Liberty Road

November 22, 2023 | interview by Nada Jones

Dr. Sarah Milken is the creator and host of the midlife podcast “The Flexible Neurotic.” Her podcast is dedicated to “inspiring and normalizing midlife sh*t and personal growth.” As a 48-year-old woman on this journey, Sarah encourages women to take small steps towards self-reinvention. As Dr. Milken sees it, it’s not a midlife crisis; it’s a midlife remix.

Sarah was new to the podcast scene and a “social media virgin” only three years ago. She quickly grew her listener base, has been ranked in the top 1% of podcasts, and has amassed 52k Instagram followers. She has created a dedicated and engaged community of midlife women seeking answers in the “midlife self-expansion journey.” Prior to beginning this podcast, Sarah received her PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Southern California and taught in the graduate school of education at USC. Sarah has served on several philanthropic boards and a Los Angeles private school. After taking time off to raise her two children (now teens), she dusted off her Ph.D. and decided to recreate herself by capitalizing on all of her strengths; hence, the Flexible Neurotic Podcast was born.

In this episode, Nada sits down with Sarah to discuss what it means to find your own voice in this middle third of life. Sarah shares the tension that comes from identifying yourself with a role or a job and how she instead identifies as a self-expander. Sarah and Nada discuss podcasting, motherhood, midlife, “golden shit shovels,” and the difficult times humanity is currently facing.

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Check out Sarah’s podcast, The Flexible Neurotic. Follow on Instagram: @theflexibleneurotic

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