Reigniting Desire, Reclaiming Your Body, and Feeling Fully Alive with Dr. Julie Merriman
Written by omradio on 2026-05-05
Reigniting Desire, Reclaiming Your Body, and Feeling Fully Alive with Dr. Julie Merriman
Air Date – 12 May 2026 at 02:00 PM ET/11:00 AM PT
Women over 50 have been erased from the conversation about sex, beauty, desire, and pleasure for decades. They’re either the punchline, the advice-giver, or completely invisible. For years, the world has handed women clinical, hollow answers. It’s your hormones. It’s just aging. It’s the natural decay of a long-term marriage. Buy the cream. Take the pill. Try harder. But what if none of those explanations is the truth? Blending clinical expertise, nervous system and hormone science, raw midlife marriage truth, and laugh-out-loud real talk, Dr. Julie Merriman (aka Dr. Juls, The Midlife Sexpert™) joins me to talk about this and so much more.
About the Guest:
Dr. Julie Merriman is a licensed mental health clinician, counselor educator, burnout researcher, author, and speaker. As the founder of the Soul Joy brand, she is a leading authority for women over 50 who are navigating the intersection of professional burnout and personal intimacy.
With over 30 years of clinical experience and academic leadership—including tenures as a professor, department head, and associate dean—Dr. Merriman has dedicated her career to the science of helping humans. Her work is deeply rooted in polyvagal theory and somatic neurobiology, providing a bridge between academic rigor and soul-led transformation.
Her personal journey through profound burnout and a subsequent breast cancer diagnosis informs her “scorched earth” approach to healing—proving that rebirth is possible at any age. She is the author of the 12-week guide, In Pursuit of Soul Joy, and her new book, Are We Gonna Have Sex or What?
Learn more at https://www.juliemerrimanphd.com/
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Website: https://www.juliemerrimanphd.com/
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