugget mini-sode excerpt from my original conversation with triple board-certified physician and endocrinologist, Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen. This 15 minute conversation is a lesson in understanding our midlife bodies, hormone changes and the mysterious visceral fat, AKA midlife muffin top. The more you know, the more you know! Menopause and hormonal changes aren’t a life sentence and we don’t need to just let changes happen to us ,while having no free will in the process. Let’s dig deep this week into visceral fat, estrogen, and the real reason behind why weight loss drugs work. 

Enjoy this 15 minute minisode, then dive into the full episode, where we get into so much more detail on what’s going in our bodies during midlife and menopause Weight Loss Drugs and Metabolic Health In Midlife With Dr. Rocio Salas 

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EP 107: Ready to live the life you really want, not the life you got? What’s the life you really want? Are you bored? Itchy for the next thing in midlife? Me too! Have you taken an action step toward that change more than once? More than twice? Are you scared to take action because your inner B**ch is chattering and the “peanut gallery” is watching? Or, you think they are…Today’s episode is all about action, and my guest tells us how many times you really should go after something before you can say you failed. And rejection is 1000 times better than regret.

What if instead of “consuming the content from social media about what you want to be doing, you actually did it”? Are you ready to get into the “midlife arena” of living the life you want, not the life you got?

It’s “habits and hustle” time! 

This episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an inspiring and midlife filled conversation called Live the Life you Want! Why Not You? My guest, Jen Cohen is an entrepreneur, the host of the Habits and Hustle podcast and author of Bigger, Better, Bolder: Live The Life You Want - Not The Life You Get. She’s so motivational and speaks from her personal experience, which makes it even better. Today we are talking about living by your purpose, identifying what you want and attempting to get it,  and why it’s better to experience rejection rather than regret. You won’t want to miss this. 

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EP 106: Zero F**ks is the perfect way to describe my guest, Jennifer Fisher of @jenniferfisherjewelry and @jenniferfisherkitchen. In this 12 minute minisode, we talked about the “art of not giving a f**k”, muting the peanut gallery, embracing authenticity and the importance of your mindset in midlife. Jen’s story is so inspiring and she’s overcome some pretty serious medical obstacles that geared her towards accomplishing her goals and living her passions. Talk about a midlife hottie who practices what she preaches! Are you looking for some midlife inspo and “bad assery”? I am! Sick of waiting to take that first step? Worrying that others are judging you? Need a little “push” out of the midlife waiting room, then this episode is definitely for you.

I am doing a quick golden nugget mini-sode excerpt for you from one of my highest downloaded episodes to date. This conversation was so motivating for me to revisit that I just had to share it with all of you. It’s rad!

Enjoy this 12 minute minisode, then dive into the full episode - there are 2 parts, so much good information. Thank me later! Zero F**ks In Midlife 

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EP 105: Inside chat with two midlife podcasters who get really open & honest about all of it, including the midlife VJ rebuild…keep reading to find out who the other midlife hottie is… I might have peaked your interest. Are you a midlife woman, possible empty nester, career-er,  or re-inventor looking for practical advice from fellow midlife women? Are you considering botox, hair dye, or even a little vaginal construction after giving birth? Do you find yourself gravitating towards ease and alignment in midlife? Ever feel overwhelmed by the 64 things on the “self care” to do list? Ready to “look inside” and age gracefully in your own way? 

Then this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a fun and vulnerable conversation called “How I Rebuilt My Midlife VJ & More”. My guest, Wendy Euler is a podcast host, writer, and style enthusiast, with a huge midlife following for her platform, Goodbye Crop Top! She’s the host of “Cropped: A Mid-life Minute”, a short form podcast based off her own midlife platform where she discusses aging, action steps and all things midlife. She’s the mother of three daughters and today we are talking about the “ughs and fabulosities” of midlife, feeling your best, empty nesting, and a life changing surgical procedure. You won’t want to miss this. 

 

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EP 104: Inflammation, inflammation, inflammation! This is the midlife story for so many of us women.  It’s uncomfortable, I’m probably bloated right now, my cortisol is high enough for four adults, and my other inflammation markers on my blood work are crazy! You too? and I’m here to remind you (and myself) how to decrease inflammation and increase overall health and quality of life. This episode with board certificated OB-GYN and menopause problem solver, Dr. Mary Claire Haver came out last year and it knocked it out of the park. I am doing a quick golden nugget mini-sode excerpt for you. We talked about weight, hormones and inflammation during menopause and she gave us so many actionable golden nuggets based on her own private practice research, peer reviewed studies and the successes of her patients. Today I am covering everything she said about inflammation, because it’s just that good.

If you want to hear the facts behind intermittent fasting, what foods to eat to keep down inflammation and how all of this can lead to overall improvements in your cognitive and physical health, then this episode is definitely for you! 

Enjoy this 15 minute mini-sode, then dive into the full episode “Taming Weight Gain, Menopause, and Inflammation With Dr. Mary Claire Haver, The Galveston Diet”. 

Thank me later!

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EP 103: We are not cold plunging on Jan. 1! Are we? Not me, not yet! Ever noticed that so many “midlife things” feel “hard & good”. For example, marriage is hard… but also good…(for some). Same with parenting, like I have to worry about my kids and their health & schooling, complain about their messes and then hard because I cry over them leaving the nest.  I’m also so proud of their independence and receive so much fulfillment as a mom. And, don’t even get me started on having to lift what I call “the dumb, but necessary weights”, in midlife for brain and body health… hard! Ugh, I don’t want to lift weights. It’s hard. It can be annoying. But, then lifting is good because of the brain and body benefits. The forever long list of dualities of HARD & GOOD! 

In this solo episode, I talk about how I don’t really do New Year's resolutions. I am kinda just proud of myself and all those “midlifers” who take small steps and actions to “get through” some days and have fab other days. Part of midlife is the “ughs & fabulosities”...the good and hard. We are not all blazing to run through a million new intentions. Sometimes it’s just getting through that damn day. At the end of 2023, things felt good and hard for me. Listen to find out why. I bet you can relate. 

Just like you, I am re-approaching my own personal fulfillment, relevance and asking “what’s next for me.” I made a post about the good and hard aspects of midlife and you guys loved it, so I wanted to speak more about the duality that is life.

Take a listen! Let me know what you think! 

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EP 102: Midlife hotties, here we come 2024! Are you looking for the secrets to finding fulfillment and purpose in midlife? Wanting a mini refresh or reinvent? I know, me too! Ready to clear out the midlife habits that are holding you back and keeping you on the “midlife hamster wheel”...want some new things to think about and ideas for getting out of the midlife waiting room? Want to laugh while we discuss the realness of being a midlife woman? Wondering what creative outlets are available to you in midlife? Looking for a sign that this is time to finally think about what’s next for us? Then, get ready because this episode is for you! 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a new episode called “Cathy Heller’s Five Golden Nuggets of Midlife”. This episode was recorded live on a zoom full of people (a live podcast with a live audience) with none-other than the top tanking podcast host, business and spiritual coach and best selling author, Cathy Heller. We get into everything from midlife friendships and personal growth, to finding your purpose and being authentic. Cathy discusses the importance of surrounding yourself with energizing vibes and people, and  the value of creative outlets & self accountability in midlife. 

Please note that this episode was recorded before the October 7th massacre. Otherwise, as Jewish women, Cathy and I would have talked about the atrocities going on in the world as it relates to human suffering.

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EP 101: Did you wake up in midlife and feel like “omg, I have a muffin top, I can’t shed these pounds, I have brain fog and feel the ugh’s”, me too! Have you tried a million diets and programs? Me too! Want to get ahead of your 2024 “weight loss and feel better goals” but not sure how? Wondering if your daily routine helping you or hurting you? Want to learn 10 key steps that you can always come back to? Ready to really understand and hear how to bridge the gap between learning what you should be doing for food, nutrition, hydration and exercise and actually doing it? I am! Then this episode is for you!

Then this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an informative and open conversation called “Lose Midlife Weight and Brain Fog & Feel Good”. My guest Sarah Wragge, is the founder and chief nutritionist of the innovative brand “Sarah Wragge Wellness”. Her wellness program educates and promotes the connection between nutrition and wellbeing. Sarah is known for her transformative method that will change your approach to nutrition, achieve results and create lifelong behavior changes. We get into everything from expert advice, ordering brunch, and making teeny tiny changes in your daily routine to build sustainability. 

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EP 100: Ever think about what your “MORE” is in midlife? Do you feel like you are stuck in the metaphorical midlife waiting room? Ready to find out how to get out of the “midlife waiting room” and into the next fulfilling phase of your life? If you think you are in a midlife crisis, you’re in the right place… you sound ready to learn how to reframe that in a way that allows you to transform? Ready to find out exactly how you get off the ever-spinning midlife hamster wheel? 

Then this episode is definitely for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a new episode that I pulled from my free workshop on day 2, “It’s Time To Talk Midlife”. As promised, I want to give you all access inside my free workshop. Today’s episode will cover everything we discussed in day 2! This episode will give you the opportunity to hear from real midlife women, just like you, working to take the next steps in midlife, just like you and me! We talk about your “more” in life, and how to find it. We also get deeper into the ways to achieve self-responsibility and reframing your mindsets in midlife. This is specific and evidenced based, shit you can do today!

Make sure to go back to day 1 and 3 if you haven’t listened to them already! 

Day 1 “The Kids are Leaving / Left The House… Now What?” 

Day 3 “How To Say FCK to Fear In Midlife”

Please note that this episode was recorded prior to the Hamas Massacre in Israel.

 

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EP 99: Do you know how important female friendship is? Do you have someone to talk about midlife retainers and Rogaine? Ready to laugh and find comfort in the TMI of it all? Want to hear a candid conversation where two female friends and podcasters are more vulnerable than our husbands would appreciate? Then this episode is definitely for you! 

Please note this was recorded prior to the Hamas Massacre in Israel. Being two Jewish women, we would have talked about Israel and the fight against Jewish anti semitism, fear and terror. And, of course the light Jews are creating in spite of all of this. 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a new episode that I pulled from my first ever IG live that I hosted with non-other than Cathy Heller, a top ranking  podcast host, business &  spiritual coach, and bestselling author. 

I decided to make this a mini-sode for everyone who missed it because it was just THAT good. I got so many messages talking about how relatable and fun this LIVE was for everyone. It is light hearted and will leave you laughing non-stop, with us. We talked about our husbands and their quirkiness, as if we don’t have our own, what it’s like to have daughters and what we aren’t ready for yet.  We also chat about why we need a good girlfriend or two in our lives. 

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EP 98: Midlife hotties, are you ready to find your voice and define (or re-define) your personal brand, goals, and interests? Looking for inspiration on how to break free from midlife social comparison and start that project you’ve been dreaming of? If you are ready to start your midlife reinvention and create your personal brand, then this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an honest conversation called “Your Midlife Personal Rebrand”. My guest Aliza Licht went from being the creator and voice of “DKNY PR Girl” on Twitter, a marketing and branding expert and now an author and podcaster. She's the host of the Leave Your Mark podcast and the author of LEAVE YOUR MARK: Land Your Dream Job. Kill It In Your Career. Rock Social Media. and ON BRAND: Shape Your Narrative. Share Your Vision. Shift Their Perception. We discuss the importance of your personal brand (even if you don’t have a “job” or a business), finding your voice, standing up for your message and limiting the effects of social comparison. 

Mentions:

• Eve Rodsky: Find Your Unicorn Space 
• Being A Jewish Activist Wasn’t On Brand For Me 
• Ross Martin: @rossmartin
• Dorie Clark:  @dorieclark

 

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EP 97: Since October 7th, when Hamas invaded Israel and murdered, raped and tortured 1,400 Israelis and took 200 hostages who have been in Gaza for over a month, we have been in shock, angry, tearful and dismayed (well, most of us). If you are Jewish or not, most of us are sitting at home wondering how this is really happening. The world feels like it is falling down. Some of us want to speak up, but fear for our lives. Others of us have been “standing up” in spite of fear. 

If you want to hear a candid conversation between two women and moms (one Jew and one non Jew) about the intricacies of “standing up” for what we think is right…if you want to hear how love can outweigh fear and hate & how in fact in can be the secret sauce…if you want to hear “mom to mom” personal truths, actions and fears regarding huge issues related to being a human during this crazy time in the world, then this is the episode for you!

We are just “moms and humans”. We are talking about what we see as facts (what is happening) and our feelings regarding those facts. We are not political, land, Israel or Palestine experts…and we don’t claim to be…

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an honest conversation called “Love Outweighs Hate - The Secret Sauce”. My guest Caroline D’Amore is a multi hyphen talent, actress, DJ and entrepreneur. She’s the founder and CEO of Pizza Girl, the organic no sugar tomato sauce that is taking the world by storm. It’s now in 2,000 stores. Today she joins us as a mother and a “stander-upper” for the Jewish people and Israel. And guess what? She’s not even Jewish. She’s used her social media platform to raise awareness and support for Israel and the Jews by posting about her personal dismay and devastation over the Hamas massacre in Israel, on October 7th. In this episode, we are speaking as mothers and activists for the Jewish community in the fight against Hamas and the rise of anti-semitism around the world. 

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EP 96: Are you realizing that your role as a mother is changing? Are you going from “manager mom” to “consultant mom”? Feel like you have extra time on your hands now that your kids are older and/or moving out of the “nest”? You aren’t sure what to do with it (bored and wanting ideas for a midlife refresh)? Want to hear how other woman in the same situation are feeling in this situation? Ready to scratch the midlife “itchies” that are coming up from kids heading to college, getting jobs and/or moving out of the house? Ready for your midlife to kick into full gear? I am! Then this episode is definitely for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a new episode that I pulled from day 1 of my free workshop “It’s Time To Talk Midlife”. I shared “day 3” with you already and I couldn’t let you miss out on day 1 because it was just that good. I kept getting amazing feedback and a billion messages, so I decided to make each day a separate episode. The first day was all about becoming an empty nester, or even ½ empty nester like me. The kids are leaving/ left the house… My role as a mother is changing… now what?! I’m here to remind you that you are not alone in this. After this episode you will walk away with, “Oh shit, I never thought of that” moments, as well as 10 golden nuggets to leave you feeling positive and inspired as you conquer this time in your life. 

If you haven’t listened to “Day 3” yet, go back to episode 94 called “How To Say FCK to Fear In Midlife”!

Please note that this episode was recorded prior to the Hamas Massacre in Israel. Now we are sending love and light to the families of the mothers killed and to the moms who lost kids to horrific murders or kids who remain hostages in Israel. This is a different kind of empty nest. It’s unimaginable and real. 

Some Highlights: 

• Congratulations you raised a kid that can survive outside the home
• Am I a “consultant mom” now? What does that even mean?
• The college application process is so unpredictable 
• Reframing “empty nest”
• Time to do all the things you’ve ever wanted to do. Nothing is off limits, even sex in the kitchen
• Creating a space the kids want to come home to 
• Everyday is different, some days are we are in PJs until 3 PM
• It’s our midlife time to rewrite our stories

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EP 95: OMG! Do just hearing the words hormones and puberty make you cringe? I know, me too! And my kids are 17 and 19. How about taking a midlife woman with her own raging hormones and mix it with her teens’ hormones, that’s called full hormone stew. Do you want to hear all the latest research nuggets on puberty mixed with real life stories from two puberty experts who also happen to be midlife moms too? Want to hear about the “new puberty” ? Why does puberty with our kids feel different from the puberty we remember? And, how has social media changed puberty and our parenting? Have you heard about the term “midlife “second puberty”, perimenopause/menopause?

Do you ever feel like you said something to your teen that maybe you shouldn’t have? Me too! These two teen and puberty experts tell us how to do a “parenting do over”. We chat about empty nesting and keeping your connection with your kid while they are away at college. We don’t have to be real stalkers. LOL!  This episode is the perfect stew…cutting edge research nuggets on brain science & why it matters and real life stories and examples from the front lines of working with teens and parents. 

This is a don’t miss episode! 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an open and educational conversion called  “Hormone Stew…Puberty & ‘Second Puberty’!” My guests Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett are the co-authors of This Is So Awkward, Modern Puberty Explained and co-hosts of The Puberty Podcast. Cara is a pediatrician, Harvard graduate. She is also a New York Times bestselling author of The Care and Keeping of You series, Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys and Decoding Boys. My second guest, Vanessa is a Wellesley College graduate,the founder of Dynamo Girl, a company focused on building kids self-esteem through sports, puberty, education and parent workshops and the co host of The Puberty Podcast. We are getting into everything from supporting your teens through modern puberty to the science behind what is going on for them emotionally during this time of their lives 

This is a chat that is expert and fun all at the same time, a deep dive & real conversation.

Some Highlights: 

• Old puberty vs. new puberty 
• Menopause is the “second puberty” 
• Sex hormones
• Secrets to good communication with teenagers
• Keeping kids safe by treating them their age 

 

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EP 94: Are you ready to say f*ck it to fear in midlife, once and for all? Ready to embrace being a beginner? Are you running the show or is your inner mean girl? Want to know real life midlife strategies to say f*ck to fear? Then this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a new episode that I pulled from day 3 of my free workshop called “It’s Time To Talk Midlife”, which was live last week. This day was so good, I needed to share it as a podcast episode. It was all about f*ck fear, being scared and doing it anyway and how to really get into that mindset. I give you 5 special golden nuggets on how to overcome fear and embrace authenticity and action in midlife 

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EP 93: Are you curious about how to start something new in midlife? Do you find yourself attempting to google the 17 steps to start that new midlife hobby or figure out what’s next for you? Ready to accept that you have agency in your own life? Want to connect with other women who are ready to do the same? Need a little bit of help sorting through the mixed bag of solutions for midlife issues? What would it feel like to really say “bye-bye” to your comfort zone and embrace self-reinvention? Are you ready to say yes to yourself, your hobbies, and your passions? And, if you don’t have any (my husband has 89 hobbies and I am like “ugh”)...Then this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a mini-sode called “Bye-Bye Midlife Comfort Zone!”. I did my first ever Instagram live with Jessica Barac, from the IG Instagram account @whatthemenopause, that she has built into a place for women to feel seen, validated and celebrated in menopause and midlife. Jessica is a former athlete and registered nurse. We discussed everything from finding and re-inventing yourself in midlife to empty nesting, health, and of course my free workshop “Let’s Talk Midlife”. 

By the time this episode comes out the workshop will be over, but don’t worry because my online experience (some would call a course, “The Midlife Remix Table” is launching today! 8 weeks (two hours a week with me, on zoom). This is an intimate experience that is going to happen every single week with me and it's for women just like you and me seeking midlife connection and real evidenced based strategies on figuring out what’s next for us. 

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EP 92: Are you a midlifer struggling to lose and/or maintain weight? The latest version of the “muffin top” is making you crazy. You are told to eat more protein, intermittent fast, move and you feel like you are doing many of the things and still “ugh”. You want a cupcake for dinner after a cluster fck of a day, me too! What if someone taught you how to actually listen to your body and its feelings? Do you listen to what your body is really asking for? Did you know that if you can define a really authentic “why” when it comes to weight loss and healthy midlife lifestyle, you could make some big changes? Looking for 6 easy midlife rules to transform what you think about food, your body, feel better and shed a few pounds, this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an informative conversation called “Food, Weight & Me In Midlife”. I am joined by nutritional therapist, registered dietitian and “fellow midlifer”, Kim Shapira. She has a masters in human metabolism and clinical nutrition and she has spent the last 25 years in the “food and weight trenches” with women like you and me. She knows what works and what doesn’t. We get into the reasons why the word “diet” feels unsafe and how to maintain a healthy, supportive midlife lifestyle. We all read so much “diet” material, yet Kim brings us a very different approach We dive into her new book, This Is What You're Really Hungry For: Six Simple Rules to Transform Your Relationship with Food to Become Your Healthiest Self.

Some Highlights:

• Diet vs. restrictive eating 
• Developing your “why”
• Emotional body vs. Physical body 
• Values are something you take with you everywhere
• Food is fuel!
• Kim’s 6 rules
• Feeling “safe” and how it impacts food choices
• How people pleasing might be affecting your health

Let's Talk Midlife! My half empty nest breakdown led to me creating my first 3 day free live workshop called Let's Talk Midlife. It's September 19, 20 and 21st-one hour each day, live with me on Zoom10am-11am PST / 1pm-2pm EST.    Day 1: Kids are leaving, now what? Day 2: What’s next for me? Day 3: F*ck fear.   INTERESTED? CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

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EP 91: Are you an “empty nester” or getting close? I am what I call a "half empty nester” with my oldest kid who just went to college ten days ago. Are you redefining your role as a mom in midlife? I sure am! Have 1 or more kids in college or out of the house? Are you a midlife mom looking for more meaning, purpose and connection? Perhaps feeling slightly irrelevant and/or invisible? Me too! Then this episode is for you! If you are experiencing the empty nest process yourself (or preparing to in the next little while) then I might have everything you need to tackle this new step in your life.

You’ll learn: 

• About moving out of denial and into acceptance. Yes, you have a child that is old enough to graduate from high school and move out of the house
• No, that doesn’t mean you’re irrelevant. Listen to find out why 
• Expect the tears to come in the unexpected moments, you can’t plan for those emotions
• Partial acceptance is a step in the right direction 
• Navigating the stage of self pity
• How I feel like I am in a “Jell-o State” & the “Ugh Hotel”

Let's Talk Midlife! My half empty nest breakdown led to me creating my first 3 day free live workshop called Let's Talk Midlife. It's September 19, 20 and 21st-one hour each day, live with me on Zoom10am-11am PST / 1pm-2pm EST.    Day 1: Kids are leaving, now what? Day 2: What’s next for me? Day 3: F*ck fear.   INTERESTED? CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

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EP 90: You know that doctor or place that you have dreamed of that has all the answers to the peri/menopause saga? Tired of using words like “down there” to describe your vagina? Ready to get straight to the point with your doctor about what’s really going on? You want real answers. You aren’t crazy. Do you have issues with your pelvic floor or experience painful sex? Sick of not feeling supported by your midlife healthcare team? Ready to discuss sexual wellness in midlife? Looking for a place that is educated in women’s health? Then this episode is for you!

Join me, doctor Sarah Milken in a direct and informative conversation called “The Midlife Pelvic Playground: The Mind-Body Connection” I am joined by two guests with expertise in women’s sexual health and wellness. Dr. Michael Krychman, a board certified OB/GYN and sexual health counselor and is taking the lead on mental health for HerMD. My second guest is Carine Carmy, Co-Founder and CEO of Origin, a pelvic floor therapy company. This special episode is sponsored by HerMD, a revolutionary women’s healthcare brand that was created to support midlife women in this stage of life. So grab your golden sh*t shovels because we are digging deep into everything from midlife sex, the pelvic floor and to advocating for yourself at the doctor, you won’t want to miss it!

Some Highlights: 

• Pelvic floor therapy
• Menopause support system who actually listens 
• HerMd
• Origin Pelvic Care
• “Deal with it” and “drink a glass of wine” are red flag statements from your doctor
• The Mind-Body Connection 
• The importance of sex in midlife 
• Self advocacy at the doctor 
• The midlife miracle of HerMD

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EP 89: Are you ready for the midlife brunch table? A literal and metaphorical place, a table where we curate, who gets to be amongst our midlife peeps. Do you find yourself thinking… who's at my midlife table? I got you! Have you noticed how the characters in Sex and The City have changed and stayed the same in so many ways over the years? Did it all happen how you imagined it would? Of course not! And that’s the beauty of midlife and aging, we all have agency to change and stay the same in endless ways. Ready to dig deep into midlife friendships? Then this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a fun and reflective conversation called “Co-Creating Your Midlife Tribe”. In this solo episode we get into the “Carrie” archetype and continue to scratch the surface of why curating your own Midlife Remix Brunch Table is right for you. I also chat about one of my upcoming personal experience/courses for women who listen to my podcast. It's going to be full of sass information, expertise and rad women who want to vibe together. We are going to get into midlife self reinvention strategy and what works and what doesn’t. This “Midlife Remix Brunch Table Experience” will be all sorts of midlife women coming together to support and inspire each other through curated conversations and quality time. Yes, there will be Samanthas, Carries, Mirandas and Charlottes and it’s important to have midlife peeps with diverse perspectives and experiences to connect with and learn from. Today we are talking all about Carrie, the chic co-creator. 

Highlights:

• Opportunities to surround yourself with like vibed women! 
• Who am I now?! Empty nest and midlife brain fog… ugh
• Effort and investment required for midlife friendships
• The importance of a diverse groups of friends 
• Carrie is flawed as fuck!
• The accessory that matches everything, self acceptance!
• The power of embracing your flaws!

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EP 88: Are you feeling tired, moody, and overall blah? Looking for solutions and having trouble finding them? Ready to get to the bottom of it when it comes to midlife health blocks? Curious about functional medicine for menopausal women? Are you ready to take health matters into your own hands and advocate for yourself at the doctor's office? Then this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an informative and honest conversation called “Gut Health and Hormone Imbalance in Peri/Menopause”. My guest Esther Blum is an integrative nutritionist specializing in menopause, fellow midlifer, and best-selling author. She wrote the book See You Later, Ovulator! and Cave Woman Don’t Get Fat. We are getting into all questions you probably didn't even know you had about menopause, hormonal balance, bowel movements, and finding the right practitioners. Get ready because we’re talking about menopause and it feels like your getting info from your bestie. 

Some Highlights: 

• Midlife health can be full of trial and error 
• Supplements!!! Set an alarm to remind yourself to take them!
• Why liver health is important during menopause 
• The 3 tests you should get done in midlife 
• How often you should be pooping
• Vaginal Estrogen and the pelvic wall 
• Hormones, bioidentical vs. synthetic 
• Self-advocacy as a midlife woman
• Functional medicine vs. traditional medicine 
• How to find a good functional medicine practitioner

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EP 87: Are you looking for meaningful friendships in midlife? Wondering how to find like-vibed women? Curious what happens at what I am calling the “Midlife Brunch Table”? Ready to be part of a fulfilling community of high vibed women, but not sure where to start? Watching the new season of Sex and The City? Not required. Curious to hear my take on the character archetypes on the show and how we see them showing up in our everyday friendships? Ready to take midlife friendship to the next level?  Then this episode is for you! 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an inspiring and open conversation called “MIDLIFE REMIX BRUNCH TABLE AND THE CITY”. In this solo episode I’m introducing to you a mini-series that just launched called “Midlife Remix Brunch Table In The City”, and yes… this is inspired by Sex and the City, duh. I’m getting into the importance of female friendships in midlife. What kind of friend are you? Are you a Samantha, Carrie, Miranda or Charlotte? Are you a little of each?  We know that Miranda and Samantha didn’t always see eye-to-eye but they still saw each other with love and held space for each other to thrive in their own ways. Get ready, because we are diving into intentional friendships in midlife & the need for connection. And, I am introducing a very exciting new part of of my platform, a LIVE virtual 8 week intimate experience with me at my “Midlife Remix Brunch Table”. 

Highlights:

• "Midlife Remix Brunch Table in the City"
• The importance of female friendships
• Curated conversations with like-vibed women 
• Effort and investment required for midlife friendships
• Challenges of balancing responsibilities and feelings of isolation in midlife
• Seeking out friendships that naturally vibe and create a supportive tribe
• Supporting and accepting friends' choices without judgment
• Reframing jealousy as inspiration

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EP 86: Are you curious about facing your biggest fears and self limiting beliefs? I am too old, this is too hard, everyone is watching me, or what if I failed? Are you craving and seeking more meaning, fulfillment and moments of bravery? What would it feel like to get out of your comfort zone? Have you tasted the joy of overcoming your fears? And, the “rush” of the win.  Are you ready to say yes to the midlife remix and put yourself first? Want to learn how to “exercise bravery” for new confidence and power in midlife? Then this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an inspiring and open conversation called “QUIET FIRE & GETTING GUTSY IN MIDLIFE”. My guest Dr. Leah Katz is a well-recognized clinical psychologist, author, and mother of two. She specializes in mental health issues among teenage girls and women. She wrote the book Gutsy Mindfulness Practices for Everyday Bravery (one of my personal favorites), and we are getting into all the details of her approach to depression and anxiety and what it takes to live a life that is fulfilling and deeply connected. I know what you’re thinking… sign me up! 

Some Highlights: 

• Quiet fires and wanting to feel seen 
• The power of letting go of “all-or-nothing” thinking 
• What is mindfulness and how can it help you to get “unstuck”
• Creating small shifts in your daily life 
• It’s never too late to make a change in your life
• You can grow your self-awareness and self-compassion (listen to find out how) 
• Growing and maturing with your partner in a marriage 
• There can be beauty in failure 
• Anxiety and perfectionism are about a craving for certainty
• Respond to things and then make more intentional decisions based on that
• The importance of being a person outside of your relationship 

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EP 85: Did you know over 1 million women enter menopause and over 50 million women in the US are experiencing menopause every year? Of course, you didn't… Are you ready for it? Are you experiencing it now? Do you find yourself looking for a modern take on menopause information? Or any information at all? Are you sick of looking everywhere for cute, necessary, and well-packaged products for every part of the midlife menopause experience? Then this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an episode that I’m calling “Ready For It? It’s Hot In Here!” With Sally Mueller and Michelle Jacobs, the founders of Womaness. Sally is a rockstar in the marketing and brand management world for over two decades and has launched some of the most iconic brands for some seriously big companies. She is an expert in launching successful product lines, leveraging digital marketing, and fostering a culture of creativity and innovation. Michelle is a financial whiz with an incredible career in finance and investment. She has a long-standing ability to navigate complex financial situations with so much respect from the industry. They have come together to bring us an amazing brand of women and wellness products (Thank you!). We get into everything from learning about menopause, experiencing menopause, and providing a platform for other women to find relatability, information, and normalcy in the process. 

Highlights: 

• We have no books about what to expect in menopause 
• The renaissance of women being more open with each other about again, health and changes in their bodies
• Finding the right doctor in midlife 
• Sally & Michelle’s introduction to menopause 
• Self-responsibility in midlife when it comes to health 
• So many things that are affected in the body by midlife hormone changes
• Midlife career changes 
• Taking that scary next steps
• Menopause Symptoms that you might not know of
• Products you need as a midlife woman 
• Bringing men into the conversation about menopause and changing the narrative

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EP 84: Are you a midlife woman searching for solutions for the “midlife itchies” to find passion, purpose, novelty and relevance? Ever have a gut feeling that you should be doing something,  but you are still unsure about taking that first step? Interested in hearing some inspiration from my midlife spirit guides through access to my Akashic Records, then this mini-bonus episode is for you! 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a mini-bonus episode that I’m calling “Akashic Records & Aligning With Your Purpose In Midlife”. 

Before the event, I was on a last minute post high school graduation trip with my family. Teen son is going to college in August and it was going to be our “last family” trip before college drop off. I thought of canceling the live event. I worried I wouldn't be able to get it all done.

I wouldn't cancel it. I just had this inner tug that I needed to do it for me! I spoke with intuitive healer and Akashic records reader, Kimber Tiernan. She helped to assure me of my life mission and helped me to access the confidence to move forward with my purpose, knowing I’m on the right path. It's such a juicy chat. 

Highlights: 

• Connecting with my spirit team 
• Being authentically you in midlife
• How being unapologetically myself paid off 
• Being aligned with your passions 
• Equal energy exchanges 
• Self-belief and self-confidence 
• Midlife journey

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EP 83: Looking for midlife inspiration with the most relatable content that will make you continuously say “Omg.. me too…”? Are you looking for a sign to say YES to that idea in the back of your mind? Ready to embrace the changes unfolding in midlife?

Then this episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called “Midlife BFF & Underboob Sweat (I Know You Know! ”. My guest, Mandy Brooke is a multifaceted entertainer, singer, songwriter, and hilarious social media sensation with millions of views across platforms. We talked about our experiences and insights on living life to the fullest and being the main character of our own lives. We cover everything from spiritual practices to the importance of embracing change in midlife. This episode will inspire you to say yes to new experiences and normalize midlife self-reinvention journeys through humor and passion.

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Ep 82: Are you a midlife woman who sometimes feels like you are stuck in “waiting room” of sorts? You are experiencing what I call the “midlife itchies”, itching to do something new…Are you bored AF with the midlife hamster wheel? Me too! Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in a minisode that I’m calling Scared And Doing it Anyway! As I get closer to my first ever live event, the “Midlife Baby Shower Experience”, I feel excited and nervous/scared. It is really hard to do something new. I am trying to remember to say “yes” to as many new and “scary” experiences. I get into my strategies for jumping through fear and saying hello to personal growth. It is so hard, and worth it!

Learn more here: THE MIDLIFE BABY SHOWER

Highlights: 

• I discuss my own experiences of feeling stuck in the midlife waiting room and how I overcome my own self-doubts. 
• I’m experiencing so many “firsts” simultaneously with my year of “lasts”... my first live event,  and I know I’m not the only one. 
• Process vs outcome
• Show up for yourself
• I’m here to tell you you are not alone in being scared
• The need for self responsibility

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EP 81: Are you a midlife woman feeling stuck and wanting more out of life? Are you looking to scratch the “midlife itchies” but not sure how? Do you ever find yourself feeling guilty for taking time for yourself? What if I told you that there is a step-by-step guide to getting out of the midlife rut and reclaiming your creativity? If you are ready to flip the script, then this episode is for you. 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an inspiring and supportive conversation called “Finding Your ‘Midlife Thing’... a step-by-step plan ”. My guest Eve Rodsky, best-selling author of “Your Unicorn Space, Reclaim Your Creative Life In a Too Busy World". We talk about her guide to reclaiming our time and using time to recreate the second half of our lives. Eve shares all the details of her research on cultivating creativity and framing what she calls our unicorn space. This episode shares a step-by-step process for finding your "next thing" in midlife. 

Some Highlights:

• Challenges women face in finding creative time and the lack of permission associated with taking time for oneself

• Finding the vocabulary to ask for what you need as you get older

• Unicorn space vs. passion vs. hobby

• Anti-burnout and midlife challenges

• Being a mom with big dreams 

• Mental health and appropriately expressing emotions 

• Midlife coping mechanisms that you might not realize are coping mechanisms

• Redefining creativity as a cycle of curiosity, connection, and completion

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Ep 80: You got 20 minutes for yourself today? You are invited to my exclusive midlife table. It is a live event experience in my home in Los Angeles. Learn more here: Midlife Baby Shower Experience:

• Have you wanted to invest in your midlife self?
• Wanting to figure out what’s next for you?
• Asking yourself questions like who am I now? What is my purpose? Can I feel relevant again?
• Wanting to make intimate connections with other “like vibed” women?

I have the experience for you! It is called the “Midlife Baby Shower Experience”. I put this episode together last night based on all of the energy stewing when I announced it. I wanted you guys to hear from me why I planned this event and why you should sign up and invest in yourself. You are invited to my midlife table…18 women and me…one full day of the spa for the body, mind, heart and soul to create our next midlife rebrand energy…and connect with new friends.

Give yourself a 20 minute inspiration to start investing in yourself by listening to this episode.

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EP 79: What if I told you that changing your eating window during the day could help your midlife mind and body in 6 different ways? Would you consider intermittent fasting to lose weight, have a more clear mind, and reduce inflammation? Of course, consult your doctor because everybody's health situation is different and it neeeds to be right for you. We are in a time where we are now emphasizing the importance of acknowledging the female midlife aging process and embracing it from a place of empowerment and education, not shame and embarrassment. Want to know more about hormone balancing, brain fog, weight loss, detoxification, and the midlife experience? 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Ditch the Diet Mentality: Intermittent Fasting Ideas for Weight Loss & Brain Fog.” My guest, Cynthia Thurlow, a nurse practitioner, CEO, and founder of the Everyday Wellness Project, shares her expertise in intermittent fasting and women's health. We talk about her personal journey and career pivot, what I call the “midlife remix”. Cynthia advocates for women to listen to their bodies and put in the “work” to create healthy habits for optimal health and wellness.

Some Highlights: 

• The Midlife Remix [00:03:33] Cynthia Thurlow talks about her personal journey and career pivot, and how she developed her work in intermittent fasting and women's health to help reduce the feeling of shame about midlife and menopausal.
• Intermittent Fasting and Menopause [00:43:16] Cynthia explains how intermittent fasting can help women in perimenopause and menopause manage their hormones and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
• Travel and Eating Habits [00:25:30] Cynthia and Sarah discuss their eating habits while traveling and how sometimes it's okay to indulge and not stick to a strict eating schedule.
• Weightlifting and Fasting [01:36:15] Cynthia talks about the importance of challenging oneself during weightlifting and how fasting affects exercise performance.
• Ability to Change [01:45:25] Cynthia emphasizes the importance of recognizing the ability to change and evolve throughout one's lifetime, especially during menopause. She encourages women to embrace this concept and make lifestyle changes that are hard but doable and worth it.

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EP 78: OMG! Empty nest! Am I becoming invisible? Will my kid ever text or call again? I am going from supervisor mom role to consultant mom role?

If you have a high school teen now or you have had one in the past, you know the feeling… “but we just had his 3rd birthday, and he just learned how to drive... What? How?” As midlifer's we are already hormonal, some days we are frumpy and lumpy and other days we can even feeling irrelevant and uninspired. And, for me, I have a kid leaving for college in the fall, OMG! MY KID?! Who will I be when “teen son” leaves the nest, then “teen daughter”?! I’m counting my midlife blessings we have teen daughter here for 2 more years to supervise me. 

Midlifers… I need to know how you are savoring this moments? Or even better how did you savor them? Is there hope? Do we ever stop checking their location? I’m recording this minisode on  The Year of Lasts to help fellow empty nesters feel seenm heard and normal. There is no better time than now to start that midlife remix.

In this week’s Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode, The Year of Lasts, I use my golden sh*t shovel to dig deep into what the last year has felt like, the college process, and all the OMG's! Today's topic? Empty nest syndrome. And let me tell you, it's a real thing. One day, your home is bustling with the chaos of children and teens, and the next, it's eerily quiet and you can actually hear yourself think, again. You find yourself standing in your child's empty bedroom, wondering where the time went and how you'll fill the void.

Let's back up a bit. This past week, I experienced a whirlwind of emotions as my "teen son" Jake had his last baseball game, last prom, and last day of high school. I've been referring to this year as "The year of lasts," and boy, did it live up to its name. Every moment felt bittersweet, but I have been making a conscious effort to savor and enjoy it all. Every moment felt bittersweet, but I have been making a conscious effort to savor with lots of ugly cries on the side.

This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series…stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

Some Highlights: 

• Year of Lasts [00:00:01] Dr. Sarah Milken talks about her upcoming empty nest as her son graduates high school and her personal rebranding in midlife.
• Personal Rebranding [00:00:57] Dr. Sarah Milken discusses the midlife crisis and the desire for personal rebranding, whether it's a business, hobby, or fitness routine.
• Empty Nest Syndrome [00:05:33] Dr. Sarah Milken talks about the real feelings of empty nest syndrome and how 18 years of emotions build up, leaving parents feeling lost and unsure of what's next.
• Year of Lasts [00:08:13] Dr. Milken talks about her son's last baseball game, prom, and day of high school, and how she's savoring every moment

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EP 77: What if I told you that it’s normal to feel “like your life just doesn’t fit you anymore”? And, this episode will make you laugh & cry with a little “laugh pee” on the side! You get to listen to our “real “as f*#k” chat”…it’s confidential. 

Midlifer & “FREE”...do you ever wonder how you can set yourself up for success by saying no to things you don’t want to be doing…moving from the “have to’s” feeling to the “want to’s”. Creating “sexy as hell energy inside and out”... sexy energy and confidence matter.  Wanna hear about how to free yourself from social constraints, judgment, and be free to be whoever the hell we want? I sure do! Wonder what in the world you are supposed to be doing in your life? Remembering what your passions even are or finding cool new ones…? I have a podcast episode for you that is a layered, funny and “real life” that you won’t want to even hit “pause”...you will listen ‘til the end… Become the “dope ass women” we all really are deep in that inner self (under the muffin top and high rise jeans), under all the “should’s”. Show up for yourself time! 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Real As F*#k: Confidential. My guest, Andrea Levoff, with moniker "Dope Ass Mom,"... she’s a writer, stand up comedian, content creator and influencer based in Chicago. She got her master’s in spiritual psychology when she wanted to scratch her “itchies” and do something for herself when her kids started pre school. She's spent the last year in a “phase of surrender”, allowing her to move through a divorce, tap into her higher consciousness, and go inward to find more happiness than she's ever known before.

Andrea's message is all about breaking out of society's expectations and being our own "dope ass" selves. She encourages us to focus on self-love, confidence, and showing up for ourselves, especially in midlife when we might have even forgotten how. Her message is all about owning your life and making it what you want it to be. So let's be "dope ass" and rewrite our own narratives!

Some Highlights: 

• Creating your own “sexy as f*#ck” script
• How to jump from the hamster wheel of midlife “comfort and sameness”
• Being a “dope ass woman & mom” and what that means
• The importance of laughing in the midlife journey
• Focus on self-love and confidence (the real life explanation of how)
• Owning your own life and what you want it to be
• Finding what works for you and your “light up” monitor
• Coping through a divorce & the extraordinary light that emerges

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EP 76: Do you ever want someone who just tells you the top 5 things you can do to optimize the “fountain of youth”? Maximizing your brain and muscle growth? There is no magic pill. But, I have definitely found the expert that is giving us the cutting edge research golden nuggets! Do you wonder if you’re getting enough sleep every night? Do you find yourself confused on what supplements you should be taking to keep your mind and body vibrant? Why we should care about REM sleep and very specific supplements? 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and informative conversation called, “Midlife Fountain of Youth: Brain & Body Action Steps”. My guest, Louisa Nicola, founder of Neuroathletics, a company providing scientific strategies to help athletes achieve peak performance based on the most cutting edge neurological research. We discuss how once a triathlon superstar, Louisa's dream of competing in Beijing was shattered by a car accident. But every cloud has a silver lining, and her journey to recovery led her to study the human brain. Now, as the founder of Neuroathethics, Louisa advises top world class athletes and companies on neuroscience and evidence based longevity research. 50 million people suffer from Alzheimers worldwide. Louisa reveals that while genetics can play a role in the disease, lifestyle factors like sleep, nutrition, and exercise are crucial. 95% of Alzheimer’s disease is due to lifestyle, not heredity. 50 million people suffer worldwide. She shares 5 things to make sure you are doing to achieve “the foundation of youth”. Who knew that a passion for triathlons could lead to such a brainy business helping athletes and her podcast listeners find the “fountain of youth”. 

Some Highlights: 

• Louisa’s journey into finding her true passion for brain research and the practical steps we can take 
• 95% of these Alzheimer’s cases are from lifestyle choices
• 5 things we can do to reduce brain diseases
• Why sleep is our most underrated tool we have, brain growth
• How much REM sleep do we need
• Rem sleep and menopause Richard Isaacson (alzheimer’s expert)
• Why aging worsens our sleep
• Data on wearable technology to track our bodies, validity is 85-90%
• Temperature controlled mattresses
• Heart rate variability and why we should care
• Nutrition for optimal brain and muscle growth
• Theories of brain aging
• The supplement called Creatine and why we should think about using it

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EP 75: Do you ever want a “midlife bestie” who knows exactly what you are feeling? I might have found someone who is just that person! She says what we are all thinking! Do you ever wonder what would happen if you JUST STARTED your next thing? Do you ever wonder if everything in our lives is just “made up”? Do you find yourself struggling to take even tiny steps forward when it comes to your mental health or career? Are there days you just want to stay in your robe? Do you ever fantasize about just saying no to sh*t you hate? Ready to just DO YOU?

I’m joined by Anna Przy… IG and TikTok sensation, midlife comedy content creator. Her TikTok has 500k followers and 10.6M likes. You have seen her IG. She is very often in a white bathrobe yelling “our profound realities” at the sky. She says she is a “sharer of experience” rather than an advice giver. She’s real and hilarious and beyond relatable. She says what you are thinking. Having been diagnosed with anorexia, ADHD and depression and having her event planning job canceled due to the pandemic, she hit rock bottom. Her trademark saying is “It’s called manifesting, look it up”. She has a supportive message for all of us about finding peace, setting yourself up for success by saying no to things you don’t want to do and creating a mindset that removes the pressure. She learned her value and realized that validation comes from within and cannot be found from external factors. Only you and your decision to be happy can make you happy.  We dig deep into unpredictability, self-validation, and the “fun” obstacles of midlife.  

Some Highlights: 

• Anna’s journey navigating depression

• Navigating social media fame 

• The importance of just starting

• Getting rid of things that make you miserable 

• Taking baby steps

• Parasocial relationships 

• Knowing your limits

• Everything is made up

• Being directionless can be your purpose

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EP 74: Have you been faced with a difficult or out-of-the-blue diagnosis? Have you felt like… there must be another solution! Have you been frustrated by a lack of information from your doctor? Does your midlife brain think about the body's ability to cure itself? Do you feel like you’ve tried everything when it comes to health, wellness, and midlife muffin top? Do you ever wish there was a special pill you could take that would solve reserve aging, intermittently fast for you, AND get rid of gray hair? What If I told you there might be something like that? Yea, you heard me right. Grab your midlife golden shovel because we are digging deep into a little something I’m referring to as an anti-aging vitamin. 

Get ready for the episode you didn’t know you needed. I chat with Leslie Kenny, a Harvard Business School graduate, and entrepreneur who beat a 5-year life expectancy and healed herself from two incurable diseases. Her midlife journey allowed her to take her power back, hit the research, and develop a product that helped her heal. We discuss her personal experience, the hallmarks of aging, intuitive healing, and everything you need to know about her life-changing product, Primeadine a supplement for a naturally occurring compound in the body called, spermidine.

Some Highlights: 

• How to reverse some aging issues 

• How a difficult diagnosis changed Leslie’s life

• The body is a magical self-healing machine 

• What is spermidine? Is it what it sounds like? And what can it do for me? 

• The importance of advocating for yourself at the doctor

• Chronological age vs. biological age 

• Hallmarks of aging and how to address them 

• Taking back your midlife journey 

• Conquering midlife brain fog 

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EP 73 Pt. 1 of 2: Do you find yourself searching for the “Who? Why? & What hair oils should I be using in midlife?” Are you looking for ways to scratch those midlife “itchies” when it comes to comparison, career, and balancing all your kids after school activities? Do you really know how to shampoo your hair? Look no further for all answers on self-care, self-compassion, and approved self-obsession in midlife. Find out how my guest realized that she wouldn’t be able to “find herself”, and that she needed to “create” herself. 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Tiktok Creator Shares Beauty Tips: How to Create Yourself, Not Find Yourself”. My guest, Amy Chang, is THE Instagram phenomenon, viral content creator, TikTok superstar, and health-conscious beauty blogger. She is known on all platforms as @bondenavant or bond en avant, which means “leap forward” in French. This is a magical two-part episode, so don’t miss it!

In part one Amy (@bondenavant) discusses the importance of diving into your re-invention story without fear, harnessing the courage to be vulnerable online, and silencing the “inner mean girl” that wants to compare yourself to others. We chat on developing this mindset of “creating yourself”, as opposed to “finding yourself”. Amy vulnerably shares her own adoption &  foster story… and how her cultural identity was different from her adopted parents…her struggle to figure out who she was in the world and the steps she took to help figure it out.  She explains that this is how she let go of self-limiting definitions of success and just focused on her dream. Amy also talks about getting comfortable with “change” for personal growth. Amy tells us how she slowly built her career with 1.6 million social media followers, with one small step of starting a blog.

Some Highlights: 

• Personal growth through identity crisis

• Being vulnerable is honest and it’s how you connect with your peers

• Pinpointing your north star and following it

• The path to self-identity is a self-creation process

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EP 73 Pt. 2 of 2: Here’s the beauty episode you’ve been waiting for…! It’s beauty from the inside out. This two part episode is packed full of beauty tips, brand faves and years of trial and error. You’ll have all your questions answered from retinoids, to sunscreen, to hair growth serums. And the ultimate nighttime skincare routine. And, find out how my guest realized that she wouldn’t be able to “find herself”, she needed to “create” herself. 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Tiktok Creator Shares Beauty Tips: How to Create Yourself, Not Find Yourself”. My guest, Amy Chang, is THE Instagram phenomenon, viral content creator, TikTok superstar and a health conscious beauty blogger. She is known on all platforms as @bondenavant or bond en avant, which means “leap forward” in French. This is a magical two part episode, so don’t miss it!

In part two, Amy (@bondenavant) gives us her insider secret beauty tips along with all the brands she is loving right now.  We cover lip masks, sunscreen, lip glosses, hats for sun cover, hair growth serums, supplements, red light therapy, special pillows and so much more. Amy gives us so many beauty secrets and brands that instead of you taking notes or having a five page shownotes section, we created an exclusive list for you! After you listen, go to my website at www.theflexibleneurotic.com and along the top click on the banner that says “Amy Chang’s @bondenavant FAVES”.  Here goes part 2 of viral content creator Amy Chang.

Some Highlights: 

• Sunscreen is always essential

• Hair serums at all price points

• The perfect beach hat

• Melasma treatments

• Nighttime Serums

• Lip masks, glosses and liners and every serum under the sun

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EP 72 Pt. 1 of 2: Are you a menopausal woman thinking “what the f*!k is going on?” Have you started seeing changes in your weight and body composition? Do you find yourself endlessly exploring diets that aren’t focused on midlife women and menopausal support? And, if they are midlife focused they don’t even work. Have you been using your golden sh*t shovel to dig through the rabbit hole of Google results on hot flash remedies? Are you resorting to IG comments and Facebook groups for advice on hormone health? Although menopause is natural, the symptoms can be treated. Finding the right resources is the first step in midlife health. When it comes to menopause & perimenopause information backed by science can reassure you that you are on the right track. 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Taming Weight Gain, Menopause and Inflammation with Dr. Mary Claire Harver, The Galveston Diet”. My guest, Mary Claire, is a board-certified OB/GYN, “menopause normalizer, and problem solver”. She changed the focus of her whole gynecology practice to specialize in menopause care and became a social media superstar on Instagram and TikTok with 2 million followers. We discuss her specialized medical practice, her new best-selling and sold-out book… The Galveston Diet, menopausal health, and the importance of exercise, nutrition, supplements, fiber, and hormones in midlife. 

Some Highlights: 

• How should we be treating menopause? It’s a natural process that has solutions. We don’t need to suffer

• Menopausal weight gain isn’t all about willpower, our hormones are actually going ballistic, and there are ways to approach them

• Vitamin D, Vitamin K, magnesium, fiber, collagen, turmeric, and fish oils are key supplements in midlife. Mary Claire gives us the details we are looking for on exactly where to find them and how they can improve our health in midlife

• Fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, and lean meats are anti-inflammatory foods, so add these to your grocery list ASAP

• How to figure out what supplements you should be taking

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EP 72 Pt. 2 of 2: Menopause can feel like a midlife cluster, especially if you’re trying to navigate it on your own. Are you wondering about the best way to stay in shape during midlife and menopause? Do you find yourself reaching for the sugar-filled treat to satisfy midlife cravings? Ready to learn exactly how much protein you should be eating? And the key to really preventing chronic illness in midlife? Menopause and midlife are not excuses for us to suffer from stubborn weight and inflammation…get ready to learn everything you need to know about taking control of your midlife health. 

Welcome back to part two of my discussion with “menopause normalizer and problem solver”, Dr. Mary Claire Haver. In this episode, we discuss the third pillar of The Galveston Diet, protein, how the heck to calculate how much you need in midlife, and the importance of exercise, which I learned isn’t just about toning the midlife muffin top. We wrap up part 2 by going over key measurements for midlife body composition, ratios of muscle-to-fat, and how those ratios can give you crucial information about your health. And remember if you haven't heard part 1 then go listen to that first!

Some Highlights: 

• What type of exercise should I be incorporating in midlife?

• What’s Omega three and how do I get more of it?

• How do I know if I’m getting enough protein?

• Do yourself a favor and incorporate avocado in your daily snack list because half an avocado a day contains half the daily minimum fiber for a midlife woman. 

• What is visceral fat and why is it important?

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EP 71: Have you ever wondered what a psychic medium does and whether their guidance could help you build your “midlife remix”, not “midlife crisis” dreams into a reality? Let’s get our midlife “woo woo” on! Do you want to meet your unique “midlife spirit guides” and co create a midlife personal journey with them?  Ready for the juicy midlife chats about what the second half of your life will feel and look like? Have you ever wanted to connect with deceased loved ones and receive their encouragement…or, just know they are there to support you? Putting yourself first is one of the hardest things we can do in midlife. And, finding time for any kind of spiritual practice is an essential part of self care and midlife self-reinvention.

This week, I chat with MaryAnn DiMarco, internationally recognized psychic medium, healer, spiritual teacher and two time author with a new book called Medium Mentor: 10 Powerful Techniques to Awaken Divine Guidance for Yourself and Others. MaryAnn walks us through how she discovered her innate abilities for mediumship and went on to hone them with a consistent spiritual practice and belief. We dive deep into how and why connecting with our “midlife spirit guides” can help us. MaryAnn and I lay out the actual steps in how we can connect with our “midlife spirit guides” and loved ones.  It’s a process of learning to listen and receive.  And most importantly, it’s creating a spiritual practice that is authentically you. 

Some Highlights: 

• What is a psychic medium?

• Everyone can connect to their own loved ones and also the medium can make this connection on your behalf

• What is a spirit guide?  

• Your spirit guide wants to give you direction and help you see your path

• What is a “clair”? 

• An angel number or a symbol, like a rainbow could be a sign from your guide

• Your spiritual practice is self care

• Why is gratitude practice important in connecting with your “midlife spirit guides”?

• Make your spiritual practice authentic

• It’s ok if you don’t hear anything right away

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EP 70: Do you ever wonder how your own “midlife hormonal” self can better parent and connect with your hormonal teen/teens? Is your teen showing anxiety around school, friends, college applications and self-image? Is the “loudness” of your chewing and breathing just too much for your teen? Lol! Are you going through your own set of emotions and changes during perimenopause or menopause and sometimes want to scream? If so, you are not alone. This is me. This is most parents of teens. This is the midlife & teenage hormonal stew! Do you want to simmer down the dual set of hormones and create healthier communication & connection with your teenager while teaching them how to self-regulate on their own? This episode is for you!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Midlife Parents Managing the Teenage Buffet of ‘Big Feelings’…Real Tools!”. My guest, Dr. Lisa Damour, is a clinical psychologist, two-time best selling author, and podcaster. We discuss the inner emotional lives of teenagers. Lisa teaches us real tools we can start using today to strengthen our teen’s mental health and our relationship with them. Lisa dives into the hottest topics in her newest book, “Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable and Compassionate Adolescents”. Lisa has her finger on the pulse with research in her clinical practice on the topics of adolescent development, how to create good communication and managing mental health. She is also on “the ground” as a consultant with schools & their students and her personal experience as a midlife mom with one teen daughter and one college-aged daughter. Lisa is here to give us real life advice on how to calmly stir the midlife & teenage hormonal stew. She isn’t promising that your loudness of chewing won’t still bug them, but you will have a stronger connection with them. And, equally as important, the teens will have learned to regulate “big feelings" on their own. 

Some Highlights: 

• Helping your teens regulate & express their emotions

• Why “big feelings” help teens grow & create grit

• Harmful & helpful coping practices 

• Navigating trauma & depression with your teenager

• Teens are their own type of beast…don’t take it personally

• How you can help teens raise their self-esteem outside of school

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EP 69: Calling all midlife women who are questioning their “who, why, what and where” in midlife…divorce, dating, remarriage, and finding your midlife “bold” again. You aren’t destined to sit on a park bench in midlife. We are reframing the midlife narrative “boldly”, our way!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Living Midlife ‘Boldly’...Just the Way we Like it!”. My guest, Tamsen Fadal, is an Emmy award winning journalist, podcaster, evening news anchor and author. We discuss how to live “boldly” in midlife by taking a deep dive into Tamsen’s personal experience with menopause, aging, her public divorce, remarriage and so much more! We cover the importance of rediscovering yourself in the second half of life. Tamsen is a midlife woman like me, who is sharing her vulnerabilities to change the midlife narrative from “taboo” to “everyday” conversations. She explains that this second half of life is now the “prime” of her life. Tamsen teaches us how to live the “midlife runway” our way! Bye bye “midlife have to’s” & hello “midlife want to’s”.

Some Highlights: 

• Midlife divorce & trusting your intuition
• Personal rebrand & vulnerability
• Finding appreciation in aging
• Making new friends as a midlifer 
• Finding your “bold” in midlife
• What are pink flags?
• Saying goodbye to “midlife have to’s” & hello to “midlife want to’s”

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EP 68: Weight loss & diabetes drugs in the news and social media? Some of the drugs you are hearing about are Ozempic, Wegovy & Mounjaro”...with article titles like, “Hell for Your Post Ozempic Body”, “Skinny Rich”, “What is Ozempic Face” or “How Kim Kardashian’s Mystery weight loss to fit into Marilyn Monroe’s Dress has led to a TikTok craze”...Do you feel a little “off” in your midlife years? You might be moody and more “muffin toppy”...You are struggling to lose weight or maintain your current weight? Your insulin resistance and cholesterol numbers are climbing. Your bone density is declining. You have been doing the same workouts and following a healthy nutritional lifestyle since your thirties, but all of a sudden you aren’t seeing the same results you used to? Do you want to work with your body and find the healthiest treatments and solutions for you? Do you want to find answers not just in the weight number on the scale, but overall midlife metabolic health?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Weight Loss Drugs & Metabolic Health in Midlife”. My guest, Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen, is a triple board certified physician with vast experience across all areas of endocrinology with an emphasis on obesity, diabetes, metabolism, thyroid disorders and osteoporosis. We discuss metabolic & obesity (insulin resistance and thyroid) issues and drugs that are getting a lot of media coverage right now and dig deep into why they are important factors in reviewing the health of midlife women. After working with patients facing metabolic and obesity issues for over a decade, Dr. Salas knows the difficulties midlife women face when trying so many different methods and being given misinformation through media sensationalism. With her evidence-based private practice, New York Endocrinology, Dr. Salas gives patients one-on-one time and care with the mission of helping them feel good and healthier in their own skin. If you’re looking to feel the same and want a deep dive into medical facts and not sensationalism, then listen to this episode full of expert info and golden nuggets!

Some Highlights: 

• We can't just lie down and let “midlife and menopause” happen to us. We have to take ownership
• This class of drugs are called incretins. Learn the three types
• Who is a good candidate, generally speaking?
• 70 percent of women in the perimenopausal category are considered obese and overweight and hits a peak of 76 percent, before declining after age 75
• Why is insulin resistance such a hot topic and the importance of controlling it?
• What is visceral fat and why should we care about it?
• The definition of obesity
• Why is obesity not just an “aesthetics” issue?
• 72 million people in US have obesity and 42 million have diabetes (10% of the 42 million have type 1 diabetes and can’t take this drug)  
• Finding your appropriate hormonal, diabetes and weight loss treatments for optimal metabolic midlife female health
• Making sure your doctor is fully knowledgeable in the appropriateness of a drug and their experience in prescribing them
• Knowing the key ways to lessen the side effects that many people face with these drugs
• Why gaining muscle & resistance training is “not optional” in midlife
• The definition of A1C and the importance of testing your A1C for metabolic health
• Be an advocate for yourself & know your body

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EP 67 Pt. 1 of 2: Midlife can feel complicated and layered. You have always done things in a certain way, your kids might be grown up and now you are open to thinking about how to give yourself permission to do things differently. Ready for the “let go”? You might want to shake up your nutrition, add some supplements, “cold plunge” or even jump on a mini trampoline for lymphatic drainage. 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Midlife’s 10 Things…Freedom For Reinvention in Self-Awareness, Marriage, Nutrition & Empty Nest”. My guest, Abbie Crane, is an integrated health coach, brand marketer and nutrition enthusiast. This is a two-part episode where we discuss how Abbie “lives from the inside out” in midlife. In part one, Abbie dives deep into how she is beginning to live her life with more presence and personal nourishment. We chat about her longtime marriage and how she is keeping it fresh…& the transition into empty nest. She also explains how and why she makes it a priority to focus on nutritional, physical and mental health in midlife. In this second chapter of her life, Abbie is giving herself permission for the “self reinvention/midlife remix” to live by her own set of rules in her wellness lifestyle and personal life. If I peaked your interest, then this is the episode for you. Don’t forget to listen to part 2 afterwards for even more juicy golden nuggets!

Some Highlights: 

• Letting go & giving yourself permission 
• Emotional & physical nourishment
• Primary vs secondary food
• Transitioning into empty nest
• How to evolve your midlife marriage
• Live in the moment & embrace your emotions
• “Living from the inside out” 

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EP 67 Pt. 2 of 2: Are you looking for a mix of “kick in the butt” and “chill” when it comes to your wellness lifestyle? Do you want to change your nutritional lifestyle in a way that is easy and not restricting? Are you searching for new ways to make your workouts more enjoyable?  

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Midlife’s 10 Things…Freedom For Reinvention in Self-Awareness, Marriage, Nutrition & Empty Nest”. My guest, Abbie Crane, is an integrated health coach, brand marketer and nutrition enthusiast. This is a two-part episode where we discuss how Abbie “lives from the inside out” in midlife. In part two, Abbie gives us the inside scoop on how she makes focusing on her nutritional and physical health look easy! She is telling us all of her midlife modalities for us to think about (with doctor consultation of course). From diving into a cold plunge to eating algae supplements and jumping on a mini trampoline…Abbie is showing us how she enjoys the process. In this second chapter of her life, Abbie is acknowledging the changes midlife brings and replying with fun and satisfying ways to keep herself in check. Nutrition and exercise don’t have to be boring! If I peaked your interest, then this is the episode for you. And if you haven't listened to part 1, then what are you waiting for? 

Some Highlights: 

• The benefits of Chlorella & Spirulina algae 
• The importance of supplements in midlife
• Why you might consider a dry brush
• Taking the plunge in midlife!
• Finding enjoyable exercise as we age
• Bounce into physical health with a mini trampoline (you have to pee first)

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EP 66: In midlife, what are you really hungry for? Is a cupcake or the fries going to satisfy that craving or is there a deeper longing or need? How do you physically and mentally feel in midlife?  And, what nutritional elements can help change that? What “non-food” joys, purpose and personal meaning can we integrate into our daily routines? How can you easily incorporate healthier meals & snacks, and more nutrients into your life? Can we consistently “dabble” in the “midlife well-being buffet”, for optimal well-being?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Midlife Nutrition & ‘Well-Being Buffet’...3 Experts”. In this episode I go back and revisit some of my favorite conversations with three fabulous nutrition experts. All three women are using their different life experiences and educational & professional backgrounds to inform and help women gain a healthier midlife by finding our “good enoughs”, asking ourselves the important questions about ourselves and what we are really hungry for in our lives. Each of my guests explains her nutritional practices and how they communicate with their clients about the “midlife nutritional dabbling buffet”…eating, exercising and nourishing ourselves with other things than just food. If you’re looking to satisfy your internal hunger, use food to heal your mind & body or change your nutritional lifestyle, then you don't want to miss out on all of the juicy golden nuggets!

Some Highlights: 

• Finding midlife “good enough” in nutrition
• Working with hunger in midlife, not against it
• We can’t satisfy our hunger for perfection
• Cravings of creativity & meaning
• Dig into the mental & physical health “vending machine”
• What is a food flexitarian & the 80/20 rule?
• Upleveling your meals & finding your personal nutrition blueprint 
• How to treat yourself without feeling guilty…eat the damn cupcake!

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EP 65: Do you ever wish that you had a magic mirror to give you the answers to all of your midlife questions? Well, it’s not that easy…Unfortunately, the magic mirror isn’t always truthful and can create distorted images of how we view ourselves. What do you see when you look into the midlife mirror?

In this week’s minisode, “Midlife Mirror Mirror on the Wall…Who am I After All?”, I talk about the importance of how we define ourselves in this midlife process. I take a look at society’s impossible aesthetic standards and expectations of midlife women. I dive deep into how famous midlife women, who were once viewed with a spotlight and seen as perfect representations of how a woman should look and act, are now being cast aside because they are past their “prime”. I give examples of six midlife celebrities who are pushing back against Hollywood’s rejection of midlife & aging women and showing what the “midlife remix” is all about. We do not need a magic mirror or society’s standards to tell us our worth, beauty and sex appeal! We have to tell ourselves this. We have to stand up for ourselves, put ourselves in the forefront and choose what we want in midlife…without the approval of the external peanut gallery.

This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This new minisode series is highlighting resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

Some Highlights: 

• Making midlife issues less taboo & finding answers
• Working with the physical changes, not against them
• Learning how to laugh in the midlife chaos
• What does “midlife sexy” mean to you?
• Being vulnerable & unfiltered 
• Defining who you are in midlife

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EP 64: Midlife brain fog is real. My brain feels like mashed potatoes on many days. Why did I walk into this room? Why did I show up to this appointment on the wrong week? I bet you can relate to midlife “mashed potato brains”. When you’re sitting at the dinner table on Thanksgiving, what are you giving thanks for? Is it the food? Is it your family and friends? Is it your personal accomplishments?...Or all the above? 

This week, I chat about what is making my Thanksgiving extra special this year in a minisode called, Midlife “Mashed Potato Brain”…5 Things I’m Thankful For… I use my golden sh*t shovel to dig deep into the things I am thankful for, all while my brain is feeling like mashed potatoes…What is midlife “mashed potato brain''? Listen to find out more details! I also share some gratitude practices I’ve learned from previous guests…it’s the perfect time of the year to try them out! This is my usual stream of consciousness rant on wtf is going on in my brain right now. My midlife self-reinvention journey made a big effect this year and has given me so many things to be thankful for. I wouldn’t be the woman I am today without it! What are you giving thanks for on this year’s Thanksgiving? It’s time to use your golden SPOON (instead of our proverbial sh*t shovel) and dig into those mashed potatoes lol! 

This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This new minisode series is highlighting resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

Some Highlights: 

• Stepping out of my comfort zone…Don’t doubt me!
• Making new midlife friends
• Midlife women supporting women
• Viewing midlife through a lens of “I got this!”
• Be proud of yourself!
• Family dinners & soon to be empty nest
• Gratitude practices

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EP 63: Are you looking to be “heavily meditated” in midlife? Is the chaos of midlife becoming overwhelming? Do you want to slow down when it feels like everything is in a rush? Are you in search of the answers to your midlife struggles, but don’t know where to start? 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Heavily Meditated in Midlife”. My guest, Davidji, is a globally recognized mind/body health & wellness expert, mindful performance trainer, meditation teacher and author. Often referred to as the “Velvet Voice of Stillness”...Davidji is here to help us get “heavily meditated” in midlife! He chats with us about his “first” life, a life changing event, then his “second” life path…that brought him to the world of meditation. Davidji teaches us types of meditation and easy tips & tricks, and more importantly a different way of looking at it. He also explains the benefits of practicing meditation in midlife and how it can affect the various changes we are going through. Look no further because your new midlife meditation guru is here!

Some Highlights: 

• The answers to your questions lie within
• Establish yourself in the present moment & then perform the action
• Ritualize your meditations 
• What is beditation?
• How meditation can ease stress & menopausal symptoms 
• Finding the “sweet spot”

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EP 62: In midlife, if it doesn’t bring you orgasm, inspiration or income it does not belong in your life, Boo! Cut that out…PERIOD!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Orgasm, Inspiration & Income In Midlife…PERIOD!” My guest, Joey Zauzig, is a digital entrepreneur, viral video creator and motivational speaker. Joey is an Instagram phenomenon, Tik Tok superstar and if he isn’t already, your new BFF, he will be after this episode! Do you know that “good juju” energy you feel when you see or meet someone with uplifting vibrational energy…well that is exactly what I felt when I came across Joey and watched his inspirational videos. Joey is here to chat about building self-love and so much more. He says the real “plot twist” in life is building confidence by practicing self-responsibility and taking action. He talks about taking those steps to getting to having a life that you want to get out of bed for…He is helping us block out the haters by “choosing us” no matter what negative energy is thrown our way. You only get one midlife, so live it the way you want…PERIOD!

Some Highlights: 

• Self-love & confidence go hand in hand
• Take that break
• How to practice gratitude
• Stay in your lane, ignore the haters
• Everything is an energy exchange
• Self-responsibility, mental & physical action steps

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EP 61: Are you a midlife woman experiencing the ebbs and flows of perimenopause and menopause? The midlife vintage vagina issues are real…dryness, pain, lower sex drive, no orgasm…and, the list goes on…so many VJ issues related to menopause…“It hurts, I am not in the mood. Omg! Are you back for more?” Do you want to hear explanations and solutions to the everyday midlife vintage VJ issues? It’s a review of the five best VJ Gyno expert guests that I have had on the podcast with me chiming in per usual. It is like the “cliff notes” golden nugget summary version of midlife VJ and sex drive solutions. It’s on! Take that walk or run your errands while you listen to this one. 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Midlife Vintage VJ’s…Five Experts”. This episode marks the two year anniversary of The Flexible Neurotic Podcast! Throughout these past two years I have learned so much from my fabulous guests that I thought the best way to celebrate would be to go back and revisit some of my favorite conversations. It also happens to be Menopause Awareness Month, so, this episode will be all about menopause and the midlife VJ…I mean c’mon it was meant to be! Listen to hear the juiciest menopausal midlife VJ and libido tips and tricks from my five expert guests. The golden nuggets are dripping! It’s time to give some much deserved attention to the “Midlife Vintage VJ”.

Some Highlights: 

• Society’s view on “the change”
• How to identify the start of menopause
• The difference between perimenopause & menopause
• How to decrease pain & increase pleasure
• The importance of knowing your body inside & out
• Don’t settle for “this is just menopause, your new normal”
• Understanding the anatomy of the vagina
• The benefits of coconut oil 
• The “out of service” clitoris 
• Understanding & igniting midlife desire
• The benefits of novel stimulation with your partner 
• Getting to the bottom of the “orgasm gap”
• How lube & vibrators can make a big difference in the bedroom

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EP 60: Does midlife sometimes feel like a giant fckn’ mountain with varying terrain, no water, no sweatband? Then that same mountain, the next day is easy peasy, you could hike in 15 minutes without sweating? This is “Midlife Mountain”. You never know what to expect from day to day. There are huge challenges, the never ending hamster wheel of boredom, potentially some annoying teens (but you are savoring cause they will be out of the nest soon), and never ending “to do” lists, while you are sweating in unexpected places. “Midlife Mountain” is a metaphor for all the physical and psychological changes in midlife, or what sometimes feels like a slippery slope! Wanna feel and know that you aren’t the only one feeling like you are in a dungeon or on top of the sky, then listen here for the mountain weather conditions and tips for all the terrain ahead.

This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This new minisode series is highlighting resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

Some Highlights: 

• The 3 terrains on the “Midlife Mountain”...what path are you on?
• Midlife is filled with hurdles & challenges you can overcome!
• Some days are rocky & moody and some are smooth & creative
• What are you willing to work on & what lessons are you willing to learn?
• It’s not just about the finish, the journey is just as important
• Let yourself explore in midlife, mentally, physically & emotionally

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EP 59: Are you a midlife woman looking for some secrets & answers just like me? You want answers on how to live your best “everyday midlife” and how to find your next thing in the second half of life. And, some pro makeup tips, products and ideas on how to take care of your skin, create definition and look natural all at the same time. You want to hear from someone who has successfully done it and continues to inspire women each day? Then listen here!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Everyday Midlife” with Bobbi Brown. We discuss her entrepreneurial highlights by founding Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and, more recently, Jones Road Beauty. We dive into multiple makeup tips and products that are essential in midlife…hydration, contour, color…Yes, Bobbi is THE makeup guru! We chat about Bobbi's everyday life, such as how she maintains a great marriage, how she learned how to stop comparing herself to others & finding her own beauty and her philosophies on exercise & nutrition. Yes, Bobbi is not only a successful entrepreneur, but she is also on her own midlife journey just like us…even for her it’s not always glamorous. She’s doing the “work”, just like us. Listen to find out how Bobbi navigates business, family and midlife, and she tells us her fave bread, snacks, workout plan…all the things.

Some Highlights: 

• Bobbi’s favorite part about getting older
• A good life is filled with hard work
• An attitude adjustment can help in difficult situations
• Stop comparing yourself to others, you are your own type of beautiful
• Learning as you go, being scared and doing it anyway
• How to create healthy midlife marriage energy
• Exercise because it feels good for YOU!

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EP 58: Midlife couple’s 50 Shades of Gray with my teenagers away (a month) this summer, NOT quite! No underboob sweat in summer, NOT quite! “Me time bliss” with my husband having a colonoscopy, NOT quite. While summer had “joy points”, it also had some doozies… I am selling off the last midlife brain summer “f*cks” I have left. Are you ready to sell off your last “f*cks”?...then listen to my end of summer random stream of consciousness rant! 

This week, I use my golden sh*t shovel to dig deep into the eventful summer I’ve had in a minisode called, “Midlife Brain Yard Sale”. This summer feels like it has been a chaotic and underboob sweat-filled hot mess and I’m ready to lay it all out. This summer has drained me, but when I find myself in the midlife brain fog/cluster, I remember the things that get me excited & creative to keep going on this midlife journey; this podcast & IG, my friends, online shopping and “light” exercise, so I don’t need to wash my hair. Peeps, it’s the end of summer and I’m selling all the rest of the “f*cks” I have left…and for pretty cheap too lol! What does your midlife brain yard sale consist of?

This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This new minisode series is highlighting resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

Some Highlights: 

• How new school years feel like the new year
• My new school year resolutions
• One month of empty nest gone wrong
• Hand fans are a lifesaver!
• Random sickness puts damper on alone time with husband
• Instagram husband’s colonoscopy
• Empty nest feelings already starting, one year countdown to kid number 1

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EP 57: Are you feeling the midlife muffin top? Do you want to manage it, but don't want to get sucked into diet fads? Do you know about the “shimmy & squat” technique for “tucking in your muffin top”? Are you feeling overwhelmed by crazy workouts? It’s time to find your “good enough” in midlife!

This week, I use my golden sh*t shovel to dig deep into body weight, body image and muffin top “growth & management” in midlife, in a minisode called, Muffin Tops & “Good Enough”. I talk about what I call the “good enough” philosophy and how it is not about accepting mediocrity, but giving yourself reasonable goals. We don’t have to become super skinny or eat healthy 24/7…but we do have to take accountability in the lifestyles we choose, while enjoying life. What are you willing to put more work into or cut back on? Some of us will pick eating cleaner, some of us will pick more exercise, while some might not do either. It’s all about finding balance peeps! What is your “good enough” in midlife? What does your “good enough” look like & feel like?

This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This new minisode series is highlighting resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

Some Highlights: 

• What is your “good enough”?
• You know your limits, don't push them because of societal norms
• Finding balance without going overboard
• Create a workout that is fun for you
• Stretchy jeans are a lifesaver!
• Do what soothes your soul
• Self obsession is allowed in midlife

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EP 56: Um…Do you ever feel like your midlife “check engine” light is on? Your VJ, all its parts & your libido are in need of a tune up? Do you experience pain or discomfort during sex? Do you dread it? Are you an empty nester with more free time for pleasure (lol), but perimenopause or menopause is making it difficult? Your spouse thinks maybe you should take up pole dancing and you just want to crawl into bed with your ugly pj’s on? Do you feel you can’t reach the same satisfaction you did before midlife? Don’t give up! 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Under The Midlife Hood.” My guest, Dr. Jill Krapf, is a Board-Certified OB/GYN who specializes in female sexual pain, including vulvodynia, overactive pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and vulvar lichen sclerosus. We discuss understanding vaginal pain and learning that it does not have to become our new normal. Jill teaches us not to settle for less when it comes to comfort and pleasure in midlife sexual and vaginal health. Jill also explains the importance of knowing our bodies, doing our research on vaginal products and finding a specialist if your needs are not met by your regular gynecologist. There are vulvar specialists just like her, if you can’t make it to Washington D.C.  Midlife is a time where we should focus on our health & happiness…and that includes in the bedroom! Use it or lose it baby!

Some Highlights: 

• How to decrease pain & increase pleasure
• Pain & discomfort are not your new normal
• The importance of knowing your body inside & out
• Picking products carefully
• Do not “just deal with it” in midlife
• Help is out there, try a specialist!

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EP 55: When you are traveling do you ever feel like you’re constantly missing something? Do you get told you overpack? Have you ever had a family trip go completely haywire? Missing luggage, sicknesses, no toilet paper? And, if you haven’t, let me tell you how to avoid all of this. This minisode is quite the laugh!

This week, I use my golden sh*t shovel to dig deep into the origins of my travel medicine bag in a minisode called, “Never Carry-On Luggage In Midlife”. I’ve recently been posting my medicine bag on my IG and I have been getting so many comments on it! So, I thought I’d share with you the reason behind the medicine bag and why it has become THE essential travel item. I talk about the Kenya community service trip I took with my family, the chaotic events that occurred and why it sparked the medicine bag. I also explain why, as a midlifer, I NEVER just have carry-on luggage. Remember, it’s not over packing if you need all of it…

This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This new minisode series is highlighting resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

Some Highlights: 

• Always pack a medicine bag
• Don’t accept judgment for your packing choices
• Pack for all possible outcomes
• Don’t cut your connecting flights too close
• Extra tissues and socks are lifesavers!
• Don’t let others give you their limits

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EP 54: Are you or a loved one currently going through a midlife “sickness” diagnosis or the weight of the mental and physical changes of menopause? Then this episode might be able to help shed some light on a sometimes seemingly dark path. 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, “Creating Light In Midlife Darkness.” My guest, Jen Delvaux, is a podcaster, author, health & fitness coach and cancer “thriver” and we discuss taking cancer by the horns, learning and growing from it. In this episode, we learn about Jen and her husband’s journey with their individual cancer diagnoses. Turning the “storm” into “silver lining” life moments & changes. Jen walks us through the changes she has had to make in her everyday life for recurring cancer prevention & midlife health. We also go deep into the difficult and meaningful conversations with her husband regarding the end of life, and her changed mindset all due to their diagnoses.

Some Highlights: 

• There is more than just medicine
• How to confront a loved one or friend who has been diagnosed with cancer
• Meaningful marriage cancer conversations
• You have to figure out who you are after your diagnosis 
• Enjoy the little things in life, don’t focus on the negative
• Fear is its own form of cancer
• It's all about the mindset

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EP 53: The midlife hamster wheel keeps spinning! Why can’t I get off? We hate it, but stay on it anyway. WHY WHY WHY? Do you feel like you are just constantly spinning in a circle, doing the same sh*t over and over? Do you keep making promises to yourself to start new habits, drink more water, exercise more, eat more nutritious food, maybe more sex? Lol. The familiar Groundhog Day/hamster lifestyle is so much easier because it’s on routine, requires no thought, risks or new pushes of effort. But, it also tastes like stale bread and moldy cheese.

This week, I use my golden sh*t shovel to dig deep into how to spark change in midlife by working on your inner midlife hamster, in my new minisode, “Evolving Your Inner Midlife Hamster”. I discuss how to jump off of the midlife hamster wheel, stop repeating and start evolving to start midlife remixing! This is not overnight. It is a process of asking yourself specific questions to get in the right mindset and little behavioral tweaks to create habits. In this minisode, I give advice from a couple experts who I follow and my own personal experiences. I explain small steps we can make each day to help us get to where we want to be. If you are looking to make a change in your midlife, then maybe this minisode can be your first step off the hamster wheel. I have some real life examples of simple sh*t you can do. If I can do it, believe me, you can. 

This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This new minisode series is highlighting resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

Some Highlights: 

• Are you repeating or evolving?
• Asking yourself three important questions to get started
• Nutritional and physical lifestyle small hacks
• Crossing “the river of change”
• Understanding the “why” to get to the “how”
• Lean into the uncomfortable 
• Finding the right mindset to start a habit, motivation vs. consistency
• Don’t be afraid to surprise yourself!

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EP 52 Pt. 2: Are you looking for bottom line advice on the midlife journey? Wanting to learn how to “give zero f*cks in midlife? Not be afraid of failure? Eating healthier for you, your health and your libido? And, finding joy in each day…as we only live in this body one time…These are some of the things on my midlife brain This is a two part episode! Listen to Part 1 from last week if you missed out!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Zero F*cks In Midlife. The golden nuggets from my chat with Jennifer are endless! In Part 2, we discuss how Jen’s midlife has improved by “choosing her” and giving zero f*cks! We dive deep into all things Jennifer Fisher…from the nutritional lifestyle changes she has made that have had a positive effect on her libido and a total reset on how she feels in her own body…to her relationship with her teens and husband. And there are even more beauty, lifestyle & nutrition secrets! Plus don’t miss her bottom line advice for women in midlife! If I peaked your interest, then this is the episode for you. The midlife juicy advice is dripping! 

Some Highlights: 

• Eating healthy and midlife hormones
• Do your research
• Diversify your friendships
• Finding the joy in each day
• Age like you!
• Jennifer’s bottom line advice on the midlife journey

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EP 52 Pt. 1: Do you want to start something new in midlife, but don’t know where to start? Does your midlife passion project include a new business venture, eating healthier, or connecting more with your children and/or finding more joy? Wanting to hear about how you can start giving zero f*cks. This is a two part episode. Part 2 is next week…

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Zero F*cks In Midlife. My guest, Jennifer Fisher, is a jewelry designer, entrepreneur and kitchen & recipe guru. This is a two part episode where we discuss juggling business, family and midlife. Jennifer is chatting with us on how to improve our nutritional & physical health in midlife…getting our heads in the “can do” mindset. She is also guiding us on her personal and entrepreneurial journey, the ups and downs…how to be fearless & step out of the comfort zone. And, of course, Jen gives us her beauty & lifestyle exact secrets and tips..foods, exercise, make up and clothing. If I peaked your interest, then this is the episode for you. Listen to part 1 today!!!!!

Some Highlights: 

• How to start your midlife passion project
• Don't be afraid of failure
• Listen to your intuition
• Don't let people put you in a box
• There is no magic pill
• Health and libido
• Normalize awkward conversations with your teens

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EP 51: Are you in a midlife marriage or partnership that needs a freshen you? Listen to this week’s minisode, “Not So Ordinary Midlife Marriage Advice”. 32 minute episode!

Squeeze it in! This week, I use my golden sh*t shovel to dig deep into my “Not Your Ordinary Marriage Advice” IG post as I celebrate my 18th wedding anniversary. Why were there 235 comments? You guys had a lot to say so I’m jumping back into the conversation. I’m giving 15 juicy midlife marriage tips that are sure to bring some ease into those small, but pesky situations that we face daily. I also explain some of the intricacies of my marriage, the ups and downs and how we make it work in midlife. Like anything important in life, marriage is work and we have to make sure we are putting in an equal amount of effort.

This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This new minisode series is highlighting resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

Some Highlights: 

• How to have a successful midlife marriage
• 15 midlife marriage quick tips 
• What are the changes in your marriage?
• There is no such thing as a perfect marriage
• Marriage is teamwork
• Your spouse/partner is not a mind reader
• Find time to focus on each other and yourself

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EP 50 Pt. 1 of 2: Are you tired of the dieting fads, ads and false claims to great midlife health and nutrition? I am! And, I am the worst cook, so I need easy no thought tips for quick change. Do you want to see a real change in your nutritional health? Are you hungry for more in midlife?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Creating Juicy & “Do-able” Midlife Nutrition Habits. My guest, Jenny Jiles, is a holistic nutritionist. This is a two part episode. We discuss small hacks and changes we can make in midlife to benefit our bodies & minds. Jenny is teaching us how to create lasting changes in our overall health and energy & how to just eat the damn cake. If I peaked your interest, then this is the episode for you.

Some Highlights: 

• How cleaning your diet can help springboard your midlife remix
• Bypass the bullsh*t and find your blueprint!
• Upleveling your meals for optimal nutrition
• How to create the ideal meal
• What is habit stacking?
• Redesigning a healthier lifestyle 

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EP 50 Pt. 2 of 2: Are you tired of the dieting fads, ads and false claims to great midlife health and nutrition? I am! And, I am the worst cook, so I need easy no thought tips for quick change. Do you want to see a real change in your nutritional health? Are you hungry for more in midlife?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Creating Juicy & “Do-able” Midlife Nutrition Habits. My guest, Jenny Jiles, is a holistic nutritionist. This is a two part episode. We discuss small hacks and changes we can make in midlife to benefit our bodies & minds. Jenny is teaching us how to create lasting changes in our overall health and energy & how to just eat the damn cake. If I peaked your interest, then this is the episode for you.

Some Highlights: 

• What are the 5 pillars to a healthy life?
• Choosing to be healthy for yourself
• How to use midlife passions as energy, rather than snacking
• Mental and nutritional health coincide 
• Stop mindlessly grazing your pantry
• How to treat yourself without feeling guilty

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EP 49: Ask yourself, “Do I still got it?” Who were you before marriage, kids or a career? Are you the same person and/or do you need to rediscover what makes you, “you”,  in midlife? If you want to get back to who you were or create new elements for your new “fab midlife evolving self”, then listen to this week’s 23 minute minisode, “Still Got It At 47”. Squeeze it in!

This week, I use my golden sh*t shovel to dig deep into who I am at my core and reflect on the changes throughout my life. I share what I call my “signature pieces” of me and why it’s important for you to rediscover your “old” ones and discover your new elements. What are the things in midlife that are only yours and make you the person you are today? In this midlife reinvention it's time to find yourself. Do you “still got it?” Of course! We all “still got it”...we just have to make time to find it.

This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This new minisode series is highlighting resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

Some Highlights: 

• We all “still got it?!”
• Be authentically you in midlife
• Finding satisfaction in being yourself
• Ignoring societal expectations
• Realizing your signature pieces
• Who are you at your core?
• Have marriage & kids changed you as a person?
• How key points in your life molded you
• Working at the Guess Store as my first job

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EP 48: Are you ready to add some zest to your midlife and get those juices flowing!? As a midlifer, have you wanted a little zest and pep in your step? You might have already started to do the “big” work, but might be wanting “7 Quick Tips To Some Midlife Zest & Gratitude.” This minisode will help you feel less stuck…quick things to get you out of the feeling of quicksand.

Do you have that midlife itch that you just can’t scratch? Have you thought about less depriving and more “godessing” of one’s self?…If I peaked your interest, then tune into my new minisode, 7 Quick Tips To Some Midlife Zest & Gratitude!

This week, I chatted again with last week’s guest, Suzanne Smith. The golden nuggets were dripping last week, so I had to come back for more with a “quick hack” rapid fire! We dive deep into the little things we can start doing today to help us feel unstuck in midlife and learn the attitude for gratitude. The midlife juices are rushing in!

This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This new minisode series will highlight resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

Some Highlights: 

• Less depriving and more “goddessing” 
• How your iphone library can create gratitude
• Social media perfection 
• What are you really grateful for?
• Little thing alert
• Venue changes lead to big personal change
• Refining the big question, “what is the lesson here?”

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EP 47: Are you feeling like you are in need of a change in your midlife, but you don’t know where to start? You want someone to help you create a midlife to do list with a twist of spirituality and woo woo? 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Creating Your Midlife “Inner Work” To Do List. My guest, Suzanne Smith, is a midlife blogger and master class course creator for midlife journey work. We discuss creating a “to do” list with action steps for a juicer midlife, marriage tweaks & finding your midlife spiritual truths. Suzanne helps guide us through the overwhelming challenges of midlife by sharing her personal experiences by taking responsibility for finding her own happiness. Amazon ain’t delivering your new midlife identity.

Suzanne is acting as our midlife mentor & “Spiritual Fashionista” and is ready to teach us how to live the midlife we have always dreamt about by breaking the damn rules!

Some Highlights: 

• Change starts with you
• External validation won’t lead to change
• Marriage is teamwork
• How to discover your spiritual truths
• Meditation can help guide you to self awareness
• Don’t be afraid to share your story
• How she found midlife mentors and resources
• Don’t wipe your tears away in midlife, find out why 

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EP 46: As a midlifer, do you ever feel like you are living in the shadows of others? Are you living in the shadows of your spouse, children, parents or even your past self?…Then, listen to my new minisode, No More Midlife Shadow Living!

New to The Flexible Neurotic! This is the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This minisode series will highlight resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip?

This week, I dive deep into my midlife shadow living IG post. Why were there 230 comments? Why did this strike such a chord? I wanted to jump back into the conversation and respond. I’m sharing my personal experience of dealing with my midlife shadows and discussing how I found and stepped into my own light.

Some Highlights: 

• What is a “midlife shadow”? 
• Whose shadow are you living in?
• Why living in others’ shadows can feel comforting
• Finding & stepping into your light
• Creating a purpose that is only for you
• Focusing on your wants, needs & passions
• Identifying & using your shadows & planning your future steps around them

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EP 45: In midlife, have you been through a friend break up? Are you trying to figure out if a friendship is worth keeping? Have you been ghosted? Or, have you ghosted someone? We are all ready for the “Friendship Audit”...

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Breaking Up With Friends & Making New Ones, in Midlife. My guest, Erin Falconer, is an author, digital entrepreneur and associate psychotherapist. We discuss breaking up with friends and the importance of midlife friendships. Erin teaches us how to evaluate our friendships to truly understand their purpose and how they make us feel. We learn how to confront our friends, strengthen the relationships and how to let some friendships go in a healthy way. Peeps, friends are not a luxury! Anything important in life is worth the hard work and that includes friendships. 

High school is over! Who are you going to surround yourself with at your midlife table? It’s time to say goodbye to the “mean girls” and hello to supportive women.

Some Highlights: 

• What is a friendship audit?
• Intentional acts in friendships
• Why friendships benefit your mental & physical health
• Deciding when to confront a friend
• Ghosting is scary, for the ghoster & ghosted!
• Instagram friends vs. In-person friends
• Benefits of friendships for couples
• Friendship is not a luxury! 

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EP 44: As a midlifer, do the aches and pains of midlife make you feel like the annoying squeaky wheel on the bottom of the shopping cart? Yes, I’m talking about those midlife creaky joints. You hear your feet crinkle when you walk to pee in the morning…Then listen to my new Midlife Snap, Crackle & Pop…Mystery Pains. 

This is my fourth minisode of The Midlife Golden Sh*t Shovel Cluster F*ck Series. In this week’s minisode, I dive deep into dealing with another midlife medical issue. This time I had the frozen shoulder! And believe me it was even worse than it sounds. I talk about taking those dreadful midlife trips to the doctor’s office, getting numerous opinions and why they’re worth it. Trying out alternative therapies, like shoulder laser, cortisone injections, physical therapy & more. If you’re not feeling great…get your ass up and go to the doctor! Or two, or three…wish we could “WD-40” our midlife joints…

Some Highlights: 

• Creaky midlife joints are normal!
• Make your health a priority
• Get a second opinion on medical issues
• How to have a smoother doctor’s visit
• Don’t settle when it comes to your health
• It is just “menopause” is not a good enough answer
• You are not alone
• Ignore family members who think you are making sh*t up or over exaggerating

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EP 43: The Midlife Cry, Hormones & Irregular Bleeding. I think I got your attention. You are quietly saying “me too”...Do you ever feel like perimenopause symptoms get the best of you at the worst times? I do…I feel like everything happens at once and it’s hard to climb out of that funk. Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in my solo episode, The Midlife Cry, Hormones & Irregular Bleeding. This is my third minisode of The Midlife Golden Sh*t Shovel Cluster F*ck Series. In this week’s minisode, I dive deep into the struggles of my month-long bleeding fiasco, while I take four teenagers on a ski trip. I tell you about the doctors appointments, what you should ask & the 411 on irregular bleeding. Sounds like a blast right? Trust me…it can be hard trying to juggle mom life with perimenopause rearing its ugly head. And, in this episode you get a first hand experience of dealing with just that. I learned that being honest with myself, friends & my IG community and sharing my vulnerabilities, I could help other midlife women to raise their hands and say “me too”. It is very normalizing to raise your hand with others raising their hands, in the roller coaster of the midlife journey.

Some Highlights: 

• Take midlife by the horns!
• Take the time to focus on your health
• Choose what works best for you
• How to efficiently wash your underwear on vacation
• Questions and tests you can ask your doctor about 
• Juggling motherhood and hormones 
• Normalizing perimenopausal craziness in a community setting

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EP 42: Do you ever feel like you just have to grin & bear it with midlife injuries or menopausal symptoms? I do…I feel like my teens and husband will think I am always whining about something…but, of course, it is ok for them to whine about everything. Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in my solo episode, “Thx Hawaii! That Was Rad…Midlife Injuries. WTF?”

This is my second minisode of The Midlife Golden Sh*t Shovel Cluster F*ck Series. In this week’s minisode, I dive deep into the past seventeen months of my life, why I started my podcast, and a not so relaxing family trip to Hawaii (during Covid) that taught me a valuable midlife lesson. If we want to be successful on this midlife journey, then we have to ask for help in times of need. Breaking the seemingly perfection veneer and showing vulnerability & need is okay…ask Brene Brown. It’s time to stop worrying about the judgmental peanut gallery. Forget trying to look like the perfect midlife remixer. It IS time to CHOOSE YOU, even if it’s a little “achey and complainey”... Midlife self obsession is on!

Some Highlights: 

• It is never too late to start something new
• The best decisions are the ones that scare us
• Strengthen connections in midlife
• Take off the shiny veneer 
• Take your wants & needs off the backburner
• Ask for help, you are not a burden!
• Choose you!

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EP 41: Have you ever heard of Yoga with a “P”...? Keep reading…Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Finding Midlife’s Answers In Your VJ Zone. My guest, Coco Berlin, is a certified pelvic floor expert and a bestselling author. She is also the founder of the Pelvic Floor Integration™ method, the SENSUOUS DANCE WORKOUT™, and the ESSENCE OF BELLYDANCE™ programs. WE are diving deep into what we are calling Yoga with a capital “P”...see notes below for the description. You won’t be sorry. We are reclaiming our “P’s” and finding out how to reconnect with our VJ’s & pelvic floor to take back our control in midlife, stepping into our power with confidence and ease.

Some highlights: 

• What is pussy yoga?
• Pelvic floor exercises 
• Strengthening mind and body connection
• Personal exploration
• Healing past trauma
• Pussy is power!

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in my solo episode, Pro Tips From The Diarrhea Bowl…How To Master The Colonoscopy Like A Pro. This is my first minisode of The Midlife Golden Sh*t Shovel Cluster F*ck Series. In midlife, we have to make our bodies, minds, health & maybe shoes (just kidding) our top priorities. Getting a colonoscopy is a literal pain in the ass, but it’s worth it! 90% of colon cancer is preventable and it’s the second leading cause of cancer death for men & women. I just did mine and it went down pretty well. I give you step by step pro tips & hacks to make it so much more tolerable. My husband was so NOT helpful during these two days, I might not give him the secret tips. He has to listen to the episode. Hope you got your beauty rest, Jeremy. Take this as a sign to get off your ass and get your first colonoscopy! And if you’ve had one, learn hot pro tips for your next one. I’m sharing how to mentally and physically prepare yourself for the “shittiest” two days…literally. I can help!!!! Peeps, thank me later! I got you.

Some highlights: 

• My first hand experience with my first colonoscopy 
• 10-15 pro tips & hacks 
• Making a market list for colonoscopy prep day
• Things to bring to your colonoscopy
• How to manage your spouse when you are getting the colonoscopy 
• Things to have in your bathroom during the diarrhea bowl 
• What to do to prevent burning tush
• Colon cancer quick facts on why you need a colonoscopy at age 45, not 50

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In midlife, do you want to learn how to become the Chief Soul Officer of your life? What does that even mean? Are you feeling success-EMPTY instead of success-FULL? It’s time to liberate your rebel soul! 

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an eye-opening midlife chat called How To Be Your Midlife Chief Soul Officer. My guest, Shelley Paxton, is a best selling author and rebel soul liberator. As former Chief Marketing Officer of Harley-Davidson, Shelley was feeling the “midlife itchies” and knew it was time for a reinvention. She began her “Soulbbatical” journey that became her new business and mission in midlife.

Shelley is leading a REBELution to rewrite the script of success and liberate a billion souls. 

Some highlights: 

• Starting your REBELution! What is it? And the steps to get there
• How to be a Chief Soul Officer of your own midlife
• Liberating your rebel soul
• What is a Soulbbatical?
• Don’t be a label whore! Not Prada and Gucci, labels like “mom”, “wife”, career rungs in the ladder
• Living life in “seasons”...what does that mean? And, why is it important?
• No permission slips needed in midlife
• Vulnerability is courageous 
• The F*** It Fund
• Be the coordinator of your own shitstorm 

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Are you stressing about your VJ, libido & sex in midlife? Me too. It’s time for a crash course on Midlife Sexual Health! We have chatted sex and midlife on this podcast. This episode is different…a must listen! The midlife vagina remix gets bigger!

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in a fab, funny and smart midlife sex chat called, Midlife VJ’s…Use 'Em or Lose 'Em. My guest, Dr. Karyn Eilber MD, is a urologist specialized in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. She is also a co-founder of GLISSANT Intimate Lubricants. Karyn is a hilarious guest who keeps it real! She and I dive deep and get into it! The midlife sexual quicksand feeling is real! I feel ya! 

Karyn is helping normalize the conversation of women’s sexual health, especially in midlife.We are using ‘em, not losing ‘em. You are in charge of your VJ. 

Some highlights: 

• Sexual health is mental health
• Work with your vagina, not against It
• Gyno chats don’t have to be awkward
• Getting in the mood in midlife
• What is the orgasm gap
• The benefits of CBD in lube

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Have you ever wanted a midlife pleasure coach? Have you been hearing about women’s embodiment and you don’t even know what it is? Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Reigniting Midlife Intimate Energy. My guest, Gabriella Espinosa is an embodied female pleasure coach and menopause mentor, yoga & somatic movement teacher, and nutritional therapist who is here to help us awaken our sexual energy and discover new and hidden pleasures! Midlife burnout is real and can affect our sexual energy…Gabriella breaks it down for us…the what, who and how…don’t miss this!  

Some highlights: 

• How Gabriella became a embodied female pleasure coach during perimenopause
• What is women’s embodiment 
• How to put the pleasure back in your hands by rediscovering pleasures and creating new ones 
• Undo midlife burnout
• What is a cervix serpent
• And more!

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In today’s fun and juicy bonus episode, Kimber Tiernan gives me a live Akashic records reading! She shares the best questions to ask in this style of reading, and how you can also ask questions for the collective energy — unpacking how we can embrace self-empowerment in our midlife remixes. If you haven't listened to Part 1, last week's episode, you might want to go back and listen.  

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Akashic Records for Creating the Midlife You Want. My guest this week, Kimber Tiernan, is a holistic healer, Akashic record reader, and spiritual teacher with a passion to connect you to your infinite intelligence, inspire deep healing, and awaken you to your own magic. This week, Kimber teaches us what our Akashic records are, how they’re different from psychic readings, and how we can use them to heal and grow. This is just part one of our journey with Kimber! Stay tuned for next week’s bonus episode where Kimber gives me a live reading…you won’t want to miss it!

Some highlights: 

• How Kimber became a healer after her dark night of the soul
• What your Akashic records are & what they reveal about you
• Your personal spirit guides
• How to use your Akashic records to create meaning more meaning in midlife
• Using the Akashic records to be a better parent
• Akashic records vs. a psychic reading
• How to use your Akashic records to heal ancestral trauma
• Connection between our soul’s mission & how we choose our parents
• And more!

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If you are wanting a no holds barred chat into some key, yet messy midlife topics, join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Reignite Your Sexuality & Self-Love for Manifestation in Midlife. My guest, Kaamna Bhojwani, has been studying psychology for 20 years and is currently getting her Master's in Spiritual Psychology at Columbia University as part of her midlife remix. Kaamna hosts “KaamnaLive” which aims to dismantle stereotypes and norms, force discussions some people are too afraid to have, and help individuals become more open-minded. This week, we dive deep into finding yourself and creating a “more fulfilled you” through spirituality, thinking in a particular way, asking particular questions, self pleasure and more. You will love her sense of humor and ability to make you comfortable in the uncomfortable!

Some highlights:

• Kaamna’s journey of healing emotionally to heal physically
• Where to start in reconnecting to yourself & your pleasure
• Reactivate a sexless marriage through intimacy
• How Kaamna manifested her Malibu dream
• Cultivating true sisterhood friendships
• Her explanation of her two finger approach to self pleasure
• Meditation as a portal back to yourself
• And more!

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Plant Medicines, Sleep & Gut Tools…Finding Your Midlife Flow. My guest this week, Dr. Ellen Vora, is a board-certified psychiatrist, medical acupuncturist, and author of her upcoming book, The Anatomy of Anxiety. Modern traditional medicine is necessary, but have you ever wondered what else is out there? Dr. Ellen takes an East meets West with some “woo woo” (intuitive) medicine approach to mental health. Today we unpack her wide toolbox of psychedelics that act as medicines for healing on a mental, emotional, and spiritual level. Midlife & psychedelics…I’ve never done them, but now it's on my immediate midlife bucket list…Find out why in this episode!

Finding your flow in midlife… She discusses how plant medicines can open your eyes to the aspects of your life that you may have been sitting deep within you. Our talk will get your midlife juices flowing and help you find the joy, glimmer & “the feel goods” in the blahs of midlife. We are going to dig deep into the details of Dr. Ellen’s finding flow in the midlife journey.  Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

• Personal responsibility for health & recognizing food, screen & other addictions
• Supporting perimenopause: better sleep & saying ‘no’ to the ughs
• Taking small steps towards creating new habits
• Who psychedelics benefit & how they benefit aging
• The toolbox of psychedelics as medicines for self & relationships
• Get your midlife juices flowing through play, music, & art
• Your genetics are important, but your work can help
• And more!

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Are you looking for a “Full Body F*ck Yes” in life? Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Midlife Bikini Wax of the Soul. My guest, Abbey Gibb, is a two-time TEDx speaker with over a million views, Emmy award-winning former TV journalist & business and entrepreneurial coach who helps entrepreneurs grow their businesses, leadership, and storytelling skills. She also coaches women in living their “F*ck Yes” lives...This episode is for every woman who is looking for the Full Body  F*ck Yes in life. 

Abbey’s got a very cool IG and defies all rules of how we think we are supposed to act, feel, and look. She is teaching and embodying becoming even more of yourself every day. Hold onto your seats for some psychology, business, spiritual, life coaching, and full-on woo woo! We are going to dig deep into the details of Abbey’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in her second half of life. Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

-The art of becoming a greater version of yourself

-How we get a full-body f*ck yes

-Being in joy as a measure of success

-Who were you before your titles and labels?

-Bikini wax of the soul

-Saying “no” to underwear

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Find Your Personal Essence & Maybe a Silk Robe. My guest, Jen Szpigiel, is a lifestyle, leadership, branding entrepreneur, podcast host, wife, and a mom of four. Her company, Becoming Iconic, helps women find their true personal and entrepreneurial essences. This episode focuses on finding your personal essence and treating yourself with grace, care and refinement. Why? Because you are a midlifer with life experience and you f#*king deserve it.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Jen’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in the second half of life. Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

-Healing your hunger for validation & stepping into your power

-Jen’s health crisis that led to her spiritual awakening

-The power of a silk robe

-Why breathwork is a powerful tool for healing

-Connecting to your essence and purpose

-Micro-goals: incentivize & champion yourself along your journey

-Transformation requires transaction

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It’s The Flexible Neurotic Quickie Minisode with special guest, Whitney Cicero, aka The New Stepford. In this 15 minute rapid-fire, Whitney and I dive deep into some of her fun midlife sh*t. We’re talking about secret pleasures, bucket lists, and midlife remix tips!

Whitney’s Faves

Skinfix Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Face Cream

Ole Henriksen

Corepower Yoga Sculpt

TV Show: I’m Sorry

Finding Whitney Cicero

Instagram

YouTube

Facebook

The New Stepford Website

Whink Creative

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Nipple Covers, Teen Sex Talks, & Mom Culture. My guest, Whitney Cicero, is a professional mom, actor, writer, award-winning vlogger, and founder of Whink Creative (rated one of the Top Five Agencies to Watch). Her hysterical blog, The New Stepford, has been featured on The Today Show and HuffPost and has gained more than 50 million views.

Her blog isn’t like any other mommy blog where the articles always seem to read, “My kid did this annoying thing today blah blah blah but it was all worth it.” She’s here to break that mold and tell it how it is. “Kids can be dicks. Husbands can be jackholes. Oftentimes I leave the house looking like a homeless dog.” 

Whitney’s here to bring relatability with a kick of humor...because who does have the time to be the “perfect” mom anyway? We are going to dig deep into the details of Whitney’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in her second half of life. Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

• The mission behind The New Stepford
• From blogs to vlogs—how Whitney became a viral video creator
• Creating time for passion projects & pursuing cool, new sh*t in your midlife
• Popping zits aka porn for women
• Why nipple covers are a must-have
• Sex conversations with your teens
• Developing your own parenting style
• Sharing your failures & owning up to screwing up

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Today’s minisode is with TEDx speaker and author of Xtra: The Art of Being, Christina Glickman. We’re talking about secret pleasures, bucket lists, and midlife remix tips! 

Connect with Christina:

-Instagram: @christinaglickman 

-Book: Xtra: The Art of Being

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, Stop Explaining Yourself & Live Your Life. My guest, Christina Glickman, is a managing director of Beautycounter, mom of FOUR, TEDxspeaker, and best-selling author of Xtra: The Art of Being. In this week’s episode, Christina and I talk about living your life unapologetically in midlife and being unapologetically confident. That means say f#*k it to the inner voice that might be telling you that you’re not good enough, pretty enough, whatever, and just doing you. Christina tells us all of the ways that she’s learned to be confident and to live by her own playbook, something we women can ALL take a page from. 

We are going to dig deep into the details of Christina’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in her second half of life. Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

-Making choices each day to feel joy

-The power of community & championing other women

-Honoring your relationship with yourself first

-Moving forward even in fear 

-Allowing yourself & your children to sit in discomfort

-Switching from a performative mindset to an in-the-moment mindset

-How Christina prepared for her TEDx Talk

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation with my dear friend and first-ever guest of the podcast, Angella Nazarian. During this anniversary episode, I’m handing the reigns over to Angella to interview me about what I’ve been calling my midlife remix, aka reinventing myself in my 40s and starting this passion project, The Flexible Neurotic Podcast. We talk about the reinvention journey and why every woman should start putting themselves first in midlife, like I did this past year. And, per usual, we do talk about midlife vaginas, and some of the important take aways from popular episodes. This is a don’t miss. 

Join Angella and me in this light-hearted episode between two friends and learn why YOU should also midlife remix.

Some highlights: 

-Letting go of being a performance-driven perfectionist

-Starting over, and being comfortable with starting over, in midlife 

-Quitting thought processes that don’t help you

-Learning to become obsessed with yourself in midlife

-Why blaming yourself is a habit we should all drop

-Stopping ageist thinking

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THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/29

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, The 12 Reasons Why I Started My Midlife Remix:Rant-Style. This week, I’m hosting a solocast for the podcast’s one-year anniversary, rant style. I talk about my personal sh*t  (12 reasons why) and how I got the “midlife itchies” at 45 to do something just for me. This is not a midlife crisis. I am calling it my midlife remix. This remix brought me to my passion project of The Flexible Neurotic Podcast...normalizing and inspiring self reinvention in midlife. Midlife is a time when we have permission to become self obsessed...Me time. In this solocast, there is some TMI. I’m sure my husband and two teenagers will love it. LOL.  Let me tell you, it’s been quite a journey...very meaningful and hard all at the same time. No one can help you self reinvent & you can’t buy it from amazon. We have to do the work. I tell “all”. Join in the rant!

We are going to dig deep into the details of my journey, in my “midlife remix”... in my second half of life. Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

-Wanting my own thing...my own passion project

-Scratching my midlife itchies 

-Midlife happenings (aka dry vagina, wrinkles, insane hormones, etc.)

-Not cancelling on me, showing up for myself

-And so much more

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/28 

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/ 

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/ 

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation called, I’m Burnt the F#*k out! Are you? My guest, Dr. Brooke Weinstein, lets us in on the science behind burning out and her four steps to rewiring your brain, reducing burnout and recapturing your joy and meaning in life. Brooke’s approach helps us in our personal “midlife remix,” figuring out what in life we want and what works for us as individuals. She helps moms tap into their inner personal wells to rediscover the joy and meaning in life and establish deeper connections with their family, kids and themselves. This can also help midlife women and/or empty nesters reignite their passions and redefine personal identities outside of their partners and kids.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Brooke’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in her second half of life. Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

-Why the f#*k we are burnt out

-Teaching research-based practices to women and moms

-How we can be ENOUGH

-The causes of burnout

-Dumping shame and guilt for “me time” 

-The importance of putting yourself first and asking yourself, HOW DO I FEEL?

-Tackling the burnout cycle with 4 steps

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/27 

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/ 

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/ 

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation about Becoming a Boss in Midlife: Tools, Actions & Mantras. My guest, Heather Monahan, shares her story from two decades as a high-ranking executive in corporate America, losing it all and building a personal brand and platform to help people step out of their comfort zones and create the confidence they want in life and business. As I call it in this podcast, this is part of Heather’s “midlife remix”.

Heather Monahan is a best-selling author of Confidence Creator with another book out in November, keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, and faculty at Harvard teaching professional sales & sales leadership. She gives us the tools we need to build confidence and use it in our personal & professional lives.

We dig deep into the details of Heather’s journey in her midlife remix. She shares how to take messy action steps every day to build your confidence, reframing fear as a green light, getting rid of your villains, and how to build your confidence muscle.

Some highlights: 

-Growing up in poverty / started working at 10

-Getting fired and turning it into an opportunity

-Created her own personal brand

-Launching her second successful career / two books

-Messy action steps, better than none

-Confidence is a muscle to build

-Finding the green light to go faster

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/26

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest conversation about Midlife Orgasm & Libido Tune-Up…Deep Dive. Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz (OBGYN) lets us in on how and why our vaginas and libido change in midlife. Do you want to know why women’s sexuality isn’t an on/off switch? Want to know the best procedures to keep your vagina looking and performing at its best? Want to know why you shouldn’t fear menopause? We talk all about that and more in this week’s podcast episode. Suzanne helps normalize the conversation about our sexual and vaginal health from one of shame, to one of ownership in the second half of life.

Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

- Starting Le Minou / what it’s about

- Vaginal procedures Le Minou offers / O-Shot & Votiva

- Normalizing & being courageous talking all about the vagina, sexuality, and sex

- Benefits of CBD in the bedroom

- Ways to build libido

- Sexting, porn & orgasms

- Fave lubes & why

- Suzanne’s personal life “learnings” for a more improved midlife

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/25

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

New to The Flexible Neurotic...a minisode series called Midlife’s 10 Things…we do a run-through of the episode guest’s tips about beauty, self recreation & fitness in midlife.

This week I am chatting with the internationally recognized gynecologist, author, speaker, and Co-founder of Le Minou, a sexual health & wellness medical spa, Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz.

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/25

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

Part 1 of 2

Ready to kick-a** in the second half of life?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest conversation about Choosing You in Midlife, Self Reinvention...Business, Beauty & Mindset. Caroline Baudino lets us in on what she did after getting the midlife “itchies” at 47. Caroline is open, vulnerable, and honest about the ups & downs of being a woman in midlife, marriage, her growing brand & business, and her aging parents. Caroline shares that looking good, getting up and getting dressed & putting makeup on are part of her kick-a** formula for living her best life. She focuses on helping women support each other through her platform and strives to help people understand that nobody is perfect and we all have sh*t going on, in the second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Caroline’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in her second half of life. Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

- Growing up in New York / feeling the need to be successful on her own and work

- Struggling with living up to her parents’ expectations

- Finding those people who support everything you do

- Dealing with negative people

- Marriage

- Starting a business

- Helping women by normalizing the ups and downs

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/24

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

Part 2 of 2

Ready to kick-a** in the second half of life?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest conversation about Choosing You in Midlife, Self Reinvention...Business, Beauty & Mindset. Caroline Baudino lets us in on what she did after getting the midlife “itchies” at 47. Caroline is open, vulnerable, and honest about the ups & downs of being a woman in midlife, marriage, her growing brand & business, and her aging parents. Caroline shares that looking good, getting up and getting dressed & putting makeup on are part of her kick-a** formula for living her best life. She focuses on helping women support each other through her platform and strives to help people understand that nobody is perfect and we all have sh*t going on, in the second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Caroline’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in her second half of life. Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

- Growing up in New York / feeling the need to be successful on her own and work

- Struggling with living up to her parents’ expectations

- Finding those people who support everything you do

- Dealing with negative people

- Marriage

- Starting a business

- Helping women by normalizing the ups and downs

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/24

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

Part 1 of 3

Are we really hungry for food... or seeking meaning, identity & creativity, in midlife?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest conversation about Satisfying Our Hungers for Food, Meaning & Purpose in Midlife. Dr. Adrienne Youdim lets us in on why we might always be feeling hungry. She gives us details and tools on how to evaluate if we are really hungry for food, or if we are searching for more meaning, belonging, purpose and creativity, in midlife. Adrienne’s specialized treatments have helped so many people overcome their weight issues by looking inward and digging deep into the various types of internal hunger.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Adrienne’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in her second half of life. Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

- Being a resident at Cedar Sinai / developed her own program and was named co-director of the Center for Weight Loss

- Different types of diets: Keto, Paleo… (pros and cons)

- Anxiety comes from the gut / telling you to eat

- Fasting

- Psychology of food

- How to “make it matter”, with our food choices

- Difference between reading labels and ingredients lists

- Zero carbs doesn’t mean zero

- Feeding our internal hunger for creativity, belonging, and meaning

- The book Hungry for More: Stories and Science to Inspire Weight Loss From the Inside Out

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/23

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

This podcast, along with associated websites and social media materials, are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The views expressed are that of Dr. Sarah Milken, and that of her guests, respectively. It is for informational purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any further medical or psychological questions.

Part 2 of 3

Are we really hungry for food... or seeking meaning, identity & creativity, in midlife?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest conversation about Satisfying Our Hungers for Food, Meaning & Purpose in Midlife. Dr. Adrienne Youdim lets us in on why we might always be feeling hungry. She gives us details and tools on how to evaluate if we are really hungry for food, or if we are searching for more meaning, belonging, purpose and creativity, in midlife. Adrienne’s specialized treatments have helped so many people overcome their weight issues by looking inward and digging deep into the various types of internal hunger.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Adrienne’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in her second half of life. Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

- Being a resident at Cedar Sinai / developed her own program and was named co-director of the Center for Weight Loss

- Different types of diets: Keto, Paleo… (pros and cons)

- Anxiety comes from the gut / telling you to eat

- Fasting

- Psychology of food

- How to “make it matter”, with our food choices

- Difference between reading labels and ingredients lists

- Zero carbs doesn’t mean zero

- Feeding our internal hunger for creativity, belonging, and meaning

- The book Hungry for More: Stories and Science to Inspire Weight Loss From the Inside Out

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/23

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

This podcast, along with associated websites and social media materials, are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The views expressed are that of Dr. Sarah Milken, and that of her guests, respectively. It is for informational purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any further medical or psychological questions.

Part 3 of 3

Are we really hungry for food... or seeking meaning, identity & creativity, in midlife?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest conversation about Satisfying Our Hungers for Food, Meaning & Purpose in Midlife. Dr. Adrienne Youdim lets us in on why we might always be feeling hungry. She gives us details and tools on how to evaluate if we are really hungry for food, or if we are searching for more meaning, belonging, purpose and creativity, in midlife. Adrienne’s specialized treatments have helped so many people overcome their weight issues by looking inward and digging deep into the various types of internal hunger.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Adrienne’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in her second half of life. Get up close and personal! 

Some highlights: 

• Being a resident at Cedar Sinai / developed her own program and was named co-director of the Center for Weight Loss
• Different types of diets: Keto, Paleo… (pros and cons)
• Anxiety comes from the gut / telling you to eat
• Fasting
• Psychology of food
• How to “make it matter”, with our food choices
• Difference between reading labels and ingredients lists
• Zero carbs doesn’t mean zero
• Feeding our internal hunger for creativity, belonging, and meaning

The book Hungry for More: Stories and Science to Inspire Weight Loss From the Inside Out

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/23

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

This podcast, along with associated websites and social media materials, are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The views expressed are that of Dr. Sarah Milken, and that of her guests, respectively. It is for informational purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any further medical or psychological questions.

Are you ready for some exclusive midlife skincare beauty secrets from a skincare guru?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest conversation about Skincare: Wrinkles, Melasma & Dewy Glows in Midlife. Cayli lets us in on how she started her business and how her specialized treatments have helped so many women be more confident in their own skin, in the second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Cayli’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in her second half of life. Get up close and personal! After you finish this episode, we have a rad “minisode” with Cayli. We do a run-through of her beauty tips, self recreation journey, and exclusive skincare musts, Mildife’s 10 Things (mini episode).

Some highlights: 

-Being a brand strategist & created an Instagram “Knocking on 40”  to prove a point (authentic brand voice)

-Creating summer pop up shops in the Hamptons to sell beauty products

-Key tips on what to use on your face/melasma, retinol, sunscreen, oils, exfoliation

-Franchising Knockout Beauty

-Sagging skin

-Beauty tools

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/22

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

New to The Flexible Neurotic! A minisode series called Midlife’s 10 Things…we do a run-through of the episode guest’s tips about beauty, self recreation, & fitness. 

This week I am chatting with the Founder & CEO of Knockout Beauty, Cayli Cavaco Reck.

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/22

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

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Find Your Passion In The Second Act… Are you ready?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest conversation about why and how meditation & mindfulness can help us find our passion in “the second” act, midlife. Suze Yalof Schwartz, founder, and CEO of Unplug Meditation, also explains how using and building meditation practices helped her, self recreate in the second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Suze’s journey, in her “midlife remix”, in her second half of life. Get up close and personal! After you finish this episode, we have a cool “minisode” with Suze. We do a run-through of her beauty, self recreation, fitness, and meditation secrets, Mildife’s 10 Things (mini episode).

Some highlights: 

- First job out of college working as an assistant to the PR director at Giorgio Armani

- Getting interviewed for a job at Vogue by Anna Wintour

- Leaving her job as a fashion editor and moving her family to LA

- Starting a business and doing everything herself, starting small 

- Opening up the Unplug drop in-studio and meditation app, and meditation teacher training courses

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/21

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

New to The Flexible Neurotic! A minisode series called Midlife’s 10 Things…we do a run-through of the episode guest’s tips about beauty, self recreation, & fitness. 

This week I am chatting with the Founder & CEO of Unplug Meditation, Suze Yalof Schwartz.

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/21

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

Reinventing & Pivoting in Midlife… Are you ready?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest conversation about redefining and helping us to reimagine female aging through the lens of the Hollywood eye. I am chatting with former Fox newscasters, Lisa Breckenridge & Dorothy Lucey. I am discussing how these two guests self recreated after Hollywood was done with them for being past a certain age.

We dig deep into the details of Lisa’s & Dorothy’s journeys, in their second half of life. Get up close and personal! After you finish this episode, we have a cool “minisode” with Lisa and Dorothy. We do a run-through of their beauty, self recreation, and fitness secrets, Mildife’s Ten Things (mini episode).

Some highlights: 

- Lisa & Dorothy’s experience being let go from their dream TV careers, for their age

- Both were able to do midlife pivots from the careers they loved

- Criticisms in Hollywood / “aging” in the industry

- Insights into their roles as journalists and how they compartmentalized the harsh realities of “bad news” in the world

- Morning routines

- Their love of meditation and breathing practices

- Some beauty, self-reinvention, and exercise tips

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/20

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

New to The Flexible Neurotic! A minisode series called Midlife’s 10 Things…we do a run-through of the episode guest’s tips about, beauty, self recreation & fitness. 

This week I am chatting with former Fox newscasters, Lisa Breckenridge & Dorothy Lucey.

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me!

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/20

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: [email protected]

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation with teenage and puberty expert Vanessa Kroll Bennett. We discuss parenting strategies to help our teens re-enter the real world from the pandemic, in the midst of bodily and psychological roller coasters. And, we chat about facing those awkward conversations with our teens regarding sex, puberty, periods, porn, and masturbation. Vanessa is a mom of 4, author of the Uncertain Parenting Newsletter, and Founder and owner of Dynamo Girl. She discusses how she is able to have open conversations about puberty with her kids and starting her business from the ground up. We also talk about how her workshops have not only helped teens and their parents become more comfortable in their bodies, but also have given Vanessa a new career path in her second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Vanessa Kroll Bennett’s journey into her second half of life. We talk about the best approach to talking to your teen about sex and the changes they are starting to see. Vanessa talks about how to “re-do” parenting mistakes and teaches us some mindfulness tips to use before reacting to our teens’ comments or behaviors. This conversation is insightful, practical, and hands down so funny… She and I share personal stories and examples from our own puberty years.

Some highlights: 

• Living in a household where it was normal to openly talk about puberty & sex vs. having a house where it is more awkward
• Workshops for teens, tweens, and parents/teaching kids about consent, anatomy, friendships, and hard feelings
• Vanessa talks to her 11-year-old son about porn
• The important takeaway Vanessa learned when she and her 17-year-old son visited a college...parenting “do-overs”
• Teaching kids mindfulness/ creating a worry box
• Her journey creating her business, Dynamo Girl

Golden Nuggets:

• Everyone has different comfort levels & having those awkward conversations don’t always need to be face-to-face 
• Working out your talking muscle
• The pandemic has made kids feel safe being at home and going through puberty..being back at school brings new anxieties
• The importance of repeating  “the talks” over time
• Modeling for our kids that it’s okay to make mistakes
• It’s okay to not be okay

For the real conversation and all the details, please tune into our three-part podcast.

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some options to chat further!

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Email me directly at [email protected]. This podcast, along with associated websites and social media materials, are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The views expressed are that of Dr. Sarah Milken, and that of her guests, respectively. It is for informational purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any further medical or psychological questions.

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation with teenage and puberty expert Vanessa Kroll Bennett. We discuss parenting strategies to help our teens re-enter the real world from the pandemic, in the midst of bodily and psychological roller coasters. And, we chat about facing those awkward conversations with our teens regarding sex, puberty, periods, porn, and masturbation. Vanessa is a mom of 4, author of the Uncertain Parenting Newsletter, and Founder and owner of Dynamo Girl. She discusses how she is able to have open conversations about puberty with her kids and starting her business from the ground up. We also talk about how her workshops have not only helped teens and their parents become more comfortable in their bodies, but also have given Vanessa a new career path in her second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Vanessa Kroll Bennett’s journey into her second half of life. We talk about the best approach to talking to your teen about sex and the changes they are starting to see. Vanessa talks about how to “re-do” parenting mistakes and teaches us some mindfulness tips to use before reacting to our teens’ comments or behaviors. This conversation is insightful, practical, and hands down so funny… She and I share personal stories and examples from our own puberty years.

Some highlights: 

• Living in a household where it was normal to openly talk about puberty & sex vs. having a house where it is more awkward
• Workshops for teens, tweens, and parents/teaching kids about consent, anatomy, friendships, and hard feelings
• Vanessa talks to her 11-year-old son about porn
• The important takeaway Vanessa learned when she and her 17-year-old son visited a college...parenting “do-overs”
• Teaching kids mindfulness/ creating a worry box
• Her journey creating her business, Dynamo Girl

Golden Nuggets:

• Everyone has different comfort levels & having those awkward conversations don’t always need to be face-to-face 
• Working out your talking muscle
• The pandemic has made kids feel safe being at home and going through puberty..being back at school brings new anxieties
• The importance of repeating  “the talks” over time
• Modeling for our kids that it’s okay to make mistakes
• It’s okay to not be okay

For the real conversation and all the details, please tune into our three-part podcast.

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some options to chat further!

To learn more about the golden nuggets we dug up in this episode, click on show notes. To make sure you don't miss future episodes of the podcast, subscribe, subscribe, subscribe.

Follow me and DM me on Instagram or Facebook.

Email me directly at [email protected]. This podcast, along with associated websites and social media materials, are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The views expressed are that of Dr. Sarah Milken, and that of her guests, respectively. It is for informational purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any further medical or psychological questions.

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation with teenage and puberty expert Vanessa Kroll Bennett. We discuss parenting strategies to help our teens re-enter the real world from the pandemic, in the midst of bodily and psychological roller coasters. And, we chat about facing those awkward conversations with our teens regarding sex, puberty, periods, porn, and masturbation. Vanessa is a mom of 4, author of the Uncertain Parenting Newsletter, and Founder and owner of Dynamo Girl. She discusses how she is able to have open conversations about puberty with her kids and starting her business from the ground up. We also talk about how her workshops have not only helped teens and their parents become more comfortable in their bodies, but also have given Vanessa a new career path in her second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Vanessa Kroll Bennett’s journey into her second half of life. We talk about the best approach to talking to your teen about sex and the changes they are starting to see. Vanessa talks about how to “re-do” parenting mistakes and teaches us some mindfulness tips to use before reacting to our teens’ comments or behaviors. This conversation is insightful, practical, and hands down so funny… She and I share personal stories and examples from our own puberty years.

Some highlights: 

• Living in a household where it was normal to openly talk about puberty & sex vs. having a house where it is more awkward
• Workshops for teens, tweens, and parents/teaching kids about consent, anatomy, friendships, and hard feelings
• Vanessa talks to her 11-year-old son about porn
• The important takeaway Vanessa learned when she and her 17-year-old son visited a college...parenting “do-overs”
• Teaching kids mindfulness/ creating a worry box
• Her journey creating her business, Dynamo Girl

Golden Nuggets:

• Everyone has different comfort levels & having those awkward conversations don’t always need to be face-to-face 
• Working out your talking muscle
• The pandemic has made kids feel safe being at home and going through puberty..being back at school brings new anxieties
• The importance of repeating  “the talks” over time
• Modeling for our kids that it’s okay to make mistakes
• It’s okay to not be okay

For the real conversation and all the details, please tune into our three-part podcast.

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation about how to better understand the second half of life as we face, our own aging, the advanced aging of our parents towards the ends of their lives, and taking the lessons from your book and from your life to make our lives more meaningful in the second half of life with Steve Leder. Steve is a prolific author, husband, father of two, currently serves as the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, a prestigious synagogue in Los Angeles with three campuses and 2,700 congregates. He is discussing how he was able to take his own experience with loss and help others suffering from grief, explaining different types of loss, living a more fulfilling life, and being authentically yourself until the end. 

We are going to dig deep into the details of Steve Leder’s journey into his second half of life. He discusses with us how his own experience with loss and grief has led him to discover how to truly live. We talk about the realities he had to come to grips with when losing a loved one, how to cope with grief and loss, and a deeper understanding of how to be authentically you.

Some highlights: 

• Grief is a non-linear process
• Steve’s relationship with his father and dealing with the grief from his father passing after suffering from Alzheimers for 10 years
• The importance of an ethical will
• Helping people is in Steve’s DNA
• Ways to honor your child’s blueprint

Golden Nuggets:

• We are more whole when broken
• People face death exactly the way they face life
• Grief is non-linear it comes in waves
• Without death, life is meaningless
• The pandemic has made saying “I love you” much more effortless
• Death has a way of helping us see what really matters
• Avoid using work as a way to suppress anxiety
• Just show up and be authentic & Don’t wait to enjoy your life

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation about how to better understand the second half of life as we face, our own aging, the advanced aging of our parents towards the ends of their lives, and taking the lessons from your book and from your life to make our lives more meaningful in the second half of life with Steve Leder. Steve is a prolific author, husband, father of two, currently serves as the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, a prestigious synagogue in Los Angeles with three campuses and 2,700 congregates. He is discussing how he was able to take his own experience with loss and help others suffering from grief, explaining different types of loss, living a more fulfilling life, and being authentically yourself until the end. 

We are going to dig deep into the details of Steve Leder’s journey into his second half of life. He discusses with us how his own experience with loss and grief has led him to discover how to truly live. We talk about the realities he had to come to grips with when losing a loved one, how to cope with grief and loss, and a deeper understanding of how to be authentically you.

Some highlights: 

• Grief is a non-linear process
• Steve’s relationship with his father and dealing with the grief from his father passing after suffering from Alzheimers for 10 years
• The importance of an ethical will
• Helping people is in Steve’s DNA
• Ways to honor your child’s blueprint

Golden Nuggets:

• We are more whole when broken
• People face death exactly the way they face life
• Grief is non-linear it comes in waves
• Without death, life is meaningless
• The pandemic has made saying “I love you” much more effortless
• Death has a way of helping us see what really matters
• Avoid using work as a way to suppress anxiety
• Just show up and be authentic & Don’t wait to enjoy your life

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some options to chat further!

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The ins & outs of grief, death, aging parents & a meaningful life… Are you ready?

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation about how to better understand the second half of life as we face, our own aging, the advanced aging of our parents towards the ends of their lives, and taking the lessons from your book and from your life to make our lives more meaningful in the second half of life with Steve Leder. He is discussing how he was able to take his own experience with loss and help others suffering from grief, explaining different types of loss, living a more fulfilling life, and being authentically yourself until the end. 

We talk about the realities he had to come to grips with when losing a loved one, how to cope with grief and loss, and a deeper understanding of how to be authentically you.

Some highlights: 

- Grief is a non-linear process

- Steve’s relationship with his father and dealing with the grief from his father passing after suffering from Alzheimers for 10 years

- The importance of an ethical will

- Helping people is in Steve’s DNA

- Ways to honor your child’s blueprint

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about discovering our intent, figuring out who we are, and dealing with judgment, in the second half of life with Mallika Chopra. Mallika is a meditation expert, published author, media entrepreneur and mom, who graduated from Brown University and the Kellogg school of Management. Mallika speaks with audiences all over the world, with the intent of “harnessing the power” to bring people together to help improve their own lives, and their community.  Mallika is giving us the tools we need to become balanced, and at peace with who we are in the second half of life. 

We dig deep into Mallika’s  journey into her second half of life. She discusses how to find intent in our own lives and how to deal with judgment.  Mallika explains how her father (Deepak Chopra) taught her and her brother how to meditate, be mindful and practice gratitude. We chat about the main themes of her book, Living With Intent, and discuss her 6 step acronym, I.N.T.E.N.T….to live with more intention.

Some highlights

• How to find your intentions in life
• Her father taught her to meditate at age 9
• Meditation tips
• Mallika talks about her book Just Be
• She discusses the importance of learning to let go
• Mallika emphasizes the importance of gratitude

Golden Nuggets

• An intent is very different than a goal
• Check in with yourself and think of ways to take care of  yourself, family, and community
• Getting over judgment and how to say no
• The three C's: no criticizing, condemning, or complaining
• I.N.T.E.N.T, the 6 steps to living with intent

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open and honest conversation about discovering what it means to really connect with our loved ones, overcoming grief, and how to live a meaningful life without regrets, in the second half of life with Dara Kurtz. Dara is a blogger, podcaster & three time author, who recreated her life at 42...after being diagnosed with breast cancer and losing her mom to breast cancer. She decided to leave her twenty-year career as a financial advisor and begin pursuing her longtime  passions. She is letting us in on her personal struggles with loss and how she came up with family rituals to keep those bonds strong.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Dara’s journey, in her second half of life. She discusses with us how her own journey through breast cancer and writing her book brought her closer to her late mother and her daughters. We talk about the obstacles she was able to overcome, and what led her to enjoy every second of life and pursue her true passions in life. We can learn so much from Dara, in how to live more in the present.

Some highlights: 

• Dara found out she was pregnant with her first child & her mother’s stage 4 breast cancer, in the same weekend
• At 42 Dara was diagnosed with breast cancer herself
• Dara quit her job as a financial advisor to become a writer
• Dara and her daughters wrote to each other in mother-daughter journals
• She talks about the importance of rituals and what you can do to stay connected with your loved ones
• The four types of loved ones letter writing

Golden Nuggets

• Give yourself permission to believe in your story
• We all have things that we can work through to get to know ourselves and to grow and be a better version of ourselves
• Make the most of every opportunity and have the courage to take that next step
• The three most important nuggets to live by
• You don't need to compare yourself to other people, you are your own person
• Give yourself permission to make mistakes, and don’t be afraid of the word “NO”
• The four types of letter writing

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open conversation about putting yourself out there to get noticed, facing obstacles, and how to juggle business and a busy family life in the second half of life with Melinda Maria.  Melinda is a badass female entrepreneur who designs gorgeous jewelry worn by A-list celebrities, influencers and empowered women taking on the world. Melinda's jewels make you feel luxurious, sexy, edgy and classy without worrying about the price. She is discussing how she was able to start with zero dollar in the bank, facing obstacles, getting scrappy and turning her passion into a successful business. 

We are going to dig deep into the details of Melinda’s journey into her second half of life. She discusses with us how her early passion for making jewelry led her to become a successful business woman. We talk about obstacles she faced, how she put herself out there, and more advice that helped her become successful.

Some highlights: 

• Being named on Oprah’s ‘favorite things’ list
• Melinda defines her style as ‘Converse Couture’
• Moving to New York at 18 with no money and starting a business
• Selling jewelry in Starbucks all around LA
• How Melinda juggled family life and a jewelry business

Golden Nuggets

• You will be successful if you are passionate about what you are doing
• You can always learn something new from somebody
• Do something you love
• Don’t be scared to just start!
• Put yourself out there and be scrappy
• Everyone gets discouraged and has struggles, but you have to push through

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about the rollercoaster of perimenopause and menopause...finally learn the true definitions and differences between perimenopause and menopause and what we can do about it, in the second half of life with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany.  Dr. Shieva Ghofrany has been working as an OBGYN for over 21 years and herself has had multiple miscarriages, a weight loss surgery, both types of deliveries AND ovarian cancer… She is now the cofounder of Tribe Called V, a virtual platform that intends to disrupt women’s health teaching, by FINALLY breaking down ALL of the basics that affect women from their first periods through pregnancy and past menopause. 

This crazy busy Connecticut OBGYN, through her huge IG platforms @biglovefiercejuju and @tribecalledv, has warmed the minds and hearts of so many women...teaching us what we need to know, but maybe didn’t know we should ask or were too embarrassed to ask... regarding all things vagina. It is Shieva’s DEEP belief that if she can “INCREASE women’s knowledge then she can DECREASE their anxiety” about their female health and bodies. Shieva is giving us the tools we need to become less anxious, less embarrassed, and more informed about perimenopause and menopausal symptoms and solutions in the second half of life.  

We are going to dig deep into the details of Shieva’s journey into her second half of life. She discusses overcoming multiple miscarriages, surviving ovarian cancer, and her personal weight struggle. We chat many birth control options, hormone regulation, declining sex drive and normalizing perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms.

Some highlights: 

• Perimenopausal symptoms can start 10 years before you start going through menopause
• Shieva discusses that it’s normal to feel anxious when experiencing perimenopausal or menopausal symptoms
• How Shieva’s experience with ovarian cancer shaped her practice today, by being a patient herself
• What happens to your estrogen levels when you go through menopause 
• How to know if you’re in menopause or perimenopause
• Why Shieva created “A Tribe Called V”
• Why she thinks it’s so important for women to be educated about vaginal health

Golden Nuggets

• Parenting-It’s extremely important to teach your kids independence and resilience
• There is always life after trauma and even during trauma...silver linings
• In determining if you are in fact transitioning from perimenopuase to menopause, we have to look at bleeding levels (anything “more” requires some inquiry)
• Sometimes naming something alone just makes you feel better
• Don’t be embarrassed to talk about what’s going on with your menopausal symptoms
• There is a benefit to some women taking SSRI’s to balance mood when they are experiencing tremendous mood symptoms
• There is scientific data that can explain why our libido goes down
• Coconut oil is the best lubricant (not with condoms)
• Remember to get a pap smears frequently, some say every 3 years, every year covers your bases and you won’t forget

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about the rollercoaster of perimenopause and menopause...finally learn the true definitions and differences between perimenopause and menopause and what we can do about it, in the second half of life with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany.  Dr. Shieva Ghofrany has been working as an OBGYN for over 21 years and herself has had multiple miscarriages, a weight loss surgery, both types of deliveries AND ovarian cancer… She is now the cofounder of Tribe Called V, a virtual platform that intends to disrupt women’s health teaching, by FINALLY breaking down ALL of the basics that affect women from their first periods through pregnancy and past menopause. 

This crazy busy Connecticut OBGYN, through her huge IG platforms @biglovefiercejuju and @tribecalledv, has warmed the minds and hearts of so many women...teaching us what we need to know, but maybe didn’t know we should ask or were too embarrassed to ask... regarding all things vagina. It is Shieva’s DEEP belief that if she can “INCREASE women’s knowledge then she can DECREASE their anxiety” about their female health and bodies. Shieva is giving us the tools we need to become less anxious, less embarrassed, and more informed about perimenopause and menopausal symptoms and solutions in the second half of life.  

We are going to dig deep into the details of Shieva’s journey into her second half of life. She discusses overcoming multiple miscarriages, surviving ovarian cancer, and her personal weight struggle. We chat many birth control options, hormone regulation, declining sex drive and normalizing perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms.

Some highlights: 

• Perimenopausal symptoms can start 10 years before you start going through menopause
• Shieva discusses that it’s normal to feel anxious when experiencing perimenopausal or menopausal symptoms
• How Shieva’s experience with ovarian cancer shaped her practice today, by being a patient herself
• What happens to your estrogen levels when you go through menopause 
• How to know if you’re in menopause or perimenopause
• Why Shieva created “A Tribe Called V”
• Why she thinks it’s so important for women to be educated about vaginal health

Golden Nuggets

• Parenting-It’s extremely important to teach your kids independence and resilience
• There is always life after trauma and even during trauma...silver linings
• In determining if you are in fact transitioning from perimenopuase to menopause, we have to look at bleeding levels (anything “more” requires some inquiry)
• Sometimes naming something alone just makes you feel better
• Don’t be embarrassed to talk about what’s going on with your menopausal symptoms
• There is a benefit to some women taking SSRI’s to balance mood when they are experiencing tremendous mood symptoms
• There is scientific data that can explain why our libido goes down
• Coconut oil is the best lubricant (not with condoms)
• Remember to get a pap smears frequently, some say every 3 years, every year covers your bases and you won’t forget

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some options to chat further!

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Email me directly at [email protected]. This podcast, along with associated websites and social media materials, are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The views expressed are that of Dr. Sarah Milken, and that of her guests, respectively. It is for informational purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any further medical or psychological questions.

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about the rollercoaster of perimenopause and menopause...finally learn the true definitions and differences between perimenopause and menopause and what we can do about it, in the second half of life with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany.  Dr. Shieva Ghofrany has been working as an OBGYN for over 21 years and herself has had multiple miscarriages, a weight loss surgery, both types of deliveries AND ovarian cancer… She is now the cofounder of Tribe Called V, a virtual platform that intends to disrupt women’s health teaching, by FINALLY breaking down ALL of the basics that affect women from their first periods through pregnancy and past menopause. 

This crazy busy Connecticut OBGYN, through her huge IG platforms @biglovefiercejuju and @tribecalledv, has warmed the minds and hearts of so many women...teaching us what we need to know, but maybe didn’t know we should ask or were too embarrassed to ask... regarding all things vagina. It is Shieva’s DEEP belief that if she can “INCREASE women’s knowledge then she can DECREASE their anxiety” about their female health and bodies. Shieva is giving us the tools we need to become less anxious, less embarrassed, and more informed about perimenopause and menopausal symptoms and solutions in the second half of life.  

We are going to dig deep into the details of Shieva’s journey into her second half of life. She discusses overcoming multiple miscarriages, surviving ovarian cancer, and her personal weight struggle. We chat many birth control options, hormone regulation, declining sex drive and normalizing perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms.

Some highlights: 

• Perimenopausal symptoms can start 10 years before you start going through menopause
• Shieva discusses that it’s normal to feel anxious when experiencing perimenopausal or menopausal symptoms
• How Shieva’s experience with ovarian cancer shaped her practice today, by being a patient herself
• What happens to your estrogen levels when you go through menopause 
• How to know if you’re in menopause or perimenopause
• Why Shieva created “A Tribe Called V”
• Why she thinks it’s so important for women to be educated about vaginal health

Golden Nuggets

• Parenting-It’s extremely important to teach your kids independence and resilience
• There is always life after trauma and even during trauma...silver linings
• In determining if you are in fact transitioning from perimenopuase to menopause, we have to look at bleeding levels (anything “more” requires some inquiry)
• Sometimes naming something alone just makes you feel better
• Don’t be embarrassed to talk about what’s going on with your menopausal symptoms
• There is a benefit to some women taking SSRI’s to balance mood when they are experiencing tremendous mood symptoms
• There is scientific data that can explain why our libido goes down
• Coconut oil is the best lubricant (not with condoms)
• Remember to get a pap smears frequently, some say every 3 years, every year covers your bases and you won’t forget

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some options to chat further!

To learn more about the golden nuggets we dug up in this episode, click on show notes. To make sure you don't miss future episodes of the podcast, subscribe, subscribe, subscribe.

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Email me directly at [email protected]. This podcast, along with associated websites and social media materials, are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The views expressed are that of Dr. Sarah Milken, and that of her guests, respectively. It is for informational purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any further medical or psychological questions.

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about learning how to build a passion into a business and create more confidence in the kitchen with Laney Schwartz. Laney Schwartz is the founder, creator and recipe developer behind the food blog Life is but a Dish. She creates everyday meals for everyday people and is on a mission to help busy home cooks gain confidence in the kitchen, create simple and delicious meals and cook without being tied to a recipe. Laney lives in Los Angeles, California with her two daughters and husband and loves a kitchen dance party! Laney is giving us motivation, advice and steps we need to get started and pursue our passions in the second half of life & some cooking advice.

 

We are going to dig deep into the details of Laney’s journey into her second half of life, she discusses going from being an athlete, to discovering a love for teaching kids, to eventually creating a food blog and giant social media platform and sharing her recipes and tips for being more confident in the kitchen with the world.

Some highlights:

• Learning ways to become more confident in the kitchen
• How being an athlete and teacher led Laney to become a food blogger
• What it was like changing careers
• Laney's experience starting a blog from scratch
• Laney's corn hack that went viral

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• When learning how to cook, it’s important to learn the fundamental basics first
• Finding your support system is one of the key parts of being successful
• There is a deep intuition in everyone telling them what they are meant to do in their self recreation journey
• Find what motivates you and keeps you going
• The best way to start something is to just start
• Be consistent with anything you do
• Build a relationship with your audience
• It’s okay to take a step back

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about learning how to build a passion into a business and create more confidence in the kitchen with Laney Schwartz. Laney Schwartz is the founder, creator and recipe developer behind the food blog Life is but a Dish. She creates everyday meals for everyday people and is on a mission to help busy home cooks gain confidence in the kitchen, create simple and delicious meals and cook without being tied to a recipe. Laney lives in Los Angeles, California with her two daughters and husband and loves a kitchen dance party! Laney is giving us motivation, advice and steps we need to get started and pursue our passions in the second half of life & some cooking advice.

 

We are going to dig deep into the details of Laney’s journey into her second half of life, she discusses going from being an athlete, to discovering a love for teaching kids, to eventually creating a food blog and giant social media platform and sharing her recipes and tips for being more confident in the kitchen with the world.

Some highlights:

• Learning ways to become more confident in the kitchen
• How being an athlete and teacher led Laney to become a food blogger
• What it was like changing careers
• Laney's experience starting a blog from scratch
• Laney's corn hack that went viral

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• When learning how to cook, it’s important to learn the fundamental basics first
• Finding your support system is one of the key parts of being successful
• There is a deep intuition in everyone telling them what they are meant to do in their self recreation journey
• Find what motivates you and keeps you going
• The best way to start something is to just start
• Be consistent with anything you do
• Build a relationship with your audience
• It’s okay to take a step back

 

Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some options to chat further!

To learn more about the golden nuggets we dug up in this episode, click on show notes. To make sure you don't miss future episodes of the podcast, subscribe, subscribe, subscribe.

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Email me directly at [email protected]. This podcast, along with associated websites and social media materials, are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The views expressed are that of Dr. Sarah Milken, and that of her guests, respectively. It is for informational purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any further medical or psychological questions.

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about following our passions, facing our fears and trying new things in the second half of life with Susan Yeagley and Kevin Nealon. Susan and Kevin have been married for almost 20 years and are both successful actors. Kevin started his career in stand up comedy on SNL and went on to star in Weeds, and now his own show Hiking with Kevin. Susan started her career in the film Almost Famous and went on to appear in many famous television shows, including Parks and Recreation and Everybody Loves Raymond. They are giving us the tools we need to become more courageous, figure out what our passions are and learn to talk about our failures in the second half of life.  

Some highlights:

• What it's like to face rejection as an actor
• How to foster creativity in our households 
• Our past lives, like Susan’s jobs at Little Caesar’s, Kevin’s job as Santa Claus and my job at Chin Chin
• All of the lesson’s that Kevin is teaching his son, like always sending hand written notes and learning to manage your finances
• Kevin’s second career as a caricature artist
• Why we should always live our truth
• How we find ways to juggle different parts of ourselves 
• How to figure out what our passions really are, and how we can start utilizing them today 
• The importance of showing up for the people that matter most to us

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• Always live your truth
• Always show up for people 
• Learn to be okay with rejection 
• Hone in on what you like to do when no one is watching 
• In order to recreate yourself, you have to follow your passion 
• Face your fears 
• You have to believe in yourself so you don't end up with regrets and try new things... What's the worst that could happen if you fail? 
• It's important to talk about where you fail in life, not just where you succeed

 

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Email me directly at [email protected]. This podcast, along with associated websites and social media materials, are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The views expressed are that of Dr. Sarah Milken, and that of her guests, respectively. It is for informational purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any further medical or psychological questions.

Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about following our passions, facing our fears and trying new things in the second half of life with Susan Yeagley and Kevin Nealon. Susan and Kevin have been married for almost 20 years and are both successful actors. Kevin started his career in stand up comedy on SNL and went on to star in Weeds, and now his own show Hiking with Kevin. Susan started her career in the film Almost Famous and went on to appear in many famous television shows, including Parks and Recreation and Everybody Loves Raymond. They are giving us the tools we need to become more courageous, figure out what our passions are and learn to talk about our failures in the second half of life.  

Some highlights:

• What it's like to face rejection as an actor
• How to foster creativity in our households 
• Our past lives, like Susan’s jobs at Little Caesar’s, Kevin’s job as Santa Claus and my job at Chin Chin
• All of the lesson’s that Kevin is teaching his son, like always sending hand written notes and learning to manage your finances
• Kevin’s second career as a caricature artist
• Why we should always live our truth
• How we find ways to juggle different parts of ourselves 
• How to figure out what our passions really are, and how we can start utilizing them today 
• The importance of showing up for the people that matter most to us

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• Always live your truth
• Always show up for people 
• Learn to be okay with rejection 
• Hone in on what you like to do when no one is watching 
• In order to recreate yourself, you have to follow your passion 
• Face your fears 
• You have to believe in yourself so you don't end up with regrets and try new things... What's the worst that could happen if you fail? 
• It's important to talk about where you fail in life, not just where you succeed

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about following our passions, facing our fears and trying new things in the second half of life with Susan Yeagley and Kevin Nealon. Susan and Kevin have been married for almost 20 years and are both successful actors. Kevin started his career in stand up comedy on SNL and went on to star in Weeds, and now his own show Hiking with Kevin. Susan started her career in the film Almost Famous and went on to appear in many famous television shows, including Parks and Recreation and Everybody Loves Raymond. They are giving us the tools we need to become more courageous, figure out what our passions are and learn to talk about our failures in the second half of life.  

Some highlights:

• What it's like to face rejection as an actor
• How to foster creativity in our households 
• Our past lives, like Susan’s jobs at Little Caesar’s, Kevin’s job as Santa Claus, and my job at Chin Chin
• All of the lesson’s that Kevin is teaching his son, like always sending handwritten notes and learning to manage your finances
• Kevin’s second career as a caricature artist
• Why we should always live our truth
• How we find ways to juggle different parts of ourselves 
• How to figure out what our passions really are, and how we can start utilizing them today 
• The importance of showing up for the people that matter most to us

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• Always live your truth
• Always show up for people 
• Learn to be okay with rejection 
• Hone in on what you like to do when no one is watching 
• In order to recreate yourself, you have to follow your passion 
• Face your fears 
• You have to believe in yourself so you don't end up with regrets and try new things... What's the worst that could happen if you fail? 
• It's important to talk about where you fail in life, not just where you succeed

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about Intensifying Sexual & Personal Energies in The Second Half of life with Dr. Laura Berman. Dr. Berman is a world-leading expert and therapist in sex, love, & relationships. She is an award-winning host of the nationally syndicated show, Uncovered Radio and the New York Times bestselling author of nine books. She hosted and starred in several TV shows including OWN’s In the Bedroom with Laura Berman, The Laura Berman Show, and Sexual Healing on Showtime. And, she has a new podcast launching called, The Language of Love. Dr. Berman is sharing the tools we need to intensify and re energize our personal connections and love lives in the second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Dr. Berman’s second half of life journey that started with a quest to heal herself emotionally and physically after receiving her own breast cancer diagnosis, the same year her mother passed away from breast cancer. After trying many different avenues, Dr. Berman turned to the field of quantum physics for answers.

In this episode, we discuss how Dr. Berman was able to find her second life path, post breast cancer and how she found the sweet spot between living in a conscious state of intention and high vibrational energy vs. low and dark energy. Laura has two intertwining life paths, one of professional career accomplishments and one of finding her own personal path to healing her internal trauma from her own life events. The second half of her life has led her into a fascinating path of discovering how to love and be loved through quantum physics energy work, which is exactly what she highlights for us in this episode.

Dr. Berman talks to us about the importance of tuning into our home frequencies, the feeling that we feel when we are truly at home with ourselves, so we put a more positive and loving energy out into the world when we connect with others. By personally creating the energy that we want to see in the world, that same energy will be shown back to us.  Dr. Berman even walks us through a guided meditation to help us tune into our home frequencies and reimagine how we can feel great within ourselves and the world (PLEASE SEE MEDITATION LINK BELOW) Tuning into our home frequencies also allows us to create happier and more loving relationships with all of the people around us.

After listening to this episode, you will be ready to recreate your relationship with a new outlook on how to connect with your partner and create a more intense and emotionally connected relationship.

Some highlights:

• How to start changing the energy of any room you walk into
• How to tune into your home frequency and connect with your partner on a deeper level
• In terms of sex, we think we are looking for novelty, but we are really looking for something else
• How your unconscious thoughts and body movement have a real impact on your feelings and connections
• We can create our own reality through energy
• How Laura’s second half of life is different through her quantum physics energy work, post death of her mother and her own breast cancer diagnosis
• Traditional fix it methods weren’t working for her

 

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• Everything is energy
• We are all connected
• You create your own reality when you take charge of being in a more positive energy state at least 51% of the time
• When you hold negative emotions or energy, it will show up in your life

 

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In this very special and first episode of it’s kind for my podcast, I am doing a solo cast. I have been putting this episode off for so long...yes, self limiting beliefs...who am I to do this? Who will listen? Can I do it? It was scary to think about talking to myself without a guest. LOL. I did it.  Today, I am sharing some of my golden nuggets that we all can use today, to start being our own why and take that first step in the self recreation journey, in the second half of life. 

In this episode, I talked about the turning point that made me realize that I wanted to create a podcast, and how my family helped tremendously along the way. In fact, it was my 14 (13 at the time) daughter, who was the one who started all of this. For my birthday, as a gift,  she asked many of my friends to write “three things they love about my mom”...upon opening this golden box,  I discovered many messages that made me realize I had a little something unique to me that I could put out into the world. There was a theme. I am an inquisitive information gatherer, known as The Flexible Neurotic. While I went back and forth over whether or not it should be a book or a podcast, it was my truly incredible friend, mentor and first guest, Angella Nazarian, who kick started my podcast journey...also, my incredible life coaches, Cari Rose and Ryan Haddon. By reaching out to family, friends and mentors, I was able to gather the information, support and expertise that I needed to start my self recreation journey. It takes a village. #womensupportingwomen.

“The Flexible Neurotic came to be when I realized my special skill is really being super neurotic, but balancing it out with just the right amount of flexibility, when I need to make a final decision...this is the definition of The Flexible Neurotic and the premise of the podcast.“

In this episode, I go on to talk about how this podcast turned into something I could have never imagined. It grew at a crazy fast rate, all thanks to my friends and even people I have met online who have resonated with this self recreation process. I also chat about the steps forward and detours in the journey. I share some of the people that I have met and connected with along the way and how they have continued to shape my self recreation process. I even cover a quick recap of some of the episodes that have really resonated with my listeners and me.

On a more personal level, you will hear how my husband and I met in high school and how it went down from there, to a 27 year relationship.

You will hear about me, why the podcast, how the podcast, how I learned to become my own why and take that first step... and what we can all do to take the next steps in our self recreation journeys, in the second half of life.

Join in the self recreation journey and listen!

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about anti-aging in the second half of life with Dr. Jason Diamond. Dr. Diamond is a Board-Certified Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon in Beverly Hills, specializing in surgical & non-surgical facial rejuvenation. Dr. Diamond has developed a long standing reputation for making his patients look youthful, yet completely natural, as seen on E! Network’s hit reality television show, Dr. 90210. “My patients don’t look done,” Dr. Diamond says. “They just look great.” Dr. Diamond is sharing the tools we need to rejuvenate, refresh and radiate ourselves in the second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Dr. Diamond’s journey to becoming one of the top facial plastic surgeons in the world and how he created the Diamond “Insta-Facial” and Diamond Sculpting filler technique, to make women look ageless.

In this episode, we found the sweet spot in learning about the aging of the face. We learned Dr. Diamond’s philosophy on the art of plastic surgery, the benefits of certain procedures vs. others, augmenting our facial structure, and things we need to know as red flags, before we commit to letting work be done on our faces. If you ever wanted to know more about facial plastic surgery or about almost every facial procedure under the sun… this is the episode for you.

Dr. Diamond talks to us about the stigma that often surrounds facial plastic surgery, and why it is important that we do what we want for us, not external validation..  Social media has played an important role in reducing the stigma of getting procedures and plastic surgery, but it has also made people have unrealistic expectations. Dr. Diamond talks about how clients often come to see him and expect to “look like Kim Kardashian,” when in reality, Dr. Diamond is an expert at highlighting one’s own facial features and emphasizing all of the right contours of your face. He talks to us about how he created the practice that he has today, and how he became an expert from learning from all of the top experts. He was able to pick up thousands of different techniques to create the Diamond methods that he uses today.

After listening to this episode, you will have learned  the ins and outs of facial plastic surgery, treatments and procedures...from what to do & what not to do, to who to see and what is best for you (if anything at all). Dr. Jason Diamond gives us so many  golden nuggets that we can use in our own lives… even if we aren’t getting facial plastic surgery right now or ever...things to think about.

Some highlights:

• How Dr. Diamond became the go-to celebrity facial plastic surgeon
• Diamond’s most famous procedures, the “Insta-Facial” and Diamond Sculpting
• Reducing the stigma surrounding facial plastic surgery
• Why Kybella, threads, Ulthera and other procedures might not be right for everyone
• The importance of researching all aspects of a treatment… from the downtime to the expected results
• How to not let failure stop you… and how to turn it into something better
• The important questions to ask when seeing someone for cosmetic work

 

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• Do what makes you feel best, don’t let judgment stop you
• Be realistic about your expectations when it comes to plastic surgery
• There are many different types of procedures to consider… from surgical to non-surgical
• Do your research before you walk into an office that provides facial treatments, procedures and surgeries
• There are some key tell tale signs of aging
• Social media has helped reduce the stigma of facial procedures and plastic surgery in general, yet created some unrealistic expectations
• Facelifts have become more popular due to better techniques and shorter downtime
• Popular treatments advertised in the media might not be right for everyone
• Learn to do things for you, not just for “events”, red carpet or external validation
• Don’t let obstacles or detours stop you, come up with something better

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about learning how to thrive, not just survive in our second half of life with Elissa Goodman. Elissa Goodman is a holistic nutritionist and lifestyle cleanse expert to an A-list roster of celebrities. After being diagnosed with cancer at 32 and then losing her husband to his own fight with cancer, Elissa dove deep into finding solutions for helping to cure cancer and many other health problems. Her quest to heal her own cancer led her into being a fountain of health and lifestyle change &  solutions for thousands of her clients. She wrote the best-selling book “Cancer Hacks” and has an upcoming book called “Auto-immune Hacks”. Elissa also offers a soup cleanse program to help reset the body, and a digital 7 day reset as well. Elissa is giving us the tools we need to create a healthier lifestyle from the inside out and make our bodies the strongest they can be in the second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Elissa’s journey into her second half of life, and how she was able to move past trauma and illness and change her life entirely.

In this episode, we learned the benefits of cleansing, juicing, supplements, stress reduction and cancer prevention hacks. We talk about how her own personal experiences with cancer and other illnesses led her to a “vending machine” of different remedies from trauma therapy, to energy healing, journaling, meditation, and then finally nutrition. She was able to try many different things, cure her cancer and find some personal inner calm. Elissa recommends trying many different modalities. It’s not a one size fits all approach to health. She also believes in the importance of testing our bodies for deficiencies so we can better use supplements. She figured out the secrets to thriving, not just surviving.  In this process, she also discovered her purpose and why for her second half of life, in helping people heal from physical and mental issues and find a fountain of longevity and good health.

Elissa teaches us all about the importance of plant-based diets and juicing without sugar fruits, and how these plants & veggies are able to help eliminate illness, reduce inflammation and improve our mental health. While it is important to eat more plants and vegetables, it doesn’t mean you have to cut out meat and animal products entirely… it is possible to still enjoy yourself. She also talks to us about how stress and trauma have a physical impact on our bodies, and if we don’t work to reduce it, it can end up having physical manifestations in our body. With varying combinations of different practices,  journaling or finding a practice to reduce stress, cleaning up our eating and social connection, we can become the healthiest versions of ourselves.

After listening to this episode, you will be able to improve all aspects of your health, from the inside out & kickstart the new year filled with transformation and thriving, not just surviving.

Some highlights:

• How to take the first step in juicing and cleansing
• Finding life and meaning after tragedy
• Why we need to eat more plants, and less meat
• How holistic wellness and plant medicine helped cure her cancer
• How Elissa used a “vending machine” of remedies and therapeutic avenues to help heal from trauma and start her second half of life
• The importance of regulating emotions to help prevent illness and inflammation
• How to start journaling to relieve stress and reduce illness

 

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• JUICE, JUICE, JUICE! (with no sugar fruits)
• Turn a life obstacle into a transformational moment
• Plant based diets help lower tumor markers and reduce inflammation
• Stick to the 80/20 idea
• Don’t be afraid to try many different things when you start your self recreation journey
• Find an outlet to release your emotions, they have a physical effect on you
• Use journaling as an outlet for emotional release

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about finding our center and bringing meaning and purpose into our second half of life with Ryan Haddon. Ryan Haddon is a certified life and spiritual coach, hypnotherapist, and certified meditation teacher with over 16 years of experience with clients around the world. She is giving us the tools we need to become more centered and even find our identity in the second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of Ryan’s journey of finding her soul’s purpose, and how her transition from Hollywood, CA to a farm in Pennsylvania, her spiritual and mental tools & her meditation practice changed her center entirely.

In this episode, we talk about finding our anchors, noticing our triggers and even how there have been some silver linings that came out of our 9 months in quarantine. Ryan explains that we are often leaning out of center, or looking for the next new thing and never are truly content with where we are or what we have... She even teaches us the tools to help find our centers… which is often a very challenging task for parents whose kids were once their center.

Ryan teaches us about hypnosis and how hypnosis unlocks the unconscious state  when our brain is most impressionable and receptive to change. Hypnosis is similar to meditation, but instead of doing it alone, it is a guided meditation by a hypnotist or trained expert. Ryan gave me a hypnosis recording, during March Covid,  where I learned my “Sarah Milken Special” meditation to do twice a week... to guide me through the second half of life.  We talked about the fear of judgment, my self limiting beliefs and all other vulnerabilities that came with beginning my own self recreation journey, at age 45.  Ryan was able to create the perfect hypnosis recording for me.

After listening to this episode, you will be able to start thinking about finding your center and jump head first into the new year with tools you need to start recreating today, judgment free.

Some highlights:

• How changing her mindset, considering her anchors, and other tools helped find her center
• How raising kids the second time around has been different
• Tools to find your center
• How to find your triggers
• How to find a meditation practice that works for you
• Putting your relationship with you first
• How the path to sobriety changed Ryan’s life
• How to re-find your center when your kids were once your center

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• Find your center
• Notice your triggers
• Find a meditation practice
• Give yourself permission to reinvent
• Be okay with letting go

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open conversation about conquering our fears and finding our strengths with best selling author and real estate agent, Tracy Tutor. Tracy Tutor is a top selling Los Angeles realtor of the celebrities and Hollywood elite and star of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing. She just wrote her first book, Fear is a Four Letter Word. This book is changing how women see themselves and giving us the actual tools and steps to acknowledge our personal fears and move through them to recreate ourselves in the second half of life.

We are going to dig deep into the details of her no bullshit approach and how she has learned to manage her fears and she teaches us how we can apply them to ourselves and our self recreation processes.

In this episode, Tracy and I talk about everything...from her teenage years, her start as an actress, how she learned how to manage big egos all the way to tantric sex and all things fashion. Absolutely nothing is off limits. Tracy has mastered getting over fears and she teaches us all of the steps that we need to move through our fears and come out on top. One of the most important steps that Tracy outlines is recognizing your strengths and weaknesses, and really taking a personal inventory on who we are…!

Tracy emphasizes the importance of trusting your intuition because that is a real superpower for women. It is one of the most important skills that women have and we don’t take advantage of it enough. She also gives us the steps we need in keeping ourselves together when everything goes wrong, and how we can learn from our mistakes.

Tracy also gives us all her tips and tricks to staying fit. She’s got the hottest bod of any 45 year old and knows exactly what to do, and what not to do (like spinning, duh). She also is a killer dresser and teaches us how to use a tailor for perfection.. She has figured out the essentials that all women need, and how to make your Zara dress look like a designer dress.

After listening to this episode, you will be ready to take on your second half of life, put all of your fears behind you and become smart, hot and fearless at 45.

Some highlights:

• You can learn to embrace your fears and move through them
• How Tracy’s teenage years shaped her into the woman she is today
• Raising your children to be open with you
• How to find your strengths and weaknesses and use them to your advantage
• Getting through a divorce and coming out better than before
• How to get a hot body at 45
• The best parts about having a new, young boyfriend
• All things tantric sex and pleasure
• How to give your closet a restart and the most important items to have

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• Manage and acknowledge your fears
• Identify your strengths
• Be a chameleon
• Trust your intuition
• Embrace your failure
• Accept your anger
• Don’t focus on the outcome of divorce
• Always dress the part

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open conversation about how you can have it all, but not physically do it all. How does a more fair and equal distribution of household and family duties sound? What household activities would you want to trade? Do you prefer dishwasher duties? Weekend laundry or weekend soccer duty? Our special podcast guest, Eve Rodsky and two of her biggest champions, Reese Witherspoon and Arianna Huffington say yes to all of this! It’s happening!

The invitation from our guest, Eve Rodsky, is for us all to ask ourselves what we would do if we had more time and space to reclaim & fewer household chores & obligations? With this Harvard Law graduate and organizational management expert and we are diving deep. This New York Times best selling author is Reese Witherspoon’s x Hello Sunshine’s book pick with her book, Fair Play - A Game Changing Solution For When You Have Too Much to do (and more life to live). Eve is creating a change movement in how we view women’s time...

She created the “Shit I Do” list by gathering hundreds of women’s daily to do lists from dishes to dog groomer appointments... to reading school emails. This was used to exemplify the time consuming work (invisible work) that women do to keep a family functioning. Spouses and partners are often unaware of the infinite tasks in a day. From this Sh*t I Do list, the Fair Play book and deck of cards was born.

Get your golden shit shovels ready as we uncover the golden nuggets and secret sauce to create fair and equal households with the expert herself, Eve Rodsky. We find the sweet spot in learning to create more equally distributed family and household workload schedules for all members... moms, women and even dads who can’t be responsible for everything.  

In this episode, we learn how Eve’s personal experience shaped the way that she understands and views household dynamics. We chat about how her husband’s “you forgot the blueberries?” text ignited her movement, hence creating the framework for Fair Play. She talks about how growing up in a single mother household changed the way that she views the work that mothers do, and how it changed the way that she views the distribution of work in two-parent households.

Eve teaches us that our time is not infinite, and we should treat our time as diamonds - something so many of us have never done. Women’s time is equal to men’s time. Since women’s time is typically valued less than men’s time, and they are often left with a never ending to-do list, women often lose what Eve calls unicorn space -  the time where we can go and invest time and energy in our passions, uninterrupted.

This isn’t the time where you get a massage or watch your favorite tv show, but the time where you can actually pursue something you love. Women have lost the “right to be interesting”...they are occupied with the worries of their homes, children and spouses. Eve shines a spotlight and gives us the necessary reminder that we are important, interesting and valuable as well - an idea that we often lose in our households and children.

Eve gives us many tools to start communicating with our partners to recreate our households and strengthen our families, relationships and marriages. She walks us through how to re-evaluate all the tasks and chores that we do in the house, and how to communicate with our partner to restructure our time. She even teaches us how to take back our unicorn space, so we can rediscover our unique identities. She asks the important questions: Who am I now? Who was I? What makes me happy?

After listening to this episode, you will be able to better communicate with your partner, rediscover your unique identity and make time for more “unicorn space” - all while strengthening your relationships and family.

So men, and women, listen up if you want more sex and less nagging.

Some highlights:

• You can have it all, but not do it all
• Eve uses her Harvard law and organizational management degree lens to create a more equally distributed family and household workload for all members
• How Eve’s childhood shaped her understanding of family dynamics
• Eve explains her viral “Sh*t I do List” aka invisible work and emotional labor that women are faced with
• How this “Sh*t I Do” turned into her best selling Fair Play book
• What is unicorn space?
• The sense of identity loss for women in their midlife
• How unicorn time helps to recreate identity in your second half of life
• Do you have permission to be unavailable?
• How to get household management organized in 20 minutes a week

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• All time is created equal. Men’s time is equal to women’s time
• Everyone’s time is diamonds, not sand
• Find your unicorn space
• Give yourself permission to be unavailable
• Start where you are right now, be a game changer
• Be intentional in what you do

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an open conversation about Revamping your Vagina after 40 with OB-GYN, Dr. Sherry Ross...AKA The Vagina Whisperer. Dr. Sherry has a celebrity client list that is like no other. She is the author of two best-selling books,  She-ology and the She-quel….The Definitive Guide to Women’s Intimate Health. Period.

Get your golden shit shovels ready, as we uncover the golden nuggets and secret sauce to revamping your feminine health from your vagina to your hormones & sex life.

Dr. Sherry gives us many tools to help us recreate our vaginas and teaches us about the importance of taking care of them, especially since it is one of those topics that we all try to avoid. She answers almost every question you could have and absolutely nothing is off limits. By the end of this episode, we will be able to find the sweet spot between neurotic and chill…. in our vaginas and vagina health...and we find the “g” spot.

In this episode, Dr. Sherry teaches us all about the anatomy of the vagina. She tells us to grab a mirror and what to look at and all around.  Dr. Sherry emphasizes the importance of “use it or lose it” in terms of our private parts. If you don’t have a partner, she discusses self-care to keep your vagina active with equipment. LOL! We also learn to moisturize and exercise it. She even gives us a vagina “skin care” routine! You can’t miss it. Dr. Sherry tells us what a well-maintained vagina looks, feels and smells like. We dive deep into the importance of taking baths with extra virgin coconut oil and using hyaluronic acid serums too! I even learned there’s such a thing as botox for the vagina…. Who knew??

We get into the graphic details of aging and what happens to your hormones, and in turn what happens to your vagina as we enter our second half of life - (Dr. Sherry refers to this as the collapsed “V”). We discuss maximizing our sex lives in the second half of life and how we should all start using vibrators, having more sex and exercising our vaginas. Dr. Sherry walks us through how to do a kegel - an exercise to strengthen our vagina and in turn improve our sex lives and vaginal health! We even talk about some tips to help keep men maintained as well… So take notes for your sons/brothers/husbands/friends! This isn’t just for the ladies!

I’m so excited to share this episode with you, so get out your mirrors and get comfortable.

Some highlights:

• How to properly do a kegel
• What botox for the vagina is and how it works
• What the “Collapsed V” is
• How and when to use a dilator
• Favorite vagina names
• The anatomy of the vagina
• The importance of orgasms
• Is squirting real?
• How to make our vagina taste and smell really good
• AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• Use a mirror and get to know yourself
• Advocate for your vaginal health
• Moisturize your vagina
• Exercise your vagina
• And finally, don’t forget to pleasure your vagina

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in a rad conversation about discovering your identity and authentic self with spiritual astrologer, Dani Beinstein. Get your golden shit shovels ready as we uncover the golden nuggets and secret sauce to discover who you truly are by using your birth date, time, and location.

Dani gives us many tools to help us in our path of uncovering our true selves and finding that sweet spot between chaotic and chill. She gives us a TON of actionable items to use astrology to start taking small steps...to living more flexibly and creatively TODAY.

In this episode, Dani teaches us all about an entire world I never even knew about - spiritual astrology. I know horoscopes in the back of a magazine. She reads my natal chart...which I learned is a snapshot of the sky the moment you are born - which allows her to see every aspect of my motivations, personality and desires...deep dive.

Dani talks us through what each aspect of your natal chart means, and how everyone else can apply it to their own lives. She stresses the importance of meditation and learning to live more thoughtfully and explains the act of surrender. Finally, she teaches us how important it is to live authentically to truly achieve self actualization and enter the next phase of self recreation.

Some highlights:

• How to take ownership of our lives
• The importance of reflecting on our thoughts
• How we choose to react to things and the impact on our lives
• The true meaning of authenticity
• The importance of renegotiations with ones self
• The meaning of every aspect of our natal chart
• Sarah’s very own personal reading
• How to be in charge of your own perception of every situation
• How to take advantage of the full moon period

Dani gives us a gold rush of golden nuggets (actionable steps), but some of my faves were:

• Notice your feelings and thoughts
• Constantly renegotiate
• Surrender
• Find your authenticity
• Meditate

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest conversation about reimagining your health and food mindset from the inside out.  We are digging deep with my incredible friend & guest, Pamela Salzman. Get your golden shit shovels ready as we uncover the golden nuggets and secret sauce to help you take control of your kitchen. She gives us a TON of actionable items to start living more flexibly and creatively TODAY...helping us find our sweet spots between neurotic and chill with family meal prep.

In this episode, we talk about how Pamela’s immigrant Italian parents helped shape her love for cooking and health and spending time in the kitchen which ultimately lead her to the career that she has today.

We dive deep into Pamala Salzman’s life and the first steps that she took in her second half of her life,  to build the Pamela Salzman platform and holistic counselor role. We dig deep into our personal fears of stepping out...having the courage to say “yes” faster to new opportunities.

Pamela hones in on specific ideas, hacks and tools to simplify and speed up our time in the kitchen and teaches us how to fall in love with cooking... or at least fake it...with just starting to make one meal a week.

She gives us incredible tips and tricks on how to lead a healthy life starting with what ingredients you can get rid of today...how to organize our kitchens... and how to take the cooking plunge.

She is a professional at well designed meal prep and planning...organizing a dinner schedule with spouses and picky kids… and gives us the tools for a drama free kitchen.

We’re going to apply a creativity and flexibility mindset to the kitchen, meal prep and drama. This is not a typical podcast interview with a chef who gives us recipes, but a toolbox full of tips and tricks on how to find that sweet spot between chaotic and chill in the kitchen.

Some highlights:

• What foods make you feel good
• How to start cooking for the first time
• Grocery store tips and tricks
• How Pamela approaches eating and diets
• How to organize your meal plans
• How to reduce the drama in the kitchen
• How to properly stock your pantry
• The importance of a well balanced diet
• Everything you need to know about olive oil...deep dive
• How Pamela first started on her journey, so you can start too
• All of Pamela’s favorite cooking essentials

Golden Nuggets from the episode:

• Moderation is crucial...don’t put rigid restrictions on your food
• Optimal microbiome health...try to add a diversity of vegetables and food in your diet...think rainbow foods
• Create a meal system that works for you
• Start small, do only what you can commit to
• Even if you’re nervous, do it anyways
• Say yes sooner
• Teach what you know (are you good at numbers, writing, photography, yoga…?)

 

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Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken, in an honest and open conversation about recreating yourself in the second half of life with my role model and friend, Angella Nazarian. Get your golden shit shovels ready as we uncover the golden nuggets and secret sauce to being a visionary woman. She gives us a TON of actionable items to start living more flexibly and creatively TODAY and will help us find our sweet spots between neurotic and chill.

Angella gives us a look into her life as an immigrant from Iran, how that “outsider status” shaped her relationship with those around her, and how it taught her to care less about what people think about you and to become a self-sufficient and independent woman. She teaches us how to create a group of visionary women around ourselves to help us achieve maximum greatness. She emphasizes the importance of focusing on our strengths and creating the greatest version of ourselves…. without getting stuck on our weaknesses. However, the most important lesson she teaches us is the steps to take to actually getting our shit together today... and start living our best lives with some of her favorite and life-changing books (you MUST read these!)

 

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The Flexible Neurotic is an inside listen to edgy conversations with rad moms, innovative thought leaders, and well-being practitioners - helping us find our sweet spot between chaotic and chill. Do you ever wonder how to turn your internet searches and parenting/self-help books into action, as a kick-ass parent and badass woman?

Hosted by Dr. Sarah Milken, more commonly known to her community and friends as the “Flexible Neurotic,” for her ability to help find the sweet spot between chaotic and chill. If you are craving the sweet spot, grab your coffee, matcha, celery juice, or smoothie and come join us!! Relax, sit back, and let the Flexible Neurotic, ask all the burning questions for you.

 

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