The Flexible Neurotic

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35 | Reignite Your Sexuality & Self-love for Manifestation in Midlife Dec 30, 2021

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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!

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

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34 | Plant Medicines, Sleep & Gut Tools…Finding Your Midlife Flow Dec 16, 2021

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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!

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

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33 | Midlife Bikini Wax Of The Soul Dec 02, 2021

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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

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

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32 | Find Your Personal Essence & Maybe a Silk Robe Nov 18, 2021

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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

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

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Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode: No need to be a Stepford Wife! Nov 11, 2021

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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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31 | Nipple Covers, Teen Sex Talks, & Mom Culture Nov 04, 2021

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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

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

THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/31

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Fun Midlife Sh*t Minisode: We All Need Some Woo-Woo Oct 28, 2021

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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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This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

30 | Stop Explaining Yourself & Live Your Life! Oct 21, 2021

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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

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

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29 | Why "me" in This Midlife Journey? Midlife Self-Obsession is Approved Oct 14, 2021

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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

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

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28 | The 12 Reasons Why I Started My Midlife Remix: Rant-Style Sep 30, 2021

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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

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